misc Day Around the Bay Facebook beats Google in Internet traffic, nerds. [Valleywag] Don't bother baking anything for Thanksgiving, just buy recent Top Chef Just Desserts winner Yigit Pura's tarts for charity. [Eater] Some people might support the
misc Gavin Newsom's Hawaii Itinerary Over at the Appeal, Gal-about-town Beth Spotswood points out that Future-Former Mayor Gavin Newsom has headed off this week for a Thanksgiving vacation in Hawaii. Which might explain why the puddles around town
misc Photo du Jour 744 Sure, rain sucks, but who doesn't like Otters? Especially when they are startled awake by a quick rain. Shot near Moss Landing, CA.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Pre-Thanksgiving Poll: Cake vs. Pie Bakeoff Last week we asked for your Thanksgiving Dinner Pet Peeves, and among other things, the post promptly started some dispute between pro-Pie and anti-Pie factions. While at least some portion *cough* of SFist
SF News Daisy Does the 49ers: An Open Letter to the Team By Daisy Barringer Dear San Francisco 49ers Players, Coaches, Owners and Front Office Personnel, Yesterday morning, I woke up excited, hopeful and a believer. I dressed for a cold, rainy day at Candlestick,
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Cooler Heads Prevail: Singer Waiter Approved in North Beach Because certainly you were waiting on the edge of your seat to see how this one turned out: a meeting of the Planning Commission last Thursday approved Colosseo's amplified sound permit. None of
misc TV Alert: Jonny Moseley on <em>Skating with the Stars</em> Tonight is the debut of Skating with the Stars, the triple-lutz spin-off of Dancing with the Stars - which you should care about (debatable) because it adds another familiar face to San Francisco's
misc New Muni Shelters Not So Good for Sideways Rain Were you waiting for a bus out in the rain this weekend? Were you under one of the 91 new red or yellow-roofed Muni Shelters? And if you were, how did you ever
SF News Fatal Shooting at 17th and Mission Last Night Yesterday at 6:15 in the evening, a man was shot and killed in the heart of the Mission at 17th Street. The Chronicle's report is a little thin, but BCN fills in
misc This Week in Willie Brown Well, this is awkward - Da Mayor kicked off his week with some uncharacteristic self-depreciation, calling himself a loser in his Sunday column in which he points out there were "More losers than
SF News Breaking Down the Cost of the America's Cup While it seems like San Francisco is a shoe-in to host the 2013 America's Cup, there's still the small issue of how much this thing will cost the city. Today both the SFAppeal
SF News Contra Costa Juvy Therapist Arrested on Suspicion of Child Porn Possession Thomas Perez Jewell, a 53-year-old therapist with Contra Costa County Juvenile Hall was arrested yesterday morning after authorities found "a very large amount" of child pornography on Jewell's computer in his home in
SF News Neighbors in North Beach Aren't Keen on Singing Waiter Colosseo, one of those North Beach cucinas, hoped to differentiate themselves from the rest of the Columbus Avenue meatball slingers by serenading diners with some live Opera. According to the Chronicle, one of
SF News Police Looking for Suspects in Early Evening Capp Street Shooting According to the Appeal, yesterday around 5:30 p.m. an 18-year old man was shot in the torso at 25th and Capp streets. Neighbors heard the shots, which left the victim with
SF News Swan Murder Commited at the Palace of Fine Arts In the early morning hours this Saturday one of two remaining swans who called the lagoon at the Palace of Fine Arts home was brutally murdered. According to the Examiner, the 5-year-old mute
SF News Meg Whitman Might Still Owe Her Housekeeper Some Money One-time gubernatorial hopeful Meg Whitman will be heading to court this morning in San Jose, where her former housekeeper Nicky Diaz-Santillan is seeking some back pay for jobs she performed outside of her
SF News At Least One Collared Gull Freed, Beer Distributors Add to Torturer's Bounty Well, this is just cute: After news of a Budweiser-drinking seagull hater took off a few weeks ago, local rescue organization Wild Rescue received an outpouring of support and donations. Enough donations, in
SF News A Better Idea for Nightclubs: Keeping Tabs on Party Promoters Supervisor David Chiu has a better idea about how to stop the rash of violence that has hit local nightclubs. Rather than tracking unruly patrons, Chiu has proposed an ordinance that would make
SF News Late Night Car Chase Does a Lap On the Bay Bridge At 1:14 a.m. last night, Oakland Police and CHP responded to a report of a stolen vehicle headed Westbound on 580 towards San Francisco. The authorities pursued the suspect over the
SF News Two Bodies Found in Santa Clara Burning Van Fire crews along the Santa Clara-Merced County line put out a vehicle fire along highway 152 around 3:30am this morning, according to an AP report on CBS Local. Fire crews discovered two
SF News Buster Posey is Rookie of the Year, Also: Your Boyfriend Giants Catcher and San Francisco's boyfriend Buster Posey was named National League Rookie of the Year this morning after the results of the Baseball Writer's Association of America ballots were released. Posey won
SF News Number Crunching the Whitman and Fiorina "Ego Trips" Over the weekend, Gail Sheehy over at the Daily Beast posted a piece that takes Meg Whitman and Carly Fiorina to task over their expensive, failed campaigns. (And also Linda McMahon, but we're
misc This Week in Willie Brown This week seemed relatively tame in comparison to last week's deluge of celebrations and protests and elections and whatnot, but that just means Willie Brown has had plenty of time to reflect on
misc Giants Backlash Growing Among First-Grade Demographic Writes Leah Garchik in today's column: "...the feeling may be widespread among attention-seeking kids. Gina Fazio, who's been working on a Thanksgiving tree to which her San Francisco first-graders pin paper notes on
misc Entertainment Comission Investigating ID Tracking at Nightclubs There's been a rash of nightclub shootings lately and even if it does validate our anti-social dive bar tendencies, the San Francisco Entertainment Commission is under a lot of pressure to put a
