Did you hear? Matt Gonzalez was in the news today. [SFBG]Which seawall lot plan do you like best? [Curbed]Set in SF, ABC's Eli Stone uses faux cable cars. The nerve! [SFGate]Frozen yogurt is back, and it's getting ugly. [Eater]Innocent trees exploited for UC Berkeley's numerous political agendas. [Daily Clog]Hooligans take yoga, stress relieved. [Oakland Tribune] Image credit: Capobianco Gallery......

Your Black Muslim Bakery women treated like "slaves." (Hot fish sandwiches don't make themselves, ladies.) [Oakland Tribune]Dan Noyes sticks it to Muni again, and not in a good way. Be sure to check it out. [ABC7]Well. Somebody thinks they're too good to shoplift. [Spotswood]Free Jameth! He turned into a reform school girl over the weekend. [Nature abhors a vacuum]How many real estate agents does it take to post an ad on Craigslist? [Curbed]TED, a......

"Static and squat," declares John King on the new residential tower, Soma Grand. And it only gets worse, beautifully so. [SFGate]Have a sumptuous yet refreshing woodchuck, raccoon, or squirrel recipe? Send it to Endless Summer and you could win a "guest blogging post." [Endless Simmer]Fashion on the 5-Fulton dazzles. [Nature abhors a vacuum]President George W. Bush is coming to the Bay Area tomorrow to make a cameo appearance in Milk, or something like that. [Oakland......

It's wet. Very wet. [SFGate] Lunching in the Financial District. (And, OMG, the most darling thing ever: an escaping escape key!) [Gridskipper]British satirist (is there any other kind?) throws down les bon mots on subprime mortgages. [Valleywag]"Love," it seems, "is the answer." [Curbed]Mecca is on deathwatch. [Eater]New Chron editor revealed: Ward E. Bushee. [SFGate]Diplo is coming, and we couldn't be more elated. Seriously. [ASD]Michael Vick's dogs--as well as this insanely hot piece of tail......

First eco-friendly homeless shelter opens its doors. Glamour, glitz, green. [Oakland Tribune]The Mayor uses Muni funds to pay his posse. [SFGate, N Judah Chronicles]Speaking of which, buy your "The N Is Near" t-shirt now. No, now. [N-Judah Chronicles]Mary Ratcliff reports on the police state formerly known as Bayview-Hunter's Point.Yikes. [SF Bay View]Yerba Buena Loft cover up? Shady. [Curbed]Although he seems like more of a Mission fag, Gus takes over the Castro. [eBAR]Sir, there are no......

The food section round up is back. We gobble the various food sections up each Wednesday. But first: ready to "dine and go to heaven" in San Francisco? We are! Dine About Town is here, and prix fixe dining heaven costs $21.95 for lunch and $31.95 for dinner. Participating restaurants include: A16, B44, Cafe de la Presse, La Provence and others. This heaven won't qualify as a cheap eat, but it's presumably cheaper than what......

ConJewMu set to open on June 8, 2008. [Curbed]Dinosaurs were teenage sluts, did what whatever they wanted, and you're just jealous. Whatever, you don't know them. [SFGate]The croc still lives on. [Tehdaly]City Hall cares about boob cancer by emitting a pinkish glow. [WhatImSeeing]Special staph infections pound the gay community. Hard. [SFGate]This morning's I-880 dead body identified. [Oakland Tribune]Netflix tries to trump Apple by removing restrictions. Dude, burn. [Valleywag]Sexism or racism, which one is more......

Ed Jew resigns today. [Examiner]Miraculous reservations at French Laundry. [Chowhound] Protecting the Presidio from Don Fisher. [FCJ] Dede, will you buy us this house, then? Come on! [Curbed] Tiger victim claims, " 'We didn't do nothing.' " [SFGate] Suspect in the beating death of Jessica Leona Birden, found alongside an Oakland trail on 1/1, in court today. [Oakland Tribune] Schwarzenegger's budget to cut education, release prisoners, and close parks. [SJ Merc] Sir Edmund Hillary......

Top alt-flick cinema houses. [Gridskipper] Clinton takes it in New Hampshire. [Oakland Tribune]Rocchi on Chinatown vis-à-vis There Will Be Blood. (An aside: Any specific details about Faye Dunaway's behavior on the set of the former would be most appreciated. Just how difficult was she?) [Culture Blog]Newsom inaugurated. [The Snitch] Zoo Eviction? Is the question. [Curbed] Mike Martz joins the 49ers. [SFGate]Fresh, hot Tablehopper. (We like to be naughty and read it while eating a......

Peter Hartlaub thinks our favorite thinspiration, Keira Knightley, is overrated. Well, then. [SFGate] Iraqi war critics' darling Cindy Sheehan moves to the Mission District. Congrats on the hip new digs, Cynthia. [FCJ] Big-cat attack victims "lay low." Hmm. [Examiner] Raiders lose it. Again. [Oakland Tribune] Three - three! - people murdered in Oakland within 12 hours. Ack. [CoCo Times] Oakland fuzz feared Your Black Muslim Bakery? [Oakland Tribune] Beth has a new drinking-binge buddy?......

School buses to run on waste grease from local restaurants. [SF Sentinel] 2007, as Chrissy from Newport Harbor: the Real OC might say, is "o-v-e, but the 'r' is not there yet." Totes, dude. Totes. [SFoodie, SFBG, CHOW, Gridskipper, Yelp] "Subprime" is your word of the year, or so says the Gate. [SF Gate] Tiger stuff. (An aside: Big-Cat Expert is perhaps the best job title in the world, ever.) [Examiner, SFBG] New Jersey......

-- Fallout from yesterday's tiger-ian death of 17-year-old Carlos Sousa Jr. continues. [CBS 5, SFGate, Spotswood, FCJ, SF MetBlog, Peta (cuckoo!)] -- We simply refuse to believe that One Rincon Hill is anything less than perfect. But? Alas. [Curbed] -- Search for Alameda boater suspended. [ABC 7] -- West Oakland shooting victim identified. [Oakland Tribune] -- Buy! Buy! Buy! [SF Gate] -- Where to tango dance in SF. [Gridskipper] -- Did you know that Mark......

Similar to the fatal accident that happened in November, another pedestrian -- engrossed in a phone call, ignorant as to what was happening around him -- was stuck and killed by a train in San Leandro. According to the Chronicle, it seems that: The victim, a man who was not immediately identified, was struck at 12:30 p.m. by a northbound Capitol Corridor train at the Alvarado Street crossing, about 8 miles south of the......

Update: all lanes are now open. It seems that "a box truck, from a business called 'Diet to Go'...drove directly into the back of the big rig," killing the box truck driver. Very sad. Sigh. According to SFGate, "three lanes of the upper deck of the Bay Bridge are blocked by a fatal accident, the California Highway Patrol says." Did you hear that? How awful. Just terrible. Three whole lanes of traffic have closed......

Your Black Muslim Bakery -- the prominent and notorious Oakland setting featured in many a Chauncey Bailey story -- will probably be sold today to Vital Life Services, a nondenominational "nonprofit serving people living with HIV/AIDS and other critical illnesses," founded in 1987. The high bidder NCK LLC, a limited liability corporation, plans on buying the space, then turning it over to VLS. (Aw.) The property was also sought after by several other interested......

-- Why, it's our very own SFist Rita kicking it in the comfy confines (and breaking down the latest season of Project Runway) over at SFGate. Awesome. [Culture Blog] -- Japantown's J-Pop Center, well, pops. [Curbed SF] -- And look! It's your editor interviewed by SF Weekly. We don't come off as mildly-retarded as we did during the interview. Woo hoo! [The Snitch] -- Which '80s night is the best night? [Gridskipper] -- Yoshi's......

-- Built in 1911, the Tower Theater is up for sale. Again. [Curbed SF] -- Fatal Bayview fire still under investigation. [SF Examiner] -- Jew's attorney asks, "More time, please?" Look, the only kind of time that will help Ed's case is a time machine. Thank you, good night! [SFGate] -- The new Mint. (Also, a museum? Yawn.) [Transbay Blog] -- Milk vs. The Mayor of Castro Street. Me-ow! [ASD] -- Hit-and-run suspect snagged.......

-- Should MUNI boss Nate Ford get a raise? Gavin says sure. [N Judah Chronicles] -- Starting the holiday season later to get shoppers in the stores? Genius! [Tim] -- "Joe Alioto-Veronese doesn't belong on the same stage as Leno or Migden." Heh. [SFBG] -- Your Street on YourStreet. [The Snitch] -- And finally, a (used?) condom on a MUNI seat. [What I'm Seeing] -- Oakland Tribune editor succumbs to cancer. [Oakland Tribune] --......

-- And then Nancy was all, "Like, what the hell, you guys?" [SF Examiner] -- The Central Subway Project. [Transbay Blog] -- Now you don't have to leave your bedroom to travel. Ever again. Yay! [The Tech Chronicles] -- The seven rules for talking (and not screaming self-righteously) about gentrification. [Neighbors Project] -- Behold: SF Weekly's new food blog. [SFoodie] -- A censure-free DiFi. [SFBG] -- After it was revealed that he was, and......

-- Awesomeness: GG Park road to close on Saturdays! Yay! Mind the bison! [Examiner] -- Narcs! Mandated by federal law, the Coast Guard failed to drug test the Cosco Busan crew within 32 hours. [SFGate] -- Still need your crab fix? Try this handy map. [Gridskipper] -- Ka-blamo! Bomb scare temporarily halts eBay. [ValleyWag] -- Saving rent control. [Beyond Chron] -- Ship's radar, it now seems, was working juuust fine. [Oakland Tribune]......

-- Chicken John hosts the Loser's Ball. Which a lot progressives did. Lose, that is. [Politics Blog] -- Although Prop A might pass due to prog efforts. (See where horizontal pastels get you, Mr. Fisher?) [BeyondChron] -- Washington Packing Corporation's abandoned, graffitied tuna cannery. [WhatImSeeing] -- Bay Bridge fender bender spills "mysterious" oil into the Bay. [Oakland Tribune] -- Henry K. Lee live-blogs, as they say, on the Hans Reiser murder trial! [SFGate] --......

-- They're not mad at you, they're mad at the dirt: unkempt offices at the Chronicle and elsewhere. [SFBG] -- Fire danger in Mill Valley. Hot. [SFGate] -- More on Milk Club Migden Madness. [BeyondChron] -- Bonds Responds. [Examiner] -- Soprano Katharine Tier playing ping pong. While looking amazing. [CCBlog] -- "Payback's a bitch." [Chron] -- Ka-blam! Man detained at Fremont home for possible blowing-up-bomb-like behavior. [Oakland Tribune]......

-- Oh noes: local homes sales are in the crapper. [SJ Merc] -- Sex assault charged against Sacto Kings player Justin Williams. [CBS5] -- More lighted landmarks to shutdown during Saturday's Lights Out SF. [Examiner] -- Suing Ed Jew. [SFGate] -- Jon Stewart and Daily Show confusion. [BeyondChron] -- Not guilty plea in Bailey murder. [Oakland Tribune] -- Gayrab party. Ha! Get it? Yeah. Anyway, check out Bibi this Saturday at Club Eight. [SFBG]......

-- Explanation for last night's brief Bay Bridge light outage. [Oakland Tribune] -- Need a home in the Mission? And you're a web ninja and/or hacker? And a bit of an arsonist? Well, then you're in luck! [CraigsList] -- Police are on the lookout for a former South Bay man, Christopher Melvin Holland, for a 1983 rape and murder. [SFGate] -- Oakland environmental group claims that iPhones contain reproductive toxins. And yet, we still......

-- Rain! Nourishing, cozy, baptismal, layer-building, annoying, cold, revitalizing rain! [Weather Underground] -- Park it, SF. [Curbed SF] -- San Francisco weeklies pick up on our tete-a-tete. [SFBG, The Snitch] -- Mayoral debatzzzzzz. [BeyondChron] -- Gore nabs the Peace Prize. Presumably, could care less about it. [Examiner] -- Tool-y Governor vetoes homo-marriage bill. Again. Aw, thanks! You really shouldn't have. [Oakland Tribune] -- N-J on the Transit Effectiveness Project tip. [N-Judah Chronicles] -- Berkeley "mother"......

Leslie's on the HuffPo cheering on Dan Rather's $70 mil. lawsuit...

-- Behold! The Infinity apartment! [Curbed SF] -- Welcome Wikipedia to SF with a slew of wacky neighbors and a joint taped to their door, won't you? [Examiner] -- Missing cyclist, James Bronstein, found dead. [SFGate] -- BART wants you to save Darfur. [Civic Center Blog] -- UC Berkeley searching for a hooded man in connection with recent arson activity. [SFGate] -- The Gov signs into action a bill forbidding you to light up......

-- Fog City Notes has a crush. Also, our favorite Little Debbie outlet, Rainbo discount bread store, is closed. Dude. [Fog City Notes] -- Castro residents are scared poopless want more info about safety regarding Halloween night. [SFGate] -- SOMA fire "sends residents fleeing." Yikes! [Examiner] -- Surprise, surprise. The N-Judah was down today. [N-Judah Chronicles] -- Nauseatingly pimped Lexus sedan crashes into building. [Oakland Tribune] -- Beyond Chron has issues with Proposition 93.......

-- Have you seen this man? (Also, we think that we have that same shirt in our closet. Yipes!) [Chron] -- Meet Jose Alfredo and Olga Contreras, parents teetering on the brink of homelessness while trying to make a life in SF. [Examiner] -- More on Lights Out. [The Snitch] -- "Animal Rites" for your perusal. [SFBG] -- At last....mansion Deco Duel! (We want the one on the right.) [Curbed SF] -- Google all......

-- Alameda County judge tells Berkeley tree squatters, like the scrappy Ninjah and Stork here, to climb down. For good. [SFGate] -- Car crash on the 101 kills one, lands two in jail. [Examiner] -- And yet another death on the 101, this time by gunfire. Egads. [CBS5] -- Missing Sacto woman's cell traced to SF. "She drives a silver, small model Kia with the license plate 5WMU818," fyi. [KGO, via BCN] -- According......