Lake Tahoe

Labor Day Traffic Forecast: Your Roadtrip Won't Be That Congested

If ever there was a silver lining to high gas prices, this just might be it: No traffic. Well, okay, that might be hyperbolic, but we can at least assure you that this Labor Day Weekend the roads won't be any more clogged than what you've grown accustomed to in San Francisco. While San Francisco has ... More >>

Former UC Davis Frat Boy Sues University over "Harshest Form of Hazing"

This doesn't look like ratfucking ​A former UC Davis student is suing the university, claiming school officials didn't put an end to over-the-top hazing in 2008 when he was pledging the all-Jewish fraternity Alpha Epsilon Pi.According to the claim filed in Yolo County, Ryan Clifford was on a retre ... More >>

Gavin Newsom to Woo Winter Olympics to Lake Tahoe

Newsom tests the latest aerodynamic hair style for speed skaters​Our ex-mayor Gavin Newsom proved that he could bring the prestigious America's Cup to San Francisco -- even in the face of vociferous opposition. Now, in his new capacity as lieutenant governor, Newsom is taking on the bigger task of ... More >>

Chris Daly's Buck Tavern Is Like a Boring Cheers

Bouncer: Chris Daly's Buck Tavern Is Like a Boring Cheers

​From this week's Bouncer column: My friend Audra has a theory that the shortest route to madness is buying a club or bar. She says that she has seen good, sane people go batshit in a span of months after diving into their dream of running an establishment. Unfortunately, I think she is righ ... More >>

S.F Businessman to Swim for 60 Hours Nonstop -- For No Reason

chlorine on the brain​To the non-athlete, even a five-mile run or swim seems crazy. But here is a guy who can make even ultra marathoners look sane. Jamie Patrick, a die-hard swimmer and owner of Patrick & Co. in San Francisco, is planning to swim 240 miles nonstop across the Sacramento River ... More >>

Blowing Smoke: Obama Promises One Thing, Does Another on Medical Marijuana

Grab Your Snowboard, Resorts Extend Ski Season After Record-Breaking Snow Falls

There is still time for a few more runs​Remember when we thought it was going to snow here in downtown San Francisco, like really snow?Although some will still swear they saw a tiny white flake drop from the skies of San Francisco, it meant nothing to the people who really pray for the white stuff ... More >>

My Morning Jacket, Neko Case, Ween To Headline High Sierra Music Festival

Last weekend we were all talking about snow, but right now, let's talk about summer. Specifically, that oh-so-summery High Sierra Music Festival, which today announced My Morning Jacket, Neko Case, and Ween as its headliners. This year's festival kicks off June 30 to July 3 at the fairgrounds in Qu ... More >>

Camels Chided For Using San Francisco in Tobacco Ads. Use These Sh*tholes Instead.

Phallic camels aren't welcome in this here town! ​Earlier this week, City Attorney Dennis Herrera and short-timer Department of Public Health Director Mitch Katz wrote a sternly worded letter to Joe Camel's corporate overlords. The two chided R.J. Reynolds for using the Haight -- as well as Brookl ... More >>

Baylinks: Arson, Lake Tahoe, Momblock

Welcome to Berkeley. The times, they are a-changin'!​Tenants believe apartment fire was an act of revenge [Mission Mission]U.C. Berkeley ranked among most "military friendly" schools. No spitting. [U.C. Berkeley News Center]Restoration of Lake Tahoe is flowing smoothly [SF Gate]

Meet the Andy Goldsworthy of Heron’s Head Park

Michael Franti Hospitalized, Cancels Shows

EKAphotographyGet Well Soon, Mike​ Our thoughts and prayers go out to musician Michael Franti, who was hospitalized last week for a ruptured appendix and had to undergo emergency surgery. The timing was especially poor, as it forced Franti's band Spearhead to bow out of four scheduled concert ap ... More >>

Cue the Montage and Banjo Music! S.F.'s Dog-Cat-Rat Man Is On the Road Again.

Going mobile As you heard here earlier this month, Gregory Pike, the renowned San Francisco street performer who has trained a rat to stand atop a cat standing atop a dog, has departed our fair city following a conviction and fine on a charge of "public obstruction" for drawing large crowds at ... More >>

A guide to the best of this year's S.F. International Film Festival

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 >>

Fall Cocktail: Hot Apple Pie

Gavin Newsom's out-of-town businesses with SF addresses

Three's Company: The Mother Of All Bay Area Storms

Face Time: Local Man's Whiskers Named World's Best

Profits for Developers Initiative

Take a closer look at this truly awful measure funded by Don Fisher before signing on

Mother Nature or Nurture?

The question of whether to begin saving creatures and habitats from climate change

Ace Up His Sleeve

Joe Carnahan's overly slick, heavily edited dark comedy works despite itself

If You're Goin' to San Francisco ...

If Haight Street is wall-to-wall people, it must be tourist season. How do you really feel about all those outsiders who swell the city's population?

Filling the Civic Gap

Meet Donald Fisher, the private billionaire with unprecedented sway over ordinary San Franciscans' lives

If it's kinda, sorta music-related, we'll review it. This week: Rick Rubin's moxie.

Hire Me!

Infiltrator has figured out how to solve the so-called unemployment problem

This Train Is Your Train

There's a romance to railroad travel, especially when the destination is a special, spirited mountain town called Truckee.

Camel Jockeys of the Sierra Nevada

At the Virginia City International Camel Races, the camels may go fast or slow, but the riders are always appreciative

Rich Conspiracy

Unless there's been a Newsom/Getty/bin Laden/Bush plot of some kind, how could voters support Care Not Cash?

Sports/Outdoors/Races

Best Ski Run

Heavenly

Word Is Out

Award winners from the S.F. International Film Festival

Equinox

Revolution Not in Progress

In From the Cold

Sno-drift

Reel World

Lady in the Lake and Lethal Weapon 4

Night Crawler

Current Events

One-Hit Wanderer

Since moving to the Bay Area a decade ago, Alec Palao has diligently tracked the history of local bands before the Grateful Dead (yes, such bands existed)

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

Beat the Press

Esprit de Court

How Susie Tompkins Buell built, wrecked, and sued San Francisco's legendary Esprit de Corp. clothing company, and why she still gets to sit next to President Clinton

Night Crawler

Dog Bites

Slap Shots

Chinese Peaches

The Chinese New Year brings firecrackers, the parade down Kearny, and the Miss Chinatown USA Pageant

Up to Your Gills

All-you-can-eat sushi menus are a deal - and a distant second to ordering a la carte