-San Francisco is only the 41st most expensive city in the world. -The Parrots of Telegraph Hill get their tree back, still pine for the fjord....

-Repair crews begin to clean up landslide in North Beach. -A 19 year old is shot in Western Addition and three were shot in the East Bay. -That civil injunction thing in the Bayview appears to be working. -Alex Tourk opens a lobbying and PR firm. -Anne Coulter's favorite person, John Edwards, is in town today. -If you want to see SFGate's collection of photos from the Chinese New Year parade, go here.......

This might get us in a bit of trouble, but we actually like the Chron's token conservative columnist Debra Saunders. Yes, we don't usually agree with her, but we like the fact that she has the intellectual integrity to call foul on her own side when she disagrees with them. Frankly, our political discourse would be a whole lot better if pundits didn't just repeat the party line. Every once in awhile, however, Debra grabs......