Results tagged “sjmerc”

• Caught on tape: drunk Dolores Park guy...stealing our heart. [SFBG]
• Cyclist deaths on rise. [Left in SF]
• Bay Area nurses prepare to stage a 10-day walkout. [SJ Merc]

• Reiser takes the stand. [SFGate]
• 71 MIles goes to Tijuana, interviews pimp. [71Miles]
• XOXO, God Damn [Nature abhors a vacuum]

Congratulations, Oakland (29th), Fremont (32nd), and San Francisco (34th) -- you made it on the top 50 drunkest cities in the U.S. list. At least, according to the December issue of the body dysmorphia-inducing rag Men's Health Magazine. The rankings are based on alcohol-related liver deaths, "binge drinking data compiled by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention," FBI-culled drunk driving arrest numbers, death-related auto accidents that involved booze, and "grades given to cities...

-- Chicken John hosts the Loser's Ball. Which a lot progressives did. Lose, that is. [Politics Blog]

-- Girls soccer coach suspended after mooning (i.e.., "exposing his buttocks to" [hee]) his opponents. [SFGate]

-- Ross Mirkarimi, sole supe against Clear Channel. [SFBG]

-- Oh noes: local homes sales are in the crapper. [SJ Merc]

-- Explanation for last night's brief Bay Bridge light outage. [Oakland Tribune]

-- Fog City Notes has a crush. Also, our favorite Little Debbie outlet, Rainbo discount bread store, is closed. Dude. [Fog City Notes]

-- Have you seen this man? (Also, we think that we have that same shirt in our closet. Yipes!) [Chron]

-- Some very sad news: former SFist editor, writer, and gem of an all-around guy, Jeremy Nisen, switched addresses for now. Aw. But never fear, you can still catch his brilliance over at Curbed. Yay! [Curbed SF]

-- Good God, Genesis (alas, the band) is back. [BeyondChron]

-- Gargantuan steroid sting nabs two Bay Area brothers. [SJ Merc]

-- Cammerin Boyd killed by reasonable force, says jury. [Chron]

-- San Mateo Bridge shuts down, then opens. Ta-da. [Examiner]

-- Did you call your district supervisor to halt the Blue Angels today? Neither did we. [IndyBay]

Larry Craig's police interrogation audio

-- Tzssss: Golden Gate Bridge gets branded. (They won't really have billboards on the bridge, but who would want to see tasty Pizza Rolls high above, or why Sally Field stays so ramrod straight?) [Chron]

-- Paranoia, feeding faux stories, and NYT's Laura Albert (AKA Miss Leroy) article. Depressing is right, Rita. [CultureBlog]

In response to allegations by deceased Stanford engineering grad student May Zhou's father earlier this week that his daughter's death was a homicide and not self-inflicted, the Santa Rosa police released additional information from their investigation. Namely, they said they have videotape and receipts of her buying four bottles of sleeping pills from local drugstores in two days, and they have an email she sent to her younger sister a few days before she disappeared that reads like a suicide note. Three of the bottles were found in the trunk along with her body.

-- Sixth Street did not explode. [Chron]

-- Heklina (writing for SF Weekly again) on our newly crowned drag king. [The Snitch]

-- Large Lake Tahoe fire under control. [Oakland Tribune, via AP]

-- 8.8-foot-long Smart Fortwo cars in SF. Squash. [Chron]

-- John officially wants SF throne. So does Josh. [Laughing Squid, JW]

- The Alcatraz Challenge Aquathlon's motto "Swim or Die" proves literal after a competitor dies during race. [Chron, Examiner]

--Here's today's mini-blotter: a family murder-suicide in Tilden Park; Man hit by a BART train at Balboa Park in the late morning today; a guy drove off the side of Mount Tam [Inside Bay Area, the EBX 92510, the Chron; CBS 5; Marin IJ].