Humboldt

Up in Smoke, For Real: State Bums Out Millions of Stoners

Public Power Grab

Why some "progressives" are putting energy into a bad idea.

Italians Always Do It Better: Joakim and Glass Candy

Why some "progressives" are putting energy into a bad idea.

Punk Royalty Still Reigns Supreme: Naked Raygun and Suicidal Tendencies

Why some "progressives" are putting energy into a bad idea.

Letters to the Editor

Week of Wednesday, October 11, 2006

Fresno offers hip hop to do California proud, Stockton Hustles for Change, and Kazakhstan sends electronic love

Week of Wednesday, October 11, 2006

Gentle Ribbing

A carnivorous odyssey around the Bay Area pinpoints three very different meats

Yo Miles!

Upriver

Bohemian Rhapsody

If Brightblack weren't a trio of big, lovable hippies, it'd probably be huge by now

Misplaced Priorities 101

Amid a drastic budget crisis, why is the California State University system spending $400 million on computers? And where is the money coming from?

Humboldt Pie

Amid a drastic budget crisis, why is the California State University system spending $400 million on computers? And where is the money coming from?

Humboldt Pie (If You Go...)

Amid a drastic budget crisis, why is the California State University system spending $400 million on computers? And where is the money coming from?

Beachwood Sparks

Once We Were Trees (Sub Pop)

Best Microbrew

Red Nectar Ale, Humboldt Brewing Co.

Fanning the Flames

Red Nectar Ale, Humboldt Brewing Co.

Stage

Red Nectar Ale, Humboldt Brewing Co.

Stage

Red Nectar Ale, Humboldt Brewing Co.

Evolution Revolution

The Apples pop in all the right places

Night Crawler

The Apples pop in all the right places

Chronic City: Big Marijuana Headache For Mendocino District Attorney

mendonews.wordpress.comMendocino grow room: Puff, puff, pass? Not so fastIt's not easy being a district attorney, especially in a mostly pot-friendly place like Mendocino County. Whatever law enforcement priorities you follow, it's guaranteed you're going to piss off one group while pleasing another ... More >>

Throw a Few Back Tomorrow with Grist Food Politics Guru Tom Philpott

artandresistance/FlickrWear your crunchiest outfit.​Big Ag sucks, high-fructose corn syrup is toxic like antifreeze, and even a cursory look at the American food system is enough to make any thinking person yearn to be a hermit goat farmer in Humboldt. That's why we often turn to Grist food ed ... More >>

Celebrity Thanksgiving Meals

artandresistance/FlickrWear your crunchiest outfit.​Big Ag sucks, high-fructose corn syrup is toxic like antifreeze, and even a cursory look at the American food system is enough to make any thinking person yearn to be a hermit goat farmer in Humboldt. That's why we often turn to Grist food ed ... More >>

Weed Takes Root

Marijuana's steady creep toward legalization nationwide

It's Your Friday Morning News Quiz -- Incentivized Via a Prize!

It's fun! It's educational! All right -- you win free shit! Send us your perfect score here and win a prize! And now...Whose car is this? ​1. Did you know the winner of NASCAR's Daytona 500 was given a hero's welcome in San Francisco this week? Of course you didn't. By the way -- who won the Dayto ... More >>

Prop. 19 Smoked -- Marijuana Supporters Promise New Legalization Effort

Wait 'til next year...​As the national media will gladly tell you, people are smoking weed in San Francisco. People -- with and without medical marijuana recommendations -- smoked weed yesterday and they'll do so today, and they were going to do so no matter what happened with Proposition 19, the ... More >>

Upscale Cocoa Crawl through San Francisco

Jonathan KauffmanPoco Dolce's Kathy Wiley.​The Chocolatiers of San Francisco: Taste, Talk, and Tour Where: Starts at 1198 Illinois (at Humboldt) When: Sat., Jan. 22, 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Cost: $50 The rundown: Saturday morning is your chance to lift the veil on three local chocolate masters ... More >>

Tsunami Warning in San Francisco; Beaches Closed

A not-so-friendly wave​Update 4:36 p.m.: One person has been declared dead after a tsunami hit the shores of Northern California earlier today, causing millions of dollars in damages to boats and surrounding docks, according to media reports. Gov. Jerry Brown has declared a state of emergency in D ... More >>

California: 100 Million Marijuana Plants

You keep growing, they keep seizing​Seizures Rise Under Obama Administration as Cops Bust More Plants Than Ever.The marijuana-related headlines on Wednesday were hogged by a report, issued by a private "cannabusiness" company, that says sales of medical marijuana nationwide will top $1.7 billion t ... More >>

California Has 1.1 Million Medical Marijuana Users, NORML Says

We pot more than we need politicians​California 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 >>

Medical Marijuana Bills Killed by Odd Bedfellows -- Labor and Business Groups

You can't really win against business AND labor​Public safety and jobs. To a California politician, they are the bread and butter -- if bread and butter means getting elected, that is. There are fewer worse labels for a politician than "job-killer" or the pejorative "soft on crime."You'd think, th ... More >>

Bottle Cap: First-ish Look

Photos by W. Blake Gray​Unlike most of the fooderati, we went to the second night of the soft opening of Bottle Cap, the new restaurant in the old Washington Square Bar & Grill space (1707 Powell St. at Union). The Chronicle has already written two stories, Yelp has seven reviews and count ... More >>

Rolling Paper: Looking at the Current State of Safe Access

Photos by W. Blake Gray​Unlike most of the fooderati, we went to the second night of the soft opening of Bottle Cap, the new restaurant in the old Washington Square Bar & Grill space (1707 Powell St. at Union). The Chronicle has already written two stories, Yelp has seven reviews and count ... More >>