Gone!

Getting caught eyeing the ads too closely in an alt-weekly publication can get you some odd stares on public transit. Well, fair enough. But an eye-catching spot of a different sort appeared in this and other publications this week: An impassioned plea from a serious record collector to return his prized possessions for a $1,000 no-questions-asked reward.

We reached out to the aggrieved collector. He's upset and embarrassed about the whole thing, so we'll just call him Desmond. Either way, he's still happy to plunk down a grand in return for his rare, irreplaceable late 1960s Jamaican 45 RPM records.

"I've had my moments where I've left my phone in a cab. But I could care less about that," he said. But leaving a small blue shoulder bag with about 45 45 RPMs in it -- that he cares about. "I just spaced out. I've been beating myself up over it ever since."

Desmond has many, many records. But these were his best of the best, the creme de la creme, his All-Star team. He'd just finished spinning them on a friend's DJ show for Radio Valencia. And that may be the last time for a while anyone around here hears the songs performed and/or produced by Derrick Harriott, Keith and Tex, The Gay Lads, or Coxsone Dodd.

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How did this man die?

Police are trying to determine what happened to a man who was found dead yesterday morning inside a Marina District hotel.

Officer Gordon Shyy says police were called to the Francisco Bay Inn Hotel on the 1500 block of Lombard Street at about 4:22 a.m. on reports of an unconscious man. Police determined the death to be suspicious at this time.

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Cameron Myers was killed and police still don't know why

The Medical Examiner's Office says it was 20-year-old Cameron Myers who was stabbed to death yesterday in the city's Bayview district, making it the city's13th homicide this year.

At about 1:40 a.m. on Wednesday police were called to the intersection of Innes and Arelious Walker after neighbors heard a man screaming. When the cops arrived they found Myers, who had been stabbed multiple times in the back.

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Mikaela Lynch

The 9-year-old girl who was found dead yesterday near her family's vacation home in Lake County was a San Francisco resident who attended the special needs program at Sunset Elementary.

The Examiner reported this morning that the San Francisco Unified School District is in the process of letting students know about the death of Mikaela Lynch, who was last seen Sunday in the backyard of the Clearlake home. She had been playing outside with her brother then walked away and was later seen running up the street naked, according to press reports.

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Estately

SF dog hacking into dogster

Contrary to what the mailmen might say around here, San Francisco is the fifth best city to raise a dog, according to Estately, a national real estate blog.

This should come as no surprise considering the city has more dogs than kids -- and we're damn proud of it. But it's not just the stellar dog parks or dog-friendly watering holes that makes this a great place for pups. San Francisco dogs can live the life of their owners, browsing online at coffee shops and even cruising around town on the iconic trolley cars. How cute.

See Also: Five Reasons It's Better to Have a Dog Than a Kid

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Fruitvale, the long-awaited film depicting the 2008 shooting death of Oscar Grant released its trailer yesterday giving viewers a glimpse of what to expect from this Oakland-based drama.

Written and directed by Oakland resident Ryan Coogler, the film details the events leading up to the death of 22-year-old Grant, who was shot and killed by BART Officer Johannes Mehserle at the Fruitvale BART station on New Year's Day.

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Yongze Wei was killed at this San Francisco intersection

The San Francisco Medical Examiner's Office said it was 25-year-old Yongze Wei who was killed Tuesday night when his car hit a curb in the Merced Manor neighborhood.

According to police, Wei, a San Francisco resident, was on Sunset and Lake Merced boulevards at about 10 p.m. when his black sedan hit a curb. He was ejected from the car and pinned by the vehicle until fire crews arrived and removed him.

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Richmondsfblog.com

Men still manning large hole

Anyone over the age of 40 will tell you things just don't work as they did when they were 20. So it really should not come as a major surprise to city leaders -- or anyone over the age of 40 for that matter -- that it was a 100-year-old sewer line that caused the 10-foot sinkhole in the Richmond District Monday night.

On Monday at about 5 p.m., a car crossed over the intersection at 2nd Avenue and Lake Street; a few minutes later the street split, forming a hole large enough to fit a smart car. According to the Ex, residents had noticed that the street had been sagging as of late, which city crews patched over. That's called a band-aid solution.

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Man dies at this intersection

A 25-year-old man died last night after his car hit a curb in the Merced Manor neighborhood.

According to police, the driver was on Sunset and Lake Merced boulevards at about 10 p.m. when his black sedan hit a curb. The driver was ejected from the car and pinned by the vehicle until fire crews arrived and removed him.

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San Bruno Police Department

Cecilia Zamora

San Bruno police found the body of 37-year-old Cecilia Zamora, the San Francisco woman who went missing nearly three months ago.

According to San Bruno Lt. Geoff Caldwell, Zamora's body was found on Gateway Drive in Pacifica last Saturday afternoon. She had been shot one time, Caldwell said.

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