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February 4, 2011
Are Oysters Dying Out?
No more oysters? Zut alors!Oysters can definitively be counted among Things San Franciscans Love. Whether opening our wallets for those tasty bivalves at the Ferry Building or taking a Zipcar up to Tomales Bay for a picnic of raw shellfish, we show our love for the oyster in countless ways.So it ... More >>
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February 9, 2011
New Questions Raised About State's Imported Lethal Injection Drugs
Newly released documents raise questions about the quality of drugs imported from abroad by state corrections officials to carry out lethal injections, according to the American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California.The documents, obtained by the ACLU through Freedom of Information Act (FO ... More >>
Dining
March 16, 2011
Sushirrito and Tataki South Remake Japanese Cuisine for American Appetites
Newly released documents raise questions about the quality of drugs imported from abroad by state corrections officials to carry out lethal injections, according to the American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California.The documents, obtained by the ACLU through Freedom of Information Act (FO ... More >>
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March 22, 2011
Medical Marijuana: Is it Good for the Taxman or Is it Good for the Doctor?
Whereas California needs money from potOperating a medical pot farm is no small feat -- especially when we know there are plenty of police and prosecutors who aren't, ahem, kind to the industry. But growing this cash crop could become even more costly and no safer under new legislatio ... More >>
News
April 20, 2011
A Timeline of Fishing in the San Francisco Bay
Whereas California needs money from potOperating a medical pot farm is no small feat -- especially when we know there are plenty of police and prosecutors who aren't, ahem, kind to the industry. But growing this cash crop could become even more costly and no safer under new legislatio ... More >>
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April 20, 2011
What Fish You Can Buy, and When, in San Francisco
Whereas California needs money from potOperating a medical pot farm is no small feat -- especially when we know there are plenty of police and prosecutors who aren't, ahem, kind to the industry. But growing this cash crop could become even more costly and no safer under new legislatio ... More >>
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April 25, 2011
California Leads The Nation in Imprisoning Criminal Immigrants
10 percent of California's inmates are non-citizens.It's not a winning spot to brag about, but the Golden State is No.1 when it comes to incarcerating criminal immigrants. In fact, California is the only state to break the 100,000 mark. What's worse -- the state is shouldering the majority of the ... More >>
Culture
April 27, 2011
"New California Writing 2011": Interesting Times for the Golden State Make Good Reads
10 percent of California's inmates are non-citizens.It's not a winning spot to brag about, but the Golden State is No.1 when it comes to incarcerating criminal immigrants. In fact, California is the only state to break the 100,000 mark. What's worse -- the state is shouldering the majority of the ... More >>
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April 27, 2011
Play Really Makes You Drink
10 percent of California's inmates are non-citizens.It's not a winning spot to brag about, but the Golden State is No.1 when it comes to incarcerating criminal immigrants. In fact, California is the only state to break the 100,000 mark. What's worse -- the state is shouldering the majority of the ... More >>
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April 27, 2011
Gay Marriage: What Will Really Happen If Same-Sex Couples Tie the Knot
It's hard to believe that never-ending debate over gay marriage is still even a debate -- particularly in a gay mecca like California. But alas, here we are -- living in a state more socially conservative than corn-choked Iowa, where same-sex marriage is no sin.But we get it. There are enough insecu ... More >>
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May 24, 2011
Californians Aren't Killing Each Other as Much as They Used to
There is more peace in California these days.Early data indicates that homicides in California dropped to a 44-year low in 2010, declining 9.6 percent from 2009, according to Attorney General Kamala Harris.Of course, law enforcement shouldn't pull out the champagne just yet, since the drop only a ... More >>
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May 31, 2011
California Has 1.1 Million Medical Marijuana Users, NORML Says
We pot more than we need politiciansCalifornia is the most populous state in the Union. It's where the nation's medical marijuana movement was birthed, and the Golden State is also where the rest of the country gets most of its illegal pot, judging by law enforcement statistics (lo siento, Britis ... More >>
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June 2, 2011
Amazon Tax Bill Is Gaining Favor Among S.F. Businesses
Read the full story on your KindleBusiness leaders in San Francisco are supporting the same legislation that's made economic behemoths such as Amazon.com threaten to leave California. AB155, also known as the Amazon tax bill, passed the Assembly this week and now awaits the state Senate's vote. ... More >>
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June 6, 2011
A Field Guide to Sustainable and Delicious Dry Farmed Wines
Whole lotta irrigation goin' on in Napa.Irrigation is plainly a function of the modern world. Though the ancient Romans built spectacular gravity-driven aqueducts, drip irrigation for agriculture was not invented until the late 1960s in Israel, and only in the 1970s did water-bearing pipes a ... More >>
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June 7, 2011
Californians Are Stifled by Their Own Government
That's the conclusion, more or less, of a new study that ranks California near the bottom among the 50 American states for the freedoms it grants its citizens.The study from the Mercatus Center at George Mason University ranked California 48th in its "state freedom rankings." Analysts measured su ... More >>
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June 8, 2011
Campus California's Links to International Fugitive Amdi Petersen
IJamie SojaClothing is collected in Campus California's Bay Area dropoff boxes.n this week's SF Weekly cover story I explore apparent links between clothes donation boxes sprouting throughout the Bay Area and a business empire reputedly run by a Danish fugitive. The story cites credible evidence ... More >>
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June 14, 2011
Federal Backruptcy Court Declares DOMA Unconstitutional
Gay couples go broke, too. The latest assault on the federal law that only recognizes straight spouses comes from an institution that's not exactly known for making rousing statements about civil rights: the federal bankruptcy court.According to news reports., the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Ce ... More >>
News
June 15, 2011
SF Weekly Letters
Gay couples go broke, too. The latest assault on the federal law that only recognizes straight spouses comes from an institution that's not exactly known for making rousing statements about civil rights: the federal bankruptcy court.According to news reports., the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Ce ... More >>
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June 15, 2011
Fetzer 2010 California Moscato
Muscat may be the most sensible, down-to-earth grape there is. Unlike so many other varieties, it doesn't play around: Ferment it into wine, age it for a time, and pour it into the glass, and it still smells and tastes like the grapes from which it was made. Muscat, in fact, is said to be the ... More >>
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June 22, 2011
Robert Mondavi Woodbridge 2009 California Zinfandel
This writer made a simple dinner last night of brown rice, freshly pulled chard and kale from the garden, a handful of off-season wild porcini from -- oops, almost gave away my patch! -- and several steaks of a hand-harvested lingcod, which we lathered with coconut oil and sesame seeds and br ... More >>
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June 29, 2011
Amazon to Cut Out California Associates over Sales Tax Dispute
Nice little business you've got going there. It would be a shame if anything happened to itInternet retail giant Amazon.com informed California-based Web sites, which make money via referring buyers, that they'll soon be cut out if the state forces the Amazon to pay sales tax, as proposed in the ... More >>
News
July 6, 2011
What Happens When (and If) State Parks Close
Nice little business you've got going there. It would be a shame if anything happened to itInternet retail giant Amazon.com informed California-based Web sites, which make money via referring buyers, that they'll soon be cut out if the state forces the Amazon to pay sales tax, as proposed in the ... More >>
Blogs
July 7, 2011
California Death Sentences at 33-Year Low
Fewer death sentences were handed down by California courts during the first half of 2011 than during any six-month period since 1978, according to a new report by the American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California.Just three defendants were sentenced to death from January to June of this ... More >>
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July 12, 2011
Amazon.com Goes to War with State of California over Online Sales Tax
Nobody expected that Amazon.com would take kindly to California legislators' decision to force the mammoth web retailer to collect state sales tax. As part of the recently approved, arduously deliberated state budget, California is now requiring out-of-state companies such as Amazon to slap the t ... More >>
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July 13, 2011
Pelican Bay Inmates on Hunger Strike Are Growing Weak and Sick, Activists Say
The health conditions of inmates who are striking to protest conditions in the California state prison system's maximum-security units have "deteriorated to critical levels," and some prisoners could start to die if immediate action isn't taken, activists say.The strike began two weeks ago at the ... More >>
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August 3, 2011
Civil Courts Are San Francisco's Newest Endangered Species
Like the California grizzly, another symbol of our state is about to die off: the civil courts.The warnings of cuts are over. They're here -- for real -- and San Francisco's civil court system will soon be a cozy concept from a bygone era in which the state had the cash to fund such luxuries as ... More >>
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August 12, 2011
Organic Chicken Actually Proven to Be Safer
Alarmed by the recent outbreak of drug-resistent salmonella in ground turkey, which killed one Californian woman? The way to protect yourself might be to buy organic. Yesterday, NPR reported that a University of Maryland study found that big organic chicken farms have much lower levels of antibio ... More >>
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August 19, 2011
Family Winemakers Show Offers More Wine Than You Can Handle
Foodgal.comFamily Winemakers of California Tasting Where: Fort Mason Center When: Sunday, Aug. 21, 3-6 p.m. Cost: $65 advance, $75 at the door We can drink a lot of wine, but we find the Family Winemakers of California annual tasting overwhelming, in a good way. There's always about 50 times ... More >>
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September 6, 2011
California Senate May Vote on Shark Fin Ban Today
AB 376, the bill banning the sale and import of shark's fin in California, may be up for a vote today in the California Senate. According to representatives from the offices of Assemblymember Paul Fong, who introduced the bill this spring, AB 376 is on the agenda.California is the fourth state in ... More >>
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September 7, 2011
Hey Food Activists: Can We Get a Ban on GMOs and BGH?
PCC Farmland TrustCalifornia's food activists are on the verge of gaining a ban on the import of shark fins. And starting next July, sale of foie gras in this state will be illegal. We care about animal welfare here; we passed a law regulating the size of chickens' cages. But perhaps becaus ... More >>
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September 12, 2011
Where Have All the Stoners Gone?
Hey stoners, do you really want Sarah Palin as an ally?It's hard to say exactly where the American marijuana movement is at present. For every Alabama, where a Republican state legislator will sponsor a medical marijuana bill to legalize medical cannabis, there's an Arizona or a Montana, where la ... More >>
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September 21, 2011
Gov. Brown Decriminalizes Sangria and Infused Vodka
Obscure InternetAs of today, this is no longer illegal in CaliforniaGov. Jerry Brown today ended tension on the part of bartenders by signing Senate Bill 32, which makes it legal for bars to infuse vodkas and other liquors. And the best news? The bill has an "urgency clause," which means it ... More >>
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September 22, 2011
California Young Democrats' Bank Accounts Frozen in Kinde Durkee Fraud Case
The California Young Democrats are appealing to supporters for financial assistance after discovering that they cannot access their operating funds, which were handled by a Democratic campaign treasurer now facing fraud charges.Federal and state authorities are investigating the treasurer, Kinde ... More >>
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September 29, 2011
Occupy Wall Street Protest Expands to San Francisco
12 days, plus interest Today marks the 12th day of the Occupy Wall Street protests in New York City -- and unlike BART protests, there's no sign that this demonstration is dying down. In fact, it's spreading -- all the way to the West Coast, where California is suffering from a staggering 12 perc ... More >>
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October 4, 2011
State Launches Investigation of Bay Area Lawyers Involved in Hunger Strike Negotiations
Pelican Bay State PrisonThe California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation has barred two Bay Area attorneys from entering Pelican Bay State Prison as a hunger strike drags on at the facility, asserting that it is investigating them for alleged illegal activity that compromised prison se ... More >>
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October 10, 2011
Governor Jerry Brown Outlaws Open Carry for Guns
komunews via FlickrWhether you believe the Second Amendment is essential or outdated, the law in California used to allow anyone to carry a gun in public or in vehicles -- as long as it was openly displayed and unloaded.California became the fifth state to make it illegal to openly carry guns aft ... More >>
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October 11, 2011
California Vintners Infusing Wine with Pot
Wharman/FlickrApparently, it's an easy match with California's other favorite mood altering crop. In a Gourmet Live article last week, Matthew Kronsberg let the Internet in on a little secret that California wine geeks have known for a while: A few of our winemakers are tossing a few ounces of bud ... More >>
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October 11, 2011
Governor Jerry Brown Signs Slew of Illegal Immigrant-Friendly Bills
While the federal government stagnates on any immigration reform, Governor Jerry Brown signed into law a bevy of illegal immigrant-friendly bills that will make their under-the-radar way of life less of a headache starting January 1, 2012. Opponents have already started filing in. Perhaps th ... More >>
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October 31, 2011
U.S. Supreme Court Hearing Challenge to California's Pig Protection Law
Two years ago, President Obama signed a federal law that that would keep "downed" cows -- animals brought to the slaughterhouse too sick or weak to stand -- out of the human food chain. Other animals -- well, the humans who eat them, really -- haven't had the same kind of federal protections, wh ... More >>
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November 1, 2011
Meet and Eat With Your Favorite Cheesemakers
What: Meet the Cheesemaker, a California Artisan Cheese Guild Fundraiser Where:The Cheese School of San Francisco When: Fri., November 11, 7-9 p.m. Cost: $35 The rundown: Every year, the Cheese School in North Beach hosts a bunch of California's cheesemakers to raise funds for the Califor ... More >>
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November 2, 2011
Humboldt County Couple Alleges Malicious Tree Theft by Neighbor
It's no secret that a lot of strange things go on in the far northern reaches of the California coast. Like what, you ask? Well, like a lawsuit involving allegations that a man stole a massive tree from his neighbor's land.The suit, filed in Humboldt County Superior Court, asserts that that Willi ... More >>
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November 30, 2011
Pot Club Crackdown Continues, Judge Rejects Demands to Stop Feds
Up in smoke A judge has ruled that she would not interfere with the feds' efforts to shut down medical marijuana dispensaries across California. Oakland U.S. District Court Judge Saundra Armstrong ruled on Monday that pot clubs failed to show that the federal government was violating their ... More >>
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December 2, 2011
People Aren't Killing Each Other as Much in California
Fewer opporuntities to say "redrum" in California Despite all the horrible crises we read about every day (budget, education, etc), Californians have much to be proud of -- the scenic beauty, the diverse culture, and get this: We aren't killing each other as much as we used to. According to Gener ... More >>
News
January 11, 2012
SF Weekly Letters
Fewer opporuntities to say "redrum" in California Despite all the horrible crises we read about every day (budget, education, etc), Californians have much to be proud of -- the scenic beauty, the diverse culture, and get this: We aren't killing each other as much as we used to. According to Gener ... More >>
Culture
February 1, 2012
"Monstress": Lysley Tenorio Reads From His California Stories
Fewer opporuntities to say "redrum" in California Despite all the horrible crises we read about every day (budget, education, etc), Californians have much to be proud of -- the scenic beauty, the diverse culture, and get this: We aren't killing each other as much as we used to. According to Gener ... More >>
Blogs
February 2, 2012
Asian American Group Sues to Stop State Ban of Shark Fin Soup
No more shark fin soup for you!The Chinese community is hoping a federal judge can force California to stop being a bunch of Soup Nazis. The Asian American Rights Committee of California filed a lawsuit in San Francisco this week, claiming the state's move to ban the sale of shark fins -- which i ... More >>
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February 3, 2012
S.F. Komen Affiliates "Thrilled" to Continue Funding Planned Parenthood
The Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation relieved its six California affiliates today when it pledged to reverse its unpopular policy to stop funding Planned Parenthood and its breast cancer prevention programs.During Komen's grant review process, the foundation decided that any organizations b ... More >>
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February 7, 2012
Proposition 8 Is Unconstitutional, Appeals Court Says
A federal appeals court ruled this morning that California's ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional. New outlets are reporting that the ban will still remain in effect as the case makes its way to the Supreme Court. Both sides had vowed to appeal the ruling if the outcome wasn't in th ... More >>
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