Less than a week after the fatal tiger mauling at the SF Zoo, much of the news that has (slowly) unraveled from the Christmas Day tiger attacks has been disheartening. From the downplayed info about the too-short tiger pen fence, conflicting evidence that the three boys taunted the Siberian tiger just before the attack, and that emergency protocol wasn't followed by SF Zoo employees, there are more chin-scratching facts to add to the list.......

-- Steroid report reported. [SFGate] -- A minor dustup between Steven T. Jones and Paul Hogarth. [SFBG] -- It ain't easy being cheesy. [Grub Report] -- With which SF realtor would you not mind having intercourse? Yeah, we have no idea either. [The Front Steps] -- Luisa's closed. For being dirty. [Eater] -- Water-taxis! [SF Examiner]......

The man accused of assaulting and kidnapping Elie Wiesel -- attempted kidnapping, false imprisonment, battery, stalking, elder abuse and hate crimes, to be exact -- changed his not guilty plea to one of insanity today. Earlier this year, if you recall, Eric Hunt, 23, stalked and dragged the Nobel Prize winner and Holocaust survivor from an elevator at the Argent Hotel (recently re-branded Westin San Francisco Market Street, even though it's totally located on......

Perhaps in an effort to appease the masses for screwing them over on insane parking ticket allocations, the San Francisco Police Department, the Mayor's Office, and city prosecutors are working together to stop the city's most "overlooked crime": smash-and-grab auto burglaries. (Also known as "Boosts." Oh, that's fun name!) With an average of 41 smash-and-grabs per day in SF, the Mayor's office created a special task force that arrests one boost-happy hoodlum per week,......

-- 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.......

Regarding his Fazio-free residency case, Ed Jew's attorney Stuart Hanlon came to court minus one Mr. Jew today. According the SF Examiner, Hanlon told reporters that "Mr. Jew is not here today...he’s confident. He's working in his flower shop. He’s confident, I’m confident...[b]ut I need more time to get ready." This begs the questions, does he also have confidence in sunshine? Does he have confidence in rain? Also, Ed's working at his flower shop......

-- 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......

-- Bonds' final, fatal backlash continues. (I wonder how he spent his day today? Ugh.) [SFGate, SF Examiner, FCJ , SFBG, The Snitch]...

-- Oh dead God: "Hearts in San Francisco" returns. Sweet cuddly baby Jesus, help us all. [Curbed SF] -- Prop A passed. And? [BeyondChron] -- Siamese Conjoined twins separated. Pft. Please. Wake us up when they sprout eight limbs. [Chron] -- More Dan Noyes! [The Snitch] -- BRT and subways in Beijing, China. (Have you ever seen a cleaner subway in your entire life? Sob.) [N-Judah Chronicles] -- Crab season hurt? Boo! Tourist season......

The city provided a continental breakfast of "coffee, bagels, orange wedges, and blueberries" (delicious!) as well as temporary encampment tents for those that they evicted from Golden Gate Park at 4:30 a.m. this morning. (You can read Chron's article about it here, and SF Examiner's here.) SFPD and city outreach workers sounded the alarm for this election-year effort to clean-up the park. And "after eight hours' work, 44 people accepted the offer of a roof......

When we last left the bonfire debate at Ocean Beach, it was looking like there was going to be a crack down. Considering we have friends who went down to the beach over the weekend to burn some Christmas trees, we don't think anything has happened as of yet. Well, it looks like a compromise is set to take place as officials are in talks with "bonfire advocates" to build about twenty fire rings where bonfires could be held. ...

-Arnie is now officially our Governor for the next four years. -Arnie also raised a whop-load of money....

-The high rate of African American being arrested in San Francisco make some call for an inquiry. -Matier and Ross say Gavin's Chief of Staff, Steve Kawa, left due to burnout. We had "intern problem" in the office pool. ...

The chief doorman at the Sir Francis Drake, Tom Sweeney, gets honored for wearing the same outfit every day for 30 years. Looking fierce, Tom! SFist Elaine, contributing Picture from the SF Examiner......

We gobble the various food sections up each Wednesday. These are our favorite tidbits from today's offerings: ...

Yesterday, the Board of Supes took up the question of closing Kennedy Drive on Saturday's again and voted again by a 7-4 margin to close it on a temporary basis. No, we don't understand why all these votes are necessary when it's the same vote every time. ...

Say it isn't so: is it the end of Patricia Unterman's tenure at the SF Examiner? Last week, we could not find her review, and emailed her asking what's up, to no avail. This week, the food section in the Examiner website again links to the Fodor dining guide or to DineSite.com. The old url takes you now to the Ex front page. Did the Examiner drop her column? Was she abducted? Did she......

Just in time for Halloween, Animal Care and Control has issued a renewed warning asking city residents to be careful about bats. San Francisco has seen five rabid bats over the last two years, and ten people have had to go through rabies treatment after being bitten -- so if you see a bat in your house, good God, don't try and take care of it yourself! Call ACC! In similarly well-timed Halloween press ops, the same SF Examiner column we found the bats in says that the California Nurses are holding a rally at Market and Montgomery. They'll be giving out Arnold masks that will say "property of _____," with one of the governor's corporate sponsors listed. Pick yours up between 11 and 1, and you'll be set for those 10/31 parties tonight! No one's a better Dracula than Bela Lugosi!...