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Wines That Go Well With Bay Area Bands

​You can go to a restaurant and ask the server to offer wine pairings to accompany your fancy-pants menu choice. But imagine you're home and have just reached for the latest album from that hip new San Francisco band. You're all ready to crank up those sweet tunes, but what to drink to compliment ... More >>

New Bonnie 'Prince' Billy Film From FolkYeah's Britt Govea

​Now this is a match made in heaven (aka Big Sur). Bonnie 'Prince' Billy helped indie music promoter Britt Govea, the guy behind (((FolkYeah))), start doing those amazing shows along the coast by agreeing to be one of his first bookings. Govea started setting up shows for Billy in Big Sur and has ... More >>

What To Do? Tuesday's Pick: Joe Sib @ Punch Line

​Joe Sib @ Punch Line Like a Northern California Henry Rollins, Joe Sib has turned his fully loaded treasure chest of punk-rock memories into a spoken-word event. Sib is the cofounder of SideOneDummy Records who has fronted bands for the past 26 years, most notably Wax, which gained attention in ... More >>

Next Week: Elixir and Happy Girl Kitchen Shake Up Cocktails at 18 Reasons

T. Palmer​Based in the Santa Cruz Mountains, the vibrant pickled vegetables and juices from Happy Girl Kitchen (which you can learn to emulate) will star with Square One spirits and Elixir bar master H. Joseph Erhmann in an educational cocktail night at Bi-Rite's nonprofit community/art space 18 R ... More >>

Holiday Gift Idea: Canning Workshops from Happy Girl Kitchen

T. Palmer​"Give a man a pickle and feed him for one day," says Happy Girl Kitchen, "teach him how to pickle and feed him and his friends for the rest of his life!"HGK is based in the Santa Cruz Mountains and offers home canning workshops both there and in Oakland all year. The $125 fee includes a ... More >>

SFPD can't tell a lie: It still uses unreliable polygraph to screen recruits

Even though scientists have discredited the polygraph, the SFPD still relies on the flawed device to screen recruits.

Tonalism in Big Sur: All Night Ambient Music (Free Tix Available)

Windy and Carl(((folkYEAH!))) promotes the most interesting music events in Northern California, hosting numerous shows in Big Sur and the Santa Cruz Mountains. Next week, honcho Britt Govea has two big performances: Animal Collective on Wednesday, May 27, and an extra special all night gathering de ... More >>

New Doc on Big Sur (((folkYEAH!))) Fests

One of my favorite local(-ish, he's based in Monterrey) promoters is (((folkYEAH!))). Under that name, music fan Britt Govea has brought a host of freak folk, heavy drone, psych rock, and the like to the Fernwood and the Henry Miller Library in Big Sur -- as well as concerts in the Santa Cruz Mounta ... More >>

Day Trip: Ahlgren Vineyard & Castle Rock State Park

Ahlgren Vineyard, known for its Semillon, is one of the best wineries in the Santa Cruz Mountains.

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Ahlgren Vineyard, known for its Semillon, is one of the best wineries in the Santa Cruz Mountains.

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Ahlgren Vineyard, known for its Semillon, is one of the best wineries in the Santa Cruz Mountains.

Ultra Marathon Man

Even among long-distance runners, S.F.'s Dean Karnazes is a phenom

Rights of Passage

With gates and fences, private property owners are increasingly cutting off traditional paths to public lands. State law offers some recourse, but not much.

Night Crawler

With gates and fences, private property owners are increasingly cutting off traditional paths to public lands. State law offers some recourse, but not much.

Dog Bites

With gates and fences, private property owners are increasingly cutting off traditional paths to public lands. State law offers some recourse, but not much.

Great Moments in the Bay Area Feel Good/Feel Better History

With gates and fences, private property owners are increasingly cutting off traditional paths to public lands. State law offers some recourse, but not much.