National foie gras protest hits phenomenal Yountville joint, The French Laundry. [Eater] Getty divorce gets uglier, sleepier. [Valleywag] Body found identified as missing Suisun City nurse. [CBS 5/BCN] Feline acne: What is

Soccer in the Sand tourney at Ocean Beach this weekend. [Richmond Blog] Sarah Palin's Fiorina [CBS 5/AP] Standing up for Michael Savage. [Lieberman] Will Haight Ben and Jerry's new flavors promotion event

San Quentin prisoners find some freedom with baseball. [Golden Gate XPress] San Francisco, the pin-thinnest of them all. [MNS] As hunger strike enters day four, officials meet with starving students. [Daily Cal] Digg

Oakland cops kill deer for no good reason whatsoever. [SFGate] Public Defender Jeff Adachi says convict cop cover-up is either "gross malfeasance, or unethical behavior." [SF Appeal] Whitman can't buy her way out

Neighborhood whippits users now more environmentally conscious. [Mission Mission] Yelp bigwig, Nish Nadaraja, resigns. [Eater] Antioch woman stabs 4 at Target store. [CBS 5] GOP debate sets up Brown for gov campaign. [SFBG]

Is north east San Francisco the "Northeast" of San Francisco? [Ice Tubes] If Arizona irks you, avoid Mexico. [Melissa Griffin] The best breakfasts in San Francisco. [Chronicle] Is the new Nightmare on Elm

California receives one -- one! -- slot on this year's 'World's 50 Best Restaurants' list. [CNN, via LAist] Sup. Alioto trying to kill popular F-line extension. [Rescue Muni] Wife and baby watch as

1,000 tiny Muni buses in the rain. [Muni Diaries] Homeowners protest Wells Fargo meeting. [CBS 5, SF Appeal] The rise and fall of Hippie Hill. [Bold Italic] Marke B. sits down to

A gallery of cartoons banned by Apple. [Valleywag] Take your top off. [Daily Clog] Why our local major league baseball franchise is struggling: an analysis. [40 Going On 28] No cigarette zone falters

Walking tour of San Francisco protests. [Zombietime] Oakland mayor defends city's use of stimulus funds. [CBS 5] Service cuts on Muni on May 8th - where's the schedules and trip planning updates? [Akit]

Cancer-stricken Chron writer Alicia Parlette dies. [SF Chronicle] Steve Hildebrand, Obama's wondergay, sends local writer/activist a no-so nice letter. How rude. [Petrelis] Pelosi endorses Kamala Harris in Attorney General race. [SF Weekly]

Riding while pregnant. [SF Bike Coalition] BART casting for TV commercials. [SFBART’s Blog, ] Facebook makes people mad. Again. [Eye On Blogs, Valleywag] Speaking of which, check out your D8 candidates Facebook pages.

SF SPCA would like you to control your pest problem the natural way. [Pawesome] Boat Hall's pro-torture teacher now has his very own toilet paper. [Yoo Toilet Paper, via Gawker] Leland Yee stirs

Angry landlord + renters armed with construction paper and a Sharipe = fun [Mission Mission] How did the iPhone 4G end up in a Redwood City bar? [SF Appeal] Carnivores to boycott San Francisco over

Alicia Parlette, the ex-Chron copywriter who chronicled her life with cancer, is now in hospice care. (To read "Alicia's Story" from The Chron, go here.) [SF Chronicle] Lincoln Park Playground open for business.

AARP convention or tea party rally in Union Square? [Generic] Tea party guy breaks law, gets ticket. [Claycord] Touching strangers on a plane. [Spotswood] It's on: Giants versus Dodgers series preview. [McCovey Chronicles]

by Brock Keeling (who is currently having technical difficulties) Is Muni in a death spiral? [SF Weekly] Beth Spotswood lives the dream of calling, telling off a commenter. [SF Appeal] 49ers stadium vote:

Local elite types, politicians and regular ilk come out to see SF Giants play ball on opening day. [SFGate] Michael Minna to shutter Union Square locale? [Eater] Moms and dads need diapers. [Help

Would you like to have local literary kingpin Tag Savage (Sex Pigeon) sketch your portrait? Of course you would. [Sleepover, via Mission Mission] The horror of having houseguests. [SF Appeal] What's the best

Bay Area cities rediscover the creeks under their streets. [Streetsblog] Inside the Kink.com armory. [Mission Mission] Anti-Israel queer group Q.U.I.T protests Out in Israel film festival. [Zombie] Conservation groups

Riding the zip line at Justin Herman Plaza. [SF Appeal] Checking in with our local Michelin man. [Grub Street] Q&A with Toro y Moi. [SFBG] Argonne community garden party this Saturday.

Turn-on not for months, city celebrates huge solar project nonetheless. [SF Appeal] Refreshing art deco light buttons thingies illuminate the graffiti-saturated Mission district. [My Lucky Number's One, via Mission Mission] August Longo, Democratic

Moving forward, SFist will feature meat-based recipes and meat-related restaurant deals on Mondays. [Examiner] Streetsblog/SF Gate deal draws questions. [Eye On Blogs] Cunnilingus or penetration, which do you prefer? [SF Appeal] Oakland