An 18-year-old Oakland man was shot to death at San Francisco’s busy Metreon shopping center Sunday night, after an argument with at least one other young man just inside the building’s entrance. (Read More)

That’s it. I am done with the emm effing Westfield/Sony Metreon. Hailed as manna from geek heaven when it opened, the mal became low rent and creepy within a year of its opening: Understaffed, rude, filthy theaters, unspeakably disgusting bathrooms with no mirrors, and incapable of handling crowd control (for “gala” openings like Transformers).

The only thing they did right was make widespread use of self service ticket kiosks.

Shut it down Sony. Raze the ugly building to the ground, and let someone else make use of the space.