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.

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