The Chron's Matier and Ross get back to the gossip we pay twenty-five cents in the MUNI for and report that Gav Daddy Newsom is aggressively wooing MTV to throw the 2005 Video Music Awards show in San Francisco. Certainly, San Francisco in August will be much less humid than Miami's ceremonies in 2004, where everyone looked kind of flushed and sticky.

Overexcited Gavin, presumably hoping to see his secret crush the Heiress Paris again, said: "In terms of showcasing the city, this is about as good as it gets. I won't say it's equivalent to the Super Bowl, but in terms of the energy, enthusiasm and particularly the demographics, it's a perfect fit for San Francisco." Can't wait to see Nick and Jessica at the End Up!

M&R also use the opportunity to get in some digs about Gavin's inability to settle the hotel strike, and also to run that same old picture of BritBrit and Madonna making out. (If we only had Photoshop, we'd have given you a picture of Matier and Ross making out, but alas, we don't, so you get the other famous VMA makeout, Michael Jackson attacking Lisa Marie Presley.)

The other cities under consideration by MTV are Hotlanta, San Diego, and perennial favorite New York.