Get this: PG&E actually had the balls to ask the state this week if they wouldn't please be so kind as to offset the fine they're expected to be on the hook for for the 2010 San Bruno gas-main explosion. They'd like to get credit for the $221 million they claim to have spent on testing and pipeline changes following the blast — basically all the shit they should have done before they killed eight people and decimated a neighborhood. more ›

Amber Yust, the 23-year-old Software Engineer who received a threatening letter from a DMV employee after recording her sex change with the government agency, will recieve a $55,000 settlement the Chronicle reports today. That settlement includes $15,000 from Thomas Demartini, the DMV clerk who sent the letter calling homosexuality "an abomination that leads to hell". more ›

As if going to the DMV wasn't harrowing enough, Amber Yust, a 23-year-old software engineer, had a particularly vile experience when she went to change register her sex denotation at the San Francisco Department of Motor Vehicles: One or the government employees called her an "abomination." more ›

Sad news, kids. Christmas is canceled. The Union Square Macy's store has, sadly, fired John Toomey, known for 20 years at the store's "Santa John." Why? Well, according to the Chronicle, it all started with a humorous "adult" joke, one that's been told for years. more ›

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October 30. OK, well; October 30, 1988. At least according to the movie Donnie Darko.

Which means it's the last chance to warn you with this picture via punditkitchen.com. more ›