Yesterday, David Hazinski attempted to harness the awesome power of the world wide web with this colonel of wisdom about the currant state of journalism. In his op-ed peace for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, he informs us that such journalistic mediums as CNN YouTube debates, political blogs, and cellphone videos are, in a word, crap. At least when it comes to giving and receiving accurate, Pulitzer-worthy information. Granite, the only time we here at SFist......

Continuing the tour of pain through the ex-members of the NFC West, this week the 49ers visit the the wreckage that once was the Atlanta Falcons....

It appears to be bomb day here at the ole 'Fist as we have yet another bomb story to relate to y'all. This one involves a die-hard (seriously die-hard) Giants fan who called in bomb threats at Turner Field in Atlanta. ...

We were riding the M line yesterday, thumbing through the Guardian's 41st anniversary special, when G.W. Schultz's lead for the his anti-Muni-privatization article caught our eye: There's a money room in the basement of 1 South Van Ness, where the Municipal Transportation Agency, which operates Muni, is headquartered. Workers literally count by hand bags of cash and coins taken in as fares from passengers throughout the day. After we finished bashing our heads against......

God bless the Bay Area Reporter. In this week's issue, Ed Walsh reports that former JonBenet Ramsey murder suspect and one-time possible kiddie porn connoisseur, John Mark Karr, "had sought gender reassignment surgery, not because of any driving desire to become a woman, but to help him avoid capture by police." That seems a bit drastic if you're not actually a woman inside, yes? Fascinating, but drastic. In lieu of Anne Frank-esque hiding or......

Hey, all you singles in San Francisco/Oakland, looks like you live in the right place. Our fair city was tops in Forbes 7th Annual Best Cities for Singles Report....

-- Tegan & Sara: identical twins cum awesome rock songstresses with questionable haircuts play tonight in the Mission. Show starts at 8 p.m., Brava Theater, 2789 24th St.; tickets are $25. -- Arj Barker & Friends: Local comedian and co-writer of the Marijuana-Logues, plus a slew of special guests, perform tonight. 8 p.m. at the Punchline, 444 Battery; admission is a mere $10. -- Chromeo: Oh-so zany electrofunk duo break your illusions of nothing-to-do......

It's time for American Football Spectacular's capsule reviews of the 2007 NFL Draft. Adventure, excitement,measureables!...

Here's today's wrap up of sports news...

-And speaking of the Warriors, there's bad news and even worse news. The bad news is that they lost to the Nuggets 123-111. The worse news? Baron Davis is all set to have knee surgery. Is this the end of the season? Should the Warriors, then, throw in the towel and play for a lottery pick? And should fans root for them to loose-- you know, fantanking. ...

-The Warriors miserable road trip continues as they lose to the miserable Atlanta Hawks. Even worse, they have the dreaded back-to-back game as they take on 'Melo and AI tonight against the Nuggets. Golden State of Mind is depressed but Bruce Jenkins says buck up, the Warriors could still make the playoffs. Monte Poole disagrees. ...

If you were born after 1994 you have no idea what it's like. If you're a long-time fan, you might have a hazy, vague recollection of it. If you come from places like Los Angeles, Chicago, or Miami, you desperately miss it. We're talking a big game -- more specifically, a Warriors big game. An important game. A game that means something besides wrapping up a Lottery pick or nudging out Seattle or Memphis for the 11th overall spot in the Western Conference.

Tonight the Warriors play the Indiana Pacers in their biggest, most important game of this season or possibly the last 10 seasons. If the Dubs win, their slight hopes for the last playoff spot in the WC remain on life support; if they lose, consider the plug pulled on yet another failed season.

-The Warriors get blown out by the pathetic Atlanta Hawks. Hello lottery pick? -Guess who's contract hasn't been signed yet? -Fred Biletnikoff retires from the Raiders organization. -Stanford lose to Gonzanga in double OT. -Frank Gore wants Norv Turner to stay just a little bit longer. -San Diego linebackers coach Greg Manusky is your new Niners Defensive Coordinator.......

-Sharks score five unanswered goals to beat the Edmonton Oilers 5-1. It was their first victory in Edmonton since November 2003. -Mike Piazza tries the words "DH" on for size. -Lane Kiffin wants to hire Greg Knapp, as in the guy who was the OC in Atlanta and couldn't do anything with Michael Vick. Knapp, by the way, has a lot more experience than Kiffin does. Oh, btw, did we mention Kiffin was hated down......

We don't know about you, but it's friggin cold out there. Well, not for some of you. It seems as though places that are supposed to be cold are warm and places that are supposed to be warm are cold. Or maybe that's just us. Either way, we're freezing. Austinist said goodbye to their co-editor (sell-out) and played rumor monger ">on the SXSW lineup. And when dozens of dead birds littered downtown Austin, it's......

Yet another PG&E manhole blew up this weekend -- this time, at 5:30 on Sunday at Market and Powell. PG&E blames a faulty cable and says it was no big deal. A witness at the time, however, said he saw flames shooting up out of the ground. In the big-ticket crime items: the trial of the mom who threw her three children into the bay has started; she's pleading insanity. The SFPD caught a murder......

Barry Zito outpitched Curt Schilling this afternoon to lead the Athletics to a 7-2 beat down of the Dead Sox. That's what they in the business call a "sweep." The A's have won 15 of 19 games and were 21-6 in August and the Chron notes that the A's are an amazing 124-45 in August since 2001. Crikey. ...

Remember during that hot streak the Giants were on when their pitching was pretty much airtight? Remember how they didn't give up many runs and pitched until late in the game? Those were good times. And not these times as the Giants started off a nine game road trip to Atlanta getting shellacked 13-8. The pitcher getting the shellacking? Staff ace Jason Schmidt. Of note, however, is the Barry sticking it to Hammerin' Hank's Hometown fans and hitting two home runs and robbing Jeff Francouer of a three run home run. Barry is getting hot of late and a hot Barry means good things for the Giants and we're just going to stop right there before we hurt ourselves. ...

Bust out the Kangol Caps, drawstring pants, and Bell Biv Devoe concert tees Raiders fans as the Silver & Black continue with their love affair with Back in the Day as they signed the one and only Jeff George. Yep, that Jeff George. George, in a way, makes a perfect Raider-- he's old, he's got a rocket for an arm, and he's dumb as dirt. Which is why he's become a running joke over the years: the dude was majorly talented yet majorly douche-y....

Oh we've got some tough cookies this week, yes sir. Fresh from the macho shelves at Isotope and onto your manly plate come The Boys, about a group of vigilantes taking revenge against reckless superheros; The Savage Brothers, about a team of zombie bounty hunters; and Casanova, which is difficult to interpret but appears to relate to some kind of slick superspying. Let's kick it off with The Savage Brothers because that's the coolest.......

Part three in our series detailing our conversation with Nathaniel P Ford, executive director of the MTA. See part one here, part two here. Eve Batey: While I’m asking what you’re going to do for money now, of course I also want to know – Nathaniel Ford: Increase patronage! EB: Well, yeah! NF: Increase our patronage, and part of that is, speeding the system up. And that was in the SPUR Report, you know,......

We continue our conversation with Muni's executive director, Nathaniel P. Ford. When we last left Mr. Ford, he was addressing Muni's plans to improve the rider experience. NF: There’s an effort that’s going on right now which is the Transit Effectiveness Project, and it started before I got here. But similarly, we were doing something similar in Atlanta, where we recognized over the years between bus stop locations and the number of bus stops,......

SFist Melissa went to today's immigrant rallies in Oakland, and was kind enough to pass along these awesome pictures of the event. Over 1000 people marched for 7 miles in Oakland, while several hundred marched in the Mission District, and over 4000 showed up in San Jose. Hundreds of thousands of people across the country have turned out to support granting US citizenship to illegal immigrants, with 50,000 in Atlanta, 500,000 in Dallas, and......

We continue with our raging discussion on this year's upcoming baseball season. The rest of the award-winning SFist sports desk will join in as soon as their stupid day jobs let them. Oh, how we long for the days when we were merely crack monkey's chained to computers in Jackson's basement dungeon. Anyways, part I can be seen here and Part 2 here. SFist Chris

The National League West?

The NCAA men's basketball tournament resumes tonight with third-round (also known as the Sweet 16) action in both the Atlanta and Oakland regionals. Action in the Washington D.C. and Minneapolis regionals continue tomorrow and Saturday....

So, Gavin's been pretty chatty about Muni lately, hasn't he? First up, he's alleging that some cable car operators are stealing fares, "because on three occasions he rode the cable cars and handed over his $5 cash fare but never received the required receipt." He's also brought up hiring more fare inspectors, which we hope is not the same thing as the once proposed plan to allow Muni drivers to make fare citations. The Mayor's......

Cole Stratton isn't just one of the founders of SF Sketchfest, which starts tomorrow. (Are you going? We are, and you should, too.) We should have asked him what he did to attract performers from Mr. Show, The Kids in the Hall, Saturday Night Live, Stella, The State, The Daily Show, Arrested Development, and The Upright Citizens Brigade to the Fest, as well as ask him what local stars of the comedy stage Kasper Hauser,......

The Examiner reports that new Muni transportation director Nathaniel P. Ford, Sr. (we love that name -- doesn't he sound like the guy who should be on the $7 bill or something?) wil become San Francisco's highest paid official when he takes over the position next year. His base pay will be $298,000, but he has eligibility for up to "$337,000 when all compensation is taken into account." We got excited hearing that last......

It's the better safe than sorry edition! So an SF mother frantically alerted the media that her daughter was missing after her finals in Atlanta, only to find out that her daughter had been arrested. The daughter had refused to give her name to the Atlanta police, so when the mother called to ask if her daughter was in jail, they didn't have her name in the database. Another woman alerted the SFPD that her elderly parents had been missing since Tuesday. Last she'd heard, they were going to the doctor's for a routine appointment, and when she managed to get into their house, they didn't have any of their medication with them. They turned up two days later, reporting that they'd gotten a little lost. Numerous people reported seeing their car in various places in Oakland and San Francisco. And finally, Wendy's reported that its second quarter earnings were down 4 percent, all because of finger-in-the-chili Anna Ayala. However, sales of chicken club sandwiches, iced cappuccinos, and yogurt are up, up, up! ...

We first heard of Tayari Jones when we read her novel Leaving Atlanta, which details the coming-of-age experiences of three children under the shadow of the (recently reopened) Atlanta child murders. We've been reading reviews of her new book The Untelling, and it sounds like bracing stuff. Described on her site as a "portrait of a woman seeking to overcome the trauma of her past." The folks at The Believer (excerpt viewable by all,......