Here she comes, Kimberly II. According to the Gate, "SF Mayor Newsom engaged to be married." Ta da. It seems that our former hard-partying stallion of a mayor "spoke with his girlfriend's father first and then proposed marriage." Oh, please. Sure. And will little singing mice also be making her wedding dress? Anyway, Gavin and Jennifer, congratulations and best wishes, respectively. Let's hope this one sticks. (Sorry, Beth.)......

-- John O'Neill, the man killed last week by an N-Judah a J-Church train, died while saving his pup, Cappy. If there is a heaven, O'Neill is up there. [Chron] -- Spare the Air days = more clueless MUNI/BART riders. [Fog City Notes] -- Spotswood goes to a Giants game, attaches theme songs to local flavors. [Chron Blogs] -- P-O-P-C-O-R-N to die soon. RIP, detached ladyvoice. [David Lazarus] -- The armpit of California: richest......

-- Bill Walsh dies. [Chron, Examiner, KGO] -- Tom Snyder dies. [Chron] -- Matt Gonzalez's chance at becoming SF Mayor dies. [Chron, KGO] -- Dog pimps FlexPetz to open SF brothel. (In related news, pets are neither toys nor furniture.) [Tampa Bay's 10] -- Ed Jew’s trial continues. [Chron] -- Caltrans closes parts of the 101 from midnight to 5 a.m. starting tonight until 8/3. [KRON4] -- East Bay's garbage picked up. [KPIX]......

As far as we know, our mom is NOT behind this movement. But we're totally flattered that blogswarm at Calitics thinks we should run for mayor. We're even more flattered that our CrackBerry Chronicles are "dreaded" by someone other than Gavin Newsom. HIGHlarious! ...