We apologize for our recent obsession with KTVU, but we just couldn't resist this one. Claudine Wong flirting laughing with Kenny G Mornings on 2 programming this morning included frequent and uncomfortably long live coverage of the Pebble Beach Pro-Am by KTVU reporter Claudine Wong. Wong was all giggles as she interviewed B-Listers such as Kevin James, Huey Lewis, and Kenny G. The segments seemed rather silly among news of a police standoff in LA,......

Where the hell is 19th and Sloat? Oh, it's in, like, Southie. Near the Golf Course District. Anyway, the intersection is getting a left-turn arrow, hooray! Nineteenth is an insanely deadly stretch. A young lady died at this particular intersection a month ago; meanwhile, negotiations between the MTA and Caltrans to improve the intersection languished in their SEVENTH YEAR. The traffic on 19th is so fast and so thick that it's like an interstate......

In all the marches in of the cities in all the world, a march to City Hall is taking place today for one of the most noble causes in San Francisco to date. 100 or so golfers will be marching to the Board of Supervisors meeting to demand their voices be heard on the topic of shutting down public courses in the city. 100 golfers – wow. Is Van Ness wide enough to handle......

Friday night at the de Young never looked so good! Get a sneak peek into the closet of Nan Kempner, San Francisco native turned famous New York socialite as part of an upcoming exhibition. Drink, socialize and check out the galleries, which stay open until 8:45. Also - fashion lecture at 7pm by Harold Koda, curator-in-charge of The Costume Institute at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Authors on Film - Always wondered what goes......

Last week's winner: the SJ Metro . Cover article: San Jose Pride - family day in the park on Saturday, Gay Rodeo, Women's Music Festival this weekend. A new queer nightclub in downtown San Jo. Problems with contracting for paratransit at Santa Clara County Transit VTA . Annalee Newitz on notableness on Wikipedia. The Ann Arbor Film Festival at Foothill College. And now for our frontrunner, the SF Weekly, big trouble at the Culinary Academy......

We have to admit that we don't like golf. More like hate everything about it. We also have to admit that we hate hype and whenever hype surrounds something that hasn't been proven to amount to anything yet. Which means Michelle Wie fits into the category of things you don't even want to get us started on. ...

Total number of people in the pictures of this week's Swells: 58. Minority count: 16. (27.5%). One group of pictures is from the SF Ethnic Dance Festival. Number of people in the pictures whose names we recognize: 4 (Vera Wang, the director of the SF Ballet, the SF Ballet principal dancer, and Dilbert cartoonist Scott Adams at his wedding, above). Getty v. Traina: 1-0. Number of hats: 0. Number of horn-rimmed glasses: 4. Percentage of......

They came in peace, they asked to be taken to our leader -- and it looks like our leader is online casino GoldenPalace.com. Remember that awesome picture of the duck with the alien inside? SOLD! to the collectors of awesome Internet marginalia for $9600 on EBay, all to benefit the International Bird Rescue Research Center. GoldenPalace.com's last Bay Area purchase was Jerry Garcia's toilet (subsequently stolen before delivery). Other recent GoldenPalace happenings include their purchase......

For all of the rhetoric surrounding San Francisco as some sort of liberal mecca, one has to remember that we are the first city on the left coast, and not in a political way. In fact, there is a long and storied tradition of anglo classism and exclusivity. After all, civilization is a white man's game, especially when it comes to sports, and what better sport to represent this than golf. Tiger, Veejay and......