Media rascal and likely criminal Rupert Murdoch will be in town on Friday, kicking it at the Palace Hotel (2 New Montgomery) while "addressing the National Summit on Education Reform at the invitation of a nonprofit run by presidential brother and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush," reports SF Examiner's Amy Crawford. more ›

UGO Entertainment reports that J.J. Abrams' San Francisco-set (obviously) time-traveling (also kind of obvious) crime drama Alcatraz has been picked up by Fox. You'll remember crews were around town filming the pilot episode back in February and they must have captured some particularly compelling footage because rumor has it Fox was ready to pass on the series. more ›

24-hour restaurants really do bring out the worst in people, don't they? Take, for example, a FOX40 news crew who were attacked outside a Sacramento iHOP on the 2900 block of Advantage Lane, near I-5 and Del Paso Road. After trying to question a group of people who had gathered outside the restaurant to mourn the shooting death of a 27-year-old man, which occurred in the same parking lot on earlier that morning, the crowd went on a rampage. more ›

4chan's /b/ board, the tasty bowels of the interwebs, are claiming credit for this morning's Twitter account hackings of two of the most importance forces in the universe: Britney Spears and Fox News. more ›

We could get all up in Bill O'Reilly face, as well as the plum visage of "Factor" produce and liar Jesse Watter, for throwing shade at SF. They claim that San Francisco is, inarguably, one big "Grateful Dead concert;" that North Beach is our tenderloin district; and that we are rife with neighborhood-specific dark underbellies. But we won't. Because they're spot-on when they say that SF parks are terrifying at night. Just thinking about Dolores Park at dusk gives us the heebie-jeebies. Anyway, watch the pseudo-documentary O'Reilly produced. It's the feel-good movie of the day. But you'll have to go here to watch it. (Do not fear the embedded code, MSM. It is your friend.) more ›

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OMG! It's the Nicole Ritchie of laptops! (Ritchie before she got fat and pregnant, that is.) more ›

Compelling television's loss is the bargain bin's gain. KRON 4 is up for sale. Again. Amid a "high level of interest," it seems, Young Broadcasting plans on possibly peddling the network to the highest bidder. KRON 4, once the golden child as the Bay Area's NBC affiliate, was sold eight years ago and turned into an independent station. After seeing much of the KRON 4 news team jump ship - like Pete Wilson (RIP), Wendy Tokuda, and wet dream-inducing Ross Palumbo - the place was renovated into the Fox News Corp's MyNetwork TV. Ta-da. (Really, the station could have saved itself if they had planned a local reality show on the lives of crystal meth-infused trannies. We're not kidding.) more ›

What's on the cell phones of those who survived the recent tiger attack? more ›

"Architecture of Density" -- Fox Plaza Apartments more ›

Photo showing the lack of excitement associated with our mayoral race. more ›

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Anyways, Sean saw this, failed to see any humor in it, and made his offer to be the money bags to everyone's favorite "hunky-hipster attorney". Again, we don't know if this is true or what the what is with the story. It could be a joke, a crazy rumor, or something Sean and Matt jokingly talked about while drinking some wine and discussing the finer points of Costas Gravas's L'Aveu. more ›

Looks like we're in a heapin' load of trouble as those who like to get outraged at us are outraged again. Or, at least something the Archbishop of San Francisco did. Last weekend, while conducting mass, the Archbishop was giving communion when up came two people "wearing bizarre makeup and costumes, including one dressed in a parody of a nun's habit." Hmm…couldn’t that also describe the Pope? Anyways, the "offenders" in question, of course, were members of the Sister of Perpetual Indulgence. So Archbishop George Niederauer gave them communion. more ›

Poor Cal-- so close yet so far. Our theory about what happened is that the idea of Cal having the #1 ranked team in the country was so crazy that even in this year (decade, actually) of sports craziness, the God of Sports deemed that just too crazy and set the upset in motion. Of course, we're also looking at the Rockies in the World Series, so whadda we know? more ›

Tonight's most exciting season premiere is probably the return of "Dexter" on Showtime at 9 p.m. The show, starring Michael C. Hall as a forensics expert who is also a serial killer (who only kills other serial killers), was both disturbing, funny, and oddly touching last season, and we're curious to see what this season will bring since Dexter has done away with his nemesis. Of course, the revelation of who that nemesis really was has opened up some interesting possibilities. We could take this opportunity to rant about Comcast and their ridiculous pricing schemes, and how getting Showtime would add another 60 bucks a month to our already astronomical cable bill...but we won't. We'll watch the premiere for free on Yahoo! and then rely on the Internets and friends with Showtime to watch the rest of the season. Screw you Comcast! (The premiere of "Brotherhood" follows at 10 p.m.) more ›

-- Gargantuan steroid sting nabs two Bay Area brothers. [SJ Merc] more ›

First off, yes, the season premiere of "House" is on Fox tonight at 9 p.m., preceded by the season premiere of "Bones" at 8 p.m. And no, we don't watch either one of those shows. And yes, we understand a lot of people are crazy about "House." But no, we still aren't going to watch it. more ›

Labor Day may mark the end of summer for most, but for TV fans, it's the beginning of the Fall TV season that really signals the end of summer and its often crappy TV offerings. Instead, we've got the return of OLD crappy shows and new (possibly) crappy shows to look forward to. Like tonight, when Fox jumps the gun on all the other networks with its Fall season premieres of "Prison Break" and "K-Ville." more ›

Pad those resumes, folks, because these large, North Face-wearing, faceless corporations want your souls: more ›

Or "Barry Bonds Is Home Run King*" -- depending on your opinion of him. And he breaks the record during the fifth inning, "hitting a 3-2 pitch from Washington's Mike Bacsik." Wee. Congrats, Barry, on #756. In your honor, we present to you this sad little fireworks image! You deserve it. Yay, you! Read Chon's coverage here, Examiner's here, ABC 7's here, CBS 5's here, KRON 4's here, FOX 2's here, Oakland Tribune's here,... more ›

Dodgers 6 Giants 4- Before we begin the fun, we'd like to draw your attention to a pretty interesting article by the LA Times' Bill Plaschke who writes how that two game series in '97, the Brian Johnson series, completely ruined the Dodgers for ten years. Long story short, the series devastated the team that season and knocked them out of the playoffs, making it easier for Fox to buy the Dodgers and promptly trash the franchise. Good stuff. Anyhoo, the Enchanter got Cained (our new verb for when a pitcher pitches a good game only to lose due to the Giants ineptitude) as the bullpen gave up four runs in the eighth to lose the game. The damage was done by Messer’s Kline and Messenger and is it us or does Randy Messenger look like a taller, skinner Turtle from "Entourage." As for Bonds, he did nothing of much importance but we couldn’t help but notice that when he hit what looked like a decent shot at hitting the homer, the fans stood up in excitement only to see it turn into just another fly out. When he was taken out, a huge portion of fans left the stadium and yes, it is fairly typical of Dodgers fans, but it was still a 3-2 game at the time. more ›

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We have to admit to becoming positively stoked about all the All Star Festivities these days, especially as tonight is the big Home Run Derby. Local sports talk radio is all over it, ESPN is here, Fox has been promoting the hell out of it, and Jay Z is even throwing a party for it (and hey, Hovah, if you happen to be reading this and want to help hype it by having an on the spot reporter, just drop us a line). And we're not the only ones excited-- reports say that the All Star Game is bringing the city big bucks. more ›

There's so much going on across the Ist-a-Verse that it's almost impossible to keep track these days. Fortunately, we do it so you don't have to! more ›

Yes, San Francisco can now proudly claim to be the first city in the U.S. to ban plastic bags. Or at least in grocery markets and pharmacy chains as the legislation allows small corner markets to use the old school bags. According to the legislation sponsored by Supervisor McDreamy, grocery stores and pharmacy chaings now have to switch up and use either compostable bags made of cornstarch or bags made of recyclable paper. more ›

OMG! We are SO hitting the big time! We've got two news appearances coming up: tonight at 5pm on KRON-4 and someday at sometime KGO-7. (Update! The KGO story may be delayed, or may not run at all -- their enthusiasm waned when they learned they'd have to share the story with KRON.) Both are in regards to our hard-hitting phonecammery, documenting the EARTH-SHATTERING CATASTROPHES that are Muni's casual standards. We'll be appearing on the "evening news," which is like a blog except you have to sit there for a half hour while someone reads it to you. more ›

African clawed frogs at Golden Gate Park more ›

You know that woman who was a Madame in the DC area who threatened to release all the names and info on her client list? Well, she just went out and released all the names and info on her client list. In an e-mail to a Washington D.C. radio station, the Madame, Deborah Jeane Palfrey, said she gave everything to "what I believe to be one of the most reputable and respected investigative news organizations in the country, to assist me with my needs." We somehow don't think she meant NPR. more ›

A thoughtful reader sent us this link from racist Asianweek columnist Kenneth Eng's interview on Fox News with John Gibson. Can we just pass along the following quotes? more ›