-- After 11 shootings and 3 deaths since yesterday -- since yesterday -- a Richmond gang war results in SWAT teams hitting the streets. [Chron, CBS5]

-- Man breaks into Haight home after a meth binge. You know, just to kick it. If you read the B.A.R.'s crime blotter -- a most fascinating read -- this occurs almost hourly in the Castro. [Examiner]

-- Submit: UC Berkeley tree sitters accepting more and more members. [Oakland Tribune]

-- JaMarcus Russell joins the Raiders. [CBS5]

-- And the wheels-within-wheels paranoia turns: Newsom's resignation requests, a ploy for campaign cash? [BeyondChron]

-- Curbed SF gets contraband shot of the new, vacant Potrero Hill Whole Foods. [Curbed SF]

-- SF Vigil and March for Immigrant Rights, Unity, and Self-Determination happened in the Mission today; entire SF progressive community achieves simultaneous orgasm. [IndyBay]