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James Cameron is Vegan, Chico State isn't, and These Ducks are the Happiest!

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Brett Olson Memorial Service Planned for Tuesday

Sadly, the weeklong search for 20-year-old Brett Michael Olson has come to an end after his body was found yesterday morning along the Sacramento River. A Memorial Service is being planned for Tuesday, according to his family, who left the following message on Facebook:You all are our friends now. ... More >>

Brett Olson: Family Continues Search for East Bay Student Missing Since Sunday

A Lafayette family and community continue their search for Brett Olson after he disappeared while tubing down the Sacramento River over Labor Day Weekend.Brett Olson, 20, a rising Junior at Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo, was last seen around 1 p.m. Sunday when he arrived at Beer Can Beach along the Sacra ... More >>

4505 Meats' New Marshmallow Bar is a Real Cereal Killer

The era of pork in desserts has been slowly fading--and for good reason. We've seen bacon in chocolate bars and fast food sundaes, [insert any pork product here] ice cream, and pork belly everything, usually having more shock than gastronomic value. Joining the small canon of producers whose produc ... More >>

Family Sues East Bay Cemetery Over Stolen Ashes

The family of Thomas Gonzales II is suing StoneMor Cemetery for $3.2 million, claiming it was the organization's negligence that allowed thieves to run off with their son's ashes last year. Thieves broke into the family's mausoleum at the Oakmont Memorial Park Cemetery in Lafayette on Jan. 16, 2011 ... More >>

The 2010 S.F. Michelin Guide Dropped Today -- If You Care

Today saw the official release of Michelin's San Francisco Bay Area & Wine Country Restaurants Guide 2010, the fourth edition of the local star search. Michelin director Jean-Luc Naret told SFoodie 10 inspectors did the field work for this year's Nor Cal guide -- the same inspectors who do table res ... More >>

The $1 Street Portrait Project, Part 1

​This project is not original, but I loved it enough to give it a go myself. The premise: hit the streets with a camera and a pad of paper and offer people $1 in return for their portrait and a bit about them. The result was a pieced together collage of people in the city--a sample of its demograp ... More >>

Lark Creek's Annual Half-Off Bottle Promotion Starts Tomorrow

LFL16/FlickrIf you order wine by the bottle, dining at One Market should be a bit more affordable in July.Let your wallet feel as flush as your face. Starting tomorrow (and for the entire month of July), Bay Area winos can savor half-off savings on every bottles on le menu at all Lark Creek restaura ... More >>

The Chronicle's 2009 Top 100: Who's Out, Who's In

To be continued ...

Snacktion: Clarine's Florentines

Name: Florentines Brand: Clarine's Origin: Lafayette Cost: $13.99 Found at: Mollie Stones (635 Portola) Ingredients: Almonds, sugar, butter, chocolate, honey and heavy cream Calories per serving: Not listed Why I bought it: The cutest name in the world plus the most dangerous looking flore ... More >>

A Real Wild One?

Sometimes even restaurateurs don't know the difference between wild and farmed fish.

A Sad Day, Gastronomically Speaking

Chron Gets Middle America Wrong Again: Globalization was Good for My Small Town

SuperHustle

Jobs with smaller shuttle van companies may be flying out of the airport.

2008 High School Battle of the Bands Semi-Finalists Announced

The Dodos' Foot-Stompin' Chemistry Detonates Staid Duos

Leave Your Books on Subways and Park Benches: It’s All Part of the Grand Plan From BookCrossing.com

Bring Out Your Dead: S.F.’s Swelled Voter Rolls Were Possibly Stuffed With Stiffs

Alt-Weeklies Provide Web Links to Douchey Sheriff Joe Arpaio's House

Alt-Weeklies Provide Web Links to Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's Home Address

Action Taken in Solidarity with Phoenix New Times

Stud recovery

An Omnivore's Dilemma

Meat two ways: pricey barbecue at T-Rex, bargain Moroccan at Tajine

Defense Begins at the Table

Cheap eats worth repeating — and not

Coming soon: The New Roxie

What happens when an artsy film guy who has gone way into debt hooks up with a school that doesn't know how to run a nonprofit theater? We hope it has a happy ending.

The Ladies' Delight

Neiman Marcus' refurbished Rotunda prices its fancy fare like the Manolos downstairs

Holiday Gift Guide

The Counter-Counterculture

Ah, to be young and Republican at Cal

Bound for Glory

The Longest Fast

After a night of hard partying, Dog Bites decides to clean up her life -- and clean out her system

Chow Fun

One restaurant brings folks together in three different neighborhoods

Night Crawler

Current Events

The Land of Blood & Money

Foreign workers coming into the country for high-paying tech jobs often bring wives with them. When these women are beaten and abused, they have nowhere to run.

The Man Who Came to Dinner

Greg Kihn

Angel of Theft

A high-flying New Age company is grounded amid allegations that its main financial backer embezzled $4.5 million from UCSF

Jamba Liar

One of California's best Cajun chefs goes on the lam after a Bay Area con game is busted

Rights of Passage

With gates and fences, private property owners are increasingly cutting off traditional paths to public lands. State law offers some recourse, but not much.

From Russia With Diamonds

In 1995, Golden ADA Inc., a San Francisco diamond-importing firm, collapsed, unveiling an international trail of theft and betrayal that embarrassed San Francisco luminaries involved with the company. Now, newly unsealed court files show that high-level m

Baseball's Orphans

Why are 74 old-timers -- players who helped create the multibillion-dollar business called Major League Baseball -- still without pensions?

Night + Day

Telling Tales

Stage

The House of Tudor

The Trance Factory

The hypnosis industry is burgeoning, but its mavens are bitterly divided over what direction they should now take on the road to legitimacy.

Tripmasters

The Bay Area's chemical gentry

Looking A little Green

Taking the Sierra Club's helm, boy wonder Adam Werbach confronts more than his own inexperience

Purple Haze

A speedy tour of the Morehouse commune

Navel Maneuvers

If Adam and Eve moved to Northern California, they'd probably note on the first day that the balmy weather, inspiring vistas, and mellow vibesreminded them of Eden. On the second day, they'd pick up a copy of "Common Ground" and enroll in a self-help cour

Fire Trek

Why do San Francisco emergency workers live so far away?