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WardBushee

  1. Chronwatch II is back -- old -fasnioned public service reporting, holding public officials feet to fire. bit.ly/LHSmWI
  2. Cow Palace 1967 NBA All-Star lineup. Rick Berry (MVP), Wilt, West, so many other stars.http://www.nba.com/history/allstar/boxscore_1967.html
  3. From archive: Pierre Salinger was Chron "copy boy" in 1942 ($20 a week), went to war, reporter until 1954. By '61, JFK's press chief.
  4. Guy to watch for creative genius in new Warrior SF arena: Peter Guber.://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/05/22/MNP41OK74T.DTL
  5. One sad occasion on GG's 75th -- #U.S. battleship Iowa leaves SF for a final home in LA. Shouldn't we have kept it? sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl…
  6. Critical Mass alert at City Hall Friday -- SF Bike Coalition calls in the troops to support Fell/Oak bikeways. sfbike.org/?fell
  7. Can police manage this? S.F.'s bike lane expansion rolling along sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl… via @sfgate
  8. @PrepDawg17 Yes, I saw it. Lots of fun. thx
  9. What I hate about the Web: Insensitive creep commenters like those on Suzanne Monica's death. http://http://bit.ly/KgF284
  10. Should kids' stupid Facebook posts haunt them forever? James Temple's Q&A on "right to be forgotten" holds answers. sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl…
  11. FCC's OK to Google's eavesdropping on your email. We wouldn't let gov't do this. Go figure?bit.ly/IHiqtu
  12. #Coast Guard's belated halt of outside the GGate races has sailing world outraged -- who controls the open seas?; sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl…
  13. John King's SF #Architecture review today is a gem: Van Ness planned "tower has weightlessness of an apparition" - Wow. sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl…
  14. A must-read: Tech columnist James Temple on why you should be scared (or, even terrified) about social reader apps. bit.ly/ItipvA
  15. Was Mirk's media blitz yesterday aimed at drawing attention away from judge today?. blog.sfgate.com/cityinsider/20…
  16. Bauer and Bonne' team up on food/wine in Santa Cruz. Hey, it's not that far away SFers. sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl…
  17. Great photos by Lance Iverson on A! & inside the Chron on not only the biggest, but ugliest ship to pass the GG Bridge. bit.ly/GGZ5hh
  18. In my many years as an editor I've never seen an elected official weather a storm as bad as Mirkarimi now faces. bit.ly/GCLPqf
  19. Deb Saunders and Chron editorial on Mirkarimi: Now you can tell us what happened. A good start : release wife's video. bit.ly/wkTYZH
  20. John Diaz does a very thoughtful smackdown of Rush Limbaugh for Sunday Insight -- but you get an early look here. bit.ly/zgDWgG