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Fiji

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2011

    Why Are Bottled Water Companies Going After African American and Latino Consumers?

    TLC's Chilli is now hawking Dasani. (Side note: Chilli looks amazing.)​A decade or two ago, bottled water was associated with the WASPiest of the white -- alpha-dog fitness geeks, neurotic soccer moms, people too good for what comes out of the tap. Now, according to a new Mother Jones article, bot ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2011

    DREAM Act Leader Prerna Lal to Be Deported

    Me, scared?​While President Barack Obama voiced support for the DREAM Act today in Silicon Valley, one of the Bay Area's most vociferous leaders in the national student movement to get the bill passed is now facing deportation. If passed, the DREAM Act would pave the path of citizenship for any il ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 30, 2010

    Gavin Newsom Sweet-Talks Transbay Terminal Homeless Into Housing

    It's hard to tell who's using whom....​Before the crowds arrived for the last tours of the creaky Transbay Terminal Friday, Mayor Gavin Newsom showed up for his own private walk through ("private" in mayor's terms means followed by his spokesman Tony Winnicker, staffers, Chron reporters and us). A ... More >>

  • News

    July 21, 2010

    The Education Trap

    In California, many undocumented immigrants are offered cheap college tuition, only to find they can’t get jobs after they graduate.

  • Blogs

    June 18, 2010

    Drink up: SF Tap Water "Safer" Than Bottled Water

    sfwater.orgWorth every penny​Take a long, cool drink of the Hetch Hetchy the next time someone hands you a bottle of Fiji: city officials have long said that the imported mountain water which provides San Franciscans' tap water is better than bottled H20, and now they have a study to prove it.The ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2010

    Snacktion: Fiji's Answer to Chex Mix

    T. Palmer​Name: Fiji MixBrand: Bhooja KingOrigin: Hayward Found at: Rainbow Grocery (1745 Folsom at 13th St.)Cost: $3.79Ingredients: Peas, salt, poha, garlic, peanuts, chile, canola oil, gram flour, nutsThe word: Poha, or flattened rice snacks, form the basis of Fiji's answer to Chex Mix.  Ta ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 7, 2009

    Curried Favors

    T. Palmer​Name: Fiji MixBrand: Bhooja KingOrigin: Hayward Found at: Rainbow Grocery (1745 Folsom at 13th St.)Cost: $3.79Ingredients: Peas, salt, poha, garlic, peanuts, chile, canola oil, gram flour, nutsThe word: Poha, or flattened rice snacks, form the basis of Fiji's answer to Chex Mix.  Ta ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 7, 2009

    Glitz, Glamour, and the Girl Fight That Almost Was: Who We Saw at SF Chefs.Food.Wine

    M. Ladd Circa's Erik Hopfinger, bearing tasty lamb chops. At the opening reception for SF Chefs.Food.Wine in Union Square last night, several attendees were giggling over reports that horns had trumpeted the appearance of Mayor Gavin Newsom minutes earlier. SFoodie spotted Michael Bauer and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2009

    Flipping the Bird: Lawsuit Alleges Government Neglecting Our Feathered Friends

    An endangered species indeedAn environmental group last week sued the federal government in San Francisco District Court, charging the U.S. has moved with the speed of a roadrunner with a broken leg and the efficiency of a decapitated chicken in protecting 31 species of birds via the Endangered Spec ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 17, 2008

    Lake Tahoe: From Alpine Anaheim to Temple of Cutting-Edge Cal Cuisine

    By Matthew Stafford The first time I headed up to Lake Tahoe a decade or so ago, I figured the place would be lined with rustic, pine-timbered ski lodges where grizzled mountain men grilled trout fresh from the lake and served it on a plank with a few huckleberries and a mug of hard cider. Imagine ... More >>

  • Film

    November 26, 2008

    Noël Hell

    Witherspoon and Vaughn's yuletide carol is Four Christmases too many.

  • Blogs

    April 25, 2008

    Last Night: Charge of the Light Brown Apple Moth at Town School for Boys

    Witherspoon and Vaughn's yuletide carol is Four Christmases too many.

  • Blogs

    November 21, 2007

    Stem Cell Therapies of 2023 and Mom-Drowned Babies -- Let the Fluff News Cycle Begin!

    Witherspoon and Vaughn's yuletide carol is Four Christmases too many.

  • Film

    January 18, 2006

    Repertory Film Listings

    Witherspoon and Vaughn's yuletide carol is Four Christmases too many.

  • Film

    January 11, 2006

    Repertory Film Listings

    Witherspoon and Vaughn's yuletide carol is Four Christmases too many.

  • Listen Up

    March 16, 2005

    Band Directory

    Witherspoon and Vaughn's yuletide carol is Four Christmases too many.

  • Music

    November 10, 2004

    OK Then

    A dozen local musicians find a silver lining in the election results. Seriously.

  • News

    January 14, 2004

    Ultra Marathon Man

    Even among long-distance runners, S.F.'s Dean Karnazes is a phenom

  • Dining

    November 6, 2002

    Stormy Weather

    Tonga Room

  • Calendar

    June 16, 1999

    REAL ASTROLOGY For an Unreal World

    Tonga Room

  • Film

    June 3, 1998

    The Free Willies

    Tonga Room

  • News

    June 18, 1997

    Murder at the Pink Tarantula

    Carmel Sanger's death -- a walk-in shooting at a SOMA hair salon called the Pink Tarantula -- was professionally brutal. Her life was a wondrous combination of the drag queens and musicians and druggies and gays and bikers and lesbians and tattooists and

  • News

    December 18, 1996

    CyberTowne U.S.A.

    Tired of computer gimmickry and gadgetry for Christmas? Prepare for exhaustion!

  • Calendar

    November 27, 1996

    Night+Day

    Tired of computer gimmickry and gadgetry for Christmas? Prepare for exhaustion!

  • Calendar

    May 31, 1995

    Night+Day

    Tired of computer gimmickry and gadgetry for Christmas? Prepare for exhaustion!

  • News

    February 22, 1995

    Petal Pushers

    Orchid collectors, watch your back. Uncle Sam knows what you're up to.

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