Monterey

Goldenvoice Announces First City Festival in Monterey With Modest Mouse, Passion Pit, MGMT, Beach House, More

Every year seems to bring more entrants to the Northern California music festival scene. The latest is First City, a two-day festival this August at the Monterey fairgrounds that will bring out big, indie-leaning names like Modest Mouse, Passion Pit, MGMT, Beach House, Toro y Moi, and Neko Case for ... More >>

The Rain Has Arrived: Flights Delayed at SFO, Flooding Expected

The much-anticipated rainstorm has landed -- and not even the worst of it. Of course, those folks trapped in the air, trying to land at SFO might feel differently right about now. Airport officials are reporting major delays for arriving flights of up to three-and-a-half hours.In addition, 20 flight ... More >>

Drink of the Week: Sipping the Lands End at Rich Table

It wasn't until I sat at the bar at Rich Table that I realized a restaurant could have an old soul. At a mere four months old, the place hums with such effortless vigor, you'd be forgiven for thinking the place had been around for years. The service is key, with staff that sets everyone at ease, inn ... More >>

We Tried the Three-Martini Lunch at Park Tavern and Lived to Tell the Tale

As soon as I heard about Park Tavern's new three-martini lunch, I took it as a Mad Men-style challenge. The North Beach restaurant recently began offering a three-course prix-fixe lunch menu on Fridays that features farmers' market produce and special cocktail pairings with each course (there are ro ... More >>

Newspaper Drama in the South Bay Gives Other Newspapers Something to Write About

There's nothing we enjoy more than a petty newspaper fight, especially one that includes the phrase "put down the news rack."Down in the South Bay, the San Jose Mercury News was busted with news racks from competing papers inside a dumpster at the Merc's headquarters, including those belonging to th ... More >>

5 Summer Food Fests Worth The Drive

Okay, so you slept on the Castroville Artichoke Festival. Don't worry, there are still some fantastic food festivals left to tackle this summer in the greater Bay Area. Every road trip should be planned around good food, but why not plan a day trip where eating the best produce from the region that ... More >>

Tony's New Calabrese And Quince Pizza Is A Scorcher

Tony Gemignani, owner of his eponymously named pizza temple, dropped by our table last weekend as we were midway through his newest creation, the Calabrese and quince pie. Noticing the sweat on our brows, he told us "I'm going to have the servers warn tables before ordering this." To quote the tween ... More >>

Per Diem Brings Old-School Style, Old-School Cooking to the FiDi

Walking through the doors of Per Diem feels like stepping into another time. Big band music plays, elaborate curtains drape from high ceilings, a massive chandelier glitters overhead. The marble bar looks well worn, softly lit from above by a series of salvaged boat lamps and dominated by a turn-of- ... More >>

San Francisco to Pasadena on Public Transit: SF Weekly Inspires Epic Bus Journey

Think of it as a guidebook...​In June, your humble narrator traveled from San Francisco to Los Angeles via public transportation. This journey, as explained in the ensuing cover story, was undertaken for the same reason George Mallory sought to climb Mount Everest: "Because it's there." Mallory's ... More >>

Sea Lions Found in S.F. With Wires Wrapped Around Their Necks

Inquiring minds​Marine rescuers are attempting to save the lives of two young sea lions who were found on San Francisco's Pier 39 with wires draped around their necks -- which could easily kill them. The wired mammals first came to the attention of rescuers after tourists spotted the two sea anima ... More >>

Awesome Secret Underground Bunker in Marin Headlands Gets Sealed Up

July's Literary Events

Jazz Mafia's Adam Theis on the Group's New Hip-Hop Symphony, Performing with Blackalicious, and More

Jazz Mafia's Shotgun Wedding Quintet, with MC Dublin in the middle, and Adam Theis on the far right.​ Whatever you're doing this weekend, we can pretty much guarantee that the members of the Jazz Mafia are doing more. The S.F. jazz collective's hip-hop outfit, Shotgun Wedding Quintet, is serving a ... More >>

Becky Selengut Teaches How to Pick and Cook Good Fish

​ Becky Selengut, a cooking teacher and food writer based in Seattle, is coming to San Francisco this weekend to speak about and cook from her new book, Good Fish: Sustainable Seafood Recipes from the Seafood Coast. On Saturday morning, she will be doing a cooking demo at the Ferry Plaza Farmers ... More >>

Oakland Lamb Jam

Stacy Poulos/PostcardTravelers.comCheese ― see how it burns!​Fortieth Annual Greek Festival Oakland Where: Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Ascension, 4700 Lincoln (at Monterey), Oakland, 510-531-3400 When: Fri.-Sun., May 13-15, 2011; 10 a.m.-11 p.m. (Fri.-Sat.), 11 a.m.-9 p.m. (Sun.) Cos ... More >>

Few Deportable Inmates Are from San Francisco

Mexicans top the list, but the Soviets aren't so far behind. ​Yesterday, we told you about California being a national leader when it comes to the number of criminal aliens incarcerated in our state prisons. It turns out that very few of those criminal aliens hail from San Francisco. Criminal alie ... More >>

Endless Summer. Squash, That Is

Sean TimberlakeWhen it comes to squash, summer never seems to end.​They may be called summer squash, but they are having a strong showing well into autumn. Farmers' markets are still bursting with them in a myriad of shapes and colors. Yellow and green zucchini prevail, but crooknecks, pattypa ... More >>

Washer-Dryer Dispute Erupts Into Family Brawl

​A spat over who threw out whose washer and dryer devolved into a physical scene resembling a Wild West movie bar punch-up last week. Police were called to the 800 block of Monterey over the weekend after a female resident, her father, and two men who also lived in the building went through the ph ... More >>

Jingling Thief Flees Laundromat With $350 in Quarters

How do you inconspicuously steal 1,400 of these? ​In a story that all but begs for puns regarding money laundering, the Ingleside Police Station reports a Monday incident on the 600 block of Monterey. A laundromat owner called the cops, complaining seven of his washers had been jimmied open, and a ... More >>

Bay Area Beasts: Pterodactyls, Mystery Cats, and Sea Serpents

From Charles Gould's Mythical Monsters, via archive.org​This month saw two stories of mysterious monsters crop up in rapid succession. In Britain, the inhabitants of Buckshaw Village fear a creature that looks like a cross between a boar, a dog and large cat that upends trash bins and devours deer ... More >>

Ingenious Ancient Pregnant Woman-Boiling Water Burglary Plot Works Like Magic In Glen Park

The plan hatched by the two female robbers was ingenious in its simplicity. One of the two crooks would pose as a pregnant woman who needed boiling water. Why boiling water, exactly, is unclear. The fact that the woman who was to pretend she was with child appeared to be 70 with deep wrinkles ... we ... More >>

Mission Street Food Plans Pork-Heavy Dinner for Vegetarian Charity

thestevenscompany.netBecker Lane pork stars in dinner to benefit Food Not Bombs.​Mission Street Food welcomes guest chef Thomas Martinez, last seen heading up the kitchen at Mission Beach Cafe, this Thursday, Dec. 3. Martinez's offerings for the menu are largely inspired by Becker Lane pork and fa ... More >>

Freak Folk Supergroup (Cabic, Rice, Farmer Dave) Coming to the Independent

​Forget the Monsters of Folk. The real underground neo folk act to keep an ear on is Emerald Triangle. The group has a serious California soft rock pedigree: San Francisco's own Andy Cabic of Vetiver, together with Farmer Dave (Venice denizen who's played with tons of acts, most notably Beachwood ... More >>

Woodsuck: Crummy festivals I attended in the late '60s and early '70s

Dine Wild on a Marin Houseboat Thursday

Savor the sunny weather -- temps should top out at in the mid-nineties in the Bay Area -- on Thursday while dining "wild" on a houseboat at a TBD location in Marin. This unique dining option launched earlier this year, and comes from a group called The Wild Kitchen. The food and concept are reported ... More >>

The Lowbrow Art Sale: David Choe, Josh Keyes & Matt Dangler

"City Girl" by David Choe The Alternative Cafe in Monterey is having a show curated by Outer Edge Studio. The show features prints that have long sold out, so if you missed them the first time around, now is your second chance. There are prints by Banksy, Shawn Barber, Shepard Fairey and David Cho ... More >>

Below Expectations

Dining is unexpectedly hidden under the new planetarium and aquarium in Golden Gate Park.

A More Refined Fire

Korean goes upscale in the Inner Richmond

Fish Story

A room with an expensive view, and din with your dinner.

Last Night: Charge of the Light Brown Apple Moth at Town School for Boys

It Happened in Monterey

New label reissues long-lost jazz-fest classics

High and Low

The upscale sister to the Magnolia Pub offers sophisticated cocktails and small plates in a stylish setting, yet it's an uneven experience

Hungry for More

Resolutions are easy to keep at the Mission District's delightful Weird Fish

Floppy hats, Fernwood memories, and a big (((folkYEAH!))) to Big Sur

Last Voyage of the Relentless

Friends and family of a well-known fishing captain are convinced he and his deckhand were victims of a maritime hit-and-run near the Golden Gate

A Perch With a View

The controversy regarding the famous Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill may be drawing to a close, but the question remains: Does anyone still care?

Various Artists

Mystic Males

Best Contemplative Spot

Best Outdoors Club

Best Place to Walk Your Dog

Buena Vista Park

Regime Changing

This all-American kid from Monterey is now one of the foremost experts on Saddam Hussein's Iraq. Where does he go from here?

Street Justice

Marching for peace -- and voting for change -- means matching the solution to the problem

Preaching to the Disconcerted

Local artist, label honcho, and festival organizer Ernesto Diaz-Infante sings the gospel of the experimental scene

The Comforts of Home

Home

Mixed Blessing

Andalu

Quest for Prime

Practice What You Teach

UCSF students wish the medical school would tend to their health

Riff Raff

Dish