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May 23, 2012
Another Poll Shows Marijuana Legalization Has Overwhelming Support
If only President Barack Obama was marijuana, then he'd win reelection by a landslide.Marijuana legalization enjoys a 20-point advantage in the polls among American adults, according to a recent survey Rasmussen Reports. Fifty-six percent of Americans polled support the notion of marijuana being tax ... More >>
Blogs
May 14, 2012
Live Review, 5/11/12: S.F. Symphony Looks Back at the City's Colorful Past in 'Barbary Coast'
San Francisco Symphony: Barbary Coast and Beyond Friday, May 11, 2012 Davies Symphony Hall Better than: Your grandparents' (but maybe not your great-great grandparents') symphony. When you hear there are gonna be banjo pickers and fiddlers on the stage, you tend to expect a high-lonesome hoedown o ... More >>
Blogs
May 9, 2012
Dubai Star Owners Must Pay $2 Million for S.F. Bay Oil Spill
The owners of the Dubai Star oil tanker has to shell out $1.96 million for a 2009 oil spill in the San Francisco Bay that impacted more than 200 acres and killed some 100 seabirds, San Francisco District Attorney George Gascón said today.About 75 percent of that cash -- which will be divvied up amo ... More >>
Blogs
February 7, 2012
Meet Heather Meader-McCausland, Whose Alaskan Photos Make SFO Less Depressing
Heather Meader-McCausland grew up in rural Alaska, 100 miles above the Arctic Circle, and in Sonoma County, Calif. She was born to Elaine and Fred Meader, the filmmakers who produced the Alaskan documentary "Year of the Caribou," so nobody was surprised when she picked up a camera. Her photo exhibit ... More >>
Blogs
December 12, 2011
De La Paz's Shark Senesac On the End Of Coffee
In an effort to chart the ever-expanding specialty coffee scene in the Bay Area, we've been engaging a selection of local coffee personalities to pick their brains about why coffee and why now. Today we talk with Shark Senesac of De La Paz Coffee.---You're in the process of opening a new ... More >>
Blogs
November 29, 2011
Hear This: Los Rakas' Raka Rich Wants You to 'Check Yo B*tch'
Panama-born, Oakland-raised Raka Rich is best known as one-half of the rap group Los Rakas (with cousin Raka Dun), but he's also a solo artist who is planning to drop a new EP sometime in 2012. Today we have a taste of that release with a new single called "Check Yo B*tch." With its gentle, R&B- rem ... More >>
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September 14, 2011
Los Dios de la Cine
Panama-born, Oakland-raised Raka Rich is best known as one-half of the rap group Los Rakas (with cousin Raka Dun), but he's also a solo artist who is planning to drop a new EP sometime in 2012. Today we have a taste of that release with a new single called "Check Yo B*tch." With its gentle, R&B- rem ... More >>
Blogs
July 13, 2011
Whisk on Wheels, New Argentine Food Truck
Photos by Luis ChongSFoodie was eager to check out Whisk On Wheels, a 2-month-old food truck operated by an Argentine chef. So far, Argentine food trucks like Tanguito and El Porteno have enjoyed great success in the city, though the East Bay's Primo's Parrilla food truck called it quits e ... More >>
Blogs
June 8, 2011
Alleged Conspirator in 1989 Salvadorean Jesuit Priest Massacre, May Live in Bay Area
Ignacio Ellacuria, one of the priests murdered in 1989.Last week, a Spanish judge indicted and issued arrest warrants for 20 Salvadorean ex-military officials in the high-profile 1989 massacre of six Jesuit priests during that country's Civil War. The case has significant San Francisco connection ... More >>
Blogs
June 1, 2011
Mochilla's B Plus on Endtroducing, J-Dilla, and the Last Ten Years of Hip-Hop Photography
Los Angeles-based photographer and filmmaker Brian Cross (or B as he's commonly known) has blazed a distinct path through independent media over the past two decades. A native of Limerick, Ireland, Cross moved to L.A. in the early '90s and quickly became a go-to hip-hop photographer starting with a ... More >>
Blogs
April 28, 2011
The Making of a MS-13 Gangster
How does this happen?The youngest of the 24 accused Mara Salvatrucha gangsters operating in the Bay Area are barely 20 years old. They were still minors -- or had just turned 18 -- when they were arrested in 2008 during the Opeation Devil Horns gang take down. Since then, they have been indicted ... More >>
News
April 27, 2011
A Rat's Life: MS-13 Snitches Run Wild While Turning State's Evidence
How does this happen?The youngest of the 24 accused Mara Salvatrucha gangsters operating in the Bay Area are barely 20 years old. They were still minors -- or had just turned 18 -- when they were arrested in 2008 during the Opeation Devil Horns gang take down. Since then, they have been indicted ... More >>
Blogs
April 26, 2011
Few Deportable Inmates Are from San Francisco
Mexicans top the list, but the Soviets aren't so far behind. Yesterday, we told you about California being a national leader when it comes to the number of criminal aliens incarcerated in our state prisons. It turns out that very few of those criminal aliens hail from San Francisco. Criminal alie ... More >>
Blogs
January 13, 2011
Saturday: Rum and Pana-Mania at Smuggler's Cove
Lou BustamanteAbuelo Rum at Smuggler's Cove Where: Smuggler's Cove, 650 Gough (at McAllister), 869-1900 When: Sat., Jan. 22, 5 p.m. sharp Cost: Free with Facebook RSVP The rundown: Put on your finest montuno and open up your locks for Pana-mania, as rum nucleus Smuggler's Cove hosts Rica ... More >>
Blogs
December 16, 2010
International Warfare In San Francisco
Tempers flared in San Francisco last week...Last week we wrote about a strange, albeit international, incident in the south of the city. A menacing group of hoodlums surrounded a stumbling drunk and asked him his country of origin. Not liking the answer, the leader of the pack said he was from a ... More >>
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November 3, 2010
Rap Against the Machine
Tempers flared in San Francisco last week...Last week we wrote about a strange, albeit international, incident in the south of the city. A menacing group of hoodlums surrounded a stumbling drunk and asked him his country of origin. Not liking the answer, the leader of the pack said he was from a ... More >>
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October 27, 2010
Which Is Witch
Tempers flared in San Francisco last week...Last week we wrote about a strange, albeit international, incident in the south of the city. A menacing group of hoodlums surrounded a stumbling drunk and asked him his country of origin. Not liking the answer, the leader of the pack said he was from a ... More >>
Blogs
September 28, 2010
Video: Ukulele Lovers Swarm Castro Theatre By the Hundreds for Epic Strum-Off and 'Mighty Uke' Screening
Creatures of the ukulele cult in their natural habitat.This past Sunday, September 26, hundreds of ukulele devotees packed the Castro Theatre for a shot at breaking the world record with a mass strum-off. Their occasion? A screening of Mighty Uke, a new documentary on the history of the Hawaiia ... More >>
Blogs
July 8, 2010
Oakland's Santero, a Santeria Priest, Beckons Spirits With His Beats
Tanit SakakiniSanteroEric Santero, the Latino musician & DJ, will bring what he calls a "multimedia and multidisciplinary performance" to the upcoming All Shook Down Festival in North Beach on July 25. Recently added to the lineup, Santero's hip-hop & reggaeton stylings share an aesthetic ... More >>
News
June 30, 2010
An Immigrant's Heart
To survive the ordeal of escaping Guatemala, Julia needed a big Heart. But not this big.
Blogs
June 3, 2010
Salty Peanut Pleasure Pulses through Heart's Fibrillation
Judy ParkerThe Valencia Street wine bar tosses together a snacky mix of peanuts, chiles, and fried sardines.Heart's aptly named Fibrillation ($5) looked like something we'd gobble at Burmese standby Yellow Pa Taut, not a wine bar. Indeed, the glistening crunchy peanuts laced with green onions ... More >>
Blogs
June 1, 2010
Don't Sound Like a Tool: How to Pronounce Coffee Regions
Don't Sound Like a Tool is SFoodie's series of audio pronunciation guides to sort-of-common-but-not-obvious words we keep encountering on wine lists and menus. No more shame, no more pointing, no more godawful imitations of a language you don't speak.Five years ago, when buying coffee all you ... More >>
Blogs
May 3, 2010
Vegan Fast-Food Loving Hut Opens in San Francisco Centre Food Court
The Loving Hut, an international vegan fast-food chain with one San Francisco branch in Chinatown, just opened up a stall in the ground-floor food court of the San Francisco Centre on Saturday. Serving less than a dozen East-West dishes in the $5-$9 range ― nuggets of indeterminate provenance, ... More >>
Blogs
March 18, 2010
VendrTV Spotlights the Pupusa-Making Magic of Estrellita's Snacks
With her star-studded smile, Estrellita's Snacks proprietor Maria del Carmen Flores is the latest San Francisco street food vendor to be featured on VendrTV, a nationally-focused Web show hosted by Daniel Delaney. In this cute episode, Delaney travels to the Alemany Farmers' Market to learn the stor ... More >>
Dining
February 3, 2010
Comfort Food: At home on the Nicaraguan strip
With her star-studded smile, Estrellita's Snacks proprietor Maria del Carmen Flores is the latest San Francisco street food vendor to be featured on VendrTV, a nationally-focused Web show hosted by Daniel Delaney. In this cute episode, Delaney travels to the Alemany Farmers' Market to learn the stor ... More >>
Blogs
February 3, 2010
How to Make Nacatamales, the Other Hot Pocket
Jen SiskaAdelita's nacatamal, exposed.Not only did this week's review give me an excuse to eat queso frito over and over again ― even reading the words "fried cheese" makes the heart of any native Midwesterner swell ― it meant walking around the Mission sampling nacatamales. And then losing y ... More >>
Calendar
July 15, 2009
We Got the Beats
Jen SiskaAdelita's nacatamal, exposed.Not only did this week's review give me an excuse to eat queso frito over and over again ― even reading the words "fried cheese" makes the heart of any native Midwesterner swell ― it meant walking around the Mission sampling nacatamales. And then losing y ... More >>
Blogs
June 26, 2009
El Mundo de Mando: A Texas Taco Blogger's Crawl Through the Mission
Mando Rayo The holy trinity at Taqueria Pancho Villa.Austin, Tex., taco blogger Mando Rayo (aka El Mundo de Mando of TacoJournalism) was in Cali this week, getting his first-ever taste of S.F. flavor. How did the Mission stack up to taco culture in Central Texas? Read on, homie. Ahh, San Fra ... More >>
Calendar
April 8, 2009
Luna Tics
Mando Rayo The holy trinity at Taqueria Pancho Villa.Austin, Tex., taco blogger Mando Rayo (aka El Mundo de Mando of TacoJournalism) was in Cali this week, getting his first-ever taste of S.F. flavor. How did the Mission stack up to taco culture in Central Texas? Read on, homie. Ahh, San Fra ... More >>
Music
April 1, 2009
Black Magic Spells
Mando Rayo The holy trinity at Taqueria Pancho Villa.Austin, Tex., taco blogger Mando Rayo (aka El Mundo de Mando of TacoJournalism) was in Cali this week, getting his first-ever taste of S.F. flavor. How did the Mission stack up to taco culture in Central Texas? Read on, homie. Ahh, San Fra ... More >>
Dining
October 22, 2008
Sanctuary for Salvadoran Food
Give me your tired, your poor, but most definitely your pupusas.
Calendar
June 18, 2008
In Defense of Creepy Crawlies
Give me your tired, your poor, but most definitely your pupusas.
Calendar
March 5, 2008
Can You See It?
Give me your tired, your poor, but most definitely your pupusas.
News
February 27, 2008
Kiva's Microloans Underwriting Cockfighting in Peru
Give me your tired, your poor, but most definitely your pupusas.
Calendar
December 5, 2007
Song Sung New
Give me your tired, your poor, but most definitely your pupusas.
Dining
November 9, 2005
A weekly listing of new restaurants around town
Give me your tired, your poor, but most definitely your pupusas.
Dining
November 2, 2005
A weekly listing of new restaurants around town
Give me your tired, your poor, but most definitely your pupusas.
Dining
October 26, 2005
A weekly listing of new restaurants around town
Give me your tired, your poor, but most definitely your pupusas.
Dining
October 19, 2005
A weekly listing of new restaurants around town
Give me your tired, your poor, but most definitely your pupusas.
Dining
October 12, 2005
A weekly listing of new restaurants around town
Give me your tired, your poor, but most definitely your pupusas.
Music
June 16, 2004
Sonny's Days
In which we meet a donkey, some crows, and Sonny Smith, who is not a folk singer
Dining
November 7, 2001
Weighty Matter
La Santaneca
Best of San Francisco
May 23, 2001
Three Best Murals
La Santaneca
News
December 15, 1999
Postscript
Ride of Passage
Music
June 2, 1999
Hear This
Ride of Passage
News
February 7, 1996
Bitch, Bitch, Bitch
Politicos, prudes, and the paranoid protest the programming heard on Bay Area radio stations to the highest authority in the land -- the Federal Communications Commission
News
April 26, 1995
Paper Trails
Politicos, prudes, and the paranoid protest the programming heard on Bay Area radio stations to the highest authority in the land -- the Federal Communications Commission
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