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Is it bad that we're more relieved that this thing is over than excited? And do we have to go through this again for 715? Either way, while people are excited here, it's

Arts & Entertainment

Everybody Hates Chris: The District 6 Election Interview

So we've moved up a notch on the news scale -- instead of just reading anti-Chris Daly position papers on the internet, we actually reached out to the candidates we could find with

R.O.T.C in the U.S.A

First up, the School Board, as a member of the Board, Mark Sanchez, has introduced a measure that will ban JROTC (Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps) programs. Apparently, every school child in the

The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)

The third sign of the apocalypse is upon us (the first being the TomKitten and the second being, um.... the closing down of all the local independent bookstores), as the weather reports grimly

Interview: Nathaniel Ford, Part Two

NF: There’s an effort that’s going on right now which is the Transit Effectiveness Project, and it started before I got here. But similarly, we were doing something similar in Atlanta,

The Battle of the Bay Begins

This weekend, inter-league play rears its ugly head as the Giants travel cross the Bay Bridge to take on the A's in Oakland. Shouldn't Gavin and Jerry be making bets on these things,

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SFist Unintentional Party Crash: Wired Rave Awards

Honest to goodness, we weren't even planning on going to the Wired Rave Awards, much less wandering in uninvited (we've been, it's not all that). We just dropped by to hand off some

Interview: Nathaniel Ford, Part One

Nathaniel Ford: Thanks for coming in. Eve Batey: Oh, thank you for having me. NF: By all means. I guess this will be an opportunity for you to get to know me and

Dancing with Mr. Brown

Phew. The benefit of having Mr. Brown is that he is well acknowledged as some sort of basketball genius, well praised as having invented the game, the first person to ever do a

Two Wheels Are Better Than Four

Today's Bike To Work Day, and Gavin Newsom, poised on his bike at the Ferry Building, good-naturedly joked to KCBS that "I'm a pathetic politician that only does this once a year. . . . I

California Catches Impeachment Fever

Anyways, the bill has made it through the California Assembly Rules Committee which voted to approve the bill so they can consider it later. Huh? Actually, the vote was to amend a previous

Election Scandal Threatens To Undermine World's Ugliest Dog Contest

Apparently, someone hacked into the fair's site and erased over 70,000 votes. To rectify this damage, the voting will begin again on May 22, with greater security in place. Of course, this

Ketchup Girl

We'll be straight with you -- we're having a hard time following the whole "is Annemarie Conroy qualified" debacle that's been afoot for the past few days -- something about a report being

Our Afternoon Web Surfing

Those of you who read this site regularly probably think you have a good sense of what this particular correspondent is interested in -- traffic, Chris Daly, heartwarming tales about animals, general schadenfreunde.

Your Commute: Road Slowdowns

Isn't it ironic? Don't you think? Our press-loving governor thought it'd be a fun stunt to sign a bill to reduce congestion at the always-jammed Caldecott Tunnel. Isn't it ironic, then, that as

Tanking in the Shark Tank

We sort of knew this was going to happen, but here it is: after officially jumping on the Sharks bandwagon last week, they have now lost three in a row to the Edmonton

Arts & Entertainment

Maverick's Hits the Big Time

We realize that those of you with Tivo don't have to trouble yourselves with the minutiae of daily television programming, but for you old schoolers with the VCRs and you hard-liners who only

Today In The Law

The Susan Polk trial was in recess today, but it was still a pretty busy day for the local courts, which decided: *that kids who failed the state high school exit exam can

Mo' Pelosi

Well, our little congresswoman made a stirring come-from-behind comeback victory yesterday and overtook Cynthia McKinney in Wonkette's "Congressional Catfight." We hope it was our valued readers who helped take the prize for ole'

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Drop Your Clocks and Grab Your RockShox

It's about 3:30 a.m. and some dude you just met a couple of days ago on Craig's List is shaking you awake. Crawling out of your thin, damp sleeping bag in

Bay Area Representatives Representin'

In the first round, Pelosi is up against a tough challenger, #1 seeded Cynthia McKinney. McKinney is the Tupac quoting, police beating congresswoman from Georgia who is, for all intents and purposes, bat

No Soup for Us

The last couple of weeks have been pretty good, but overall, 2006 has been a crappy year for NoCal mountain bikers. From rained-out training rides to unrideable trail conditions to poorly functioning equipment,

Press Brutality

You guys remember that groundbreaking "The Use of Force" series that the Chronicle ran a few months ago? Do you guys remember the unfortunate incident involving the Chron running a picture of some

Cody's No More

Was it something we said? First there was the dispiriting news about Clean Well-Lighted's sale, and now the Chron reports that the flagship Cody's Books on Telegraph is closing, after 43 years. NO!

Bikes 1, Cars 0

The "Healthy Park's Initiative" (that title polled much better than "Traffic Congestion Saturday!") now goes before Gavin who gave this definitive response: "There's a chance of a veto. There's a chance I support