Fairfield

Baby Alligator Found Possibly Guarding Marijuana Stash in Bay Area Home

There's nothing we enjoy more than a good drug bust, especially if it involves alligators and other marijuana-loving reptiles. For the second time this year, police in the Bay Area came across agitated reptiles that were apparently in charge of guarding drugs. We read the latest story on CBS Ne ... More >>

Bay Area Products Push Boundaries at Fancy Food Show

Our three days spent wandering the aisles at the Fancy Food Show yielded the observation of an awful lot of convenience food and packaging and a lot of the same items we've seen on display there for the past five years. But amidst all that mainstream sameness was a strong pocket of companies actuall ... More >>

Stock Up on Kitchen Supplies on the Cheap at the Meyer Factory Outlet Sale

Headed to wine country or Tahoe? Plan to stop and shop at the Meyer factory outlet in Vallejo or Fairfield for a once-a-year deep discount on pots, pans and nifty cooking gear from the likes of Rachael Ray and Paula Deen through December 10. The annual Friends of Meyer sale also runs online through ... More >>

California Candy Festival Expects 20,000 Revelers This Weekend

A 45-minute drive is all that separates you from Fairfield's annual cavity-causing celebration known as the California Candy Festival, which takes place Sept. 22-23 at Jelly Belly Candy Company Visitors Center and the Lots of Fun (One Jelly Belly Lane). An estimated 20,000 attendees are expected th ... More >>

Chick-fil-A: Anti-Gay Marriage Chain Set to Open More Bay Area Restaurants

Chick-fil-A, the fast-food chain that San Franciscans reamed last month, has given the gay marriage movement a few more potential Bay Area locations to stage future kiss-ins. According to media outlets, the Atlanta-based chain bought property in Novato in Marin County this past month with the hopes ... More >>

Chick-fil-A: Gay Couples Across the Nation to Make Out at Chicken Restaurant

While all those gay-hating, heartburn-loving people devour chicken sandwiches at their nearest Chick-fil-A, same-sex couples plan to give them something that just might make them choke on their chicken. Today, gay couples everywhere are planning to make Chick-fil-A their own personal kissing booth w ... More >>

5 Summer Food Fests Worth The Drive

Okay, so you slept on the Castroville Artichoke Festival. Don't worry, there are still some fantastic food festivals left to tackle this summer in the greater Bay Area. Every road trip should be planned around good food, but why not plan a day trip where eating the best produce from the region that ... More >>

Jelly Belly, Host of Rick Santorum Rally, Is Sweet on the GOP

​The Jelly Belly factory is a beacon of thriving American manufacturing -- it is also a fine choice for wholesome family outings.And considering how much former President Ronald Reagan loved jelly beans, it also seems like the perfect location for a conservative darling's presidential ca ... More >>

Michelle Le Update: Police Issue Search Warrants and Question 20 People

Michelle Le has been missing since Friday ​Over the last five days, police have interviewed some 20 people -- even arresting one briefly. They've issued search warrants and tracked down a few "persons of interest," only to remained stumped as to what happened to Michelle Le, the 26-year-old nursin ... More >>

S.F. Man Shot After Dispute Over Chihuahua in a Pink Sweater

Adorable ​Update: Police arrest shopkeeper in connection with shooting. Sam Zazzouh, 42, of Fairfield was arrested inside the store after the shooting. He has been charged with three felonies, including assault with a deadly weapon, carrying a loaded firearm not registered to him, and shooting in ... More >>

The process for picking the interim mayor - done in Shakespearean rhyme

SFPD wants to recruit suburbocops from outside the city

Monica Christine McCarrick Killed Children With Samurai Sword, Cops Say

Fairfield PoliceMonica Christine McCarrick ​Just when you think allegations a young mother killed her three-year-old twin daughters and then set the building on fire couldn't get worse -- it did. Christine McGarrick, 28, of Fairfield is now suspected of slaying Lily and Tori Ball with a samurai sw ... More >>

10 Things: Good Bands, Gay Pride, Free Market and The Life and Death of an Italian Cat

Portland's The Caps, performing at Summer Solstice Spectacle on Saturday​On this fine Pride weekend, let's step back and take a moment to appreciate all the superb events our foggy town has to offer without high costs or shitty attitudes. Where else in the world can you find citywide Michael Jacks ... More >>

Play That Bluesy Music

The Jelly Belly Goes Drinkable

Tamara PalmerAlso available in cherry and green apple.​Fairfield's Jelly Belly has just introduced a line of cane sugar-sweetened soda, available at local Walgreen's stores. The introductory price ($4 for four) is decent, and natural flavors keep it from being too sickly tasting, but the artif ... More >>

C.W. Nevius Moves to San Francisco, Gets Parking Ticket

​San Francisco Chronicle columnist C.W. Nevius -- excoriated as a "conservative suburban twit" by the San Francisco Bay Guardian for having the temerity to expose Supervisor Chris Daly's purchasing of homes in suburban Fairfield after the supe sat on the news for months -- made a surprise announce ... More >>

S.F. Babylon: A Decade of Hypocrisy, Scandal, and Weirdness Pt. 2

Over the past decade, we have often felt as though we might be living in an adult playground run by a feisty bunch of hypocrites, philanderers, and drunk-dialers. This, we have to admit, makes San Francisco a pretty exciting city in which to gather the news. Narrowing down the top 10 (okay, it's rea ... More >>

You, Too, Can Check Out Your Hood's Seedy Underbelly Online

Do you like that warm feeling you get knowing that random acts of crime-ness are being committed around you every moment of the day? Well, if so, you're in luck.  The latest addition to the city's amalgam of crime-mapping web sites, www.crimemapping.com, lets you type in an address, tinker with ... More >>

Celebrity Thanksgiving Meals

SF Gov InAction: Supes Vote to Give Cats, Entertainment Commission Claws

  I'm worried about the supes. Are they feeling all right? Are they eating enough protein? Are they celebrating legal weed a little too early?I'm concerned because there's a federal holiday -- Veteran's Day -- right in the middle of the week, and it's the only day the supervisors are takin ... More >>

SF Weekly Letters

Public Defender Plugs Kamikaze-Mixing Skills For Tonight's Barroom Fund-Raiser

Adventurous drinkers should ask barkeep Chris Daly for 'The Jane Kim'​We can't publicize every last political fund-raiser in this city. But when you've got elected public officials slinging alcohol and touting their drink-mixing prowess -- we'll belly up to that bar. The League of Pissed-Off Voter ... More >>

How the Labor Day Bay Bridge closure affects people in the Bay Area

Why Supervisor Chris Daly shipped his family off to Fairfield

One Reason NOT to Hate on the Dalys' Suburban Exodus

Chris Daly​Since news broke last week that Supervisor Chris Daly's wife and two children had pulled up stakes and moved to suburban Fairfield, where Daly has purchased two houses, the District 6 supe's detractors have had plenty to talk about. There's no denying that the Daly family's suburban exo ... More >>

SF Weekly Investigation: Creepy Fairfield No Place to Stow Your Wife

​Some observers might have felt tempted to reserve judgment upon hearing news of Supervisor Chris Daly's bizarre family decision to move his wife and kids to Fairfield, a suburb an hour north of here, while he minds the fort in his SoMa condo. As a former staff reporter for the Fairfield Dail ... More >>

Daly's Oddyssey: Fairfield-to-S.F. Commute Would Be the Schlep of All Schleps

Over the river and through the woods, to City Hall we go... Whatever downside Supervisor Chris Daly is facing due to his family's move to Fairfield, he's always got this going for him: Like any proper suburbanite, he can now keep a refrigerator full of beer and meat in his garage and shake his ... More >>

Progressive Apologists' Secret Meeting to Spin Daly's Move to 'Burbs -- Exclusive!

'Meeting time, guys.' The strangely nostalgic odor of stale beer wafts through the streets of Potrero Hill as a handful of familiar figures converge on a designated corner. It's the Progressive Apologists, a group of lefty media movers and shakers who have been summoned to a top secret meeting ... More >>

Looks Like Supervisor Chris Daly Purposely Ruined Chron's Scoop

Sorry, Chuck: No scoop for you! On Wednesday afternoon, Chronicle columnist C.W. Nevius e-mailed Supervisor Chris Daly asking him about the Fairfield home he had purchased in April. The email contained the exact address of Daly's new house. (In other words: Busted!) Daly didn't respond t ... More >>

Pick Your Favorite Chris Daly Anti-Suburb Quote!

Still a street fighter? The chattering classes are abuzz today with news that Supervisor Chris Daly, who has long portrayed himself as a dyed-in-the-wool urbanite for whom happiness is a treeless Tenderloin alley strewn with trash and needles,* has moved his wife and two children to a cozy cul- ... More >>

Actually, It Looks Like Chris Daly Bought TWO Houses In Fairfield

Supervisor Chris Daly Yesterday Supervisor Chris Daly (a.k.a Brilliant Comrade) disclosed on Fog City Journal that he and his wife, Sarah, recently purchased a home in Fairfield, a stones throw from his in-laws. While that's true, online property filings suggest there's more to the story: ... More >>

Tastes So Good Straight From the Hood: Bay Area Rap Energy Drinks Pt. 1 (the Mac Dre Battle)

There is vibrant life beyond Red Bull in the energy drink market, and the Bay Area rap music scene in particular has inspired several of these beverages. In fact, two local brands offer cans inspired by the same beloved rapper, the late Mac Dre of Vallejo, whose life was tragically cut short in a ... More >>

Eighth Annual Candy Festival Returns to Fairfield

The Future of Hyphy?

The Federation and Turk Talk survive major-label incompetence

Federation

The Album

It Should Happen to You

A suddenly timely doc about terrorism -- plus other S.F. Sundance contenders

Iphigenia Alfresco

The sad anti-war tale gets a fresh, masterful update

"Fairfield Wives" Saga Continues

Mormon doctor's conviction for sexual penetration with foreign object upheld; allegation of juror misconduct headed for court

Stage Capsule

Swimming in the Shallows

We're Honored

Even More Honors

We're Honored

Beat the Schlock

Artists who mock suburban banality may have new seated duck to shoot -- North Beach

The Fairfield Wives

Dr. John Parkinson, a civic and religious leader in the perfectly suburban town of Fairfield, told women they needed pelvic exams. Long exams. Several times a week. For years. And they believed him.

Letters

Letters

Letters

Art of Betrayal

S.F. artists work in Fairfield, then dissect its consumer culture