--They took away the hazmat license of the company whose truck blew up the Macarthur Maze. We can't really disagree with that.

--Oh no! Puddles the hippo has died. He leaves his bereaved partner, Cuddles, and 16 children.

--There's a lot of geek conventions in town this weekend.

--And speaking of which, check out this Star Wars post office in Marin.

--Two-alarm fire in the Richmond this afternoon.

--The Gap's still having problems.

--Condoleeza Rice says she's going back to Stanford in 2009.

--And Matt Gonzalez speaks! He's voting for Agnos.

Picture of an SF Zoo hippo. RIP, Puddles.