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Ten Brief Excerpts from the April Issue of the Nob Hill Gazette

Presented without commentary and in no particular order, our favorite utterances from the April Issue of San Francisco's most exclusive news magazine: "Do you believe everything you hear or see on the web,

SF Restaurants, Food & Drink

With His Lamborghini Still Missing, Guy Fieri Acquires Arguably Douchier Vehicle

Celebrity Chef and Professional Sunglasses Model Guy Fieri is still without his flamboyant Italian sports car. A month after his $200,000 Lamborghini Gallardo was stolen from British Motor Car Distributors on Van

A Spaceship Lands at SFO with Gavin Newsom Flying Wingman

Sure this video from Wired of Virgin Galactic's WhiteKnightTwo flying over San Francisco yesterday, carrying SpaceShipOne Two underwing is basically a commercial for Virgin Galactic and we should be scolded for posting such

Pick Your Favorite Eric Mar Haircut

We noticed his latest coif at Tuesday's Board meeting, but the folks at RichmondSFBlog would like you to weigh in on: which hairstyle worst best on Supervisor Eric Mar? Some of the District

Muni Driver Busted Texting and Driving, Threatens to Never Pick Up That Rider Again

Talk about avoiding unnecessary conversation: a Muni driver on the 24-Divisadero line was caught red-handed texting behind the wheel while the bus was in motion. Shawn Higgins, a jewelry store owner in the

Thursday Morning Roundup

The firefighter who was taken to the hospital during last night's blaze on Mission Street is recovering fine and no other injuries were reported, but SFFD still doesn't know the cause. [BCN/Appeal]

3-Alarm Blaze in La Lengua Closes Mission Street Around Valencia and 29th [Updated]

On the South end of Mission Street, a 2-alarm 3-alarm fire broke out around 8:10 pm this evening on the 3212 Mission in La Lengua. MissionMission reader Jessie C. sends in the

Arts & Entertainment

We Read the Weeklies: April 6th, 2011

SFWeekly has weed on the cover again. Weed and President Obama. Because if we, as a country, should be disappointed in any of the promises the President has failed to follow through on

Board of Supervisors Weekly Power Rankings for Wednesday, April 6th

For the second week in a row, the Board of Supervisor's meeting kicked off with all members of the board actually present and accounted for. As they very well should have been, because

Muni Takes Another Stab at the Transit Effectiveness Plan

Way back in the heady days of 2006, when Muni actually wanted to know what riders thought about things like the frequency of buses during rush hour, the SFMTA launched the Transit Effectiveness

Wednesday Morning Roundup

One would think all those sunny days down in Arizona would have prepared the Giants for these early season games in SoCal, and yet: we lost to the Padres 3-1. [CBSLocal] The best

What's on the Agenda? Board of Supervisors Items of Interest for April 5th, 2011

At last week's board meeting we saw the current lineup tackle their biggest issue so far: the Parkmerced project which could do a great deal to shape the future of the southwestern edge

Arts & Entertainment

Urbane Studies with the Tenderloin Geographic Society, Volume 13: The Reality House Raffle

Have you put down money on YBCA's Dream House raffle? Call us crazy, but dream houses are tedious: all those supernumerary rooms one must fill with furniture (that’s a lot of curb-salvaging)

Berkeley PD Shoot and Kill Dog During Weekend House Call

In Berkeley over the weekend, police officers responding to reports of a man firing a handgun in a backyard off of Shattuck Ave ended up killing a pit bull in a tragic miscommunication.

Bounty for Assailants Who Attacked Giants Fan increased to $50,000

The reward for information leading to the arrest of two Dodger fans who severely beat Giants fan and Santa Cruz resident Bryan Stow went up to $50,000 today when both the Giants

Tuesday Morning Links

It's been coming up, and here it is: Twitter Tax Break on the Agenda for today's Board meeting. [BCN/Appeal] From the progressive camp: Aaron Peskin says he won't run for Mayor, Campos

N-Judah Rear Ends Sunset Driver

This morning around 7:30 am, an N-Judah train apparently rear-ended a car out in the Sunset near 24th Ave and Judah St. According to the Examiner, shuttles ran for about an hour

Phillip Garrido Likely to Plead Guilty, Serve 500 Year Sentence for Jaycee Dugard Kidnapping

In what is hopefully the end of the ongoing Jaycee Lee Dugard kidnapping saga: Phillip Garrido, the man charged with abducting Dugard from South Lake Tahoe when she was 11 years old, is

Muni Operators Aspire to Achieve Same Level of Absenteeism as Their Chief

We already know Muni Chief Nat Ford hasn't been around the office very much in the past year, but what of the troops on the ground? Have they been showing up to work

Latest "Hemingway & Gellhorn" Update: Marinwood Neighbor Complains of Noisy Film Crews

The latest news from Clive Owen and Nicole Kidman's Ernest Hemingway biopic comes from today's Garchik column where a Chronicle reader in San Rafael recently got a rude awakening from the film crew's

Fundraising Event at Café Cocomo Ends in Bar Fight, Injures Five

The folks at Café Cocomo can't seem catch a break: according to the Examiner, the club on the edge of Potrero Hill and the Dogpatch was hosting a fundraising event yesterday evening when

Chronicle Staffers Gossip About SFGate Paywall to Charity Case Online News Site

On the Bay Citizen's weekend edition, the burning-someone-else's money (but still free) publication reports (sort of) on the Hearst Corporation's sudden decision to (maybe) put a majority of the free content on SFGate.

Post-Weekend Link Roundup

Bad news in books: A Different Light bookstore in the Castro going out of business. [BayCitizen] Good news in books: It Gets Better, the Dan Savage-curated essay collection hit the New York Times

Day Around the Bay

Bringing the F-line all the way to the Presidio and other new transit developments the America's Cup and "the people plan" could bring to the city. [CurbedSF] Leah Garchik has a heartwarming story

This Week in Willie Brown

This week, our Mayor-about-town seemed especially mobile. He not only made it to SFO's new Terminal 2, but he also got all the way out to Oakland for a charity dinner honoring basketball