Albany

Wild Turkeys Running Loose in East Bay Town, Parents Keeping Kids Indoors

While the suburban residents of Concord try to deal with that wayward camel at commute time, the quiet folks in Albany are battling their own random creatures. We came across this fun news item this morning from CBS, which explains how a dozen or so wild turkeys are overrunning the small town of ... More >>

Local 123 Wants You to Stick Around Awhile

Of its many comforts, it was Local 123's dark chocolate sea salt cookie that first gave me the joy that catapulted me into a committed relationship with my now-favorite writing spot. The two-bite confection, pushing the size of a half-dollar, laid waste to nearly every other cookie in my working m ... More >>

Target Asks Supes to Grant Licence to Sell "Urban Living Essentials": Beer and Wine

Is it a stretch to claim that installing a huge new beer and wine emporium at Fourth and Market is a matter of "public convenience or necessity"? That depends on how you frame the argument. Opening up a liquor shop -- or simply distributing booze from flatbeds to ne'er-do-wells -- probably wouldn't ... More >>

Occupy the Farm: UC Sues, Hopes Courts Will Evict Protesters

The University of California isn't waiting around for the cops to boot demonstrators from its land. As the Chron reports today, the UC Regents have filed a lawsuit against 14 demonstrators, claiming they cut through gates and have trespassed onto the 10-acre site that's used for university research. ... More >>

Occupy the Farm Raided by Police

Occupiers over at the "Farm" in Albany say police have surrounded the area, and have started to raid the land that protesters have occupied since April 22. According to a statement released by Occupy the Farm this morning, police came in at about 7 a.m., barricaded the farm, and evicted the demonstr ... More >>

Occupy Refuses to Leave UC Berkeley Farm, University Officials to "Take Action"

University officials gave Berkeley's latest crop of protesters until Saturday to vacate the vacant tract of land the group had occupied last month, which they've used as an urban farm.On Friday, Berkeley officials issued a stern warning to the Occupy the Farm, demanding the group leave the 10-acre A ... More >>

Number 21: Starter Bakery's Hazelnut Kouign Amann

SFoodie's countdown of our favorite 50 things to eat and drink, 2012 edition ​Although Ti Kouz has stopped serving krampouz, Bay Area eaters are still struggling to pronounce Breton words thanks to Starter Bakery. Its signature pastry, the kouign amman (queen ah-mahn), is a butter cake from Brit ... More >>

Drink of the Week: Bitter Rivers at Hotsy Totsy

​We enjoy a well-made cocktail and are willing to wait as long as it takes for it to be made, but sometimes the focus of a bar visit is spending time with friends, not geeking out on cocktails. On busy nights, with patrons five-deep, we want something fast to get us back the socializing, and a sho ... More >>

Winter Cocktails Liven Up Holiday Spirits

Lou BustamanteHoliday happiness in the 40 Days cocktail at Wo Hing​With plenty of innovative takes on spiced winter flavors, traditional classics, and celebrations of local seasonal produce, San Francisco bars have the winter cocktails to help you make the most out of what's left of the holidays. ... More >>

Fresh Eats: Polata Organic: Chef Tenzin's Fare Passes the Vegan Taste Test

An Albany Kid Reflects on Hometown Punks Rancid: "That's My America"

Rachel TejadaRancid​ It's probably no coincidence that it began two years ago, when I was living in New York and constantly homesick for the West Coast. Someone would put a Rancid song, generally "Roots Radicals" or "Time Bomb," on the odd punk-heavy bar jukebox, and a wave of pure, adolescent ... More >>

Ex-Gather Sous Chef Rolls Out Boffo Cart

Tamara Palmer​We spotted Boffo Cart at the weekly farmers' market at Emeryville's City Hall (Thu., noon-7 p.m.). The tent, named after a 1940s superlative, was selling salads, piadini, panini, and calzones. We ordered the latter ($6) and received something the size of a kid's softball mitt stu ... More >>

More Theater Reviews

Our critics weigh in on local theater

Papito Esta Abriendo, Viva Goa Lives!, Plum Ripens

​ ​The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco restaurant scene.At Inside Scoop, Paolo L. reports that Papito (317 Connecticut, 695-0147, www.papitosf.com) should finally open on Friday for dinner. And although Papito comes from Chez Papa owner Jocelyn Bu ... More >>

Alleged Bicycle Hunter Pleads Not Guilty

www.daveclarktennis.comDavid Mark Clark, alleged cyclist striker​ The East Bay man accused of ramming four San Francisco bicyclists with his SUV on the night of June 2 pleaded not guilty to four charges of attempted murder today, according to Bay City News. David Mark Clark, 39, of Albany, is bein ... More >>

SFPD Announces Arrests in Anti-Bike Rampage, Pearla Louis Suitcase Murder Cases

Lee Bell has been arrested for the 'suitcase murder' of Pearla Ann Louis​San Francisco Police Chief George Gascon announced this afternoon that suspects have been arrested in two serious police investigations: The case of a rampaging motorist who drove an SUV into four bicyclists on Wednesday nigh ... More >>

Anthony Bourdain's Hunger for More Inevitably Leads Him to S.F.

media.newsobserver.comWhere do you go for entrails, chiles, and bacony goodness after you've been to Vietnam, Uzbekistan, and Colombia? Why, San Francisco, of course!Famed tough-guy foodie Anthony Bourdain is in these parts right now, it's rumored, sampling our finest and weirdest cuisine for his Tr ... More >>

More Inexpensive V-Day Options for Last-Minute Lotharios and Lolitas

xclanmusic. comX-Clan But wait, there's more hope for romantic-minded cheapskates on Saturday! Angel Magik's monthly bash at the Shattuck Down Low offers free roses and sangria for the first 100 ladies, plus DJs Romeo and Young Fyah spinning hip-hop, dancehall and--ooh la la--lover's rock. How can ... More >>

SF Weekly Letters

I'll Have What She's Having

Eating at Marnee Thai can be an education in making difficult choices.

Slap that ass at Donkey Punch

Reps Etc.

The Bland Leading the Bland

Arab fusion in a new hotel restaurant leaves something to be desired

Best Chinese (Sichuan)

China Village

Pitt and the Pabulum

Brad's ripped and The Iliad's shredded in the scintillating spectacle Troy

Letters to the Editor

Week of Wednesday, February 25, 2004

War Is Hell

Photographic evidence

Hot Stuff

The best Sichuan food in the Bay Area comes from a modest place in Albany

Not Boring Boards

Art and history, writ large

Letters to the Editor

Week of August 6, 2003

The Year of Living Dangerously

Michael Fox recaps the best in Bay Area film for 2002 and recounts the first annual awards handed out by the S.F. Film Critics Circle

Toy Boy

Attaboy of the Yumfactory is one seriously off-center toy designer

Electric Avenue

The down-and-dirty bars on Albany's San Pablo Avenue

Play Misty for Me

The latest project from indie director Finn Taylor

Letters to the Editor

Letters from February 28, 2001

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Letters from December 27, 2000

Livin' La Dolce Vita

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Pleasantville

Over the years, homeless squatters have claimed the Albany Landfill as their own. Now it's time for them to leave ...

Zoom Lens

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Mosquito Coast

On the trail of Culex pipiens

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Past Perfect

Behind the Scenes

Drowning in Memory

A Pure Formality opens the floodgates to a mystery, but never wide enough to allow crucial details to spill out

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