A public memorial is all set to honor Bill Walsh. It'll be held at Candlestick at 11 AM on August 10th and among the speakers will be Joe Montana and Eddie De Bartolo. A private ceremony will be held on August 9th at the Stanford Memorial Church. Speakers there will not only include Montana and DeBartolo, but NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and Dianne Feinstein. Rumored to attend are Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and former Secretary of State George Shultz who were friends of the Genius. Current owners of the 49ers, John and Denise York have also asked that the Governor declare a Bill Walsh Day. ...

-Alleged cop killer deemed "non-violent" before he turned violent. -Weather report calls for rain and floods and possible building of arks. -Arnie to undergo surgery today on his broken leg. -Temblor #4 was in Union City. -Father dies on Christmas day fire in the Mission. -Remember all of that big too-doo over Virgin Airlines coming to SFO? Ooops. -Somebody gets their holiday's mixed up and vandalizes a couple of Bay Area cemeteries. -You know......

Our favorite society photographer Drew Altizer thoughtfully sent along these pictures from the Glide Memorial Church Holiday Event yesterday, featuring Will Smith and the Bay Area premiere of the new movie The Pursuit of Happyness. The Pursuit of Happyness is based on the true story of a homeless man in San Francisco named Chris Gardner who turned his life around in the 1980s with the help of Glide Memorial and became a successful stockbroker --......

The Reverend Cecil Williams of Glide Memorial Church gave a sermon at the late morning service commemorating the good works of Pope John Paul II. Part way through, his wife handed him a note. After finishing his sermon, he asked "the young man in the back to come forward." Well, the young man in question is everyone's favorite third world economic development spokesman, iPod shill and occassional rock 'n roll frontman Bono of U2,......