that would detail for what, exactly, the SFPD is billing Muni all those
millions was promised within 24 hours -- 168 hours ago. MTA spokesman
Judson True says his agency and the police department are hoping to produce it in
"the coming weeks." When asked about the delay, he noted that "it's a
back and forth process between the agencies."
What isn't in this city?
Photo | Jim Herd
In a downer moment that must have left countless concert-goers blinking, shaking their heads, and bellowing, "drag, man!" Guitarist Ronnie Montrose actually stopped a show in mid-song, had the house lights turned on, and scoured the theater when his 1959 Gibson Les Paul Standard was stolen right off the stage.
Montrose, a San Franciscan, hasn't seen his guitar (which he bought from J. Geils) since that night on Oct. 10, 1972 when he played Dudley, Mass. with the Edgar Winter Band ... until now. The San Francisco musician -- who has played with Herbie Hancock, Van Morrison and others -- claims that after 37 years of scouring and thousands of dollars spent on private detectives, his guitar has turned up in the possession of British musician and guitar collector Gary Moore -- and, last week, Montrose filed suit in San Francisco District Court.
Gibson Les Paul models of this vintage are crafted of mahogany; only around 1,700 or so were ever made and no two guitars look exactly alike. Montrose claims he can identify his old axe from pictures of Moore's collection -- but, more exactingly, he says the serial number of the guitar is the same as the one filched from him in Dudley.
05/16/09 2:45 pm 1300 block of 46th Avenue
Officers were inside a 7-11 store when they observed a man take a beverage from a cooler, put it in his pocket and walk past the uniformed officers and out of the store without paying for the merchandise. The officers stopped the man and arrested the resident of the 500 block of 36th Avenue for theft. He was charged with felony theft due to having prior convictions.
While you shouldn't be pilfering refreshing drinks when you already have prior convictions, you definitely shouldn't do it in front of not one, not two, but three police officers.
