San Leandro

True Mother Comes to Town

SFPD Wants to Get Paid for Getting Dressed

Letters

Letters

Encore

Our critics weigh in on local theater

E Pluribus Unum

A tribe with many faces

Merchants of Passion

A Bay Area company moves the dildo into the national mainstream -- one housewife at a time

Encore

Our critics weigh in on local theatre

Not a Genuine Black Man

This one-man show, wrought from pain and rage, never succumbs to bitterness

Best Hot Fudge Sundae

Ghirardelli Chocolate Manufactory

Letters to the Editor

Week of Wednesday, April 28, 2004

Karaoke Dreamin'

The blisteringly harsh world of the Bay Area's competitive karaoke scene is no match for my version of "Three Times a Lady."

Best Street Food

Aidell's Sausage Stand

Best Place to Sit and Do Nothing

Ghirardelli Square

900 North Point (at Polk)

Best (Uncrowded) Redwood Forest

Redwood Regional Park

Best Idea for a New Business

Batting Cages in San Francisco

The Trip to Bountiful

Where if you don't like a dish, you're not screwed -- you're blessed

A Little Fine Tuning

How on earth will KRON fill airtime without NBC? A sneak peek.

Don't Have Insurance? Then Read This

A few steps worth taking

Rubble With a Mortgage

What could be worse than a devasting earthquake in the Bay Area? The day after, when we all realize that no one is covered by insurance.

Tales from the Junkyard

Gino Robair is living proof that anything -- anything -- can be turned into a percussion instrument

Letters

Think for Yourself, Blind Reporting, Song Without Words, High on Lowbrow, Something? Like What?

Letters

Think for Yourself, Blind Reporting, Song Without Words, High on Lowbrow, Something? Like What?

Demonstrating Exploitation

A Latino activist group has gained largely positive media coverage for organizing student walkouts to protest government social policies. But how admirable is it, really, to endanger young children for political purposes?

Night & Day

A Latino activist group has gained largely positive media coverage for organizing student walkouts to protest government social policies. But how admirable is it, really, to endanger young children for political purposes?

The Jammer's the Thing

The artistic scope of fin de siecle roller derby makes Beckett's drama seem transparent

Letters

The artistic scope of fin de siecle roller derby makes Beckett's drama seem transparent

Letters

The artistic scope of fin de siecle roller derby makes Beckett's drama seem transparent

Oom-Pah-Pah in Oakland Tomorrow at Oaktoberfest

​Oaktown is the site of tomorrow's appropriately named Oaktoberfest in the Dimond District (Ground Zero: MacArthur and Fruitvale), 11 a.m.-6 p.m. It's continuing a longstanding tradition: In the early 1900s, the area was full of beer gardens and German-owned vacation spots for S.F. families. ... More >>

If Aidells Is Out of Ferry Plaza, Shouldn't Scharffen Berger Have To Go Too?

YourFavoriteMartian/Flickr​On Tuesday, the Chronicle's C.W. Nevius reported that CUESA, the organization that runs the Ferry Plaza Farmers Market, had informed Kathleen de Wilbur, the woman who has operated the Aidells Sausage stall for 17 years, that she would be out of the market at the end of t ... More >>

Rapper Mo Wiley Wants to be San Leandro's Next Mayor

​This could give a whole new meaning to Mo Wiley's finger-shaking warning, "You Can't Touch It Unless I Say So." Wiley, an East Bay gangsta rapper and mother of three whose given name is Sara Mestas, hopes to clean up San Leandro from the Mayor's Office on down. Because really, what's more g ... More >>

Cancakes, Sweetfingers, and Other Local Food Commercials We Love

Local television isn't as booming as it was years ago. One of the greatest casualties, Dr. Jang excepted, is the proliferation of awesome and awesomely strange commercials for Bay Area businesses. We thought we'd take a moment to honor a few past and present food commercials we love: 5. East Oa ... More >>

Resolution To Support Gay Binational Couples Heads To California Senate

​A resolution supporting the federal bill that would allow gay U.S. citizens to sponsor their partners for a visa passed the California Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday and now heads to the Senate floor for a vote.Our cover story this week, "Worlds Apart," tells the story of three Bay Area coup ... More >>

T.G.I. Frisco: San Francisco's Dearth of Chain Restaurants

Kevin Y./YelpOkay, so we do have an Olive Garden out near S.F. State.​Our favorite morsel from the blogs. Yesterday at LA Weekly's Squid Ink, SFoodie's sister food blog with the WTF name, editor Amy Scattergood passed along a list from Nation's Restaurant News of America's 15 favorite casual- ... More >>

Berkeley, Oakland, San Leandro Debut Ranked-Choice Voting After Judge Upholds S.F. System

​In the wake of a federal court ruling that upheld San Francisco's system of ranked-choice voting, three East Bay cities are moving ahead with plans to adopt "RCV" in this fall's elections.Oakland, Berkeley, and San Leandro will be using the balloting system -- which allows voters to cast up to th ... More >>

With Old Oak Beer Co., Local Beer Blogger Turns Brewmaster

Old Oak Beer Co.​Old Oak Beer Co. is on course to be licensed by the ABC (Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control) one of these days. Founded by Beer & Nosh blogger/beer dinner purveyor/beer porn photog Jesse Friedman ― along with partner Damian Fagan, whose design work already graces other ... More >>

This Little Figgy Went to Market

Sean TimberlakeFigs at the Knoll Farms stand at Ferry Plaza.​In August I had the pleasure of being a pickle judge at the Eat Real Fest in Oakland. Seven of us tasted a wide array of pickles across a few categories. Of the ones that bubbled up to the top three, somewhat surprisingly, none were ... More >>

East Bay Chefs Plan Deep South Battle

Chef MagazineFIVE's Scott Howard and Banks White.​Berkeley's FIVE restaurant hosts "Seasonal Showdown Dinners" wherein executive chef/owner Scott Howard typically battles his own chef Banks White, but for the fall they're joining forces to compete against another East Bay chef team. This time ... More >>

Film Showtimes for the week of October 27-November 2, 2010

Chef MagazineFIVE's Scott Howard and Banks White.​Berkeley's FIVE restaurant hosts "Seasonal Showdown Dinners" wherein executive chef/owner Scott Howard typically battles his own chef Banks White, but for the fall they're joining forces to compete against another East Bay chef team. This time ... More >>

Nativity Thieves Caught, School Principal Says

Stolen!​Thieves seemingly bucking for damnation by ripping off a church school's nativity play costumes during mass have been caught, SF Weekly has learned. But Rodney Pierre-Antoine still finds himself in purgatory. The principal of St. Felicitas Catholic School in San Leandro hasn't yet learned ... More >>

Bay Area Police Officers Shoot Four Suspects in Less than Two Days

​There has been a series of officer-involved shootings in the Bay Area since late Tuesday night, when a San Jose Police officer's shoot-out with an alleged robber set off a spate of four armed confrontations between cops and suspects.Since then we have seen the fatal shooting of: 46-year-old Vinh ... More >>

Guide to SF Beer Week's Food Brew Pairings, Part 2

bittermelon/FlickrFatted Calf dinner at Magnolia.​You've read part one of our SF Beer Week dinner roundup. Pair your beer with food during the second half of the week here: Wednesday, Feb. 16 Drake's Sau and Brau Dinner Where: Drake's Brewing Co., 1933 Davis (at Phillips), #177, San Leandro ... More >>

Drink 2011: In Craft Brewing, the Meek Inherit the Earth

bittermelon/FlickrFatted Calf dinner at Magnolia.​You've read part one of our SF Beer Week dinner roundup. Pair your beer with food during the second half of the week here: Wednesday, Feb. 16 Drake's Sau and Brau Dinner Where: Drake's Brewing Co., 1933 Davis (at Phillips), #177, San Leandro ... More >>

Muni Driver Assaulted with Skateboard, Police Arrest Three Teens

Skating right on down to juvenile hall ​Skateboarding might not be a crime, but hitting your bus driver with a skateboard is. Police booked three teenagers today on suspicion of assaulting a Muni driver after boarding a bus near Chinatown. According to police, the three teens got onto the 30 Stock ... More >>

Drake's Barrel House: Barrel-Aged Beer Tasting Oasis

Photos by Jason Henry​Barrel-aged beer has proven to be more than a passing fad, but tap versions of these wood-aged beers can be elusive or destructive to your wallet. Enter Drake's Barrel House, a one-stop shop for your oaky fix. This beery oasis is hiding in plain sight behind a San Leand ... More >>

New California Law Gives Brewery Tasting Rooms a Break

Jason HenryDrake's Barrel House in San Leandro was built expensively under the old law​You walk into a brewery tasting room and order a sample. The beer is delicious, but you can't help noticing that the brewery doesn't have washable tile flooring and the cashier isn't far from the dishwasher. ... More >>

Oktoberfest Rings In the New Beer -- Now in September!

Werner Heiber / ShutterstockIt's that time of year again​If you're anything like us, you suffer through the 11 months of the year when it's inappropriate to wear a dirndl. It's finally time to dust off those frilly garments and drink beer from an assortment of over-sized glassware. Since you ... More >>

SF Beer Week's Coming -- Start Planning Now

​How do I love thee, SF Beer Week? Let me count the ways! On second thought, scratch that. With over 200 events already on the Beer Week calendar, professing our affection would take forever. With the schedule expected to expand significantly over the coming weeks, it's easy to be overwhelme ... More >>

Beer Revolution Turns Two & Drake's Preps for the Hopocalypse

​Unfortunately, San Franciscans don't have much to look forward to this Superbowl Sunday. We'll have to suffer through deep depression, uncontrollable fits of sobbing, and endless commercials for bland beer. Thankfully, there are two East Bay beer events this Saturday that should restore your ... More >>