More on Mirkarimi's BOS campaign launch (Also: we see you, Gavin. And will continue to do so.) [SFBG]Hysterical Citiapartments drama needs a good slap. [Curbed]These should be mandatory by law, BTW. [SF Citizen]Kenny Wayne Bowens "shines 'em up!" [WhatImSeeing]SF Weekly shows a newfound puritanical streak. [SF Weekly]Have you tried the Louisiana Fried Chickenat Happy Donuts near AT&T Park yet? You should. [CHOW]Government workers using your dollars to screw around on Wikipedia. (Check it: "In......

Newsom wants to close down some SF streets on Sundays, mass choreographed dancing to follow. [Curbed]Three bitches to go. [Culture Blog]Wireless l'internet scam in SF? [Sam Spade]9/11 Truth Or Now people (are crazy.) [SF Citizen]Craig Newmark to deliver UBC UCB commencement speech tomorrow, improv-style. [Daily Clog]Denny's --> Danny's [Eater]......

Tavern on the Green comes to the Metreon. [Eater]LBAM spray town hall meeting draws biggest crowd yet. [SF Citizen]SF Weekly loses, again, in its fight with SFBG. [SFGate]SFW responds. [SF Weekly]The 10 worst workspaces in tech. [Valleywag] Altered image: Eater......

Facebook tries to save the children from sexual predators. [Valleywag]The return of Chad Fox. [Stop Touching My Food]"“I engaged in exchanging an image of a minor engaging in sexually explicit activity,” says Ward. [Noyes]Also, Bernie as a priest. [Noyes]SF milks building owner for $50K in billboard violation. [Curbed]The Mission is now so expensive that one must move to...Duboce Triangle? [Mission Mission]Dead whale found under a pier. RIP, little fella. [CBS 5]......

Bernie Ward to change "not guilty" plea in child pornography case. [Noyes]News item of the year: Castro Walgreens to expand. [Curbed] Yahoo shareholders to revolt. [Valleywag]SF CrimeMaps -- will it ever work? [SF Citizen]Best-O-Burger continues to hypnotize the taste buds of SF. [Eater]Heather, Heather, Heather… [InsideSFPD]......

Cinco de Mayo at the Knockout, pooping at the Knockout. [ASD]Christian Siriano and his ____ hair seen on Haight Street. [Fashionista]Why would you stop using Craigslist? [Curbed]Protest at Immigration and Customs Enforcement in San Francisco. [SF Citizen]More egg eruption. [Noyes]That naked old man who ran for mayor gets arrested, thinks you have emotional problems. [SFBG]LiveJournal confessionals. A must read. Seriously. [Jameth]......

Hey, Fayes Video & Espresso Bar offered free tequila to customers for Cinco de Mayo. Nice! Smear the queer? [SFGate] Culling eggs: worse than you thought. [Noyes] More Medjool hate. [Mission Mission] Potrero Hill fire caught on film. [WhatImSeeing] Freaking out over the new Transbay Terminal. [Curbed] Photo by Christopher Roberts......

Earthquakes, rice rationing, no ground turkey: something ominous is afoot. [meowmix]Honk, honk: pedestrian-vehicle collision at 16th Street and Folsom. [Jameth]Hostile Microsoft-Yahoo merger percolating. [Valleywag]Potrero Avenue developing. [Curbed]When it comes to reporting on unions, you like her, you really like her. [Peninsula Press Club, SF Weekly]Even mallards aren't immune to sexual harassment. Sad. [SF Citizen]Everything really is beautiful at the ballet. [BAR, CCB]Bacar's dream team. [Eater]......

Too Much Beyonce?by apartment3b Not enough as far as we're concerned. He should have his own night at The Transfer. [Daily Motion] Police to work for the Board of Supes, not the Mayor? Heresy! [SF Weekly]The SF gays get porn on SF cable. [The Sword]"Conservative Slur of the Day: 'Gray Davis Republican'" [Calitics]SFBG to Leno: There'll be some changes made. [SFBG]Columbus Avenue Tower Records to become green dry cleaning company. Wee. [Curbed]......

1 Kearny revealed as a bookend to pre-'06 earthquake antique. [Curbed]"French...Nazi-inspired sex video." [Valleywag]Sign o the times. [WhatImSeeing]Jason Lee is a dick. [Culture Blog]A lobbyist, a union, and a healthcare bill. [SF Weekly]Cooking shows: the transformation from informative to competitive. [SFBG]......

Where art thou, Shakespeare plaques? [Examiner]Free Cone Day craze captures SF's sweet tooth. [Eater]SF cyclist ticketed. [SF Citizen]Another formal we're not invited to: the Facebook prom. [Valleywag]Arianna Huffington chats about her new lefty book. [Politics Blog]"Dede Wilsey is an idiot." [SFBG]Mayor Gavin Newsom: gone fishin' [SFGate]......

Moose's: the end. [Eater]Kip and Nicole Macy, more evil than ever before. [Valleywag]Electronic ballot box stuffing in Leno-Migden-Nation poll? [SF Citizen]Whole Foods for fags? [Curbed]BeyondChron thinks journos should spend their time at Zeitgeist and CELLspace, or...something like that. [BC]ANTM recapped. [Culture Blog]Interviewing Les Savy Fav's Tim Harrington. [SFBG]......

• Valencia Street and cyclist safety, or lack thereof. [Mission Mission]
• Chiropractor/alleged rapist threatens victims post-attack, surrenders. [SFGate]
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SJ Mercury News, on its deathbed. (Warning: graphic and disturbing photos after link.) [Gawker]The Google Web 2.0 booth you're not supposed to see! [Jeremy Johnstone]Alice Waters on Chez Pannise's kitchen design. [Metropolis]Supes block Newsom's $3 million plan to subsidize solar installation. [Curbed]Newsom turns down WhatImSeeing's wedding invite. (Maybe if you promised him a dry reception...?) [WhatImSeeing]How Tumbl(e)r's will pay its bills. [Valleywag]Eater heads to Oakland. Crazy! [Eater] At left, Marce Proust on his way......

Abusive stepmother Dede Wilsey and supervisor Michela Alioto-Pier want to get rid of district elections. [Bronstein at Large]Drama in Dog Shit Duboce Park. [Curbed]Are you a clap trap too? [Jameth]Early morning Bekeley suicide victim (?) was 9/11 Truth movement's Jasper Summer. [East Bay Express]Ask A Mexican takes on El Pollo Loco. [SFoodie]Politically savvy? Young? Looking to get your feet wet? Barbary Coast wants you. [UsualSuspects]......

High School Musical (the stage-itization of the twee movie musical) receives decent review from the Gate. [SFGate]The California Academy of Science's LEED loss. [Curbed]SFPD didn't take Bakers Dozen attack seriously, charges dropped. What? [ABC 7]Food that takes the shape of its container. Amazing. [Zach Kowalczyk, via Laughing Squid]Speaking of Mr. Beale, LS is nominated for a Webby. Vote for him, won't you? [Laughing Squid]Gavy! [Inside SFPD]People tend to forget that Migden does have her......

Mortgage crisis a boon to the pharmaceutical industry? [Curbed] Emo! The Musical [Mission Mission]50 years for idiot who bragged about killing man outside Cafe Cocomo. Way to go, dude! [SFGate]Bastard Pope Benedict XVI soils the U.S. today [BeyondChron]Board of Supes meeting broken down. [SM]Hos. [Valleywag]Chain restaurants, sometimes quite tasty. [SFBG]......

Badly beaten rich kids, Bakers Dozen, head to court today. [ABC7]Supperclub's to celebrate Hitler's birthday in an unusual way. [Eater]Gridskipper, Wonkette, and Idolator leave Gawker. [Valleywag]J.K. Rowling's greedy. Quite right. [The Snitch]Would an In-n-Out burger taste better with Bacon? Wouldn't everything? [Yelp]ANTM halfway point = mindless clip show. [Culture Blog]Dear God, we're linking to Cute Overload. WTF is right. [CO]"At least my parents are the same color" Hillary Clinton bumper sticker tours the city.......

Photo of a cupcake platter at today's West Approach party: SF Citizen Dear God, it's hot. What are you doing reading this? Go outside. [Weather Underground]Schwarzenegger too much of a man to cut some faggy ribbon at today's Highway 80 fete. [SFCitizen]Maya Lin, one hit wonder or timeless designer? [Curbed]Goodman mentions neither this week's American Idol nor Idol Gives Back BS, does reference Rilo Kiley. WTF, indeed. [Bastard Machine]Mike Lacey = Marge Schott? Oh......

Jackie Speier wins it. [Mercury News]More Olympic torch relay protest images and videos. [Laughing Squid]The torch didn't go here. [CBS 5 Blogs]Curbed buys a second home over at Twitter. [Curbed]Further proof that Ashton Kutcher sucks, in a bad way. [Valleywag]Matador screws up Cat Power credit. Eeps. [SF Weekly]Banned on Yelp? [Eater]Some are all crankypanting over the torch path switch. [SFGate]Oh, and MUNI was its typical self today. Surprise. [Jameth]......

Misguided activism results in benign BofA ATM shutdown prank. Har. [FFD]Craigslist's Jim Buckmaster is, like, um, way hot. Who knew? [Curbed]Aaron and Christine Boring--at 1567 Oakridge Lane, Allegheny County, Pittsburgh, PA 15237--sue Google over reckless invasion of their privacy. [Valleywag]John F. Kennedy Drive in Golden Gate Park to close down Sats, Suns. [SFGate]Have spaghetti and/or pancakes with la Speier this weekend. [Calitics]Crazy cardboard art at CELLspace. [Mission Mission]......

Tiger attack victims "yelled" at Tatiana. [SFGate] SF Main Library re-opened its first floor. We had no idea that is was closed. Still, yay! [CCBlog]Evacuating together. Aw. (Wasn't this an SNL commercial parody ages ago? With Phil Hartman and Victoria Jackson? Also: we're old.) [The Snitch]Staph infection hysteria is the new AIDS hysteria. So retro. [SFBG]Last night's gruesome N Judah Municide. [N Judah Chronicles]You know who's down with Barack Obama? Your mother. [Examiner]Duffy's (formerly known......

Top alt-flick cinema houses. [Gridskipper] Clinton takes it in New Hampshire. [Oakland Tribune]Rocchi on Chinatown vis-à-vis There Will Be Blood. (An aside: Any specific details about Faye Dunaway's behavior on the set of the former would be most appreciated. Just how difficult was she?) [Culture Blog]Newsom inaugurated. [The Snitch] Zoo Eviction? Is the question. [Curbed] Mike Martz joins the 49ers. [SFGate]Fresh, hot Tablehopper. (We like to be naughty and read it while eating a......

Peter Hartlaub thinks our favorite thinspiration, Keira Knightley, is overrated. Well, then. [SFGate] Iraqi war critics' darling Cindy Sheehan moves to the Mission District. Congrats on the hip new digs, Cynthia. [FCJ] Big-cat attack victims "lay low." Hmm. [Examiner] Raiders lose it. Again. [Oakland Tribune] Three - three! - people murdered in Oakland within 12 hours. Ack. [CoCo Times] Oakland fuzz feared Your Black Muslim Bakery? [Oakland Tribune] Beth has a new drinking-binge buddy?......

School buses to run on waste grease from local restaurants. [SF Sentinel] 2007, as Chrissy from Newport Harbor: the Real OC might say, is "o-v-e, but the 'r' is not there yet." Totes, dude. Totes. [SFoodie, SFBG, CHOW, Gridskipper, Yelp] "Subprime" is your word of the year, or so says the Gate. [SF Gate] Tiger stuff. (An aside: Big-Cat Expert is perhaps the best job title in the world, ever.) [Examiner, SFBG] New Jersey......

Glass race to the top! (Our money is on the Millennium.) [Curbed] SF Zoo's cat wall too short. [SFGate] 22-Fillmore zaniness. [FCN] SF hearts Ron Paul. For some reason. (Another election? But we just haaaaad one.) [SFBG] Best Rincon Hill(-ish) venues in which to catch the NYE fireworks display. [Rincon Hill SF] NYE eating options. Chomp. [Eater] Dennis Herrera set to fight for SF's recently blocked health coverage. [SFGate] SF health plan illegal? [The......

-- Fallout from yesterday's tiger-ian death of 17-year-old Carlos Sousa Jr. continues. [CBS 5, SFGate, Spotswood, FCJ, SF MetBlog, Peta (cuckoo!)] -- We simply refuse to believe that One Rincon Hill is anything less than perfect. But? Alas. [Curbed] -- Search for Alameda boater suspended. [ABC 7] -- West Oakland shooting victim identified. [Oakland Tribune] -- Buy! Buy! Buy! [SF Gate] -- Where to tango dance in SF. [Gridskipper] -- Did you know that Mark......

-- Steroid report reported. [SFGate] -- A minor dustup between Steven T. Jones and Paul Hogarth. [SFBG] -- It ain't easy being cheesy. [Grub Report] -- With which SF realtor would you not mind having intercourse? Yeah, we have no idea either. [The Front Steps] -- Luisa's closed. For being dirty. [Eater] -- Water-taxis! [SF Examiner]......

-- And then Nancy was all, "Like, what the hell, you guys?" [SF Examiner] -- The Central Subway Project. [Transbay Blog] -- Now you don't have to leave your bedroom to travel. Ever again. Yay! [The Tech Chronicles] -- The seven rules for talking (and not screaming self-righteously) about gentrification. [Neighbors Project] -- Behold: SF Weekly's new food blog. [SFoodie] -- A censure-free DiFi. [SFBG] -- After it was revealed that he was, and......

We stuck it in Day Around The Bay already, but thought we would let you hash it out here in its own pad, readers. It seems that, according to the preciousness that is Dan Noyes, "the Silent Drill Platoon of the U.S. Marine Corps wasn't allowed to be filmed Sept. 11 on California Street in San Francisco for a segment of its new advertising campaign." Stefanie Coyote, executive director of the San Francisco Film......