Your only Karl Malden news source! Click on each item to read full story.   10 best credit card commercials read story Even though millions of consumers take the time to compare credit card offers online every month, television advertising still plays a key role in helping us decide which brands we trust and what cards to avoid.   We left these series in San Francisco read story Alcatraz (Mondays at 9 p.m.on Fox, Citytv) concerns a team trying to track down a group of prisoners who disappeared in 1963 from the island prison and have now reappeared — unaged — in modern-day San Francisco. The J.J. Abrams drama is the latest series about crimesolvers to be set in the City by the Bay — although this series is filmed in Vancouver. Here are five others:   Steve Rushin: Built on a dump, Candlestick Park gave sports world so much read story Of all the beautiful names given to the places we play games -- Colosseum and Craven Cottage and Camp Nou; Molineux and Maracaña and Madison Square Garden; Polo Grounds and Elysian Fields and Fabulous Forum -- none was ever more evocative than Candlestick Park, which called to my adolescent mind an innocent nursery rhyme ("The butcher, the baker, the candlestick maker") and an implement of ...   One final memory for a classic sports dump read story Of all the beautiful names given to the places we play games -- Colosseum and Craven Cottage and Camp Nou; Molineux and Maracaña and Madison Square Garden; Polo Grounds and Elysian Fields and Fabulous Forum -- none was ever more evocative than Candlestick Park, which called to my adolescent mind an innocent nursery rhyme ("The butcher, the baker, the candlestick maker") and an implement of ...   TV: Five shows worth watching tonight: Jan. 18 read story A select viewing guide for Wednesday, Jan. 18   Merits Of SFPD, NYPD Patrol Cars Debated read story In the latest New York vs. San Francisco pissing contest, noted New York startup wunderkind David Karp fired the first shot taking our fair city's choice of police patrol vehicles, " the most busted looking police cars ." We happen to enjoy the understated, no-nonsense style of SFPD's Crown Victorias (really, there's no greater joy in this city than zipping down Gough Street in a Police ...   “Alcatraz” (debuting at 8 p.m. tonight on Fox) concerns a group of prisoners who read story “Alcatraz” (debuting at 8 p.m. tonight on Fox) concerns a group of prisoners who disappeared in 1963   Playing catch-up with movies old, new read story 2012? Isn't this the Armageddon year? Time to get serious about the bucket list   Stage West puts on 'A Streetcar Named Desire' Jan. 13-21 in Spring Hill read story By Barbara L. Fredricksen, Times Correspondent Thursday, January 5, 2012 Angela Sarabia plays Blanche DuBois and Jay Ingle is Stanley Kowalski in Stage West Community Playhouse’s production of A Streetcar Named Desire. Within a few years after its Broadway opening in 1947, critics started calling Tennessee Williams' groundbreaking Pulitzer Prize-winning drama A Streetcar Named Desire the best ...   Stage West puts on 'A Streetcar Named Desire' Jan. 13-22 in Spring Hill read story By Barbara L. Fredricksen, Times Correspondent Thursday, January 5, 2012 Angela Sarabia plays Blanche DuBois and Jay Ingle is Stanley Kowalski in Stage West Community Playhouse’s production of A Streetcar Named Desire. Within a few years after its Broadway opening in 1947, critics started calling Tennessee Williams' groundbreaking Pulitzer Prize-winning drama A Streetcar Named Desire the best ...