- Your San Francisco Giants are going for some kind of record in number of extra innings played during the regular season. Thanks to Nate Schierholtz' RBI single tying it up in the 9th, the Giants took the Cardinals in to two more innings. Which was just enough time to get Schierholtz back up for the go-ahead run in the 11th. Final score 7-5 and Brian Wilson gets the save. [CBS5] [McCoveyChronicles]
- $75,000 reward offered for information leading to a conviction in the 2009 murder case of a trans woman found dead in the Golden Eagle Hotel. [BAR]
- The California Book Awards are tonight at the Commonwealth Club, look how many talented writers we have in our fine state of California. We wonder how many of them had to hole up in Big Sur to bang out their poetry collections. [SFAppeal]
- Were you in the dark last night? Another PG&E equipment failure caused a blackout in the Richmond, forcing residents to polish off entire pints of ice cream. [RichmondSF]
- Speaking of the Outer Richmond, The Pulp Fashion exhibit has been a big hit out at the Legion of Honor. Rich folk interested in picking up some work by a "versatile and delightful artist who also happens to be a Belgian countess" might want to check out more of Isabelle de Brochgrave's work at the Serge Sorokko Gallery. [SFWire]
- Meanwhile, downtown: The UN Plaza Arts Market returns on Thursday, June 16th. [TheTender]
- To hold us over until we finally get down to the Embarcadero Theater to see Terrence Malick's Tree of Life, here is Salon's All Things Shining film essay on the director's body of work. [Salon]
- You know who else bought up some neighboring properties to clean up their view? Ellen DeGeneris and Portia de Rossi. And now that home could be yours if you feel like feel like moving to Southern California and dropping $60-mill. (Hint: Don't). [RealEstalker] via [Gawker]
