In case you don't follow Governor Schwarzenegger's every tweet, he landed in Moscow Sunday night (Pacific Daylight Time, that is) and from the looks of his timeline, he and his team of twitter jocks (Twocks? Ugh, no.) seem to be either running up a nice international roaming bill or enjoying some free commie WiFi at the Kremlin. more ›

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger had a press conference to reassure California residents that the state is ready to deal with the swine flu, "I can assure you that at this time there is no reason for alarm, but we want to go and do everything that we can to make sure that we prevent an outbreak here." (Outbreak? But he wasn't in movie.) With the confirmation that a student in Fair Oaks (just outside of Sacramento) has swine flu, there are now eight cases in California. You can watch his press conference here, but the press release also outlines the steps the state is taking ("Ordered increased surveillance statewide for patients with flu-like illness"), as well as some important advice: "Cover your nose and mouth with a tissue when you cough or sneeze. Throw the tissue in the trash after you use it." and "Wash your hands often with soap and water, especially after you cough or sneeze. Alcohol-based hand cleaners are also effective." more ›

Gays of the Golden State: rejoice! For a few moments! State legislators approved "gender-neutral marriage" for the second time. And for the second time it bites its nails, waiting for Governor Schwarzenegger to beat it to death. Doing his hair and makeup for T3? Have at it. Letting them get married? Nope.It seems that homosexual love is not nearly as real as heterosexual love. Above all else, that's pretty much the message he wants sent. more ›

Mirkadreamy drives a 1970 VW. Ross called the cops, who seemed kind of indifferent about it, and now the Conquistador's upset. You know, it's this kind of thing that makes a man want to fight crime. more ›

-Ferret Fever, catch it! -Patricia Dunn, HP Chairwoman, resigns. -This is an actual headline on SFGate: "Political tide turning on illegal immigration or Ridicule, then respect, for GOP's border plan GOP immigration plan respected after scorn GOP immigration ideas catch on after ridicule." more ›

What up, Fat Lip? SFist Jon's not just Schwarzenwatching -- he's also sportzen-editing! Say hi to our new sports editor, who's got a cavalcade of athletic offerings for you. In other SFist correspondent news, we welcomed back our French-toastlicious Opinionated Loudmouth and her Route 1 brunch beat, and we get to know the 510 a little better with our newest contributor, SFist Lisa. Or.... are SFists Lydia and Lisa really ">someone else's sister-in-law dressed in big sunglasses????? We may never know! Speaking of JT Leroy, another local writer gets accused of fudgery too -- but he says there's a totally good explanation, just like the other times it's come up. Miscommunications were all over the news too, with the Home Alone parents claiming they thought grandma was taking care of the autistic kid and his brother, the SFPD fessing up that maybe there wasn't actually a bomb at the Starbucks after all, and our governor admitting that he doesn't actually have a license to drive his motorcycle. Oopses all around! Picture of Rapper Fat Lip Governor Schwarzenegger from Reuters more ›

For this week's SchwarzenWatcher we were going to give a budget analysis but decided not to. Nobody cares. Because who cares about the financial state of the State when Arnie gets caught driving a motorcycle without a license? And gets away with it! All we can say is it's good to be the Governor. Today the LAPD said they wouldn't cite the Governor for driving without a license. And why should they? Do you remember last time the LAPD tried to stop Arnold? The DMV added that because he was riding with a sidecar, it made the motorcycle technically a three-wheel vehicle and thus technically not something he'd need the M1 license for. more ›

"Our princess is in another castle!" remains protected speech at the moment, thanks to a ruling from Northern District Judge Ronald Whyte yesterday. The ruling placed a preliminary injunction on the law written by San Francisco Assemblyman Leland Yee and signed by Governor Schwarzenegger last month. more ›

The problem with a protest on the peninsula, of course, is that without Frank Chu how do you know it really happened? We took some pictures just in case. Since no news station cares about traffic on the 280 near Woodside, we knew something was up when we came out of work and saw four helicopters overhead. Oops! We forgot - Arnold's in town today! more ›

Warren Beatty gave the commencement speech to the University of California class of 2005, wearing academic robes and going after Governor Schwarzenegger in what may be an opening salvo in Beatty's rumored campaign. Current front runners in the race for the Democratic nomination include State Treasurer Phil Angelides and fellow Hollywood millionaire Rob Reiner, after Attorney General Bill Lockyer threw in the towel. more ›

Rob Stutzman, the governor's chief spokesman, says the administration will ask the Legislature to place a measure on the Nov. 2 ballot asking Bay Area voters to redirect the recent $1 toll increase, and transfer responsibility for the new bridge, as well as the rest of the toll bridge retrofitting from Caltrans to the Metropolitan Transportation Commission. Stutzman feels that "if the Bay Area wants [the bridges], the Bay Area will have to pay for it". Thank Goodness for Senator Tom Torlakson, a Democrat from Antioch. He is sticking to his guns that the state should not expect the Bay Area to pick up this monstrous tab on a state project. He also adds that Bay Area residents decided to raise the Bay Bridge toll to support other transportation projects, and not the cost of the bridge's retrofit. more ›