KTVU Big Timer Has Issues with Gasia (Sort of); Somerville Does Sunday Night; Michael Bauer Destroys Nobu Palo Alto; KGO-TV's Lim Elicits Strong Emotion; Monday Starter

A PROMINENT KTVU On-Air talent is so fed up with morning embarrassment, Gasia Mikaelian, they're considering going on the record here and calling her out. The person, for now, doesn't want to rock the boat publically...

"because that would make matters only worse and draw more attention to her." I don't want to make her a 'martyr," said the individual.

In the last few months the GAAS has been told to tone it down and try to be a little more "adult" on air which is tantamount to trying to prevent a mouse from devouring a chunk of Velveeta.

How embarrassing.

*If you found it unusual that Frank Somerville was anchoring last (Sunday) night on KTVU's "10 o'clock News", it was no big deal. Sommerville missed three nights last week to take care of some personal business and decided to assist Heather Holmes.

*It may have been one of his worst dining out experiences but it made for one of his VERY BEST restaurant reviews.

Michael Bauer, the Chronicle veteran food and wine critic absolutely eviscerated Nobu down in Palo Alto.

Even if you're not into reading restaurant reviews, I'll guarantee you'll love this priceless prose.

In my high-flying days when I visited these over-priced, small -proportion dens filled with a bunch of over-inflated, egotistical assholes, I'd just run with the program and figured the atmosphere made up for the lack of good food and common sense.

Bauer, who gets paid to eat lousy food (and good food too) puts the kibosh on this Silicon Valley outpost that apparently isn't anything like its NYC original but what else is new.

*It wasn't the most feedback I'd ever received on a new anchor debut but it was real close and the comments and e-mail keep on coming in.

Dion Lim seems to have struck a nerve --mostly negative--and while she's not that bad, she definitely has a bunch of KGO viewers annoyed at her gushy delivery --Lim debuted no so long ago during the weekend was filled in during the week.

It's not so much her anchoring; it's her quirky facial expressions; her nasal voice; her fake emotions that are driving some people nuts.

Dion, as I said recently, try to relax and be yourself. Please. You'll do wonders if you just try to be genuine, assuming you're being a little Hollywoodish. You seem nice and cool and will only be better at your gig if you 86 the fake stuff.