Welcome back from your three-day weekend. We sincerely hope inflated hamburger prices didn't ruin your barbecue. And speaking of inflation, the Giants and their worst-in-the-NL offense brought home 7 runs yesterday. Here's what you might have missed over the long weekend:
- Your San Francisco Giants took the first game against the Cardinals yesterday after Andres Torres clobbered his first Grand Slam. Let's not forget Brandon Crawford's RBI Single earlier in the inning. (Teamwork, people!) [KTVU, McCoveyChronicles]
- School's out! Rec & Park tells you where to unload your kids this summer. [Rec&Park Blog]
- Reminder: West side sidewalk on the Golden Gate Bridge will be closed from today until September. Cyclists: try not to run over anybody. [CBS5]
- This weekend in Charity Galas: 1700 guests at the Tipping Point Community benefit on Pier 48 raised $6.5 million to fight poverty. Stanlee Gatti designed the space for a Paula LeDuc Dinner, Beck sang some songs and Gavin Newsom does not look amused by the whole thing. [SFWire]
- Bathroom report: "At previews for Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City, the audience has been so male that Mike McKee overheard one woman observe to her male companion, 'Oh, darling, the men's line is three times longer.' " [Garchik]
- Meanwhile, in Modesto: a holiday weekend DUI checkpoint got interesting after a man threw a purse containing $45,000 worth of Meth out the window. [KTVU]
