-- John O'Neill, the man killed last week by an N-Judah a J-Church train, died while saving his pup, Cappy. If there is a heaven, O'Neill is up there. [Chron] -- Spare the Air days = more clueless MUNI/BART riders. [Fog City Notes] -- Spotswood goes to a Giants game, attaches theme songs to local flavors. [Chron Blogs] -- P-O-P-C-O-R-N to die soon. RIP, detached ladyvoice. [David Lazarus] -- The armpit of California: richest......

The Chron, giving you the news from the animal point of view! They settled the Alameda County garbage strike lockout! After a nine-hour mediation, Oakland mayor Ron Dellums announced late yesterday night that all the parties had managed to resolve the four-week dispute. No one can disclose the details, but the union will vote on whether to accept the proposal this Saturday. If the union approves the deal, regular garbage pickup could resume as early......

-- 4.2 tremor slightly moves the Bay Area, donuts. [Chron, Yahoo, Examiner, FCJ] -- Ron Russell on Chron business writer David Lazarus' new LA Times gig. [The Snitch] -- One Rincon Hill tops off. [KGO] -- Cal swim coach/Olympic gold medalist gets job back, $3.5 million in gender-discrimination lawsuit. [Chron] -- Antioch police accused of racism. [Courage Campaign] -- Final Harry Potter installment arrives tomorrow; controversy surrounding spoilers today. [Valleywag] -- Seagulls still reigning......

Here's todays wrap up of the news...

We're getting so sick of this Schwarzenegger guy -- the unusually small head, the smug perma-grin, the SUVs and cigars, and -- oh yeah! -- the completely unjustified hate for underappreciated working-class people (students, teachers, nurses, women working on movie sets). What's up with the constant "I'm going to run and tell mommy if you don't play kickball the way I like," anyways? So how funny that Schwarzenegger's latest attempt to take the ball and go home to the voters (a-GAIN -- he's like the boy who cried "special election"), has hit a snag. You may recall that Schwarzenegger is now trying to take away teachers' pensions (since teachers make so much money they're completely set for posh retirements on cruise ships and stuff) through a special election process, since, unsurprisingly, he can't seem to convince anyone in the State Senate that this is a good idea. Well, the Chronicle's David Lazarus reports that the group that Schwarzenegger's cronies have hired to collect and verify signatures has been outsourcing the work to India. Dude, when you can't even keep the Republican work in the state, you got a problem. Picture from Arnoldwatch.org...