The dynamic duo tells us what’s next for David Kapler, Alameda’s fire chief who was apparently filling up more than just fire engines.  Kapler, who began paid administrative leave yesterday, said the sports car he filled up using the city’s dough was used for “official duties.”  Can someone clarify the types of official fire department duties that require a pretty BMW convertible?

• Matier and Ross: Alameda fire chief put on administrative leave (Chronicle) 09/03/10
• Matier and Ross: S.F. supe hopeful owes $20,000 in back taxes (Chronicle) 09/01/10
• Matier and Ross: Time for Muni drivers to pay to park (Chronicle) 08/30/10
• Matier and Ross: Lieutenant governor hopefuls to go negative (Chronicle) 08/29/10
• Matier and Ross: Some DMV workers extend their furlough (Chronicle) 08/25/10
• Matier and Ross: Montel Williams looks at Oakland's pot business (Chronicle) 08/23/10
• Matier and Ross: Alameda Fire Chief David Kapler's car troubles (Chronicle) 08/22/10
• Matier and Ross: Alameda fire chief gases up his vehicles on city's dime (Chronicle) 08/18/10
• Matier and Ross: Poll puts spin on high-speed bullet train (Chronicle) 08/03/10
• Matier and Ross: AT&T site sits in middle of proposed A's site (Chronicle) 08/02/10
• Matier and Ross: San Jose likely to pull back on ballpark vote (Chronicle) 07/28/10
• Matier and Ross: Maldonado faces tax lien over farm's truck use (Chronicle) 07/26/10
• Matier and Ross: Passengers pass on BART fare rollback (Chronicle) 07/25/10
• Matier and Ross: BART survey: Riders don't want fare rollback (Chronicle) 07/21/10
• Matier and Ross: Boxer calls out Fiorina as multiple yacht owner (Chronicle) 07/19/10
• Matier and Ross: Ellison miscalculated move to score Warriors (Chronicle) 07/18/10
• Matier and Ross: Oakland cops probing 2 councilwomen at protest (Chronicle) 07/14/10
• Matier and Ross: Community colleges cash in on foreign students (Chronicle) 07/12/10
• Matier and Ross: Governor-Whitman chill turning to ice (Chronicle) 07/11/10
• Matier and Ross: 2011 Bay to Breakers to run dry (Chronicle) 07/07/10
• Matier and Ross: BART brass keeps low profile as verdict nears (Chronicle) 07/06/10
• Matier and Ross: Adachi's petition push for pension overhaul (Chronicle) 07/05/10
• Matier and Ross: Newsom, wife invested in BP's gulf oil rig (Chronicle) 06/30/10
• Matier and Ross: Big BART fare rollback gets whittled way down (Chronicle) 06/28/10
• Matier and Ross; With Medvedev in spotlight, Newsom steps aside (Chronicle) 06/27/10
• Matier and Ross: Dysfunctional politics on display in Oakland (Chronicle) 06/23/10
• Matier and Ross: Fiorina's husband has license to pack heat (Chronicle) 06/21/10
• Matier and Ross: Mass police layoffs seem inevitable in Oakland (Chronicle) 06/20/10
• Matier and Ross: Buddha sculpture proves to be a graffiti magnet (Chronicle) 06/16/10
• Matier & Ross: BART spending $800K to define three words (Chronicle) 06/14/10
• Matier and Ross: Choice of power in S.F. likely to raise costs (Chronicle) 06/07/10
• Matier and Ross: Candidates play to win with record spending (Chronicle) 06/06/10
• Matier and Ross: Moving manzanita bush costs S.F. a small fortune (Chronicle) 06/02/10
• Matier and Ross: Much ado over waterfront trailer and a loo (Chronicle) 05/31/10
• Matier and Ross: Ad blitz hits Harris hard in attorney general's race (Chronicle) 05/30/10
• Matier and Ross: Sponsor ING drops Bay to Breakers (Chronicle) 05/26/10
• Matier and Ross: 49ers spend big to score stadium votes (Chronicle) 05/24/10
• Matier and Ross: Face-to-face time recharges Tesla deal (Chronicle) 05/23/10
• Matier and Ross: An $18 million bus stop - at least, temporarily (Chronicle) 05/17/10
• Matier and Ross: All is fair game as state budget season begins (Chronicle) 05/16/10
• Matier and Ross: Police say school blocked interview in stalking (Chronicle) 05/12/10
• Matier and Ross: High-speed-rail exec's fast track to premium pay (Chronicle) 05/10/10
• Matier and Ross: Chris Kelly's ads will attack Kamala Harris (Chronicle) 05/09/10
• Matier and Ross: Porn probe snags S.F. planning officials (Chronicle) 05/05/10
• Matier and Ross: Costs put transit agencies on 'road to ruin' (Chronicle) 05/03/10
• Matier and Ross: North Beach like a night at a museum (Chronicle) 05/02/10
• Matier and Ross: Oakland mayor breaks promise to take pay cut (Chronicle) 04/30/10
• Matier and Ross: Call to boycott Arizona boosts Herrera with left (Chronicle) 04/28/10
• Matier and Ross: MTA parking fee hikes fuel S.F. agency's profit (Chronicle) 04/26/10
• Matier and Ross: S.F. untangling a skein of ticket-fixing scams (Chronicle) 04/25/10
• Matier and Ross: Premium pay costing S.F. big bucks (Chronicle) 04/19/10
• Matier and Ross: Turmoil in D.A. office over drug lab scandal (Chronicle) 04/18/10
• Matier and Ross: Muni union not giving what city wants to take (Chronicle) 04/14/10
• Matier and Ross: Waterfront residents want 'Peter Pan' to fly away (Chronicle) 04/13/10
• Matier and Ross: State's high-speed rail plan is up in the air (Chronicle) 04/12/10
• Matier and Ross: State cash, election politics: BART fare cut? (Chronicle) 04/07/10
• Matier and Ross: Prominent Pelosi tailor-made for attack ads (Chronicle) 03/22/10
• Matier and Ross: Is $7.1 million kept in vault by SFPD safe? (Chronicle) 03/21/10
• Matier and Ross: Special election idea for S.F. mayor fizzling (Chronicle) 03/17/10
• Matier and Ross: Burglar reels off one story after another (Chronicle) 03/15/10
• Matier and Ross: Newsom wants to mend fences with Jerry Brown (Chronicle) 03/14/10
• Matier and Ross: Newsom exploring ways to outlast current board (Chronicle) 03/08/10
• Matier and Ross: San Francisco's shifting alliances on Tasers (Chronicle) 03/07/10
• Matier and Ross:Pols likely to keep distance in Sacramento bids (Chronicle) 03/03/10
• Matier and Ross: Santa Clara voters split on 49ers stadium (Chronicle) 03/01/10
• Matier and Ross: Black Muslims' scuffle with ex-cop apt to fade (Chronicle) 02/28/10
• Matier and Ross: 2-team football stadium in Oakland in works (Chronicle) 02/24/10
• Matier and Ross: S.F. clean-energy plan could fuel higher rates (Chronicle) 02/22/10
• Perata picks up pretty penny from prison guards (Chronicle) 02/21/10
• Matier and Ross: Newsom builds team for possible race (Chronicle) 02/17/10
• Matier and Ross: West Dublin costs soar as BART scraps walkways (Chronicle) 02/15/10
• Matier and Ross: Dellums stirs pot with talk of another term (Chronicle) 02/14/10
• Matier and Ross: Brown's allies fund effort targeting Whitman (Chronicle) 02/10/10
• Matier and Ross: Whitman putting her money where her campaign is (Chronicle) 02/08/10
• Matier and Ross: Judge being gay a nonissue during Prop. 8 trial (Chronicle) 02/07/10
• Matier and Ross: Newsom leads lieutenant governor's race (Chronicle) 02/03/10
• Matier and Ross: Unexpected help for Mehserle - Grant's friends (Chronicle) 02/01/10
• Matier & Ross: Newsom hears haunting stories from truants (Chronicle) 01/31/10
• Matier and Ross: Speier's got her eye on attorney general race (Chronicle) 01/27/10
• Matier and Ross: Prison guards' suit prompts threat to pay perks (Chronicle) 01/26/10
• Matier and Ross: Daughter in mummified mom case runs for council (Chronicle) 01/25/10
• Matier and Ross: Prop. 8 aid puts Paramount board member on hold (Chronicle) 01/20/10
• Matier and Ross: Extra duty for unemployment office workers (Chronicle) 01/19/10
• Matier and Ross: Illegal teen's arrest stirs sanctuary law fight (Chronicle) 01/18/10
• Matier and Ross: Perata money machine in full operation (Chronicle) 01/13/10
• Matier and Ross: Principal boots cop over student's arrest (Chronicle) 01/11/10
• Matier and Ross: Barneys fighting city seizure of basement space (Chronicle) 01/10/10
• Matier and Ross: 2 Oakland cops face demotion after report (Chronicle) 01/08/10
• Matier and Ross: BART to rein in New Year with beefed-up patrols (Chronicle) 12/21/09
• Matier and Ross: York: Oakland beats S.F. as 49ers stadium site (Chronicle) 12/20/09
• Matier and Ross: S.F. officials earn more than state counterparts (Chronicle) 12/14/09
• Matier and Ross: Governor parks his jet for climate summit trip (Chronicle) 12/13/09
• Matier and Ross: S.F. chief offers break to cops in trouble (Chronicle) 12/09/09
• Matier and Ross: Oakland mayor's a traveling man - $60,000 worth (Chronicle) 12/07/09
• Matier and Ross: Spin cycle picks S.F.'s pocket coming and going (Chronicle) 12/06/09
• Matier and Ross: Jerry Brown campaign gets funds from casinos (Chronicle) 12/02/09
• Matier and Ross: Possible A's sites a case of fantasy baseball? (Chronicle) 11/30/09
• Matier and Ross: S.F. mayor dumps head of Film Commission (Chronicle) 11/25/09
• Matier and Ross: Gun opponents up in arms as Jerry Brown aids NRA (Chronicle) 11/23/09
• Matier and Ross: Raiders could wind up in Santa Clara with 49ers (Chronicle) 11/22/09
• Matier and Ross: Mayor Newsom hints why he's ducking reporters (Chronicle) 11/18/09
• Matier and Ross: S.F. meets goal of trees - but workers get ax (Chronicle) 11/16/09
• Matier and Ross: Muni ride like being at work for prison guard (Chronicle) 11/15/09
• Matier and Ross: Supe Daly does Inspector Clouseau impersonation (Chronicle) 11/11/09
• Matier and Ross: S.F. hotel workers' hand weaker in labor talks (Chronicle) 11/09/09
• Matier and Ross: Newsom campaign spent $100,000 monthly (Chronicle) 11/08/09
• Matier and Ross: Newsom jets to Hawaii to join his family (Chronicle) 11/04/09
• Matier and Ross: Former Raider scuffles with Alameda supervisor (Chronicle) 11/02/09
• Matier and Ross: Newsom's exit from race came down to cash (Chronicle) 11/01/09
• Matier and Ross: Did Schwarzenegger drop 4-letter bomb in veto? (Chronicle) 10/28/09
• Matier and Ross: Emeryville official has San Francisco apartment (Chronicle) 10/28/09
• Matier and Ross: S.F. to ease up on unlicensed drivers (Chronicle) 10/26/09
• Matier and Ross: Feinstein targets insurers' antitrust exemption (Chronicle) 10/25/09
• Matier and Ross: UC Berkeley to admit more out-of-state students (Chronicle) 10/21/09
• Matier and Ross: S.F. chief sets eyes on spies for safety's sake (Chronicle) 10/19/09
• Matier and Ross: Obama not a party animal like Clinton (Chronicle) 10/18/09
• Matier and Ross: Obama to avoid the rabble on S.F. visit (Chronicle) 10/14/09
• Matier and Ross: 'Wellness' program pays retirees healthy bonuses (Chronicle) 10/12/09
• Matier and Ross: Michael Jordan caught smoking (Chronicle) 10/07/09
• Matier and Ross: Newsom backs away from parking meter plans (Chronicle) 10/05/09
• Matier and Ross: Grand Theft Auto, S.F. style (Chronicle) 10/04/09
• Matier and Ross: San Francisco pays for Oracle party tent (Chronicle) 09/30/09
• Matier and Ross: Newsom plans college 'savings bond' (Chronicle) 09/28/09
• Matier and Ross: Phillip Garrido gave client child-safety tips (Chronicle) 09/27/09
• Matier and Ross: Garrido home wasn't really a pigsty (Chronicle) 09/23/09
• Matier and Ross: Oakland City Council rethinks parking changes (Chronicle) 09/21/09
• Matier and Ross:Dugard said to deny daughters were molested (Chronicle) 09/20/09
• Matier and Ross: Authorities to close Presidio roads to traffic (Chronicle) 09/18/09
• Matier and Ross: Furloughs crimp state workers' blood donations (Chronicle) 09/16/09
• Matier and Ross: New SFPD chief no fan of 'Cops Gone Wild' crew (Chronicle) 09/14/09
• Matier and Ross: Ethics probe unlikely after assemblyman quits (Chronicle) 09/13/09
• Matier and Ross: Young stabbing victim scared to leave hospital (Chronicle) 09/09/09
• Matier and Ross: S.F. unable to help fight wildfire near L.A. (Chronicle) 09/06/09
• Matier and Ross: Boy, 11, stabbed on first solo Muni ride (Chronicle) 09/05/09
• Matier and Ross: Murderers or model parents? (Chronicle) 09/02/09
• Matier and Ross: Perata recovering from prostate cancer (Chronicle) 08/31/09
• Matier and Ross: Kidnap suspect looks good for other cases (Chronicle) 08/30/09
• Matier and Ross: Bay Bridge welding woes lead to China trip (Chronicle) 08/26/09
• Matier and Ross: Poll finds Newsom trailing Brown even in S.F. (Chronicle) 08/24/09
• Matier and Ross: Perata had hand in Oakland's police chief pick (Chronicle) 08/23/09
• Matier and Ross: Much went wrong before BART shooting (Chronicle) 08/19/09
• Matier and Ross: Walkway welds spark Dublin delays (Chronicle) 08/10/09
• Matier and Ross: Verizon on stadium horizon (Chronicle) 08/09/09
• Matier and Ross: Many no-shows at unemployment meeting (Chronicle) 08/05/09
• Matier and Ross: Arson investigators' secret probe of colleagues (Chronicle) 08/03/09
• Matier and Ross: Lack of cash is crunching Newsom campaign (Chronicle) 08/02/09
• Matier and Ross: Daly, wife paid cash for Fairfield homes (Chronicle) 07/29/09
• Matier and Ross: Aide's exit suggests Newsom campaign on attack (Chronicle) 07/28/09
• Matier and Ross: Firehouse flip could create home for Fisher art (Chronicle) 07/27/09
• Matier and Ross: Daly wins big in Fairfield housing free fall (Chronicle) 07/26/09
• Matier and Ross: Alioto-Pier to run for insurance commissioner (Chronicle) 07/20/09
• Matier and Ross: More S.F. retirees join $100,000 pension club (Chronicle) 07/19/09
• Matier and Ross: Migden called wild ride 'state business' (Chronicle) 07/15/09
• Matier and Ross: Brouhaha over bonuses at Fresno nonprofit (Chronicle) 07/13/09
• Matier & Ross: Jackson memorial nearly crashed S.F. servers (Chronicle) 07/12/09
• Matier and Ross: Deborah Edgerly, fired Oakland exec, fires back (Chronicle) 07/08/09
• Matier and Ross: Joe Montana to get $47 million in state bonds (Chronicle) 07/06/09
• Matier and Ross: S.F. mayor keeps security cost secret from supe (Chronicle) 07/01/09
• Matier and Ross: BART 'N-word' bombshell waiting to go off (Chronicle) 06/29/09
• Matier and Ross: BART bets on strike going bust (Chronicle) 06/28/09
• Matier and Ross: First lady's visit bruises feelings in Bayview (Chronicle) 06/24/09
• Matier and Ross: Joe Montana's new teammate has a history (Chronicle) 06/22/09
• Matier and Ross: The new chief: What's in it for Newsom (Chronicle) 06/21/09
• Matier and Ross: SFPD's new $5,000 mini-rides (Chronicle) 06/15/09
• Matier and Ross: Mayor sinks 'Shrimp Boy' market (Chronicle) 06/14/09
• Matier and Ross: Change at Chinatown market under city scrutiny (Chronicle) 06/10/09
• Matier and Ross: 'BART' takes backseat on new badges (Chronicle) 06/08/09
• Matier and Ross: Gavin's green turned Niners red (Chronicle) 06/07/09
• Matier and Ross: Food fight breaks out at BART (Chronicle) 06/03/09
• Matier and Ross: S.F. retirees' solid-golden years (Chronicle) 06/01/09
• Matier and Ross: Coit's towering problem - tourists are ticked (Chronicle) 05/31/09
• Matier and Ross: This time, Newsom plays it straight (Chronicle) 05/27/09
• Matier and Ross: Bust and blunder over Internet car scam (Chronicle) 05/25/09
• Matier and Ross: Fong takes parting shots at possible successors (Chronicle) 05/24/09
• Matier and Ross: Pocketbook pain gets personal for state leaders (Chronicle) 05/20/09
• Matier and Ross: TransLink almost set, BART looks at phone-pay (Chronicle) 05/18/09
• Matier and Ross: Legislature's tab hit $252 million in 2007-08 (Chronicle) 05/17/09
• Matier and Ross: Cops prime suspect in police car theft (Chronicle) 05/13/09
• Matier and Ross: Local teams go to bat for Prop. 1A (Chronicle) 05/11/09
• Matier and Ross: Air board pays $75K for columnist's speech (Chronicle) 05/10/09
• Matier and Ross: Worker, exec pay - 2 sides of BART deficit (Chronicle) 05/06/09
• Matier and Ross: More bicycle crashes on Golden Gate Bridge (Chronicle) 05/04/09
• Matier and Ross: Domestic violence victim stands up for officer (Chronicle) 05/03/09
• Matier and Ross: Newsom raises $100,000 at block party (Chronicle) 04/29/09
• Matier and Ross: S.F. teen's Muni ride ends up costing $766 (Chronicle) 04/12/09
• Matier and Ross: Tongues wag after Marin teen's party (Chronicle) 04/08/09
• Matier and Ross: Prop. 8 adman wins, 'whether you like it or not' (Chronicle) 04/06/09
• Matier and Ross: New round in Newsom, Nation of Islam tiff (Chronicle) 04/01/09
• Matier and Ross: S.F. teachers urged to emulate Jimi Hendrix (Chronicle) 03/30/09
• Matier and Ross: Mayor Dellums persona non grata by Oakland police (Chronicle) 03/29/09
• Matier and Ross: Assault rifles flow freely from Nevada (Chronicle) 03/25/09
• Matier and Ross: Doomed SWAT sergeants didn't expect an AK-47 (Chronicle) 03/23/09
• Matier and Ross: Bicycling tourists overwhelm Sausalito (Chronicle) 03/22/09
• Matier and Ross: Police officers told to zip lips on bombing (Chronicle) 03/18/09
• Matier and Ross: S.F.'s hiring binge for bosses (Chronicle) 03/16/09
• Matier and Ross: San Jose A's? It all depends (Chronicle) 03/15/09
• Matier and Ross: Coin toss settles Oakland city parking war (Chronicle) 03/11/09
• Matier and Ross: Councilwomen clash over empty parking space (Chronicle) 03/09/09
• Matier and Ross: Suit: BART cops' affair led to fatal shooting (Chronicle) 03/08/09
• Matier and Ross: Poll: GOP, Dems equally dislike Schwarzenegger (Chronicle) 03/04/09
• Matier and Ross: Roll through a red, fork over the green (Chronicle) 03/02/09
• Matier and Ross: Sunset on horizon for Fairmont's Tonga Room bar (Chronicle) 02/25/09
• Matier and Ross: Bridge authorities considering carpooling toll (Chronicle) 02/23/09
• Matier and Ross: A's owner: 'I don't really have a Plan B' (Chronicle) 02/22/09
• Matier and Ross: Mirkarimi: Let it all hang out at Breakers (Chronicle) 02/18/09
• Matier and Ross: Feds sought dirt on Bonds by pumping iron (Chronicle) 02/16/09
• Matier and Ross: Obama gets priestly slam (Chronicle) 02/15/09
• Matier and Ross: Tag it Berkeley, dogs being dogs and public art (Chronicle) 02/11/09
• Matier and Ross: S.F. General's generator emergency (Chronicle) 02/09/09
• Matier and Ross: State budget deal to be unveiled Monday (Chronicle) 02/08/09
• Matier and Ross: Clothier Wilkes Bashford to lay off 18 workers (Chronicle) 02/04/09
• Matier and Ross: Additional claims likely in Oscar Grant slaying (Chronicle) 02/02/09
• Matier and Ross: Globe-trotting S.F. mayor's security costs hit (Chronicle) 02/01/09
• Matier and Ross: Where's Waldo? Not in S.F. City Hall (Chronicle) 01/28/09
• Matier and Ross: Questions over welds delay Bay Bridge project (Chronicle) 01/26/09
• Matier and Ross: GOP official has Guantanamo idea for S.F. (Chronicle) 01/25/09
• Matier and Ross: State's Dems bask in spotlight - DiFi stars (Chronicle) 01/21/09
• Matier and Ross: Teen battling cancer gets inauguration tickets (Chronicle) 01/19/09
• Matier and Ross: SF ticket-writers' cell phones silenced (Chronicle) 01/18/09
• Matier and Ross: Niners could be stuck at the 'Stick (Chronicle) 01/14/09
• Matier and Ross: Plush hospitals for state's felons (Chronicle) 01/12/09

Tags: Dennis Herrera, Gavin Newsom, Ross Mirkarimi

Posted on Monday, January 12th, 2009 at 7:42 am