"A Train Wreck Every Day"

Imagine being so addicted to Susan Polk's murder trial that you hold off getting breast cancer surgery. That's what Alison Shurtleff -- who, along with mom, Sheila Milne, and Margaret Larsen -- is doing. For gavel groupies, the trial can't be beat for reality entertainment.

Details here from the San Francisco Chronicle.

UPDATE (5/26): Alison Shurtleff wrote to deny that she was "hold[ing] off getting breast cancer surgery" so she could attend the trial. Click on "Comments" below to read her message.