Sigh -- one less oak in Oakland. Oakland's oldest coast live oak tree in Dimond Park was cut down on Sunday. The tree was diseased and had to be cut down before it fell and hurt someone. The tree will be left in the park to decompose, and pieces of the wood will be saved for woodcutters and artisans. The rest of the money that the Oakland city council had designated to save the tree will be used to save other trees in the area instead. A small fire behind the SF VA Hospital on Clement Street was put out on Monday, with no damage or injury to anything or anyone. Unfortunately, while fighting the fire, some of the firefighters got into a patch of poison oak. Itchy! And they've caught the man who robbed the Banana Republic in Union Square with a syringe that he claimed was filled with HIV-positive blood. He had tried the same trick at a Fortress Telecom the day before. (does Fortress Telecom also have expensive sweaters?) ...

Dave Eggers and Vendela Vita are rumored to have reproduced, and to have named the girl October Eggers Vida. We're thinking that the sound of an oompah band or sight of lederhosen will make her reach for a xanax later in life. In other literary news, check out this response to a craiglist job listing. Hey, it's more than Calacanis pays! Jenguin has found the finished commercial that features all the superballs released on......

"Everyone who comes to a Margaret Cho show is either gay or Asian," one of our companions said as we fought our way into Symphony Hall on Friday night among the oceans of Banana Republic pants, leather jackets, and nicely-pressed colorful tops, for the first of Ms. Cho's SF shows on her new Assassin tour. "Or both!", responded our gay Asian-American companion. Margaret Cho is, of course, San Francisco's no-holds-barred Korean-American comedienne, and a proud dropout of Lowell High who then went on to star in the first-ever Asian-American TV comedy, All American Girl -- which then became the first-cancelled Asian-American TV comedy. And then the subject of Margaret's real breakout one-woman show and book, I'm the One That I Want. She brought her latest stand-up show back home, to an ecstatic, cat-calling crowd. Hit the expand-o-tron below for more Bush jokes than you can shake a stick at, and an update on Margaret's mom's health....

San Francisco hasn’t always enjoyed deserved recognition as a fashion center. Come on people! Millions and millions of you are reading this while sporting San Francisco based brands such as Levi’s, Old Navy, Gap, Banana Republic, Gymboree, and bebe. Seeking to garner credence with more serious fashionistas San Francisco is playing host to its very own Fashion Week. What could be better? Beautiful people, great design, and more parties than even SFist could possibly......