Last week's winner, the Bay Guardian. We should totally put needle disposal boxes in Golden Gate Park. Also, C.W. Nevius says that Newsom called him and yelled at him for 45 minutes after he wrote his first article on the issue. We'd put that call on mute. Gentrification is destroying Polk Street. City contractors still use sweatshop labor. Annalee Newitz has mice. Sonic Reducer's still at the Guardian. Cover article: Local bands to watch. You've got your whisky swillers, your barefoot folksters, your hip-hoppers, and some fey whimsy. And read Marke B's column and show him not everyone's away for Burning Man! more ›

- The Alcatraz Challenge Aquathlon's motto "Swim or Die" proves literal after a competitor dies during race. [Chron, Examiner] more ›

This morning, ESPN's Len Pasquarelli is reporting that "sources" say that the 49ers' prized offensive coordinator Norv Turner will be the new coach of the San Diego Chargers, to which we say noooooo. more ›

Man, there's a lot of sports going on right now. First up, baseball. Angles 6, A's 2- There was no champagne spilled in Oakland last night as the A's were held to a mere four hits and two runs, all in the fifth. The rest of the game, they did bupkus. Don't worry, A's fans, it's normal for a team about to clinch to tighten up a bit. The players get so excited at the thought of ending the game by piling on top of each other that they get too nervous to actually get into position to jump on top of each other. Today is not only the last game against the Angels of this series, but the last home game for the A's. So if they don't win today, the A's will have to do it on the road. Go A's! more ›

“Torture numbers, and they'll confess to anything..." Gregg Eaterbrook A's 5, Angels 4- Marco Scutaro hit an 0-2 pitch from Angels relief ace Francisco Rodriguez to score Bobby Kielty in the 12th inning to lead the A's to victory over the Angels. The A's magic number is now 2, as in can clinch the division today with a win. How about that? Very quietly, the A's vs. the Angels has become one of the best rivalries in sports and this game was another one to add to it. The game was tied 3-3 going into the 8th when Milton Bradley hit a solo-home run to take the lead. Houston Street came in to pitch the ninth, his fourth straight appearance, and made it to two outs before giving up a double to Maicer Izturis that Jay Payton had but lost after making a diving attempt to catch it. Itzuris got to third after a throwing error by Street (fans around the East Bay must have been dying about now) but Street got Orlando Cabrera to strike out to end the inning. Phew. more ›