Here we see the start of a memorial at Capp and 24th Streets, right on the spot where a 19-year-old male lost his life in a double shooting last night. Are those bullet holes? Yikes. Although, according to one SFist tipster, "someone took away the candle" moments ago. Which: why? We think the memorial grow far and wide. Hey, wouldn't this be a smashing way for you to silently voice your concern about the......

-- Emmy-winner Al Gore might also win the Nobel Peace Prize. Weren't Bono and Princess Diana supposed to win that at some point, too? (You know, before she...vroom.) [Wired News] -- Bay Area Reporter endorses Newsom. Shocking. [BAR] -- Double shooting in East Oakland. [CBS5] -- 16-year-old Angel Carrion busted out of juvenile detention center. Because he's bad. Real bad. And probably dating your daughter. [Examiner] -- Infant cold sniffle medicine yanked off store......

As the holiday season approaches, our attention turns from the San Francisco public library and our pile of online reserves, and toward books we buy for other folks at one of our fine local independent bookstores. What are you hoping to get this year, and what are you giving? Let us know in the comments! SFist Jake, for once, is reading something for work that he thinks might be interesting to people who don't......

Stage Fog provides you this week with a virtual tour of the world, all for the price of several theater tickets....