Mendocino

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

For Sale: Vagina Couch, Slightly Worn

Slap Shots

SF Wine Events, Feb. 13-22

Bust out the bubbly, Saturday's Valentine's Day!

Glow for It

Firefly is a study in cool, even though its complex offerings aren't always in harmony

Troublesome Pastimes

One local busybody collects letters from serial killers. Another attacks environmentalists. Guess which one's misguided.

Ready to Rumble

It's the 100-year anniversary of the 1906 earthquake. Are you a fan of all the hoopla? Take our quiz and see.

Some of My Best Friends Are Records

SF Weekly writers pick their favorite Bay Area records of all time

Music Highlights

From Mahler to Morrissey, the Bay Area has it all this summer.

The Filth and the Fury

The Hemlock gets down and dirty

Summer Events a Go Go!

What to do, all summer long

Best Microbrew

White Hawk Original IPA, Mendocino Brewing Co.

Street Smarts

Graffiti and fashion ring in START SOMA's new location

House of Tudor

Sci-fi filk singers, a still-flying Byrd, and the infectious Dengue Fever

Real Fourth of July

In Point Arena, where small town and big city mix, and become fond memory

Boonville

Written by Robert Mailer Anderson (Creative Arts Book Co., 2001, $21.95)

Home Plates

Does Pac Bell Park need another nearby restaurant?

Best Sporting Goods Store

REI

The Homespun Hipster

Johnfrank

Style Over Substance

OakTown Cafe

Best Musical Museum Where You Can Touch (and Buy)

Lark in the Morning

Country Rogue

Mendocino publisher Bruce Anderson is smart, sophisticated, and savage

If you go:

Cross the Golden Gate Bridge, exit Highway 1/Shoreline Highway, and head north. Don't forget to pack a book.

A literary road trip up the Mendonoma coast

Cross the Golden Gate Bridge, exit Highway 1/Shoreline Highway, and head north. Don't forget to pack a book.

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 >>

Guaranteed Good Eating and Drinking at Outside Lands

​While one of the main headliners might be up in the air for this year's Outside Lands music fest (August 28-30 in Golden Gate Park) at this point, promoters can assure that good quality food vendors have already been secured. "A Taste of the Bay Area" definitely sounds like more than funnel c ... More >>

Chronic City: Marijuana Moratorium -- How To Ignore The Voters And The Law

Dispensary moratorium: Latest political fad?​One by one, across California, the lights are winking out.In city after city, town after town, patients who had dared hope they would at last have safe access to the medicine recommended by their physicians are having those hopes dashed  by politic ... More >>

Music Fest Road Trip: Mendocino's Invisible Ocean

Little Wings​Summer's the time to hit the road for a little R&R: rest & relaxation (& rock & roll). Big Sur and the Brookdale Lodge are going off down south, but there's also a beachy festival coming up further north, featuring a number of Bay Area acts. On September 5 & 6 ... More >>

Next Week's Wild Kitchen Prix Fixe to Feature Ex-Winterland Pastry Chef

If the wild foods trend gets any wilder, diners themselves will end up spearing wild boars at the table, perhaps even risking life and limb to subdue their own maniac morels as well. Blessedly, the Wild Kitchen adheres to a less terrifying vision of wild-ness: according to a press release, "wild me ... More >>

Local Dungeness Hits Restaurants Today. Here's Where to Score a Taste

Gothiron/FlickrLocal commercial Dungeness season opened yesterday.​For some San Franciscans, today is like Christmas Day, the Fourth of July, and 4/20, all rolled into one. The day the first local Dungeness hits restaurant menus justifies sick calls and leisurely lunches, not to mention the ki ... More >>

Track of the Day: Carlton Melton Gets Stony in the Dome

​I spent the holidays getting my rural hippie on, traveling from the Oregon mountains for Christmas and then down to Big Sur for New Years. So it was only fitting that when forced to return to reality, I'd spend my final night of freedom from the 9 to 5 leaving the planet behind completely. I'm ta ... More >>

Last Night: Carlton Melton, Silver Pines, Pure Ecstasy at the Hemlock

​Carlton Melton, Silver Pines, Pure EcstasyWednesday, Jan. 6, 2009The HemlockBetter than: A-frame rockWhen I invited my friend Scott to hit last night's Hemlock show, I explained that openers Carlton Melton played music they described as "dome rock." "Does dome rock mean everyone in the band is ba ... More >>

Chill on the Hills — and in the Bay

Find summer adventures on land, at sea, or in the air.

The High Road

Growers who cashed in on illegal pot now welcome legalization and taxation.

Grass Widow Reflects on Tragedy, New Album, and Practicing in a Meat Locker

​​A silver lining forced its way through a storm of tragedy -- including the death of one band member's parent -- when S.F. female post-punk trio Grass Widow signed to Kill Rock Stars this past winter. (Kill Rock Stars is a premier west coast indie label that's also home to The Decemberists ... More >>

What to Drink at This Weekend's Eat Real Festival

Eat Real FestivalBeer is clearly the star of the three-day Oakland festival.​SFoodie has already passed along tips for navigating this weekend's Eat Real Festival (which kicks off this afternoon across the Bay in Jack London Square), but don't think we'd forget to break down some of the drinki ... More >>

A Guide to Mostly Free Events During SF WhiskyWeek

thirstycactus/FlickrWhiskyWeek events celebrate everybody's favorite brown spirit.​If you can't make it to Friday's WhiskyFest or simply can't wait, there's a multitude of special events breaking out over the next five days in bars and retail shops all over the Bay Area. Here are a few of our ... More >>

Cotogna Complements Parent Quince With Simple Italian Fare

thirstycactus/FlickrWhiskyWeek events celebrate everybody's favorite brown spirit.​If you can't make it to Friday's WhiskyFest or simply can't wait, there's a multitude of special events breaking out over the next five days in bars and retail shops all over the Bay Area. Here are a few of our ... More >>

The Most Coveted Job in San Francisco: Tending Bud

You will need to smoke a joint after bud tending....it's a stressful jobIt may not be the best job in San Francisco: starting pay is $15 an hour, it's part-time, and job security? The federal government could lock you up at any moment. On the other hand, at most locations it includes health benefits ... More >>

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

You will need to smoke a joint after bud tending....it's a stressful jobIt may not be the best job in San Francisco: starting pay is $15 an hour, it's part-time, and job security? The federal government could lock you up at any moment. On the other hand, at most locations it includes health benefits ... More >>

Saturday: Mendocino Seduces You With Its Exceptional Food and Booze

This will be you at Taste of Mendocino.​Taste of Mendocino Where: Festival Pavilion, Fort Mason Center When: Mon., June 13, 5-8 p.m. Cost: $35 in advance, $45 onsite, enter discount code of "alice" or "KGO" to save $14.75 on online admission fee. The rundown: Experience the "Mendo vibe" ... More >>

Surveying Stout Beer Jelly and Biodynamic Wine at Taste of Mendocino

Sean TimberlakeBlack Dog Farm's jams and preserves range from the mundane to the quirky.​Monday's Taste of Mendocino event brought some of the best nibbles and sips from the county to Fort Mason to sample. Under the expansive roof of the Festival Pavilion, long rows of booths offered up tempti ... More >>

Bouncer Holds Forth at the Wal-Mart of S.F. Breweries

Sean TimberlakeBlack Dog Farm's jams and preserves range from the mundane to the quirky.​Monday's Taste of Mendocino event brought some of the best nibbles and sips from the county to Fort Mason to sample. Under the expansive roof of the Festival Pavilion, long rows of booths offered up tempti ... More >>

Bouncer Visits Gordon Biersch, the Wal-Mart of S.F. Breweries

​From this week's Bouncer column: All bars are great. Every last one of them, even the nightclubs that advertise on the sides of Muni buses. I have my favorites, of course, and I never miss the ones in hotels or airports. That's why Gordon Biersch on the Embarcadero is my one-stop shop for a ... More >>

Rolling Paper: Looking at the Current State of Safe Access

​From this week's Bouncer column: All bars are great. Every last one of them, even the nightclubs that advertise on the sides of Muni buses. I have my favorites, of course, and I never miss the ones in hotels or airports. That's why Gordon Biersch on the Embarcadero is my one-stop shop for a ... More >>

Hey Food Activists: Can We Get a Ban on GMOs and BGH?

PCC Farmland Trust​California's food activists are on the verge of gaining a ban on the import of shark fins. And starting next July, sale of foie gras in this state will be illegal. We care about animal welfare here; we passed a law regulating the size of chickens' cages. But perhaps becaus ... More >>

White Hills: Show Preview

PCC Farmland Trust​California's food activists are on the verge of gaining a ban on the import of shark fins. And starting next July, sale of foie gras in this state will be illegal. We care about animal welfare here; we passed a law regulating the size of chickens' cages. But perhaps becaus ... More >>

Wine Clubs Are the Coffin Nails of Rock 'n' Roll

​ Remember the good old days, when wine clubs were exclusively the pastime of pretentious assholes/your parents? Those days are over: Rolling Stone magazine just announced its own scheme to sell bottles of fermented grape juice to baby boomers with nothing better to blow their pension checks ... More >>

Medical Marijuana License Fees That Saved Cops' Jobs at Risk in Mendocino

CNBCSheriff Tom Allman of Mendocino County​The one-of-a-kind cooperation between medical marijuana growers and the Mendocino County Sheriff's Department -- which legitimized cannabis cultivation in the eyes of the law and saved the jobs of deputies facing layoffs -- is at risk, pending the outcome ... More >>