Extra-virgin olive oil boom in California. [Chronicle] Wide eyed visions of the Castro. [Castro Biscuit] St. Vincent offers 'one-pot' lunches. [Grub] Homeless man burned in Pleasant Hill while trying to stay warm. [Claycord]

Getting to know the Heights, San Francisco's newest condo development. [Curbed] College massacre suspect One Goh declared incompetent. [Chronicle] Relatives remember slain Berkeley woman. [Berkeleyside] Sidewalk shrooms! [Mission Mission] Bernal woman seeks assistance

Behold, a new music blog featuring one of the city's best writers! [The City] Legendary Bay Area prep football coach announces retirement. [KTVU] Cottage food entrepreneurs on hold. [Inside Scoop] Pelosi to appear

Lower Haight deemed best S.F. neighborhood! Bow down, lesser hoods. [Curbed] Go get your medical marijuana recommendation. [East Bay Express] Point Reyes victim praised. [Chronicle] Cab stolen at gunpoint near AT&

Another arrest in SF gagged-bound slaying. [Chronicle] Top 10 Bay Area literary events of 2012. [SF Weekly] What should one ask D5 Supe London Breed? [Haighteration] City College's new divide. [SFBG] 32 robberies

Tastemakers name best San Francisco dining neighborhoods of 2012. [Eater] The year in stars. [Inside Scoop] Rebecca Saltzman takes BART seat. [BAR] Read Hiya Swanhuyser's "Doing Good After You're Dead" at once! [7x7]

Here are the best places to throw down on New Year's Eve. [SF Weekly] Some of the most expensive homes that were listed and sold in 2012. [Curbed] 'Role player' Norman Yee off

Governor issues Christmas Eve pardons. [Chronicle] Track St. Nick using Google's Santa tracker. [Google, via TechCrunch] Don't forget: The Contemporary Jewish Museum is open and free on December 25! [CJM] Residents gather at

Some style makes you stupid. [SF Appeal] Report links poppers to CA gonorrhea cases. [BAR] Storm's a brewing. [SFGate] Good gift for the gastronome in your life. [Cooking With Amy] Castlewood Country Club

A driving dog! [SF Weekly] Polk Street is officially ruined. And we're totally going here once it opens. [Inside Scoop] Get over yourself, Duboce Park neighbors. You're precious, not historic. [Curbed] Photojojo has

Come for Tablehopper's gift guide, stay for the guy in the Blue Fox shirt. [Tablehopper] Behold, a map of the 25 most expensive homes for sale in San Francisco. [Curbed] Give your warm

Bowl in 2013 at Mission Bowling Club! [Mission Mission] Why you need to know about Ron Cohen and Sig Sauer. [Gawker] Oops. The Chronicle, writing about a freeze on Valencia Street restaurants, forgets

Gay CA Republicans look to expand their Republican-ness. [BAR] Our second favorite middle initial-using writer in the Bay Area has some dirt on Google. [SF Appeal] The Chron hates Ammiano's homeless bill. [SFBG]

What to eat at Miss Ollie's, now open for lunch in Oakland. [Grub] How’s that Market and Valencia ‘turn pocket’ working out for you? [Mission Mission] Marin County tax bill due: $778

More on the Supe. Wiener vs. blogger drama. [SFBG] New lease denied for Drakes Bay Oyster Farm. [Curbed] 49er busted for pot after crash. [SFGate] Dear Mom $1-anniversary this Sunday means $1 drinks!

Real estate scene is quite the shitshow. [Curbed] Coo Coo Birds! [SFBG] Tis the season for wishing death upon others. [The Tens] Rents are bad. Real bad. [40 Going On 28] When the

Tenderloin Housing Clinic grant denied because of tenant complaints [Bluoz] Octagon house, anyone? [Curbed] Yet another musician who, painfully, wants you to think he's uncool. [SF Weekly] UC Berkeley has a new chancellor;

Solution to new tech journalist? Avoid PR and PR newswires. [TechCrunch] How to be an asshole entrepreneur. [The Bold Italic] Oh, Elisabeth. [Jezebel] Woman robbed at gunpoint monday night. [Mission Local] Ike's Place

So you want to be a cop? [SF Appeal] Get your hot sex news... and an eyeful of James Deen's bulge. [Violet Blue -- NSFW] Solvang! [7x7] Facebook asking employees to use Android.

Brazilian Blowouts might turn you into Julianne Moore circa Safe. [Chron] Small Business Saturday is tomorrow, you guys. [SF Weekly] New Thai place. [Haighteration] San Francisco just got a little more French. [7x7]

Learning from the best, eating like royalty at "Flavor! Napa." [SFBG] It's time we got rid of "+" when it comes to restaurant naming. [Grub] Ingredients for a union-made Thanksgiving. [Daily Kos] Giants do

New bike lanes to help cyclist crossing Muni tracks not fall on their faces. [Uptown Almanac] Film buffs not happy with owners of Vertigo house. [Curbed] Acclaimed sports figures are in our restaurants,

Before there was BART, there was the transbay train. [Curbed] Isaiah Mitchell discusses Golden Void, the Bay Area’s best new psych band. [Bay Bridged] Buy this amazing photo! [The Tens] How to

Before Glen Park, there was Little Switzerland. [Curbed] How will you celebrate Entrepreneurs' Day? [TechCrunch] Melky Cabrera and the oddest goodbye ever. [McCovey Chronicles] "There is one thing that is universally true about