According to CBS 5 (interrupting us right in the middle of The People's Court, no less!) "East Contra Costa County residents are being evacuated from an area near the unincorporated town of Knightsen because of a possible explosive device found inside of a residential motor home." Motor homes and explosive devices? Who could've imagined!? Anyway, that's all the info posted so far. We'll update as soon as more info becomes available. Update: Taken (again!)......

Prints + good tunes = the Pipettes -- The Pipettes: This all-female, British, Phil-Spector-sounding band gains more and more popularity by the day. See them tonight so that by next year when they're too big for SF venues, you can say you saw them when. They perform with Social Studies and Monster Bobby (read our interview with him here!) -- the Ladybug Transistor, who were scheduled to go on, will not be appearing -- tonight......

Cal Performances' biennial Berkeley Edge Fest is dedicated to presenting works of contemporary music and performance. Starting this Thursday (June 7) and running through Sunday June 10 at Zellerbach Hall, the Edge Fest seems to be pushing an anti-Bush theme this year. Oh, they're just giving the people of Berkeley exactly what they want to hear! This year, the Edge Fest is featuring a musical theater piece by Paul Dresher called The Tyrant, based on......

We're coming to you live, from Philadelphia as we write this from SFist's Philadelphia bureau. -Aaron Peskin is doing a heckuva job. ...

the local chapter of the League is sponsoring an event called 40 Parties in 40 Nights, to keep awareness about the election high in the upcoming few weeks. Party number 1 will be on Sunday the 26th, at Kelly's Mission Rock, and the musical entertainment includes reggae band The People, and DJs Deepcee and Danielle, plus "special guests." No one will be turned away for lack of funds, but they're suggesting a donation of $10-20, which will be used to fund the League's road trips to Reno to lobby undecided voters in the Keep Nevada Blue campaigns....