We have an update in the trial of Bradley Kleiman, the 31-year-old rich kid who killed a friend in his parents' pool house and single-handedly shook the well-heeled enclave of Hillsborough out of its Xanax-and-champagne-induced stupor. Kleiman entered a no-contest plea Friday as part of a deal with prosecutors, following a blow to the prosecution involving the inadmissibility of some key statements. Now Kleiman will only face a seven-year prison sentence for voluntary manslaughter, instead of the 40 to life he would have faced for first-degree murder. That's what an expensive attorney gets you, folks! more ›

You may recall the June murder that occurred in deliriously wealthy peninsula enclave of Hillsborough, the first homocide to occur there in six years. Attorneys for the defense of accused murderer Bradley Kleiman, age 30, have repeatedly delayed the plea in the case, while the prosecution was pushing the judge to enter a not guilty plea so that the case could move forward. more ›

Deliriously wealthy Hillsborough, located 17 miles south of San Francisco on the Peninsula, played host to its first reported murder since 2004. Bradley Kleiman, 30, allegedly shot and killed his friend in self-defense after the victim pulled a gun on him. SF Chronicle reports that the unidentified victims was "shot in the head in a pool house at Kleiman's home on the 100 block of De Sabla Road." Kleiman is being held at San Mateo County Jail. TV movie of the week TBD. Read more about it. more ›

But don't get too excited, folks. Our way unpopular president will be at a Republican National Committee fundraiser at a private home in the posh Peninsula town. So alas, there is no chance to hear him speak, or watch him speak, or fall asleep during a W speech à la Senator Joseph Biden at the State of the Union address. more ›