Ok, get your clickers ready: Lauryn Hill is doing a one-off Bob Marley tribute show at Mezzanine next Wednesday, May 18, and there are still early-bird tickets available at $60 apiece plus service charge. Also, VIP for $90. General admission hasn't gone on sale yet. more ›

So, news went out via Twitter yesterday around 5 p.m. that Lauryn Hill and Dave Chappelle were going to do an impromptu surprise show at The New Parish in Oakland, after Lauryn's gig at the Warfield last night. The thing was thrown together, $90 tickets went on sale, with $140 for VIP, and the shit sold out pretty quick. Chappelle, as you may remember, has popped up a bunch around here recently (we think he has a home here) and has done a couple of shows at the small downtown Oakland venue. Also, he's been friends with Hill for a while, and arranged a Fugees reunion for his 2006 concert film Block Party. more ›

Last week's winner, the deceptive SF Weekly. Letters abound, either outraged by the fake Barry Bonds story or entertained by the elk. Why don't the negative letters have the names of the authors? Are you now questioning all the journalism you read in the Weekly now, or did you just think it was a good joke? Matt Smith says Gavin Newsom is supporting a cult. No, not the cult of Gavin, though no doubt Gavin supports that too. Cover article: a family that's had two kids shot near the Sunnyvale housing project. It's a really interesting story! This weekend alone: Litquake, the Zine Fest, and Tease-O-Rama. It's good to live in SF! Meredith isn't so happy with an appetizer bar; SFist Ced isn't so happy with Meredith! Mercredi, C'est Ravioli will continue!!!! Yay! Recent disaster concerts in the Bay Area -- at least Lady Sovereign and Lauryn Hill showed up, unlike MF Doom. We liked Let's Get Killed's pensive mature tone about the tough times Rogue Wave's gone through, we really did. Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, and the Bouncer deconstructs the dive bar. more ›

--One person is dead after a Caltrain hit a car in Palo Alto this afternoon. [CBS 5, Merc News.] more ›