Seeing as how the American Apparel-on-Valencia Street nonsense has captivated many San Franciscans -- look no further than the hair-pulling going on in SFist's comments to see the popularity of this strange story -- we (along with photog Steve Rhodes) were surprised to see that the Chronicle has yet to cover the story, online or in print. Even though 'Politics Blog' scribe Carla Marinucci said of yesterday's meeting, "This may be it: the recession-era equivalent of the 'dog bites man'' story. And look for the city's planning commission meeting Thursday, where this is on tap, to be a fun one." Wonder why the Chon hasn't covered it? Us too. We'll let you know as soon as they get back to us.