Photos by Meredith Brody
The news outlets have been falling all over themselves in the last few days, sending hapless reporters up Mt. Diablo and Mt. Tamalpais, in order to send us footage of snow atop these usually green mountains.
But hey! Those are the highest mountains in the area (that's why they call them Mount). Even more amazing, to our jaded eyes, was the sight of snow in the Berkeley hills (note: hills), covering Tilden Park and even, at lower altitudes, the Grizzly Peak Stables, tu
The wind-power entrepreneurs at Kenetech have spent millionsin vain tosolve this avian mystery: Why have hundredsof raptors, including golden eagles, died alongside the windmills of Altamont Pass?
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 restaurants, no matter if it's brunch, lunch, or dinner. Score a 2005 Showket Cab Sauvignon for $74 (as opposed to $148) at Lark Creek Steak (fourth floor, Westfield San Francisco Centre, 845 Market at Fifth
Sacre bleu!​Get ready for some serious galactic debris, San Francisco. According to NASA, the peak visibility of the Perseids meteor shower will come tonight around midnight (most visible after the moon sets), revealing dozens of streaming fireballs across the night sky every hour until dawn. Sound romantic? It would be. If only we could see it.Although various forecasts are predicting a clear night in San Francisco for the show, all signs (i.e. looking out the window) point to the opposite. P