There's Light at the End of the Tunnel --Bay Area Media Friday; Happy Hanukah

THERE IS LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL...How many times you gonna hear that today? I've already counted over ten in a single radio newscast.

*Too bad for every needless traffic report today, some of that time was devoted to explain to the American people that are reluctant to get vaccine that it's pretty safe. But Nooooooo, we have to hear that the Bay Bridge is "Friday light." Thanks for the 12th update.

*More Kevin Radich: making matters worse dept. Radich, the KCBS sports anchor, does all his reports from HOME! He doesn't have to schlep himself to the studio even. (Because of Covid) Furthermore, he's married to traffic anchor, Kim Wonderley.  So while Kevin has to work on Christmas, his wife is right there. Poor baby.

*Dumb me, I thought KRON would spend some of that extra holiday cash on talent but what do I know, silly me.

*Disney is the hardest hit media company with not only its streaming properties sucking el fuego, but its amusement parks closed and even those that are open, hit mighty hard, yes Covid is brutal, but there's light at the end of the tunnel.

*I could write about diseased yaks and I'd get at least one political comment. Oy. Vey. 

*My Hanukah plans were derailed this week by life.

*Speaking of comments, I guess I'm responsible for all bad things that happen here, I had no idea this site was the source of all terrible things hurled at mankind. 

*But there's light at the end of the tunnel.

*My Hanukah: 7-11 doughnuts and free coffee! 

*Herb Caen, for all his negative nebobs was the only guy that could write a thousand words six days a week. Yeah, I know he had help. The same help that aids radio talk-show hosts; the same help that provides copy for TV News anchors; the same help that provides info to traffic reporters.

Caen was a pain in the ass at times, sure, but Woodward and Bernstein weren't always chummy everyday either. Ditto, Cronkite.

*One night during a Cal broadcast on KGO Radio, they'll be a major news event, incident and then, all hell will break loose and it should.

*I don't mean to pile on Joe Starkey, but for god's sake, when you can't ID a receiver or f-up a play-by-play on EVERY play? It's no good, wide to the left.

*OMG, how Caen would have handled London Breed. And her ex-boyfriend. 

*I remember the days when the anchor desk was inhabited by men and women whose duty it was to report the news and not update their Instagram and Facebook status.

*A good corned-beef on rye with mustard only will make positive all the bad things that come to a blogger.

*The Chronicle in the old days was generally crappy too but you still read it because guys like Caen and Art Hoppe and McCabe were worth reading. Today, the only reason to read is the sports page and apartment hunting on SF Gate.

*KQED, worth roughly $500Mor so, does 27 pledge breaks a day, 27! Yet when I ask for a buck or two every other week, I get hell. Which prevents me from buying 7-11 sweet rolls. 

*But there's light at the end of the tunnel.

*Caen would had a field day with old Kevin the Rat and I'd have paid to read it. You too.

*Random food thoughts: if you put pineapple on a pizza, you should be arrested. Same too, chicken. And if you put ketchup on a hot dog? Deported immediately.