The owner of The Examiner has applied for rights to the trademark name in 69 cities across America. …

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The Body Politic today – last edition of 2004 – includes a look at why Pat Murphy wants out, and the kind of ugly politics that make covering City Hall a bitter pill. …

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We really need more architecture writers to really tell us what is going on with comparisons of the Bay Bridge and the new Millau Viaduct. This deserves dialogue. …

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The S.F. Convention & Visitors Bureau seems to be sending out more press releases since became the official big business whipping boy for budget cuts earlier this month. …

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Looks like former City Hall aide, D5 candidate and consumate political insider Bill Barnes has a new gig as S.F.’s chief anti-gun campaign manager. Anyone see a left-wing Tom Hsieh Jr. in the making? …

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Farley wanted some context, but the latest from the Chron is just mouthing off from a smattering of folks who don’t know what they are talking about. … Emperor Norton wasn’t “some homeless guy,” he was one of the richest San Franciscans before losing his fortune, and he was honored in death by more that…

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Blog scoop: Incoming District 5 Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi says he’ll carry on the art reception tradition started by Matt Gonzalez. Mirkarimi wants to keep the monthy gallery going, possibly expanding it to the literary world as well. “I really like what Matt had ignited and it’s worthy of our support and continuation,” he said. ……

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An hourlong Commonwealth Club conversation with Fire Chief Joanne Hayes-White and Police Chief Heather Fong, moderated by Adriel Hampton, is scheduled for broadcast on KALW-FM 91.7 on Dec. 21 at 1 p.m. … You can also stream the audio. …

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A teary funeral for Eric Allen Bass on Tuesday included a mix of longtime friends and City Hall folks, led with dignity by Glide Pastor Douglass Fitch. Family members from Oakland attended as well, and friends put together a beautiful slideshow that showed Bass before AIDS cut down his form, and pneumonia finally felled him.…

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“Farley” creator Phil Frank on Emperor Norton and his place in Gold Rush-era city lore: “He not only ‘saw the elephant,’ but probably talked to it.” … Frank and several others – including two Norton impersonators – have come into the legisaltive chambers over the past two weeks to back naming the Bay Bridge for…

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