Oh man, are you kidding? This is terrible. Not to get all tugging-the-heart strings today, but this spill is much worse than initially reported yesterday. This oil covered bird above was found at Fort Baker cove in Sausalito today. It seems that the Marin Headlands are getting crazy sloshed with oil on their shores. (The aerial shots of the spill on SFGate are jaw-dropping.) A Golden Gate National Recreation Area ranger claims that the......

The City Attorney's Office has filed a reply to Ed Jew's response to the State AG from last week that if you don't think he lives in the city, you're a racist. And yowza! In their papers, they describe Ed Jew's response as "inadequate, incomplete, misleading and inflammatory." They couldn't find a synonym for the word "misleading" that also started with an i? (Okay, now we can't think of one either. Impertinent? Informationally-challenged? Impossible? Well,......

Part of the flock of our famous red-masked parakeets flying above Telegraph Hill. By now, we're sure that you've heard of the San Francisco Board of Supervisor's vote to ban feeding these very cute wild parrots in Ferry Park and everywhere else in the city. It was national news last week. What you might have missed over the weekend was Chronicle photographer Frederic Larson's short video that really shows what it's like see these animals......

We're thinking there is no one in the Chronicle offices this afternoon, as they all seem to have raced over to the grand opening of the Westfield San Francisco Centre mall. Check out these amazing pictures that they're taking! Because we clearly have nothing to do around here, people have been lining up since 4:30 a.m. this morning to see the new retail space -- and C.W. Nevius took a break from decrying moral decay......

Ohmeed Popal, the man who ran down 18 pedestrians last week, appeared in court today, dressed in the prison jumpsuit and looking "bewildered" at the proceedings. Popal first pled not guilty to the murder of the Fremont pedestrian who died, but his attorney quickly withdrew that plea pending a psychiatric examination. Popal, who is currently in custody at SF General's psychiatric ward, will return to court on Friday after the examination is completed. It was......

--Man dies at Burning Man. --Silicon Valley isn't as cool of a tech hub anymore (but still gets money). --Men in skirts throw big poles. --Houses are expensive around here. --Spare the air today, please (but pay full fare on BART). --Fong, Newsom, and Harris on SF crime. Jim Hammer too. Why no Mirkarimi? (We might talk about this some more later.) --and Chris Daly got cited for trespassing (hotel protest).......