By PHILLIP MATIER and ANDREW ROSS, San Francisco Chronicle

SAN FRANCISCO - San Francisco's big push for low-flow toilets has turned into a multimillion-dollar plumbing stink.

Skimping on toilet water has resulted in more sludge backing up inside the sewer pipes, said Tyrone Jue, spokesman for the city Public Utilities Commission. That has created a rotten-egg stench near AT&T Park and elsewhere, especially during the dry summer months.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Did California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's office use a coded veto message to send the f-bomb to Tom Ammiano, soon after the San Francisco assemblyman made news by telling the governor to "kiss my gay ass"?

SAN FRANCISCO -- While the prices of many parking infractions in San Francisco are going through the roof, there's one violation that has become a relative bargain -- misusing a parking placard for people with disabilities.That used to cost miscreants $500 a pop. Now, the fine is a mere $100.