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After dutifully soaking-in the coverage of Samurai Mike Singletary's promotion to head coach, the unfortunate conclusion becomes: it doesn't matter who San Francisco's head coach is.

The single biggest problem hobbling the 49er brand is that the ownership is inept in overseeing the processes of running a football franchise.

Just in time to calm everyone down after the Hawaii earthquake, San Francisco officials released their plans for dealing with the next big earthquake. The plan is actually a "supplement" to the "all hazards" emergency operations plan and what kind of hazards are they expecting us to have to deal with? Is there something else we should know about? And do any of those plans involve giant lizard like creatures coming out of the ocean to stomp buildings?

We'll never forget where we were during the early evening hours of October 17th, 1989. It was one of those warm, Indian Summer days, and the air was completely still. To the superstitious, that's known as "earthquake weather." We had just gotten to Candlestick Park for the third game of the World Series. Giants versus A's--an event we'd hoped to see at least once in our lifetimes. We were ensconced in our seats in the roll-away metal bleachers in the outfield, seats not normally used during season baseball play, and we were watching the teams warm up on the field while our dad was at the concession stand getting hot dogs and beer. It was still a little while before the game was set to begin, but we were enjoying just being there, watching the teams warm up; hearing the Giants faithful talk about how THIS was going to be the Giants' night.

Growing up, the San Francisco 49ers were freakin' awesome. Now, they suck. Now, they suck bad. They suck so bad, we don't even really care about pro football and we're still embarrassed. We're sure they're all great guys, and we'll still cheer for 'em, unless they're playing the Raiders.

Whether it's San Francisco's exalted sense of self or its well-noted love of tolerance and debate, the San Francisco Voter Information "Pamphlet" clocks in at around 200 pages. Highlights include a sample ballot, information on how to vote (much important these days) and a glossary of terms. The "pamphlet" also includes a guide on how to recycle the "pamphlet" which gives us a great sense of relief when we consider how many trees must have been cut down to prepare these voter guides.

Weekly recap.

The fight between Mayor Gavin Newsom and the San Francisco Board of Supervisors over renaming Candlestick by Monster Cable, Inc.

Bay Area crime roundup

Monster Cable has closed the deal on Candlestick Park's naming rights, an SFist exclusive.