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Peru Quake, Wu-Tang, Flashers, and Murder Maps: Bay Area News Headlines 8.16.07

Today's Rapper Shot: Spice 1 (But He's OK, Thank G-d)

Hayward Fault Ready to Rock the East Bay, Nerds Warn Today at Moscone

SF Beer Week, Feb. 6-15

Beer geeks from all over the world are heading to SF for ten days of tasting, guzzling, and chugging.

The Rocks-y Theater

Beer geeks from all over the world are heading to SF for ten days of tasting, guzzling, and chugging.

East Bay Laborer Alleges Union Corruption in Federal Lawsuit

A complaint arrivesAs journalists, we hate to admit it, but San Francisco isn't exactly a hotbed of political-corruption scandals. (Local political observers say there are a few reasons for this silver lining, which is amply clouded by the city's general dysfunction and ideology-driven policy blunde ... More >>

Tel Aviv brothers bring the beats

A complaint arrivesAs journalists, we hate to admit it, but San Francisco isn't exactly a hotbed of political-corruption scandals. (Local political observers say there are a few reasons for this silver lining, which is amply clouded by the city's general dysfunction and ideology-driven policy blunde ... More >>

Mixtape Shmixtape

Wherein we review Yay Area mixtapes of the day

Festivals and Fairs

Wherein we review Yay Area mixtapes of the day

A Bridge Too Weak?

A UC Berkeley professor believes the unique new Bay Bridge design is fatally flawed

Best Way to Shop in This Lousy Economy

A UC Berkeley professor believes the unique new Bay Bridge design is fatally flawed

Giant Expectations

Hometown showdown between Felipe and Dusty

Industrial Nightmare

How San Francisco planners, in trying to save S.F.'s dwindling industrial base, would hamstring the city's economic future

Rubble With a Mortgage

What could be worse than a devasting earthquake in the Bay Area? The day after, when we all realize that no one is covered by insurance.

The Battle for Walpert Ridge

A lawsuit over a proposed Hayward country club promises to be more than just another environmentalists-vs.-developers fight

Dog Bites

A lawsuit over a proposed Hayward country club promises to be more than just another environmentalists-vs.-developers fight

Megan's Law Goes to Class

Schools plan to tell parents where sex offenders live; is it caution or hysteria?

Seismic Punt

UC ignores its own engineering report on shoring up the Golden Bears' stadium, but the fans don't care

The Grid

UC ignores its own engineering report on shoring up the Golden Bears' stadium, but the fans don't care

Senses Working Overtime

From Audium to the Wave Organ and Ye Olde Pizza Joynt, little-known local sites turn music into an assault on all the senses

Samples

From Audium to the Wave Organ and Ye Olde Pizza Joynt, little-known local sites turn music into an assault on all the senses

S.F.'s tasty tap water about to get a little murkier

From Audium to the Wave Organ and Ye Olde Pizza Joynt, little-known local sites turn music into an assault on all the senses

Drink of the Week: Tangawisi from Soleil's African Kitchen

Chef Soleil Banguid channels flavor memories of growing up in Brazzaville (capital of the Republic of Congo in Central Africa) onto the menu of his Hayward catering business, Soleil's African Kitchen (510-228-6747). His Tangawisi is a ginger drink based on a time-honored Congolese recipe for good he ... More >>

The Jacka reprises hyphy with a gangsta twist

Chef Soleil Banguid channels flavor memories of growing up in Brazzaville (capital of the Republic of Congo in Central Africa) onto the menu of his Hayward catering business, Soleil's African Kitchen (510-228-6747). His Tangawisi is a ginger drink based on a time-honored Congolese recipe for good he ... More >>

Sweet Beat: Caterer Launches Dessert Shop; Takeout Lunch Business to Follow

It's a crappy time for caterers. Even if you had the money, this isn't exactly the moment for corporate caviar bars and sushi served on the flesh of live models (ah, the things we've seen). That accounts for Kitchenette, LRE Catering's lunch-off-the-loading-dock concept in Dogpatch. And it explains ... More >>

Fighting to Work

It's a crappy time for caterers. Even if you had the money, this isn't exactly the moment for corporate caviar bars and sushi served on the flesh of live models (ah, the things we've seen). That accounts for Kitchenette, LRE Catering's lunch-off-the-loading-dock concept in Dogpatch. And it explains ... More >>

Leah Tysse Makes Her Yoshi's Debut

Leah Tysse If there's anything the blues genre needs, it's a fresh face. As you may or may not know, the genre has struggled in recent years, and though blues once dominated the Bay Area's nightlife scene, there are few dedicated local venues committed to preserving the root of R&B, jazz, and s ... More >>

Hayward Votes Tonight on Citywide Marijuana Dispensary Kibosh

​Although California's Attorney General and judges have recently been loosening the legal reins on medical marijuana users, the debate over whether dispensaries have a place in our cities remains a hot-button issue around the state. This is particularly true in Los Angeles, but also in Hayward -- ... More >>

High Times Cannabis Cub Rehash: Buy the Green Door's Candy Jack; HopeNet's Hash is Too Strong

Who wants some?​They shut down the hash bar.High Times shut down HopeNet's hash bar. SF, your hash is too much for High Times (or at least its legal handlers).

Women's Pro Soccer Championship Sunday -- In Hayward

Just who's No. 1 will be determined this weekend -- in Hayward​In what is, without the shadow of a doubt, the first professional sports championship game played in Hayward, the Bay Area's FC Gold Pride and Philadelphia Independence will face off for the Women's Pro Soccer crown on Sunday. The game ... More >>

'Ponytail Bandits' -- Three Rodriguez Brothers -- To Be Charged, Arraigned

Tails, you lose​The "Ponytail Bandits" -- a group of young Hispanic men suspected of five armed robberies in one night -- will likely be arraigned today, police tell SF Weekly. The men, who earned their nickname from police due to their distinctive appearances, were arrested Sunday when officers n ... More >>

Hear That Siren? Did Your Train Stop? It was the 'Shake-Out' Freak-Out.

Fiona MaFiona Ma is into it​San Franciscans without clock or calendar can set their internal timing devices by the weekly emergency sirens, which test every Tuesday at noon. Other than the Tuesday test, these blare only when an earthquake or other disaster is at hand (just having your home or offi ... More >>

Local Soccer Stars Crack Elite FIFA List

We can find no fault with Marta​FC Gold Pride, certainly the first professional sporting team based out of Hayward, set another mark last month. It hosted the first professional sporting championship ever set in Hayward -- and won it, 4-0. Now  a trio of Gold Pride starters have cracked the s ... More >>

Pepper-Spray Robbery Suspects Nabbed

Much like that ... except the bear was subsequently robbed​Police have arrested five suspects in the wake of a spate of robberies via pepper spray that took place in the city last week. Five different pepper spray robberies were reported on Wednesday and Thursday nights throughout the city. The Sa ... More >>

Benjamin Powell, Jonathan Johnson Killed in Ingleside Crash

​The San Francisco Medical Examiner's office has identified the two men killed in an Ingleside car crash this morning as Hayward resident Benjamin Powell and Castro Valley resident Jonathan Johnson. Both were 18 years old.The car carrying Powell and Johnson apparently crashed into a utility pole o ... More >>

The Teenage Dance Craze New Year's Eve Twist Party

​The San Francisco Medical Examiner's office has identified the two men killed in an Ingleside car crash this morning as Hayward resident Benjamin Powell and Castro Valley resident Jonathan Johnson. Both were 18 years old.The car carrying Powell and Johnson apparently crashed into a utility pole o ... More >>

Bay Area Police Officers Shoot Four Suspects in Less than Two Days

​There has been a series of officer-involved shootings in the Bay Area since late Tuesday night, when a San Jose Police officer's shoot-out with an alleged robber set off a spate of four armed confrontations between cops and suspects.Since then we have seen the fatal shooting of: 46-year-old Vinh ... More >>

High-tech Thieves Jury Rigged Gas Pumps to Steal Customers' Identities

​A pair of MacGyver-esque identity thieves has pleaded guilty to implanting devices in gas pumps that stole customers' checking-account information, a scheme that state officials say brought in $90,000.The California Attorney General's office announced today that the men -- David Karapetyan and Zh ... More >>

SF Police Arrest Teen in Connection with Mission District Shooting

aim, fire, and arrested​Just seven hours after a shooting erupted on a Mission District corner, police quickly arrested a Hayward teen accused of pulling the trigger. At about 9:40 a.m., two men got off a Muni bus at the corner of 16th and Folsom streets and got into an argument with a group of Af ... More >>

What To Do This Weekend, Feb. 11-13

bittermelon/FlickrUm, did we say there'd be beer? See Fri., Feb. 11.​Craving more? Scroll through additional listings here. Fri., Feb. 11: Food, Wine, and Amore at the Ferry Building Ferry Building Marketplace, 1 Ferry Building (at Embarcadero), 5-8 p.m. Affordable hors d'oeuvres, Napa Valley ... More >>

Saturday Report: Where to Go on Day 2 of Beer Week

bittermelon/FlickrSo many beers, so few hours.​Saturday, Feb. 12 ​It's Day Two. The gloves are off, and the beer beckons. If you're not venturing to Hayward for the 11th Annual Double IPA Festival, local options abound. Ease into your weekend Saturday with an afternoon happy hour of exc ... More >>

Good Old-Fashioned Food Fight at East Bay High School Makes Headlines

Gross but safe fun​It was innocent fun -- a flashback to the good 'ol days in high school. You know, when kids weren't shooting each other for no reason. Still, the senior class at Leadership High School in Hayward are in big trouble after a group of teens started a food fight that escalated in th ... More >>

Michelle Le Update: Missing Student Case Now a Homicide Investigation

Michelle Le was set to graduate from nursing school next year​UPDATE: Police are now telling reporters that all signs point to homicide in the case of Michelle Le, the missing nursing student. Police released as statement, saying after extensive interviews and forensic investigations of her abando ... More >>

Fewer Slices of Pie, Cupola Opens Under the Dome, and the TL Sees Pink

The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. Marie Callender's evokes images of pies rotating in a display case, country cottage decor, and portions that don't skimp on calories. And now, without warning, many of those pie display cases have gone da ... More >>

Summer Food Festivals, Product Placement, and the Mysteries of Meal Snap

​Today's notes on national stories, local trends, random tastes, and other bycatch dredged up from the food media. 1. Mark your summer calendar. Every year I swear I'm going to make it to events like the Fiesta Filipina and the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral's Taste of Greece but always fo ... More >>

Michelle Le Update: Police Tell TV Station to Check Its Facts

The fact is ... Le is still missing​A San Diego television station added a new twist to the mysterious case of Michelle Le, the 26-year-old nursing student who went missing last month. The station reported yesterday that two phone calls were made from Le's cell phone shortly after she went missing ... More >>

Andrew Vargas Arrested in Hit-and-Run That Critically Injures 9-Year-Old Boy

Pedestrian hit​Update 1:45 p.m.: Police said they arrested 21-year-old Andrew Vargas on suspicion of driving under the influence. He has been booked on felony charges for hit and run.  Read more after the jump. Hayward police detained the driver they believe hit a San Francisco boy last night ... More >>

Twin Earthquakes Shake the Bay Area, Is the "Big One" Next?

You thought yesterday's quakes were scary ... ​Two nearly identical quakes along the Hayward fault jolted the Bay Area yesterday, which naturally has everyone thinking, "Is this foreshadowing the Big One?"A 3.9 magnitude earthquake shook the East Bay at about 2:41 p.m. yesterday. No damages were r ... More >>

Another Earthquake Rocks the East Bay

That's kinda what it felt like ​It's been a tough week to try and get some sleep in Oakland -- amid the downtown protests, tear gas, helicopters circling, and earthquakes.A 3.6 quake rattle the East Bay at about 5:36 a.m., causing buildings to sway and bringing public transit to a screeching halt. ... More >>

Joseph Minozzi Identified as Man Stabbed to Death

Homicide No. 1​The Medical Examiner identified 30-year-old Joseph Minozzi as the man who was stabbed to death early Thursday morning in San Francisco's SOMA neighborhood.At about 2:40 a.m. on Thursday, Minozzi, a Hayward resident, was found bleeding on the corner of Sixth and Stevenson streets fro ... More >>