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• Posted American Football Spectacular: Capsulizing The 2009 NFL Draft's First Round, "A Tale Of Two Receivers" to SFist
  WR Darrius Heyward-Bey plying his trade. Photo via AP. It's time for American Football Spectacular's capsule reviews of the first round in the 2009 NFL Draft. All the intrigue, all the anticipation, all the immeasurables! All hard information was culled from NFL.com's pretty excellent draft tracker site. Let's do this. * Selection # / Team (trade info) / Player / Position / Height / Weight / School * 01 / Lions / Stafford, Matthew...
• Posted American Football Spectacular: Welcome Back, Jeff to SFist
  Photo via AP in 2003. Gilroy's second-favorite export is returning to the Bay Area. Chronically-underestimated warrior QB Jeff Garcia has signed a one-year deal with the Oakland Raiders. He'll be slotted for the mentor/back-up role unless something terrible happens to Al's chosen arm, JaMarcus Russell. To track Jeff's career path, he played his college days for San Jose State, then went undrafted to Canada to play for the Calgary Stampeders with which he won...
• Posted BREAKING NEWS: P.S. Alameda Is Burning to SFist
  This just in: A fire larger than a city block is burning on Alameda's Naval Air Station Alameda Point.
  
  Flames are burning structures at least three stories tall as firefighters work to contain the blaze.
  
  A tall, dense column of smoke is rising from the fire, visible as far south as San Leandro.
  
  Word from the scene by Eli Rosseter:
  

  We're sitting at Jack London Square and it's pretty much the center third of our visual range.

• Posted Happy Birthday, Frank Chu to SFist
  
  Lawrence Ferlinghetti isn't the only San Francisco luminary celebrating today. It's also Frank Chu's birthday!
  
  The Bay Area's favorite protester, for years Frank has been walking the streets of SF with his sign demanding proper compensation regarding Soviet and American ex-presidents (and other galaxies) having filmed him and his family for something called "The Richest Family."
  
• Posted Bay Area Wanderer: It's Been A Tough Weekend to SFist
  

  
  * Bay Area Wanderer: 19th Avenue and Winston, San Francisco
  
  Flags at half-mast in the cold light thrown by the sunset.
  
  It's been a tough couple days for The Bay Area.
  
  The Oakland Police had never lost more than two officers on the same day before.
  
  Send condolences/flowers/letters here for any of the families involved: