-- Thousands -- thousands!! -- without power because of small rainfall. Sheesh. [KPIX] -- The Giants are best for bear bottoms: Cubs wipe up with us, 12-1. [the Chron] -- Bay Guardian dislikes big, corporate-chain retail stores? You don't say. [SFBG] -- Matt Stroud's final, fatal post at SF Weekly. [SFist] -- Transbay tube retrofit delayed. [the Chron, KGO] -- Alameda County woman loses her shit over garbage lockout; Darya Folsom excitedly watches on.......

The on-again-off-again proposal by the Wayans Brothers to build some sort of Wayans World at the site of the Oakland Army Base is back on as an Oakland City Council committee voted to allow negotiations to begin anew. A proposal was introduced awhile ago but fell through when the Wayans brothers were unable to come up with anything in the way of a plan....

--Our city rules. [Examiner.] --Today's Matt Gonzalez Mayoral Candidate Magic Eight-Ball reading: Maybe yes. [Left in SF.] --The Punk Rock Sideshow at the Hemlock is hosting a benefit concert next Monday (July 16th) for Roisin Isner, the girl hit by the firecracker on July 4th. It'll feature a lot of all-girl bands. We're wishing you the best, Roisin! [Hemlock Tavern, via All Shook Down] --Do you play the piano? Paul Hogarth wants to talk......

SFist Sarah L, about the East Bay crime news -- going from bad to worse: A Hayward teenager was beaten up and left bloody on a stranger's porch. In the pleasant upscale suburb of Lafayette, on Happy Valley Road, no less, a human body was found burned to death in a car fire. Suicide, homicide, accident - the authorities aren't sure yet. We already wrote about the dead man at the Cal sorority, in what......

For those who were totally underwhelmed by last week's DVD picks, we got bad news- it's even less exciting this week. How exciting? One of the featured DVDs this week is the first season of 21 Jump Street. Personally, we're not even sure if this week is even worth a post, but as this is a new regular feature on SFist, we gotta post. So if you're really desperate to buy something, here's what's new......