You don't have to write the SFist Blotter to notice that we've had a disturbing uptick in violent crime over the last few weeks -- we've now had 14 murders in the last 17 days, with six murders taking place this weekend. Two parents were shot in front of their children on Friday night in Mission Terrace (the five-year-old knocked on doors in the neighborhood until someone came out to help), a man killed his......

SFist has a late breaking story today about a secret cabal of people who just might be trying to ruin our city. Who are these people? We don't know. We do know that they walk amongst us and hide their true identities. Some of these people you might see at Safeway. Some of these people you might see walking down the street. Some of these people might EVEN BE WORKING WITH YOU! Be afraid, be very afraid. Who are these people? Posters on SFWall.net ...

It's our new occasional column, about the trials and tribulations facing Mayor Gav! So.... who's attacking Newsom now???? --...CBS 5!: KPIX aired a segment (video) detailing all of Newsom's recent woes. The clip includes an interview with Art Bruzzone about how Gavin's busy delegating everything to other people but doesn't actually know what's going on, a quizzical eye about Gavin's professed ambivalence about running for reelection, and footage of Gavin complaining about the excessive focus......

Guess who's going to be on Art Bruzzone's SF/Unscripted show this week? Who's in the hot seat for our local version of Oprah, Larry King, and Joe Scarborough all wrapped up in one? You got it -- our esteemed co-editor SFist Eve!! She'll be talking about the "growing cultural/political influence of SFist . . . the blog about Cityscapes and people." (Growing political influence? Did our hard-hitting coverage of Gavin Newsom's love life help solve......

Those of you who read SFist Watches have probably deduced that your Junkie's TV viewing habits consist solely of KRON 4 News at 11 and Animal Cops SF. (It's not entirely true -- sometimes we watch Robot Chicken.) But we're making an exception tomorrow! Instead of our usual 7:30 p.m. routine (viz, watching Wheel of Fortune over our usual dinner of Lucky Charms and Trader Joe beer), we're tuning in to see ..... none other than our beloved editor-in-chief SFist Jackson MAKING HIS TELEVISION DEBUT!!!!! Yeeeeeeeeee-ha! Jackson's this week's talking head on local politics TV show SF Unscripted on Comcast Channel 11, hosted by local Republican Arthur Bruzzoni (he's the guy up left). He's talking about (what else?) blogging in local politics -- with unrepentant blogger and District 5 candidate Mr. h. brown. Check out Jackson sporting his cool pink shirt! Rrrowr! What's the SFist staff doing while Jackson rockets to fame? Drinking game! Play along with us tomorrow at 7:30! (Jackson, h., and Art Bruzzoni reair Thursday at 6:30, Friday at 8, and Saturday at 8:30).