Close observers of the 2010 California Attorney General's race probably saw this one coming. With less than two weeks remaining until election day on Nov. 2, Republican activists are going to spend about $1 million blanketing the airwaves with commercials attacking San Francisco District Attorney Kamala Harris for her refusal to seek the death penalty in the 2004 killing of police officer Isaac Espinoza.
Among the better ideas which Mayor Gavin Newsom shamelessly ripped off from other cities is Sunday Streets, wherein stretches of pavement are declared verboten to automobile traffic and taken over instead by cyclists, unicyclists, tricyclists, and mere perambulators.
This Sunday marks the final Sunday Streets of 2010, and it promsies to be a memorable finale. It's in the Tenderloin.
Last week, we asked, "where are all the art bikes?" And delightfully, you answered.
And better yet, there's an opportunity to see a bunch this weekend.
For nearly 25 years, a man named Slimm Buick has been crafting bikes into works of art. You can catch a glimpse of him in Automorphosis, Harrod Blank's renowned art-car documentary, or just keep an eye out for him whenever you're in the East Bay.
The federal government is not your friend. Barry Bonds knows this -- the home run king will be in federal court next year not for using steroids, but for allegedly lying to a federal grand jury about using them (this after a federal agent rooted through BALCO kingpin Victor Conte's trash in order to break open the steroids scandal).
And the video crew that created yesterday's anthem-du-jour know this, too. Like numerous other underground clothiers, they created some t-shirts to commemorate the Giants' playoff run, and Tim Lincecum's choice of words in particular. But then someone crashed their tailgate Thursday -- federal customs officials, who seized their shirts, they said Friday.
Like smoking at work, camel hair coats and a budget surplus, tiki bars are relics of a bygone era, of when Cesar Chavez Street was called Army, when nobody in San Francisco knew what a bike lane was, and organ meat was nothing more than fodder for the cows that we turned into delicious 15-cent hamburgers.
That's why we can't understand the flap over the Tonga Room. Sure, the Fairmont Hotel's tiki bar is... unique, but the hotel wants it out of its ground floor. Now. But this is San Francisco, and the Tiki Lounge was declared historic back in May, meaning all parts of it must be preserved. That didn't help the decision-making ability of the Planning Commission on Thursday, who booted a decision on what to do with the Polynesian Lounge until January 2011.
The developments in the ongoing saga that is Don't Ask Don't Tell - the
ban on gays in the military - occurred faster than the depletion of Meg
Whitman's bank balance this week.
On Monday, Judge Virginia Philips heard from both sides on her decision from a week ago that DADT was unconstitutional and she said she's probably not going to stay her decision.
On Tuesday, she made it official - DADT was to be stopped from being enforced.
Not taking NO for an answer, Obama's Department of Justice went over Phillips' head to the district court on Wednesday to get permission to continue experiencing the pleasure of firing LGBT personnel. The stay on Phillips decision was granted. DADT survives.
On Thursday, Dan Choi told CNN, "I am resentful. I am not going to vote for Barack Obama after what he did." He also said "This ain't my first time at the rodeo."
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Have you heard? There's a thing called BART in this here Bay Area. And BART wants to make sure you know about BART -- that's why this week was 'Try BART Week.' If you haven't yet sampled the public transit goodness that is BART, today's the day to do it: if you do, you could win fabulous prizes!
Such as -- more BART.
Two San Francisco police officers are in the hospital after their marked cruiser crashed into a light pole in the "Bernal Cut" on Thursday night, the Examiner reported.
Their injuries were not life-threatening, according to the paper. No other vehicles were involved in the crash. The situation? Puzzling.
