A tissue for Newsom

10.24.06 - 10:18 am | Steven T. Jones |

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By Steven T. Jones
Kudos for the Chron's Cecelia Vega for debunking Mayor Gavin Newsom's pity-party television interview, in which he said he may not run for reelection. Vega punches her story home with some great phrases like "20-year-old Republican girlfriend" and "Washington-size dose of political posturing," but the real gems come from Bruce Cain and Gerardo Sandoval. Check 'em out. Read more »

Nancy Pelosi ducks same-sex marriage

10.23.06 - 6:57 pm | Tim Redmond |

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By Tim Redmond

Lord knows, I've had my fights with Michael Petrelis, but he seem to have calmed down a bit of late, and his blog is actually interesting, although he made the mistake of Dan Savage too seriously. But he's nailed Nancy Pelosi for her comments on 60 minutes about same-sex marriage: "Well, that's an issue that is not an issue that we're fighting about here."

Bloody pages of horror!

10.23.06 - 6:20 pm | Cheryl Eddy |

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Probably the number one question I get asked in life (besides "Yo, Eddy, what the hell is on that sandwich?") is "What's your favorite horror film?" My knee-jerk response is, of course, Halloween -- I'm obsessed with John Carpenter, Donald Pleasence is nothing but fun to watch, and though I have the entire movie memorized, I never, ever get bored of it. Read more »

Spy tactics

10.23.06 - 4:08 pm | G.W. Schulz |

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By G.W. Schulz

The Chronicle got scooped badly in late September when A.C. Thompson at the Weekly published a feature-length story revealing that the San Francisco Police Department had spied on reporters working out of the press office at the Hall of Justice. (My computer is still giving me a lot of shit, otherwise I'd post the links. Read more »

Staying the course -- huh?

10.23.06 - 3:45 pm | Tim Redmond |

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By Tim Redmond

This is well worth watching, from Daily Kos.

Red-tape bandage

10.23.06 - 3:34 pm | G.W. Schulz |

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By G.W. Schulz

Both the Los Angeles Times and the San Francisco Chronicle ran large stories last week on problems in the workers’ comp system since Schwarzenegger so proudly initiated reforms two years ago as part of a major recall campaign promise.

In fact, the pendulum has swung startlingly fast in the other direction away from what was viewed as a bloated system that encouraged excess and fraud. My computer's operating very slowly this week, otherwise I'd post the links. You'll have to find them yourself. Read more »

NOISE: Where there's a Will Oldham...there's a long interview to follow

10.23.06 - 2:52 pm | Music Blogger |

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The teen star of John Sayles' Matewan, Will Oldham could have ended up like Macauley Culkin - home alone, something of a charicature. Instead he became a model for, one imagines, Jenny Lewis -- as well as, in some ways, members of a freak-folk/out-folk/whatever-folk movement, folks that go their own way in a somehow communal spirit. Read more »

Chan stonewalls on PG@E questions: will anybody be able to pin him down before the election?

10.23.06 - 1:30 pm | Bruce Brugmann |

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As our editorial for the Wednesday Guardian states, "We've seen plenty of allies of Pacific Gas and Electric Company on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. We've seen a few PG@E bagmen, PG@E shills, and PG@E fronts. But there's never been anyone elected to the board in our 40 years who was actually a paid attorney for PG@E.

"This year, there's at least one, and possibly two candidates who have worked as PG@E lawyers--and that alone should disqualify them from ever holding public office in San Francisco. Read more »

Dear Jerry Brown: more impertinent questions on the Hearst shenanigans (part 4)

10.20.06 - 1:55 pm | Bruce Brugmann |

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Followups on Hearst: No word back from the Chronicle on my questions on why they are blacking out the big local story involving three big local players (Hearst, McKesson Corporation, and First DataBank). Let me give you the lead front headline on the Oct. Read more »