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Santa Clara

  • Blogs

    September 7, 2012

    Shabuway's Answer to Arnold Palmer: Half and Half Hot Pot

    Shabuway recently opened its first San Francisco location and sixth overall in the Bay Area. Launched in San Mateo in 2004, the specialist of the Japanese hot pot style called shabu shabu opened subsequent locations in Mountain View, San Jose, Union City, and Santa Clara before venturing to San Fran ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 26, 2012

    Hotel Workers to Picket Hyatt, Call for Boycott

    Updated 4:55 p.m. to show Hyatt's statement about the boycott initiative.The stories coming from Hyatt housekeepers explain why people in 20 cities are rallying to launch a global boycott of the hotel chain: overworked employees, unfair firings, management turning on heat lamps on protesters in the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2012

    Sixty Ways to Celebrate Mayor Ed Lee's 60th Birthday

    Tomorrow is Mayor Ed Lee's 60th birthday. And, in lieu of a politician's traditional birthday celebration -- a cake, served discreetly in an envelope left beneath the table -- Lee's staff has come up with a novel concept. They have created a website listing 60 things you and I can do to help Lee hel ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2012

    49ers Not Bringing Gold Back to San Francisco

    The 49ers' pending move to Santa Clara feels a bit like losing one's spouse to a rich, superficial cad. But the analogy breaks down quickly. Ideally, loving and intimate relationships between two people do not require a cost-benefit analysis as the ultimate arbiter of feasibility. Relationships betw ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 4, 2012

    San Franciscans Might Be Healthier if They Drank Even More Alcohol

    You would think that a city that restricts residents from overindulging on calorie-packed Happy Meals and nicotine would rank high on the charts of obnoxiously healthy. But alas, Marin -- a county filled with binge drinkers and crappy public transit  -- outdid us on this front. Don't worry, S.F ... More >>

  • News

    February 15, 2012

    Willie's World Redux: The Former Mayor Tells It Like It Is

    You would think that a city that restricts residents from overindulging on calorie-packed Happy Meals and nicotine would rank high on the charts of obnoxiously healthy. But alas, Marin -- a county filled with binge drinkers and crappy public transit  -- outdid us on this front. Don't worry, S.F ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 6, 2012

    Adieu, 49ers: San Francisco, Team to File for Divorce

    For those with Kezar Stadium memories, losing the 49ers hurts. So does knowing the city can no longer afford the team.​Following that rarest of things -- a Super Bowl that came down to the final snap -- New England Patriots fans will be endlessly playing over the events in their minds. If only tha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2012

    49ers Season Tickets Will Require $30K Fee

    ​The NFL is a hell of a business. Niners fans, paying an exorbitant amount for season tickets, will now be required to plink down tens of thousands of dollars in order to have the privilege of paying even more for tickets in the 49ers yet-to-be-constructed stadium.Fans sitting in the "club level" ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 23, 2011

    The Old Guard

    ​The NFL is a hell of a business. Niners fans, paying an exorbitant amount for season tickets, will now be required to plink down tens of thousands of dollars in order to have the privilege of paying even more for tickets in the 49ers yet-to-be-constructed stadium.Fans sitting in the "club level" ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 23, 2011

    The Old Guard

    ​The NFL is a hell of a business. Niners fans, paying an exorbitant amount for season tickets, will now be required to plink down tens of thousands of dollars in order to have the privilege of paying even more for tickets in the 49ers yet-to-be-constructed stadium.Fans sitting in the "club level" ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 18, 2011

    SF's Melted Toys on Its South Bay Background, Befriending Girls (the Band), and Accidentally Sounding Like Felt

    Melted Toys in a haze.​ Brian Wakefield, Daniel Rosado, and Steven Harkins make up the San Francisco trio Melted Toys. With only an EP to their name -- Washed & Dried, on Underground Peoples -- they've already scored a fair amount of coverage on various blogs. On screen and on record, they co ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 13, 2011

    Feliciano Valencia-Santiago Accused of Murdering Maria Esther Orozco, Woman Found in Garbage Bag

    Feliciano Valencia-Santiago ​SF Weekly told readers about the disturbing and gruesome discovery a Sunnyvale man made in his front yard last Sunday: A garbage bag filled with bloody body parts. Police quickly identified the victim as Maria Esther Orozco, and now they've identified the suspected kil ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 13, 2011

    San Francycle: Did David Chiu Drive on Bike to Work Day?

    ​Wasn't Bike to Work day fabulous this year? We certainly saw a lot more cyclists out than usual, and we hope to see them out again on the remaining 364 days until next year. Let's do a quick roundup of the best of the bikes. According to the Chron, the mayor and "almost every member of the Bo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 26, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2011

    Snapdragon Baking Co.'s Black Sesame Toffee

    Jonathan KauffmanSnapdragon's black sesame toffee, $5 for 4 ounces. ​ Hway-ling Hsu wasn't trained as a pastry chef, so when she started making brittle last fall, she researched it the way most of us do: She downloaded a bunch of recipes off the Internet, then watched YouTube demos to learn the me ... More >>

  • News

    March 2, 2011

    California Family Courts Helping Pedophiles, Batterers Get Child Custody

    Jonathan KauffmanSnapdragon's black sesame toffee, $5 for 4 ounces. ​ Hway-ling Hsu wasn't trained as a pastry chef, so when she started making brittle last fall, she researched it the way most of us do: She downloaded a bunch of recipes off the Internet, then watched YouTube demos to learn the me ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2011

    Zion I and The Grouch Reunite for Sophomore LP Heroes in the Healing of the Nation

    ​ In 2006, Zion I and The Grouch, two of the bigger names in Bay Area hip-hop, teamed up to deliver Heroes in the City of Dope. The album turned out to be a refreshing collaboration, full of exquisite wordplay and rubbery, hyphy-inspired production. It also served as a return to form for two acts ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 28, 2011

    Vietnamese Year of the Cat Slinks into the Tenderloin for Tet

    Say it with us: Chuc mung nam moi!​The Tenderloin's Little Saigon will be transformed this weekend for Sunday's 15th Annual Vietnamese New Year Tet Festival ("Hoi Cho Tet Tan Mao" in Vietnamese), organized by the Vietnamese Community Center of San Francisco. Tet (lunar New Year) is the most im ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 20, 2010

    Michael Mina and Schweet Box Open This Week. Make of That What You Will

    ​ ​The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco restaurant scene.If you hadn't heard, the new MICHAEL MINA opened last night. In more entertaining news, UrbanDaddy finds that Schweet Boks (2142 Irving, 992-2119, Facebook page) is FINALLY about to open ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 11, 2010

    Tracking Device Found On Santa Clara College Student's Car -- FBI Wants it Back

    Hey! The college kid's getting some pizza!​Yasir Afifi, a 20-year-old college student from Santa Clara, was surprised to discover a GPS tracking device on his car a week ago during an oil change. We can bet he was even more surprised when, after a friend posted photos of the device on Reddit.com, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 5, 2010

    Lightning Strikes High School Students in Santa Clara. But Not Santa Clara You're Thinking Of.

    ​A story coming over the wire about lightning striking a pair of high school students in Santa Clara is accurate. But the town in question isn't the South Bay city of 110,000 but a small Utah burg of not quite 4,700. The Utah town -- which bills itself as "a beautiful place to live" on its website ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 17, 2010

    Where Do San Francisco's Firefighters Live?

    ​Coeur D'alene? Really?Not long ago, SF Weekly played with a data application the Bay Citizen created regarding where the city's employees live. It turns out, a number of city workers -- including more than a few firefighters -- live in far-off realms such as Placer County, Los Angeles, or even Sa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 23, 2010

    Spare the Air Today -- No Wood Fires!

    Spare what's left of the air...​The year's first "Spare the Air Day" warning has been issued for Monday. Sorry, you won't get a free ride on public transit -- unless you're unethical. But you are encouraged to avoid driving if possible (on this very short warning), not dawdle needlessly out of doo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2010

    49ers' Exit Would Save SF Money

    Chris Roberts/SF Appeal.comWhatever​Added to the burgeoning pile of "pros" in a San-Francisco-49ers-departing-San-Francisco pro-con list is this snippet, courtesy of The Examiner: should the football team play its home games in Santa Clara (the city in which the team already spends 340 days a year ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 9, 2010

    City's Plan to Keep 49ers: Wait and Hope Team, Santa Clara Are Broke

    We'll spare you the football jargon, but suffice to say the San Francisco 49ers took a huge step towards saying goodbye to Candlestick Park on Tuesday night. Voters in Santa Clara approved at the ballot a land lease deal for a proposed $937 million stadium by a nearly 2-to-1 margin. Of that $937 mil ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 5, 2010

    'Rally' Today -- in Bar -- To Keep 49ers in S.F.

    How much would it be worth to San Francisco to keep plays like this within city limits? ​If ever there's a man to liken shepherding a development to completion in San Francisco to pulling teeth, Mike Antonini is him. He's been a planning commissioner for eight years -- and he's a dentist. So Anton ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 19, 2009

    Supes Fan Flames of Labor Blaze With Survey Stating S.F. Firefighters Work Least, Earn Most Per Hour Among Bay Area Cities

    The ongoing pissing contest between the firefighters union and the progressive wing of the Board of Supervisors escalated to the point that they could put out a fire on their own today. The supes released a survey of Bay Area fire departments stating that San Francisco's firefighters work the fewest ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 2, 2009

    Newsom's Cajoling on South Bay's 49ers Stadium Plan Comes Off As Desperate Hail Mary

    Hut, hut, hikeThese days are just packed for Mayor Gavin Newsom. He just introduced a city financial plan that's a dead cert to induce enough fevered statements about "balancing the budget on the backs of the poor" to make outsiders think the city's indigent population is working on a circus novelty ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 20, 2009

    Get a Job: White House Report Details Employment Boosts in Each Congressional District. Check Out Yours Here.

    Every morning about this time/ she get me out of my bed/ a-crying get a job. After breakfast, everyday, she throws the want ads right my way/ And never fails to say, Get a job Sha na na na, sha na na na na -- The Silhouettes, "Get a Job." It may not do the mind well to note that the members o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 26, 2008

    Puma to Throw Free Party at GAMH on December 9

    Puma shoe company is coming up on its 60th birthday in December, so to celebrate it's hosting a series of free shows across the country. The San Francisco gig is on Tuesday, Dec. 9, at the Great American Music Hall, with entertainment by club diva Lady GaGa and Dim Mak Records honcho/Benihana wealth ... More >>

  • News

    November 26, 2008

    Long Shot

    San Francisco-based Women's Professional Soccer takes its shot on a treacherous field.

  • Blogs

    July 30, 2008

    The Tip of the Iceberg: Bennigan’s, We Hardly Knew Thee

    San Francisco-based Women's Professional Soccer takes its shot on a treacherous field.

  • Blogs

    May 23, 2008

    The Weekend Hitlist: Carnaval, BayCon, Margot & the Nuclear So So's

    San Francisco-based Women's Professional Soccer takes its shot on a treacherous field.

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2008

    Chron Reports on Deadly Roads For Cycling, Bike Coalition Responds

    San Francisco-based Women's Professional Soccer takes its shot on a treacherous field.

  • Blogs

    February 19, 2008

    Santa Clara Ice Cream Man Accused Of Sexually Inappropriate Comments

    San Francisco-based Women's Professional Soccer takes its shot on a treacherous field.

  • Blogs

    January 16, 2008

    You're Gorge-ous: Impress Your Date By Accepting a Food Challenge at a Restaurant

    San Francisco-based Women's Professional Soccer takes its shot on a treacherous field.

  • Blogs

    September 26, 2007

    Craigslist Beer Man: Hey, That's Mine!

    San Francisco-based Women's Professional Soccer takes its shot on a treacherous field.

  • News

    November 22, 2006

    Sports Flight

    The 49ers and the A's are on the move. Is their flight to the 'burbs a seismic shift in the Bay Area sports scene?

  • Calendar

    June 29, 2005

    Beginner's Mind

    Tuttle's magical minimalism

  • News

    April 14, 2004

    The Dog Bites Interview: Barista Champion

    Latte art: cappuccino that a barista draws a milk design in

  • News

    December 24, 2003

    Letters to the Editor

    Week of December 24, 2003

  • Calendar

    November 26, 2003

    This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

    Week of December 24, 2003

  • Calendar

    September 17, 2003

    Extreme Makeover

    Eight years after a storm's devastation, the Conservatory of Flowers reopens

  • News

    September 26, 2001

    Alien Culture

    Terrestrial tragedy has an entirely different context at the UFO Expo

  • News

    July 11, 2001

    Letters to the Editor

    Pulling the Plug on Electric Cars; Hypocrisy, Pro and Con; God, More Letters

  • News

    January 5, 2000

    Charity Begins @ Home

    A young software engineer has a plan to teach Silicon Valley to change its tightfisted ways

  • Music

    December 30, 1998

    Reviews

    A young software engineer has a plan to teach Silicon Valley to change its tightfisted ways

  • Calendar

    October 8, 1997

    Night+Day

    A young software engineer has a plan to teach Silicon Valley to change its tightfisted ways

  • Calendar

    April 2, 1997

    Night+Day

    A young software engineer has a plan to teach Silicon Valley to change its tightfisted ways

  • Music

    January 10, 1996

    Night Crawler

    A young software engineer has a plan to teach Silicon Valley to change its tightfisted ways

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