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The Top Five Parties in San Francisco This Weekend

Here's some good news for fans of dance music and high quality sound systems. Though 222 Hyde recently closed, its Turbosound rig will find a new home at Potrero Hill art-oriented nightclub Project One. Owner Brooke Waterhouse posted the news on her Facebook page yesterday, and the system is now ful ... More >>

Michelle Shocked Concerts Canceled Nationwide After Anti-Gay Tirade in SF

Alt-folk singer and self-proclaimed hillbilly Michelle Shocked went on a vicious, anti-gay rant during her concert at Yoshi's on Sunday, infuriating fans with comments like "God hates fags," and causing the venue to pull the plug on her show. See also: * Here Are the Best Michelle Shocked Anti-Gay ... More >>

Feds Intercept 60 Pounds of Ecstasy Bound for San Francisco

Federal authorities intercepted on Thursday when they intercepted more than 60 pounds of MDMA -- better known to the average college kid as Ecstasy -- as it was making its way to San Francisco. Given that MDMA sells for $50 to $100 per gram, that's some $1.3 million worth of pills that won't be pass ... More >>

Authorities Say MLK Day Is the Perfect Time to Get Rid of Your Gun

If you missed San Francisco's gun buy back last month, here's another opportunity for you to quit your firearms. Marin is hosting its own gun buy-back event, extending the invitation to residents in San Francisco, Contra Costa, and Sonoma counties. So cancel your plans to hit the shooting range on ... More >>

Marin "Fairy" Busted for Halloween Heist of Accused Marijuana Dealer

A Marin County woman donning a fairy costume was booked into jail after she allegedly attacked and robbed an accused Novato marijuana dealer on Halloween. According to news reports, 21-year-old Molly Ann Blumberg was with two other women on Oct. 31 when they went to 46-year-old David Murray Randolph ... More >>

Gregory Graniss, Man Accused of Smashing Muni Bus, Says He's Really Sorry

Gregory Graniss, 22, appeared in court yesterday where he reportedly showed a great deal of remorse for trashing a Muni bus during the World Series celebration last week. Still, the Novato high school basketball star pleaded not guilty to two counts of felony charges, including vandalism and tamperi ... More >>

Marin Fugitive Jumps Off Bridge, Then Foolishly Swims Toward San Quentin Prison

Criminals will do the darndest things. And when we say darndest, we mean stupidest. On Sunday, alleged police evader Kathryn Tynes reportedly jumped off the San Rafael Bridge in a futile attempt to dodge police. According to news reports, the 30-year-old Novato woman was treading in freezing water f ... More >>

Chick-fil-A: Anti-Gay Marriage Chain Set to Open More Bay Area Restaurants

Chick-fil-A, the fast-food chain that San Franciscans reamed last month, has given the gay marriage movement a few more potential Bay Area locations to stage future kiss-ins. According to media outlets, the Atlanta-based chain bought property in Novato in Marin County this past month with the hopes ... More >>

Xternal's Caramel Corn Nails the Marijuana Mix

If you've ever used cannabis as an ingredient, you know it's as tricksy as a hobbit in a cave. Because this is a food column, we'll just skip over the complications of dosage, which are significant. Just in terms of integrating it into a recipe, the green dragon can overwhelm, especially if you're ... More >>

Bay Area Man Accused of Ripping off Pearl Jam to the Tune of $380K

Bad news for better men: the Novato-based former financial manager for Pearl Jam is accused of stealing $380,000 from the Seattle grunge titans, according to the Chron. The man, 54-year-old Rickey Charles Goodrich, paid his own credit card bills, took vacations, and bought fancy wine on the band's ... More >>

Panchita's #3 Under Fire, Francis Ford Coppola Sues, Hakkasan Heads to S.F., and More

The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. A growing number of S.F. restaurants are having a hard time figuring out the easy fact that they need to pay employees properly. Mission Local has news on the latest restaurant under fire: Panchita #3, wh ... More >>

Rose Cliver: Community to Remember Oldest 1906 Earthquake Survivor, Who Died Sunday

Rose Cliver lived a long life​We were sad to read the news that Rose Cliver, one of five oldest survivors of the 1906 earthquake, died yesterday at her home. She was 109 -- and lived a good life.But the San Francisco community is taking today to toast Cliver and her very, very long life. At noon, ... More >>

Hodo Soy Beanery Ships Products to Costco Today

​Today, Hodo Soy Beanery sent the first shipment of their stellar tofu to Bay Area Costcos. We wonder, is this the first company that's in the Ferry Building that will also be at Costco? Will we see a continued trend of local gourmet foods available by the discount dozens? What other wonders does ... More >>

The Delicate Glory of Rustic Bakery's Almond & Cacao Nib Sticks

​Despite practicing for a lifetime, your young Cook E. Monster can still be quite the amateur reporter when it comes to not watching how the cookie can crumble. No sooner did we get this week's precious loot home that we discovered most of it had already been destroyed along the way. Rooting thro ... More >>

More New York Love for Mission Chinese Food, Food Trucks Selling Junk to Students

​Today's notes on national stories, local trends, random tastes, and other bycatch dredged up from the food media. 1. The NYT looooooves Mission Chinese Food. Mark Bittman at the New York Times writes a lovely rave of Mission Chinese Food. The piece came on top of an "Edible Selvy" feature on MCF ... More >>

SF Weekly Letters

Marin Brewing Co.'s Arne Johnson

Arne Jonson's been brewmaster at Marin Brewing Co. for 15 years.​Brendan Moylan founded Marin Brewing Co. in 1989 and has since launched Moylan's in Novato. Fifteen years ago, Arne Johnson became the brewmaster at Moylan's Larkspur original, where the always-sunny patio is a favorite ferry des ... More >>

Rescued Hens Up For Adoption in Marin

​This morning, 70 rescued hens arrived at the Marin County Humane Society in Novato. They came from an animal sanctuary in Vacaville, where an egg farmer had dropped them off with plastic bands cutting into their legs. The farmer had placed the bands on the chickens when they were young, not think ... More >>

Thinking About Keeping Backyard Chickens? Rescued Birds Might Be a Good Place to Start

​This morning, 70 rescued hens arrived at the Marin County Humane Society in Novato. They came from an animal sanctuary in Vacaville, where a Northern California egg farmer had dropped them off with plastic bands cutting into their legs.The farmer placed the bands on the chickens when they were yo ... More >>

Crime-lab fiasco led to alleged drug dealers being freed

S.F.'s Iconic Anchor Brewery Sold to Marin Investment Company

Jesse Friedman/Beer & NoshFritz Maytag revived the Anchor Brewing Co., keeping operations in S.F.​Noah Galuten of our sister blog in L.A. is among a handful of sources reporting this afternoon that local craft beer pioneer Anchor Brewing Co. has been sold to The Griffin Group, a Novato-based i ... More >>

Our Local Beer Experts Blind-Tasted Stouts. Guess Who Won?

B. YaegerThe lineup ranged from Anglo to Cali.​For this month's blind beer-tasting, we gave in to the dark side. Stouts originated in England in the mid-18th century, and might have fizzled out had it not been for the Irish. Deriving its name from particularly strong or "stout" porter, stout i ... More >>

Local Warming: Climate change comes to S.F.

Monkey Business: Simian Sighted in Marin -- But S.F. Monkeys Tend to Stay in Zoo

Not seen in these parts...​The news that multiple witnesses have spotted what appears to be a monkey tooling around Novato takes the wind out of San Francisco's sails. Nothing is supposed to happen in Novato -- that's why people move to Novato. We're the place that ought to have wild animals galli ... More >>

Puffy Pancake Skewers: Your New Favorite Portable Breakfast

T. PalmerPuffy pancake skewers, where have you been all our lives?​Guillermo Lara, chef and co-owner of Novato-based catering company LaVier Cuisine, has created the breakfast you didn't know you desperately needed in your life. His puffy mini pancakes ($4), stuffed with strawberries and baked up ... More >>

Five Must-Eat Treats at the Ghirardelli Square Chocolate Festival

​The 14th Annual Ghirardelli Square Chocolate Festival, September 12-13 at Ghirardelli Square (900 North Point at Polk), finds more chocolate-themed food vendors than ever before. Careful: If you don't pace yourself, the sugar rush will overtake you before you get to taste the cream of th ... More >>

An Early Peek at Eat Real Fest Oakland's Street-Food Vendor List

Organizers of the Oakland edition of the Eat Real Street Food Fest in August have been announcing the event's growing vendor list one by one on Twitter. Instead of tracking down these peripatetic purveyors on their erratically scheduled street rounds, Eat Real is gathering up a carefully curated gro ... More >>

After 146-Year Absence, 'Living Human Products' Back on U.S. Market

Library of CongressFor sale once more?In 1863, Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, declaring illegal the sale, purchase, or ownership of living human products, known then as people.In 2009, Barack Obama signed an order lifting restrictions on federal funding of stem cell research,& ... More >>

Room with a View — and Heat

A well-known S.F. chef amps up the menu at Sutro's at the Cliff House.

Bay Area Bites from the Fancy Food Show: CJ's Bitz

There are many chocolate-pretzel combinations on the market, but CJ's Stix of Novato takes it to the next level with the addition of chunks of perfectly salted toffee. CJ's Bitz, the bite-sized version of the Stix, are dangerous. Case in point: This writer has consumed nearly a whole box of the pe ... More >>

My 12-Year-Old Nephew Could Write a Better Restaurant Review Than That

By Meredith Brody I love eating out with the kiddies. I have six godchildren, aged between early 20s and three, and I must admit I have a weakness for the one who is the best eater. At the age of 9, Chester was so appreciative of a multi-course tasting menu we were enjoying at Redwood Park, George ... More >>

The Ice Caps Are Melting

Letters to the Editor

Week of 3-21-2007

For Sale, Not Cheap

Letters to the Editor

Week of Wednesday, November 23, 2005

Reflections of La Russa

A baseball man talks shop

Magic Markings

Accident and surprise in the work of Arthur Okamura

Night Riders

Fairyland pulls an all-nighter

More At 11:00

An Exclusive Look at Secret Plans for Revolutionary Change in San Francisco Television News

Three Best Ways to Dance Away a Beautiful Sunday

Letters to the Editor for 1-9-2002

Pipe Dream; Abetting Bush; Bot Shots; Harpooned; Correction

Dog Bites

The Law of Unintended Consequences; Every Cloud Has a Silver Lining; From the Record Shelf

Labor of Love

For 10 years, Mike Levy led the local band the Sneetches. It took half that time to put out his first solo album.

Pop Philosophy

What Bush's choices for inauguration music say about the next four years

Save the Bats

The woman who takes injured bats into her home, and the doctor who treats them

Dog Bites

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Fire Trek

Why do San Francisco emergency workers live so far away?