Subject: Sacramento

• Take a Hike

  March 11, 2009

• Come On Down!

  September 10, 2008

• LiveFEED: Rock the Bells, 2007!

  August 18, 2007

• Medical pot can get you fired, court says

  January 24, 2008

• Lunchtime Boozing: Tax Relief Special At Palio D'Asti

  April 9, 2008

• Puffing Stogies With The Suits At Palio D'Asti

  May 21, 2008

• If You Wanna Fly, You Gotta Buy: An Evening With Marco Caprai

  June 2, 2008

• Keak Da Sneak Arrested?

  July 18, 2008

• Mastroberardino In The House: Acquerello Tasting Dinner

  July 29, 2008

• Report: Migden Screams at Her Staff

  August 22, 2008

• Thee Oh Sees Share Their Intelligence

  September 16, 2008

• MP3 of the Day: Mayyors

  October 29, 2008

• The Face That Launched A Thousand Quips: Tom Ammiano Bids Adieu to His Constituency

  Finally, a reason to visit Sacramento By Joe Eskenazi After eight years of racking up some of the world’s best off-color, gay-themed double-entendres – and, incidentally, governing San Francisco – Supervisor Tom Ammiano tossed a few last one-liners to his adoring public before opting to leave civilization as we know it (e.g. moving to Sacramento). On Friday night Ammiano celebrated his next occupation – likely the sole state Assembly Member with a turquoise stud earring. A jovial cr

  November 17, 2008

• Tom Ammiano Compares Capitol to "Alice in Wonderland" -- and He's Alice

  San Franciscans already know that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger isn't the only Sacramento politician with a background in film. That was Assemblyman Tom Ammiano playing himself in Milk -- and while it wasn't a stretch for Ammiano to play Ammiano, his next project may call for a bit more range. When asked for his his impressions of Sacramento after a month and change as a legislator, the former supervisor immediately replied, "It's kind of like Alice in Wonderland and I guess I'm Alice right now." A

  January 16, 2009

• Far Reunion Tour Hits S.F. in February

  Once upon a time in the '90s, a band called Far emerged from Sacramento and delivered crunchy, hard rock music paired with silky, melodic vocals. It was like the first time you tried peanut butter with ychocolate. It put out some of the most amazing and underrated albums of their era in Tin Cans with Strings to You and Water & Solutions. And, like every good '90s music act, Far broke up and fell into relative obscurity to begin the new millennium. Alas, the band has reunited (like every goo

  January 22, 2009

• Two Gallants, Trash Talk Perform in Benefit for Oscar Grant's Family

  The community support for the friends and family of BART shooting victim Oscar Grant has spread to the music community. First Too $hort spoke at an Oakland protest on Jan. 14, and now representatives from the indie and metal world are getting involved. Sacramento hardcore faves Trash Talk will take the Gilman stage on a bill with local folksters Two Gallants on Sunday, Feb. 8. The show is a benefit, and proceeds from the $12 door fee will go to Grant's family. Show starts a 3:30 p.m. sharp and "

  January 27, 2009

• Double-Bagged: Sagging Economy Drives Politicos Away From Plastic Bag Fees Toward Simplistic Bans -- Or, More Likely, Nothing

  Joe EskenaziIt's not often that we'll deign to cover the affairs of the Santa Clara County Recycling & Waste Reduction Commission, but today's the day. In a few hours, the commission will discuss whether to move forward on a bold and environmentally sound plan to impose a 25-cent fee on all bags handed out in the county -- paper or plastic -- with the end goal being to encourage shoppers to bring their own. Now, it's not often that we'll bet on the affairs of the SCCR&WRC -- but today's

  February 25, 2009

• Against All Odds

  May 22, 1996

• The New Kid

  Despite crossing party leadership during the campaign, new state Senator gets plum posts.

  January 21, 2009

• Chachi Jones' robotic daydreams

  April 5, 2006

• A weekly listing of new restaurants around town

  February 22, 2006

• A weekly listing of new restaurants around town

  February 15, 2006

• A weekly listing of new restaurants around town

  February 8, 2006

• Letters to the Editor

  Week of Wednesday, November 23, 2005

  November 23, 2005

• Best Hidden Restaurant (tie)

  May 11, 2005

• Best Prix Fixe

  May 11, 2005

• Best Italian

  May 11, 2005

• Best Scrolling View

  May 11, 2005

• The Empire Strikes Back

  April 6, 2005

• Klondike & York

  January 19, 2005

• The Frenchmen

  Sorry We Ruined Your Party

  August 11, 2004

• Critical Masturbation

  The long-running pro-bike protest known as Critical Mass is a form of ritual self-abuse that hurts the cause of city cycling

  May 14, 2003

• SHOPS

  November 20, 2002

• Blowing Smoke

  WARNING: Gov. Davis' plan to use tobacco lawsuit money to fill a budget gap is dangerous to our financial health

  June 26, 2002

• Best Bike Trail

  May 15, 2002

• Dog Bites

  Lawmaker for a Day; Yes, It's All About You

  September 19, 2001

• Time Capsule

  August 22, 2001

• Dim Bulbs

  Greedy out-of-state profiteers make easy targets, but the real villains of California's energy debacle are the ones under the state capitol dome.

  March 7, 2001

• ¡Holy Cohiba!

  Federal agents smoke out an insidious Bay Area smuggling ring as part of their ceaseless efforts to keep our streets safe from illegal Cuban cigars

  October 6, 1999

• Political Economy

  How a Willie Brown real estate venture snagged tens of millions of dollars in government subsidies and opened the way for Democratic heavyweight Angelo Tsakopoulo to make even more money

  August 25, 1999

• Brotherly Love

  January 27, 1999

• Is This Any Way to Run A Railroad?

  Union Pacific's tenacious fight to gut safety laws passed when a derailment sterilized 40 miles of the upper Sacramento River

  August 12, 1998

• Unspun

  January 8, 1997

• Free Iced Coffee Today at Coffee Bean

  Those in search of a slightly more civilized freebie than the lines reported at KFCs around the country thanks to Oprah might saunter over to their nearest Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf (773 Market at 4th St.; 2201 Fillmore at Sacramento; Four Embarcadero Center) between 4 and 8 p.m. today. Sure, there will probably also be some sort of wait since the company is offering a free 12 oz. iced coffee during those hours, but it's likely to move more swiftly than that of the Colonel's. The promotion is me

  May 7, 2009

• Hot Meal: Lunch at Wexler's

  Smoked chicken wings: A tad gnawy.Despite the buzz it's sparked, brand-new Wexler's (568 Sacramento at Montgomery) strikes you as tiny and a little prim, tucked away in a gray block of Sacramento along a concrete canyon in the Financial District. Even the dining room has a touch of the austere, despite its otherwise playful bronto-bones canopy rippling across the ceiling. Show up in a business suit at lunch, and you won't feel like some overdressed douchebag. Or at least not the only one. The i

  June 17, 2009

• Cheap Wines That Don't Suck: 2008 Famega Vinho Verde

  The solstice says it's summer, but the fog hovering over the bay hasn't yet made up its mind. The sun will eventually peek out, and when it does you'll want the right wine: perky, light, clean, and cheap. Vinho Verde, a Portuguese white that literally means "green wine," fits the bill. Famega makes one of the best, with bright acidity, crisp-apple freshness, and an ever so slight petillance -- and D&M Wines and Liquors in Pac Heights (2200 Fillmore at Sacramento) sells it for $8.99. It's mad

  June 25, 2009

• A Reinvented Classic, Cheap Hoes, and Dollar Oysters: A Foodie Day Planner

  ​Monday, August 3, 2009 Let's do lunch: Some days you just feel like going classic. SF Weekly food critic Meredith Brody recommends one better : a cleaned-up take on an otherwise hackneyed classic, aka the chicken Waldorf salad at Spruce (3640 Sacramento at Spruce). Drink therapy: It's Micro Monday at Café Flore in the Castro (2298 Market at Noe): $4 Fernet Branca shots and $1 off Stellas, Anchor Steams, and Hoegaardens in, well, the city's original ho garden. Turns out that, like th

  August 3, 2009

• Moist Hunks, Juicy Roll: A SFoodie Lunch Planner

  ​Tuesday, September 1, 2009 Good enough for us: SF Weekly food critic Meredith Brody recently called the pulled lamb sandwich here "absolutely superb: moist hunks of meat, juices imbuing its crusty roll, with an unexpectedly delicious dipping side of watermelon vinegar." Get your own at Wexler's, 568 Sacramento (at Montgomery), 983-0102.

  September 1, 2009

• Chronic City: Here's Progress -- S.F. Firefighters Rescue Marijuana Grow-Op

  Save the medical marijuana, fire teddy! ​ Sometimes the biggest signs of epochal change in society are those that are casually mentioned, five paragraphs down in a story. Such was the case with Sunday's four-alarm warehouse fire in Bayview, where fire crews remained yesterday monitoring for flare-ups."Marijuana was found growing in one of the buildings," CBS5 reported, "but police Sergeant Wilfred Williams said this morning that the narcotics unit investigation found that the marijuana is bein

  September 2, 2009

• O.G. Italian, Pac Heights-Style: A SFoodie Lunch Planner

  ​Monday, October 26, 2009 What the hell is a "vivande"? It was an Italian takeaway food shop in the Middle Ages, long before restaurants existed. Carlo Middione's Fillmore Street food shop has been around almost since the Dark Ages -- well, since 1981, which is plenty dark for us. Get an O.G. taste of Upper Fillmore in SF Weekly food critic Meredith Brody's pick of Boscaiola, a sauté of fennel sausage, potato, peppers, and mushrooms with white wine, at Vivande, 2125 Fillmore (at Sacramen

  October 26, 2009