Blogging can’t escape infection in Contagion
[Spoiler info: This post doesn't give much away, but if you're the type who prefers to know nothing before seeing a movie, steer clear until you've seen it] James Huber wrote about Oakland getting its reps in the baseball-blockbuster “Moneyball” earlier this week. Another relatively new movie giving San Francisco some screen time is the disaster-blockbuster “Contagion.” I had looked forward to...
Giants’ misery lands on doorsteps nationwide
The New York Times’ million or so readers flipped through the paper’s news section today and found a big Bay Area-centric sports spread on A11. The main story was supposedly about the effect of the Giants’ mediocre season on the city of San Francisco, but I couldn’t see how it fit in the news section. The...

