SF News Cyclists Occupying City Sidewalks What with last week's cyclist-meets-Muni crash still fresh in our mind, today's Chronicle Watch hit us like a blast of B.O. from a 4-o'clock-hour bike messenger. It seems that San Francisco cyclists,
SF News Sashay Away: "Top Reporters" Leaving SF Chronicle Alas, it has arrived. Today is the deadline for the Chronicle buyout. If the ailing publication can't get rid of 150 jobs by 5 p.m., the paper will start layoffs next month.
misc MUNI Underground We don't usually read the Op Ed pages of the Chronicle, because it's always either rehashed columnists from other papers or something like "give birth control pills to deer in Point Reyes" --
SF News Berkeley Sees Its Third Murder Of The Year An unidentified person was shot and killed on the 1600 block of Russell in Berkeley last night, brining the city's murder tally to three. (The much larger city of San Francisco, BTW, is
SF News Homeless Memorial Plaques Matier & Ross were all over this nugget of news today: bronze plaques will be placed in locations where the city's homeless have died. The "memorials" will be placed in Chris Daly and
SF News Days of Our Zoo: Man Arrested for Taunting Rhino On Thursday, Juan Zuluaga, 26, was arrested at the SF Zoo following a run-in with a rhinoceros. It seems, according to the Chron, that Zuluaga was busted for throwing acorns at Mashaki, a
SF News Make It Work, Bonds Judge Tells Prosecutors Today a federal judge told the prosecutors to "re-craft its perjury case against Barry Bonds." The judge on the Bonds case, Susan Illston, claims that they "improperly lumped multiple alleged offenses into each
misc It's Time to Take Translink out Behind the Barn and Shoot it The impossible Translink dream has been stumbling around like a rabid possum for so long that it's sometimes hard to remember how disastrous it's been. But for years, it's always been ready. Just
misc Crazy Boyfriend Distracts Fire Chief On Birthday Happy birthday, Leap Day babies! Since it's leap day, there's the obligatory quadriennial articles about how people born today are 75% younger than the rest of us, and the Chron is no exception.
SF News SF Homeless are Cooler Than the Homeless in Other Cities Perhaps in our over-cellular phone'd society, we overlooked the importance of having a way for people to reach us. Google recognized the need for the homeless to have some connection to loved ones
SF News Cow Palace May Say Its Final 'Moo' We'll 'fess up. We haven't been to the Cow Palace since the 2005 Tattoo Expo. With that said, we're a bit torn with how to feel about the possibility of the Cow Palace
misc Crazy Boyfriend Has Headaches Making that splitting headache even worse, Farber was also formally presented with the paperwork for the second restraining order that Rahaim filed against him after Rahaim discovered the fire. (Farber violated the first
SF News Love It or Hate It: Bronstein At Large Well, here we go, folks. What was once an abstract thought is now a reality. Behold "Phil Bronstein At Large," featuring the Chron's political scribe, Carla Marinucci. It was just posted fresh for
SF News <strike>Love</strike> Moth-Killing Spray Is In the Air This Summer The little-known proposal to wipe out the light brown apple moth, which if it became established could destroy the region's agricultural industry, has developed increasing opposition among some residents who fear for their
misc Single and Loving It...With an Attitude Oh good. Valentine's Day is just around the corner. And if the thought of next Thursday's approaching fillet mignon-for-two-free evening doesn't make you want to slice open an artery followed by nap-time in
SF News SF Zoo Lacks Animal-Mindedness, Says World Zoo Leaders Wow. This is a bit depressing. Scratch that, a lot. According to the Chron, former directors of zoos around the globe gave the San Francisco Zoo a failing grade when it comes to
SF News Tastes Great AND Less Filling The raise came about thanks to Proposition J, which we all passed in 2002. The proposition said that at $37,858, the members of the board needed a pay raise, which seems kind
SF News Chronicle Endorses Chain Smoking Muslim for President It's that time of the year for all the big papers to weigh in on their choice for President and yesterday, the Chron weighed in and announced that they are going to support
SF News San Francisco's Big Brother Cinéma Vérité Sucks, Claim Critics And speaking of cameras... While Chicago has seen crime rates plummet to their lowest numbers in over four decades due to the windy city's Big Brother program, San Francisco's attempt at panopticon-ish camera
SF News Day Around the Bay It's wet. Very wet. [SFGate] Lunching in the Financial District. (And, OMG, the most darling thing ever: an escaping escape key!) [Gridskipper] British satirist (is there any other kind?) throws down on subprime
misc As the Raiders Turn It appears that Al Davis re-emerged from his cryogenic chamber to get into a nasty spitball spat with Lane Kiffin. Apparently, Al is a little upset that the Raiders once again didn't have
SF News Ta-da: Your New <i>SF Chronicle</i> Editor, Ward E. Bushee! Former editor of The Arizona Republic, vice president of The Cincinnati Enquirer, and top editor for the Reno Gazette-Journal and the Sioux Falls Argus Leader, Bay Area's Ward E. Bushee was just named
SF News Day Around the Bay Merry Martin Luther King Jr. Day. [Examiner, Nature abhors a vacuum, SF Bay View, Beyond Chron] The TLDR spat between SF Bay Guardian and SF Weekly continues at a steady, confusing pace. [SFBG,
misc Photo du Jour 25 Our favorite lady in San Francisco. And the future Mrs. Gavin Newsom. We're just saying. Vanessa's image goes to John O'Hara / Chron; Seibel's goes to Chris Stewart / Chron
misc <strike>November</strike> January Rain Got that parapluie? The Chron reports that the skies are going to open up starting tomorrow, with not one, not two, but three separate weather systems barreling on in from Alaska. They're expecting
