Every year at Thanksgiving, you're bound to forget one or two critical items. A shallot, cooking twine, mushrooms, Ketel One -- something will slip your mind and you run the risk of having your Thanksgiving dinner collapse in on itself. And then you've ruined everything. Everything! But who can we prevent such yellow wallpapered hysteria? This is where you come in: do you know of any grocery stores that stay open late on Thanksgiving......

Those poor UC Regents. All they wanted to do was knock down a few trees to build a new training facilityand for all this, they've been sued, had a bunch of people live in the trees , and saw Native Americans declare it a sacred site. Now they might be facing their most diabolical protest yet-- a work of community art. Oh, no, not community art. What's next, will the Dance Brigade stage an interpretive dance? ...

-More officers are sent to the Ocean View neighborhood after two men were shot within an hour of each other last night. -They still can't figure out who it was that was in that apartment on Haight Street. They do know he was naked and handcuffed. -Now the Native Americans are getting involved with those trees in Berkeley as they're claiming it's sacred ground. Boy, this new fitness center is getting off to a great......

--Gavin Newsom's decided to run for reelection after all. Here's the text of his fundraising letter, which appears to have been sent to previous donors only. (Thanks to reader Tiffany for the tip!) --Charities feeding the needy. --Vegetarians feeding turkeys. --Termites feeding on the Larkspur City Hall. --Vigil on Monday Nov. 27, which is the anniversary of Harvey Milk and George Moscone's assassination. --Yes on an injunction barring the Oakdale mob from loitering, but......

Television has become as a much of a Thanksgiving staple as turkey, cranberries, and drunken uncles. Let's face it: when you've just eaten a week's worth of calories, and you've got a house full of relatives surrounding you, you'll probably welcome the chance to just stare at the soft glow of the TV screen. "What's this thanksgiving thing you speak of?" you ask. Well tune in to the History Channel's The History of Thanksgiving......

Canada College celebrates European Americans....