Berrylicious illustration from The Oakland Tribune. more ›

Photo of an SFPD enforcement action in front of City Hall more ›

Two fires in District 6 in two days! A three-alarm fire on Woodward Street, right by Duboce and Mission, at around 2 a.m. this morning in a three-story residential building has killed one resident, injured three people, and displaced 31 others. more ›

Comics 4 Comix: Have you ever been to the Cartoon Art Museum? Neither have we. Head there tonight for a great cause. An overlooked gem in San Francisco, the Cartoon Art Museum is having its annual fundraiser and silent art auction, starting tonight at 7 pm. Come bid on original comic strip art from both local and national cartoonists, including including Dan Piraro (Bizarro), Frank Cho (Liberty Meadows), Phil Frank (Farley), Lalo Alcaraz (La Cucaracha), and Lynn Johnston (For Better or For Worse). On the stage will be a slew of stand-up comics, including Michael Meehan and Kurt Weitzman. Thirsty Bear and True Sake provide the libations and Rainbow, Whole Foods, and Canton Dim Sum are among the suppliers of snacks. Tickets are $20 and all proceeds go to the museum. Cartoon Art Museum, 655 Mission St, SF. more ›

WoW Player Meet-up -- in RL!: If you didn't see the South Park episode or ever stumble upon the Big Blue Dress video while browsing YouTube at 3 am, you're way behind. World of Warcraft, with 8 million gamers subscribed internationally, is a MMORPG (Massive Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game) affectionately known as Warcrack throughout the gaming community. more ›

Update: They're waiting on confirmation of status. Rescuers are saying they saw a flash in a wooded area. Others are saying that they've heard news reports that he wasn't face down. All the news is kind of crazy right now; we're going to wait until we get something official before posting anything else. more ›

Update: They've got a scaled-down night crew working. Here's the most recent CNET article. Also, some biographical information about the couple. more ›

SFist reviews Colma: The Musical at the SFIAAFF more ›

We've gotten kind of into this show on A&E called "The First 48," which follows homicide detectives during the first 48 hours of a murder investigation. As the narrator intones over the ominous major-second chord, "their chance of solving a crime is cut in half if they don't get a lead in the first 48." Funny, they never seem to follow the SFPD around on this show. Know why? Because they've made no arrests in eighty percent of the homicides reported this year. Eighty percent! That's outrageous! That's actually lower than the clearance rate in thebig Chronicle brouhaha in 2002 over former Chief Lau that forced him to resign (he managed to eke it out 8 more percentage points, to a big 28%, with a 50% arrest rate). Chris Daly and Tom Ammiano have called for a performance audit of the SFPD, and Ross Mirkarimi is demanding to know why no one's patrolling crime hot spots in his district. (Probably because you're doing such a good job on your own, Ross!) Daly's also called for the creation of a prevention plan on the issue. After the jump -- the unhappy-making numbers. more ›