To honor Barry Lamar as he approaches the exalted numbers 725 and 726, Gavin announced yesterday that City Hall will be lit up in Orange until he breaks the record. There will also be a pennant hung in front of City Hall to count off each and every home run he hits on his way to 726. Quoth the Gavster: "I think I speak for all San Franciscans when I say,''Go Barry.'" ...

Man, let it not be said that Lew Wolff doesn't get sh-- done. First he said he was going to build a new stadium for the A's and he did. Then he said he was going to get us a new soccer team and he did. Today, it's been announced that the San Jose Earthquakes are back from the dead and will start up again next year as an MLS expansion team. The team was in San Jose up until a few years ago but moved away to Houston due to stadium issues. Naturally, in Houston, the nee Quakes won a championship. ...

Now that the National Football League's 2007 schedule has been released, let the carpin' in Oakland begin....

Fittingly, the last Raider home game of the 2006 season falls on December 23: the date of Festivus. * Kansas City vs. Oakland Saturday, December 23, 2006. 5:00 PM, PST. Week 16 The Battle Of Festivus Let the Airing Of Grievances begin! We're disappointed that we are having to think about whether Notre Dame QB Brady Quinn would be a good draft pick for the Raiders to let go after a few frustrating years. We're......

O, the pain. Not so much a piercing pain, more of an overall pain, as though Half Dome's other half had fallen on top of of us while napping. Our 49ers were destroyed by the Kansas City Chiefs by a score of 41-0. Forty-one to nothing! At least now The Raider Nation has something to gloat about. It was the most complete loss by the Niners in recent memory. And the worst part was how dispassionate the Chiefs seemed as they went about their business of rackin' up the points. Almost a soft dictation of game tempo. A laugh here or there on the sideline, but the KC team was merely getting things done. No big deal to them. ...

It's Week Four of the National Football League's 2006 regular season. Things have been tough. How’ve you been? Here's what happening with your Niners and Raiders for this October 1st...

The Cali-KC rap war that began started with the murder of local raper Mac Dre in November 2004 escalated with the retaliatory killing of Kansas City rapper Fat Tone this past May. Andre "Mac Minister, Choppa, Chop" Dow, the prime suspect in the Fat Tone's murder was captured yesterday in a San Francisco apartment, by SFPD SWAT and FBI agents. There was a standoff for about 90 minutes, until a woman allowed law enforcement......

Happy Whatever-You-Want from all of us at American Football Spectacular! Let's have a look at the games on TV this wknd, shall we? San Diego Chargers at the Kansas City Chiefs, Saturday, 12/24/2005, 10:00 AM PST Wild Card playoff football is nothing compared to the atmosphere for two teams clawing for that last playoff spot at the end of the regular season. Truly, when it is said that "this is what it's all about;" then......

It was painful to watch. We knew this was an outsized match when we saw in ahead on the calendar. SF vs PHI. Crap. We knew. This is part of what being at the bottom reaps; sometimes you must face those stronger than you on your path when you are not ready for them. This is indisputable. And it hurt. Oh, did it hurt. The points kept coming, and your 49ers simply could not......

So now that Laurie Beijan had her dream wedding at Flood Mansion uninterrupted by cries of "Tubular!" from outside -- what's going on with Jonny Moseley's ski jump plans now? The good folks of Pacific Heights called a public meeting yesterday, where some interesting things were said. On the one hand, there was the angry resident at Fillmore and Green, who says, "For my 30th birthday, I went to Mexico, got drunk, and learned how to surf. It didn't affect anyone." (Huh. Mexico.) On the other, there was the passionate Iranian immigrant who asked, "I can't help but wonder if there is a starving child in Africa or Taiwan who will watch this event and be drawn to San Francisco to make it their home." (Taiwan is actually doing OK on food these days, but thanks for asking). However, everyone agreed that no matter what happened, San Francisco is at least better than the rest of the country: "It is events like this that distinguish us from Kansas City, which is flat in every way," said one person, who said we had to have the jump so our city wouldn't be "boring." And all agreed that no matter what happened, it was probably the city government's fault as well. "This company went through San Francisco and got the proper permits. We should be angry at The City, not this company," said another resident. Icer is hoping to have the ski jump in Pac Heights still, on Sept. 29. ...

You sitting down? OK. Listen, we've gotta talk. Such is your Oakland Raiders' schedule in the forthcoming three weeks before their bye week, that when October 9 comes, OAK could be 0 - 4. Don't think that we like saying this. Oh hell to-the-no! This ain't fun at all! It's a rough thing to think about, but it needs to be talked over. It's the road that's before us, and we've got to deal......

So far, the most popular post here on SFist has been, by far, our coverage of Mac Dre's funeral. Fans and well-wishers have left dozens and dozens of comments full of praise and respect, and the stats bear out that folks looking for Mac are all over that post. So when we saw a new comment from 'dp' that said Fat Tone, AKA 23-year old Anthony Watkins of Kansas City, had been shot to......

Jackson is out this week, face-down on the floor somewhere after drinking too much egg nog. The final football weekend of 2004 pretty much ended just like every other football weekend in 2004 for the Raiders & Niners- with losses. The fun started this Saturday as the Silver & Black played what we were told was a fun-filled and exciting game against one of the Raiders’ long-time rivals- the Kansas City Chiefs. And when......

The big news, at least to SFist, is that Ricky Williams -- who has been living in a modest home in the Sierras, practicing yoga, and smoking our incredible northern California marijuana -- would prefer to play for the Oakland Raiders if he did return to football (which has been rumored, since he currently owes the Dolphins around eight million dollars). We think you're cool for going your own way, Ricky! So while we wait......

Mac Dre, the Vallejo rapper shot in Kansas City last week, was laid to rest yesterday at the Mountain View cemetary in Oakland. Unfortunately, the funeral home, which only seats 100, was not able to accommodate all the members of Mac Dre's family and fans who wanted to pay their final respects, and only family members whose named appeared on the official list were allowed in. ...

In response to reader feedback, we're trying out new graphics for the blotter. Let us know what you think! Halloween came and went with a minimum of fuss in the city -- as one officer noted, there were 250,000 people and only five punches thrown (working out to a ratio of one punch per 50,000 folks). One of those punches was thrown around 10:30 p.m. at Market and Castro, where a man complained that someone......