The U.S. Census Bureau released some new housing data for the years 2000-2005, and there was some semi-good news for two Bay Area cities. San Jose boosted its total housing units by 6.3% to 299,650, while San Francisco's housing stock rose 2.4% to 354,963 units. Yay! More housing is good, what with housing prices affected by "supply" and "demand," right? ...

No matter how you slice it, there can't be a good story behind this item -- southbound 280 was closed down for two hours early this morning after a naked man was struck and killed by a passing car. People had already called the police to let them know that they'd seen a man between 25-30 with tattoos running across the highway near Alemany Boulevard with his ding-dong hanging out. The SFPD arrested someone in a murder last weekend! A mother was reported stabbed to death in her apartment by her older son. As the police were investigating the scene, the younger son came home, crying, and turned himself in, saying, "I'm Carlos. I'm insane." Keep up the good work, SFPD! (As of this weekend, we were at five homicides for 2006.) And the Chron not only reports deaths -- they discover them: a Chron reporter relaxing on Ocean Beach with her family saw what she first thought was a drifting log but then realized was a body. She and her husband dragged the body out as others raced to begin CPR and call 911. The surfer has been identified as Sean O'Flaherty Fahey, who was a mechanical engineer. ...