When it comes to debates, sometimes the news is best summarized in the photo captions: "Meg Whitman called Jerry Brown 'the same old same old,' while he said she was just seeking to enrich wealthy Californians." And, now you know everything you need to know. It was a sad scene last night for the California governor's race. Pre-debate, Jerry Brown was polling just +4 over California's fourth-richest woman, Meg Whitman, both facts which basically mean nothing. And so she spent the evening saying things like "My track record is creating jobs. My business is creating jobs." Meanwhile, most of the papers are still pretty interested in how [...]

It's a glorious goddamned day in San Francisco right now. The temperature is mild, just warm enough to be comforting; just cool enough to keep you from sweating. The sky so blue it almost looks to have been choked to death. And from where I'm sitting, I can look out my window across the Bay, over to Oakland and Berkeley and the rolling hills of the East Bay. It's not a bad view.

It's the kind of day that makes me realize why I'm still here, and why I'll likely never leave. I arrived a dozen years ago, intending for San Francisco to be but a brief stop on [...]

"Even though I am California's 'top cop,' 2 of my tires were stolen. No matter. I got 2 new ones and I'm rolling again!" What's less surprising to you: that Jerry Brown drives a hybrid or that he's on Facebook?