Goodness, we go away for three days and look how much stuff happens. They found the body of a missing woman in Stow Lake in Golden Gate Park; there were seven shootings in SF over the weekend (22nd and Folsom; Glen Park; and China Basin), a member of the Raiders Black Hole got caught and killed in gang crossfire, and there was an armed carjacking at Geary and 27th Ave. Not to mention all the Halloween-related crime: three shootings in the Western Addition and a stabbing at Castro and 18th, someone firing a BB gun at 18th and Guerrero, a shooting at Albion and 17th (yo, that's right by the police station!). Someone lit a homeless man on fire downtown this morning. And in Oakland, someone may have kidnapped a young boy wearing a Scream mask too. What is with people these days?? Sigh. Well, we do try to keep it cheerful around here -- so here's the one piece of upbeat news we could find: a man who drove his SUV off the road near his house in a remote section of Marin was finally rescued, after his dog found him and barked for help until someone called 911. Good girl, Lassie! ...

Hope y'all had a Merry Fitzmas. -After the umpteenth and fifth non-sell-out, the Oakland Raiders "brain-trust" have started to think that maybe all their ticket trouble could have something to do with the fact that a lot of people are kind of afraid about going to Raiders games. After all, Raiders fans have a reputation for being a little on the dangerous side. Some would even say drunken hooligans who like to beat the......

SFist interviews Jason Blalock...

Police today reported that two members of the Oakland Raiders, Charles Woodson and Marques Anderson, were arrested early Monday morning and held in jail for public drunkeness. The two, obviously celebrating a rare Raiders victory and the fact that they’re not playing for the Niners, were arrested when a woman drove up to a police officer and told him that two men- Woodson and Anderson- were in her car and refusing to get out.......