Last week's winner, the Bay Guardian. Tim Redmond says the Navy is the gayest armed services branch. Well, sure. Cars are worse than homeless people, says a letter writer. Halloween will suuuuuck. A former director of Intersection for the Arts died in a car crash. The new crackdown on homelessness, and why aren't people more upset? Cover article: Our pals at SwapSF make the cover! About the whole freetail trend! Yay SwapSF! (and other freegans!) Annalee Newitz loves to IM. This Woggles concert sounds like fun ("I go to a lot of shows where dudes in hoodies stand around, solemnly head-bobbing with their hands in their pockets" -- but the Woggles won't be one of those!) Okay, the band name Eat Skull caught our attention. Damon and Naomi are coming to town. Is a Chinese restaurant filled with non-white people really better than the other option? And L.E. Leone wishes she were an alcoholic.

Next up, let's make it the East Bay Express. A bunch of people angry about an article about the Oakland Director of Public Safety! Was it okay for a Merc News reporter to buy the domain name recalldellums.com and write a bunch of angry emails about the Oakland mayor? A right versus left fight at Cal. Cover: why's a rich SoCal guy want to keep the Oakland School District under state control? (Also -- are Robert Gannon and Rachel Swan writing at the EBX now?) Stoner alert! They're going to play Holst's The Planets to a light show! Living Word Fest this weekend. Eating at the I-House in Berkeley. And the entertaining-sounding Gore Gore Girls.

After the jump: The SF Weekly and the SJ Metro, along with the Weekly of the Week and the YTD count.

Next up, the Bay Guardian: You know we love Tim Redmond, but we had kind of a hard time following his non-market-based argument about the SF housing market. Can't we get the Freakonomics guys to look into that? It's too bad we didn't get his argument, though -- because it's the all-housing issue. Chris Daly on the shaky legality of Newsom's requested resignations: "I've done some unorthodox political manuevers, but every time there were city attorneys circling." We bet there were! There's probably someone in the city attorney's office whose sole job is to circle Chris Daly! Next: space vampires! LCD Soundsystem is playing with Arcade Fire. Marke B strikes a blow against bad gay hair, and for the cute boys of the East Bay (and Gunther too!). Sweeney Todd! Circus arts against Bush's bad legal policies. And Cheryl Eddy went to the Toronto Film Fest.

After the jump: the East Bay Express, the San Jose Metro, and the Weekly of the Week! Also, your YTD count of winners.

And next up, the Bay Guardian: Tim Redmond and the Guardian editorial board go in with both fists swinging about Newsom's latest two begging-from-the-rich schemes. Yeah! We love it!! Guess that banner about no condos on Valencia didn't work. Angry letter to Annalee Newitz from an no-animal-testing activist about anthropomorphizing animals. That mayoral candidate Dr. Ahimsa Sumchai was sentenced to 116 days in jail for "explosive outbursts of anger and paranoia?" Cover article: Stories you didn't hear about (it's all about how much Bush sucks). Also, local stories you didn't hear about, like (drumrolll....) public power. Gosh, you know what we need? A local paper that talks about public power ! (We kid because we love, SFBG!) Steven Jones files a report from his very favoritest place on earth, the playa, about why Chicken John thinks it was cool that Paul Addis burned the man early. Cruisin' comes out on DVD -- good for the gays, or bad for the gays? Treasure Island Music Fest! Fun transplanted SoCal surf punkers. Dances about samurai obsessions. Eating in Cow Hollow and the Marina. And the new Johnnie To Macau mobster movie is good.

After the jump: the East Bay Express and the SF Weekly, along with the Weekly of the Week and the YTD count. Also -- our favorite of the Matt Smith graphic art panels on Gavin Newsom, which we've borrowed from the SF Weekly (hope that's okay! let us know if not.)

Next, the SF Weekly. [For some reason, they haven't updated the website at the time we're writing this. We'll try and add the links in when they update their site. Does this have anything to do with the news we heard of their copy editor leaving?] Matt Smith gets a form letter from Starbucks apologizing for spilling boiling coffee on his father. The Burning Man diary would be funnier if someone hadn't already set fire to the Burning Man a few days early. Ha! Why do we spend so much money on MUNI? Cover article: It's Chris Daly!!! Let the rehabilitation of the District 6 supervisor begin!! They call him "sweet," and note that his brother is a Republican. Fight finales at the Four Star next week, and we love the headline "Feast Bay" for the Art and Soul festival in Oakland over the weekend. A film reviewer from New York hated Balls of Fury. Common is a sensitive rapper. And talk with Ben Gibbard from Death Cab about Kerouac.

After the jump: the East Bay Express (independently owned since Hank Aaron was the home run king -- ha! We liked that one) and the San Jose Metro, along with the Weekly of the Week and the YTD count.

Next up, the SF Weekly: Matt Smith mocking the frivolity of San Francisco political concerns. The nudist mayoral candidate (sorry, Spotswood, not Gavin). Cover article: something's not quite right about the City Attorney's new anti-gang legal strategies. The woman who co-created the Daily Show is coming to town today. Avenue Q review, it's arch. Hey, why'd they give away of the Donkey Kong documentary??? Was that really necessary?? (We're still going to see it, though.) Tossing the Rasputin Manifesto insert. Meredith Brody mocks that New York Times article (reg. req'd, but no need to actually read the piece) about how it's (gasp) okay for ladies to (gasp) like steak. SFist Ced calls it the surf and turf. Hey, when's Sonic Reducer Kimberly Chun starting at the Weekly? And we liked the idea of the Mad Libs Lucky 13 review, but it was kind of hard to read.

After the jump, the Bay Guardian and the SJ Metro, along with the Weekly of the Week and the YTD tally.

Next up, the Bay Guardian: Tim Redmond asks why's everything got to be a public/private thing around here. Also, they hate the new Don Fisher museum. A poignant letter about the failures of Care Not Cash from a man recently diagnosed with HIV. A mayoral candidate is late for a press conference because of MUNI. Cover article: Save the pay phone! Sonic Reducer loves her some Godwaffles! (Hey, Sonic Reducer, are you really heading over to the Weekly?) We love the comma placement in the band name Or, The Whale. When will Rage Against The Machine's ham-handed left-wing views be accepted by the mainstream? And drag kings! Korean BBQ!

After the jump: The East Bay Express and the SF Weekly, along with your Weekly of the Week and your rolling winners' count.

Last week's winner, the SF Weekly: What? MORE letters about Rainbow? Matt Smith threatens to derail Newsom's gubernatorial campaign if he doesn't do something about parking. Rape awareness campaigns in the Castro. Cover article: a man who went through the SF court program designed to assist the mentally ill homeless. Ha! We like the headline "Fresno? Fres Yes!" A locally-written musical about San Francisco life. This picture of the dancing Starbucks baristas is . Meredith ventures back to the Mission to try that place that opened in the old KFC (she had the lobster). Minnie Driver uses the word love 54 times on her album. And former SFist Violet Blue guests in the Savage Love.

Next up, the San Jose Metro. Extending closing time by an hour in SJ really did cut down on the number of fights! Busy busy busy at SJ City Hall. Gary Singh branches out from San Jose and goes to.... Campbell. The Dianne Feinstein conflicts of interest guy gloats a little. Cover article: You might actually be addicted to texting. A cool-sounding contemporary music festival in Santa Cruz. An exhibit of quilts, rugs, and other fabrics made during wars at San Jose's Museum of Quilts and Textiles.

After the jump: The East Bay Express and the Bay Guardian, along with the Weekly of the Week and the YTD count.

After the jump: The SF Weekly and the San Jose Metro, the Weekly of the Week, and the ongoing yearly count of who's won how much.

Next up, the Bay Guardian. You know why? Because we were voted readers' favorite local blog!!!!!!!! Thank you thank you thank you thank you! We're pleased to be in such good company as Green Apple, Tu Lan, and Gavin Newsom (favorite AND least favorite local politician). Let's hope the new guy at the SF School District lets people talk to the press. Why won't the Ethics Commission investigate Gavin Newsom's mayoral campaign finances like they did Matt Gonzalez's? And some random impressions from your best-ofs: We really liked Steven Jones's paean to living in the city. We must try this dumpling place! Free stuff in Dolores Park. And these graphics are GREAT! Santino from Project Runway is in town. Oops, they called Lindsay Lohan "newly sober" (print edition only). True when they went to press! And Ed Jew's horoscope: "you're being called to take responsibility for some things that need fixin'."

After the jump: the East Bay Express, the San Jose Metro, our prestigious Pick of the Week, and the count of picks for the year!