Week Around the Ists: October 25–31

Gothamist learned that Vespa owners are resorting to illegal measures (okay, scraping off their vehicle ID numbers) to keep their scooters on the street, not that it'll help.

Seattlest indulged in some Washington State-sponsored earthquake disaster porn.

Torontoist checked out the planned designs for a forthcoming subway station in the northernmost part of their city, which looks an awful lot like how people in the 1960s imagined things like subway stations would look today.

Bostonist celebrated our beer epiphanies, just in time for pumpkin brews.

Shanghaiist worried about the state of Chinese youth after a cellphone
video showing a vicious schoolyard beating in Shanghai was uploaded to the internet. According to one survey, one in four kids in China have faced similar violent incidents.

LAist found out just how crazy the subway in LA can get thanks to a video called "Crackhead Hooker Maces Kid."

SFist witnessed two things fall apart this week: the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, which shut down after a cable snapped and struck traffic, and Mayor Gavin Newsom's gubernatorial aspirations.

Londonist attended a vigil against hate crimes, prompted by the recent death of the victim of a homophobic attack.

Chicagoist focused on the more light-hearted things in life, celebrating the magic of Kelly Clarkson and pets.