Do you hate cute animals? [LA Weekly]

Todd David Burpee, Palo Alto rapist, gets 43 to life. [SFGate]

Put taggers through a wood chipper? [Mission Mission]

Top 20 media salaries in the Bay Area. (Dana King, much to our shock, came in at no. 3, not no. 1. Strange.) [Lieberman, via Baynewser]

Our favorite ode to 9-11. [Oopsie Daisy]

Beth goes to the SF Symphony gala. [Appeal]

Speaking of which, check out Dick Spotswood, former mayor of Mill Valley and Beth's papa, outsmarting Al Franken. [Spotswood]

Remember, the UFO expo is happening this weekend. [UFO]