-Buffy the robbery slayer. -The Chron delves into the story of Spocko the Blogger....

On Thursday, we wrote about Ellen Tauscher's little problem with the netroots, a problem caused in part by her attending a recent meeting with the Prez. In the piece, we used this picture of Ellen hanging out with the President, a photo that wasn't taken at the recent meeting Tauscher had with the President, but at a meeting in 2002 right before the War Resolution vote in 2002, a resolution Tauscher voted for. ...

While we're focused on the Mayoral race and the rest of the media is focused on the Presidential race (Lord, save us), the netroots are already focused on the next congressional race. In their cross-hairs? Congresswoman Ellen Tauscher (D-Walnut Creek). Her crime? Playing footsie with the President. Nobody wants to see that. ...

-Bay Area officials race to spend Homeland Security funds before they lose it. Memo to officials: make check out to SFist.com. -Hit and run in Oakland kills one. -Effort to keep San Francisco schools ad free ain't as easy as it sounds. -Neither is keeping principals around. -Smelly things are not the only kinds of ads our transit systems won't run. -Nancy Pelosi to introduce some actual "San Francisco Values," wants to shut down smoking......

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......

A Bay Area-based member of Congress, Ellen Tauscher (D-Alamo), heads to Jordan today to help Iraqi women prepare their legislative offices in case they're elected at the end of this month....