Know the holiday log know God; no holiday log no God. For all you Xmas celebrating consumerists out there - you know, those of you who participate in the evil practice of stocking stuffing and the early morning unwrapping of gifts - be sure to tune in to TV36 to catch the time-honored holiday log. It will burn from 9 a.m. to noon. What's more, a holiday score will be provided by the likes......

We just caught wind of this worldwide Michael Jackson "Thriller" movement, so [insert bad pedophilia, child abuse, or body dysmorphic disorder jokes here]. Thrill the World, "a worldwide attempt to break the Guinness World Record (GWR) for the largest simultaneous dance with Michael Jackson's 'Thriller,'" will take place in Dolores Park this Saturday. So...have at it, Michael Jackson followers. When: Saturday, 10/27 Where: Dolores Park, SF, on the steps facing Dolores Street Meeting time:......

Two small plane crashes -- one into a tank of raw sewage in Gilroy, and another onto Highway 4 in Contra Costa County. The Highway 4 crash involved a pilot who misjudged the location of the landing runway in the low cloud cover Thursday, and tied up traffic for miles. They're still investigating the Gilroy crash; investigators got a later start because they had to drain and disinfect the tank before it was safe to......

So last Saturday, this 36 year old father is watching his thirteen year old son play youth league football in Stockton. The 36 year old father is also an assistant coach on his son's team. Anyways, the son gets hit on the play after the whistle blows and just as the ref goes to call the penalty, the dude, Cory Petero, runs out onto the field and cold cocks the thirteen year old kid who put the late hit on his son. Thus leading to a twenty minute melee and fight between the football players and parents....

Shoppers trying to enjoy the a/c at the Oakridge Mall in San Jose on Sunday afternoon got less cool air than they were hoping for when the straining mall transformer outside the movie theater blew up. Witnesses reported seeing the lights flicker, hearing a huge boom, and then seeing sparks. In light of the panic and lack of power for the mall, Oakridge threw up its hands and decided just to close for the rest......

"No, no, the X-Files do exist!!" A man went a little nuts in the lobby of the SF FBI office and did about $7,491 in damage as a result. (Do they keep all their receipts in the FBI or what?) After Maximillian Lee Schweitzer was told he could not meet with an agent (the article doesn't say for what reason Mr. Schweitzer needed to see someone), he flipped out, threw a potted plant against the wall, snapped some legs off the reception-area chairs, and broke some glass display cases before the feds got him under control. This murder case in Orinda is really starting to freak us out. So Susan Polk, 47, is accused of killing her 70-year-old husband Felix Polk. Susan met Felix Polk when she was 15 and he was her treating psychiatrist. Susan Polk has said she's psychic and that she predicted 9/11, and back in the 80s, she also accused some local day care workers of ritualistic child abuse. Susan claims that Felix had been abusing her for years; Felix made statements that he and his sons lived in fear of his wife. Further weirding us out, Susan and Felix have three sons. Two sons are cooperating with the prosecution, and one son is testifying on her behalf at the criminal trial. And two shootings in broad daylight yesterday -- one in the Bayview and one in Richmond. People fleeing the Bayview shooting left footprints in wet concrete being laid for the MUNI Third Street extension, and in Richmond, a man walked up to a stereo store and just started shooting. ...

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