And here's your latest on Gleegate-- -One of the of the 415 Gang who was charged is in police custody, that being Brian Dwyer who surrendered to the police. He is said to have admitted to kicking one of the Yalies while he was on the ground with the intention to hurt him. The ringleader of the 415 Gang, Richard Aicardi, hasn't gone to the police yet but is telling everyone that the whole thing is more complicated than it comes off as and that he was acting in self-defense. In fact, his whole call to his "20 strong" (we see a sequel to 300 in which twenty local Catholic school boys hold off a horde of glee club members, sacrificing themselves to save San Francisco from acapella groups) because he thought he needed back up to save him from a possible glee club attack. He did admit, however, that he threw a couple of "haymakers" and for those who don't know what a haymaker is, according to the Urban Dictionary, a "haymaker" is a an exceptionally loud, resounding fart. Hmmm... maybe we grabbed the wrong definition there. On the other hand, going around viciously farting on people could be seen as assault. ...

Believe it or not, two people were charged today in the Baker's Dozen New Year's eve melee. The two people charged were Richard Aicardi and Brian Dwyer. Aicardi, the instigator and the one who gave us the such classic lines as "this is the 415" and "I'm 20 deep, my boys are coming" is being charged with two counts of felony assault and one count of battery. Dwyer is being charged with felony assault and battery. The two were charged for the beat down of singers Evan Gogel and William Baile. As for Sharyar Aziz Jr., the one who got his jaw broken, nobody has been charged yet for what happened to him. Police say they don't have enough evidence to convict anyone for what happened. ...

From the Usual Suspects, we found a link to a story about Doughgate (we like that one) in the Yale Daily News. As you might as well imagine, it's a big story over there. Anyways, it’s an interesting read as it gives you an idea how it's seen over there in Ivy League Land. Among other things, they have no idea about all the inside San Francisco stuff, like the high schools involved or who the people who hosted the party were. To them it's just a straight forward assault and battery....

Last night, Sean Hannity weighed in on Choirgate and offered a $10,000 bounty to anyone with any information that would help lock the kids up who beat up the acapella group. Yes, the Yale choir story has made it to Hannity & Colmes. God help us all....

As expected, the beating up of members of the Bakers Dozen acapella group is now a full blown story with all the breathless reporting and graphics that comes with it. It's even gone national with Drudge reporting that the singers were beaten up "after singing the Star Spangled Banner" as if we here in San Francisco are so anti-American that we'll beat anyone up who sings the National Anthem. ...

It's been over a year since high-profile law firm Gonzalez and Leigh filed suit over former SFUSD chief Arlene Ackerman's "platinum parachute" termination package. They lost the case in August, but appealed the decision. A lot can happen in a year, which might be why no one from the law firm managed to show up for Tuesday's hearing appealing the decision. (If a case is pro bono, is "well, you get what you paid for"......

The Recorder, Northern California's legal newspaper, breaks the news that mop-topped progressive pixie Matt Gonzalez is starting a law firm (subscription required) with his old Stanford Law School roommate and former SF public defender colleague, Whitney Leigh. The law firm of Gonzalez and Leigh, LLP will be opening its Pine Street offices on March 1. (We're sure the name Gonzalez goes first purely on an alphabetical basis.) They're hoping to become the city's next high-level trial-oriented civil and criminal defense shop, like prestigious shop Keker and Van Nest, started by former PD John Keker (and where Leigh used to work). Mr. Van Nest is all for it, "The one difference is that Gonzalez has been successful in politics, and John [who lost a supervisor election back in the 70s] hasn't." Ouch! Mr. Van Nest, you'll no doubt be seeing a sharp reduction in your share of the partnership profit distributions next week. Gonzalez will be handling the criminal side and Leigh the civil (since civil, you know, brings in the money). Leigh also hopes to do pro bono progressive work with the Green Party. The other partners on deck in this Superfriends' Hall of Justice are: Aquaman Nima Nami (special powers of financial transactions), Batman Bryan Vereshagin (with the utility belt of insurance fraud, personal injury, and toxic torts). No Wonder Women yet. And filling the Wonder Twin associate role is Enrique Pierce, who previously managed Gonzalez's campaign. (Funny, Pierce is not registered with the state bar. Shape of: a malpractice claim?) ...