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Blogs
April 26, 2012
Body Washed Up at Bodega Bay Might Be Sailor From Farallon Islands Accident
Authorities say they might have recovered the body of one of the sailors who went missing after a boating accident near the Farallon Islands earlier this month.Tourists spotted the body at the base of the cliff at Bodega Head Tuesday evening, but helicopters couldn't see anything "due to the darkne ... More >>
Blogs
March 20, 2012
Forget Skiing, It's Cheese This Weekend
This weekend, it's Disneyland for cheese, expect instead of rides there are tours of cheese making facilities; instead of performances and plush, strolling characters there are cheese seminars, authors, and producers; and instead of crappy food at the end of long lines it's all cheese. &nbs ... More >>
Blogs
March 13, 2012
Cookie Brittle: Two Words That Go Great Together
Upon initial inspection of Holly Baking's Sweet Ginger Cookie Brittle, Cook E. Monster conjured up images of sticky candy getting stuck in the back teeth. Instead, these neatly shatter into piles of sugar, cinnamon, and pulverized ginger. The box touts all-natural ingredients, but the cookies the ... More >>
Blogs
February 7, 2012
Meet Heather Meader-McCausland, Whose Alaskan Photos Make SFO Less Depressing
Heather Meader-McCausland grew up in rural Alaska, 100 miles above the Arctic Circle, and in Sonoma County, Calif. She was born to Elaine and Fred Meader, the filmmakers who produced the Alaskan documentary "Year of the Caribou," so nobody was surprised when she picked up a camera. Her photo exhibit ... More >>
Blogs
December 2, 2011
Donald Casper Update: Reward Increases in Fatal Hit-and-Run of S.F. Commissioner
Donald Casper It's been more than three months since former San Francisco Civil Service Commissioner Donald Casper was tragically killed while jogging on a rural road in Sonoma County -- and police have made no arrests, nor have they named a suspect. Frustrated by the lack of progress, the cops h ... More >>
Blogs
November 18, 2011
Gun Rights Crusaders Target State Over Definition of "Assault Weapon"
Hell yeah I got a license for it! The term "assault weapon" has always rankled Second Amendment absolutists. Handled properly, an umbrella could be an "assault weapon." Considering the purpose of a weapon, the term "assault weapon" is rather redundant. In this state it's also "unconstitutionally ... More >>
Blogs
November 17, 2011
Drink Your Way Through the Weekend
THEMACGIRL*/FlickrThis isn't the kind of wedding cake you'll see at SFMOMAYou made it this far and have hopefully recovered from the Kopstootjes from earlier this week. Here's a fresh guide to getting your drink on this weekend. SFMOMA Blue Bottle present Wedding Banquet Where: Rooftop G ... More >>
Blogs
September 26, 2011
Tolosa Shows What Chardonnay Smells Like Without Oak
Earlier this year I attended a fascinating seminar, led by a perfumer, at Tolosa Winery in San Luis Obispo County. Over the course of several mentally exhausting hours, we learned by blind-whiffing essential oils exactly what many of the descriptors we use all the time smell like. For examp ... More >>
Blogs
September 8, 2011
Rare Franciscan Manzanita Could Be Listed as Endangered Species After All
Only one leftSF Weekly readers might recall the wild discovery two years ago when a Franciscan Manzanita bush -- thought to be extinct -- was randomly spotted in a Presidio traffic island. Since then, environmentalists have fought to have the plant protected -- and now they might have won.The U.S ... More >>
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August 31, 2011
Unreality Realized
Only one leftSF Weekly readers might recall the wild discovery two years ago when a Franciscan Manzanita bush -- thought to be extinct -- was randomly spotted in a Presidio traffic island. Since then, environmentalists have fought to have the plant protected -- and now they might have won.The U.S ... More >>
Blogs
July 11, 2011
Sonoma in the City: Huge wine tasting
Close your eyes and imagine you're in Sonoma County. Wait -- whose shoulder is that?Sonoma in the City Grand Tasting Where: Westin St. Francis hotel, 335 Powell St. (at Post) When: Tuesday, July 12, 5:30 - 8 p.m. Cost: $55 Unless you're willing to spend more than $60 a bottle, Sonoma Cou ... More >>
Culture
June 22, 2011
Summer Guide: Bay Area Summer Food Festivals
Close your eyes and imagine you're in Sonoma County. Wait -- whose shoulder is that?Sonoma in the City Grand Tasting Where: Westin St. Francis hotel, 335 Powell St. (at Post) When: Tuesday, July 12, 5:30 - 8 p.m. Cost: $55 Unless you're willing to spend more than $60 a bottle, Sonoma Cou ... More >>
Music
May 25, 2011
A Guide to NorCal Music Festivals
Close your eyes and imagine you're in Sonoma County. Wait -- whose shoulder is that?Sonoma in the City Grand Tasting Where: Westin St. Francis hotel, 335 Powell St. (at Post) When: Tuesday, July 12, 5:30 - 8 p.m. Cost: $55 Unless you're willing to spend more than $60 a bottle, Sonoma Cou ... More >>
Blogs
May 13, 2011
Joseph Erich Pearson, S.F. Dispensary Owner, Arrested After Blaze Burns Marijuana Grow in Rural Sonoma
Marijuna blazeThe co-founder of San Francisco's slickest medical cannabis dispensary and a member of the San Francisco Medical Cannabis Task Force has been charged with multiple felonies stemming from a Sonoma County marijuana grow, according to news reports.Joseph Erich Pearson, 34, co-founder o ... More >>
Blogs
April 18, 2011
Another Teen Jumps off Golden Gate Bridge, Survives
Suicide attempt Last month, a Sonoma County teen got the attention he was looking for when he jumped 250 feet from the Golden Gate Bridge during a school field trip for shits and giggles -- although nobody was laughing. That incident seems even less humorous after this weekend when another teen j ... More >>
Blogs
March 10, 2011
Teen Jumps Off Golden Gate Bridge; Survives
One too many jumpersA teen from Sonoma County jumped from the Golden Gate Bridge today during a school field trip, yet survived after falling nearly 250 feet. Media outlets are reporting that at about 11 a.m., the Windsor High School student jumped from the eastern sidewalk, just south of the Sou ... More >>
Blogs
February 23, 2011
In Print: The Pomplamoose Revolution, A Guide to Noise Pop, and More
From the latest SF Weekly:The Pomplamoose Revolution: On an improbably sunny midwinter day, amid green pastures and meandering cows, two unassuming musicians are waging a revolution against the established order of the recording industry. Here, inside a dim shed formerly used as a dog kennel, J ... More >>
Music
January 19, 2011
Technology fuels Zoe Keating's cello explorations
From the latest SF Weekly:The Pomplamoose Revolution: On an improbably sunny midwinter day, amid green pastures and meandering cows, two unassuming musicians are waging a revolution against the established order of the recording industry. Here, inside a dim shed formerly used as a dog kennel, J ... More >>
Blogs
November 29, 2010
'Bikini Traveler' Corinne Theile Strips Again at Sonoma Airport
Corinne Theile, the woman who got everyone's attention (including Conan O'Brien's) on Thanksgiving day by stripping down to a black bikini when gallivanting through a TSA security checkpoint at LAX, repeated her stunt Monday. Theile tweeted on Sunday to the 1,794 followers of her @Super_Hera acco ... More >>
Blogs
October 29, 2010
Alleged Edwin Ramos Murders Haunt Sonoma Pro-Sanctuary City Candidate
Edwin Ramos, the man who killed sanctuary cities The 2008 slaying of an Excelsior District man and his two sons in San Francisco, allegedly by an illegal immigrant, roiled ill will towards the city's sanctuary city status. But now the murders are being held against a candidate for the Board of Su ... More >>
Blogs
September 13, 2010
Save the Date: Fall Apple and Cheese Tasting in Healdsburg
pengrin™/FlickrSonoma County Gravenstein.An orchard of ancient Gravenstein apples ― prized for their ability to tart and plump up a pie by Jonathan Kauffman ― will be the setting for a fall tasting next month in Healdsburg. The three-hour event at Gina's Orchard is heavy on samples of s ... More >>
Blogs
August 20, 2010
S.F.'s Blissmo Urges Foodies to Go Green via Web Discounts
The flash sales marketer wants consumers to support what it deems good-guy businesses.According to a Change.org article published this week, "flash sales," or e-mail and Web operations offering time-sensitive discounts on products, are "the hottest segment of the consumer web market." How ha ... More >>
Dining
August 18, 2010
Fresh Eats: Urban winery in Dogpatch, Farm:Table is small but beautiful
The flash sales marketer wants consumers to support what it deems good-guy businesses.According to a Change.org article published this week, "flash sales," or e-mail and Web operations offering time-sensitive discounts on products, are "the hottest segment of the consumer web market." How ha ... More >>
Blogs
August 12, 2010
Sutton Cellars: An Urban Winery Grows in Dogpatch
Lou BustamanteSutton Cellars' Carl Sutton.Despite occasionally living up to the grittiness of its name, the Dogpatch is becoming one of the best neighborhoods in the city for food. Right off the T line, it boasts some notable residents: Recchiuti's production facility, Piccino, Serpentine, Ki ... More >>
Dining
August 11, 2010
Fresh Eats: Saving the Gravenstein, enjoying the Wayfare's Hangtown Fry
Lou BustamanteSutton Cellars' Carl Sutton.Despite occasionally living up to the grittiness of its name, the Dogpatch is becoming one of the best neighborhoods in the city for food. Right off the T line, it boasts some notable residents: Recchiuti's production facility, Piccino, Serpentine, Ki ... More >>
Blogs
August 3, 2010
Slow Food's Gravenstein Apple Promotion: Make a Pie, Save a Tree
To the people who know them, Gravenstein apples are pie apples. One of the first varieties to appear in the markets in late summer, they have a bright acidity and a gorgeous aroma that survives even after the apples have been baked or simmered for hours. There are currently 900 acres of Gravenst ... More >>
Blogs
June 17, 2010
S.F. Rising: Spelt Bread from Grindstone Bakery
J KauffmanThe picture of health(fulness).S.F. Rising is a weekly survey of bread in San Francisco ― the baked and the fried, the artisan and the novelty.Grindstone Bakery sprouted seeds spelt bread Source: Whole Foods (California St.), Bi-Rite Market, Rainbow Grocery, Berkeley BowlToast-appr ... More >>
Blogs
January 5, 2010
Tourism Board on Odd Juxtaposition of Words 'County' and 'Country': We Meant to Do That!
Is Sonoma Country a constitutional monarchy? Or do its kings still rule by divine right? You receive odd things when you work at a newspaper. A job candidate signifying he or she was ready to "hit the ground running" sent us some baby shoes (we gave them to a baby). An even more deranged candidat ... More >>
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September 2, 2009
Fresh Peach Tasting and Preserves Swap
Is Sonoma Country a constitutional monarchy? Or do its kings still rule by divine right? You receive odd things when you work at a newspaper. A job candidate signifying he or she was ready to "hit the ground running" sent us some baby shoes (we gave them to a baby). An even more deranged candidat ... More >>
Blogs
August 27, 2009
From Goats to Egyptian Onions, Craigslist Can Hook You Up with the Essentials of Urban Life
Find a hand job. Or a truckload of Zinfandel grapes.Nearly 70 years ago, Albert Camus ruminated on the isolation of city life: As a remedy to life in society I would suggest the big city. Nowadays, it is the only desert within our means. If only he'd lived to know Craigslist. We're no longer ... More >>
Blogs
May 22, 2009
Love Vino? Hang Out on Facebook? It Could Land You a Gig with Sonoma Co. Winemaker
e.t via FlickrThe winning "lifestyle correspondent" will spend six months touting Murphy-GoodeCalling all Twitter addicts with a thing for wine: A Sonoma County winemaker wants to pay you a boatload of money simply to hang out, sip Zinfandel, and send tweets. Seriously. Okay, so it calls for a bit ... More >>
Blogs
March 7, 2009
Pig Out: Pigs and Pinot Festival in Healdsburg, March 20 to 21
Looks like SFoodies will find lots to choose from in Sonoma the weekend of March 20, between the Artisanal Cheese Festival that we wrote about in Petaluma, and Charlie Palmer's Fourth Annual Celebration of Pigs and Pinot, a series of dining and educational events hosted by Palmer at the Hotel Healds ... More >>
Blogs
March 6, 2009
Cheeseheads: Artisanal Cheese Festival in Petaluma, March 20-23
Sonoma will be ground zero for aficionados of California's artisan cheese producers. The third annual Artisan Cheese Festival, held at the Sheraton Sonoma County - Petaluma, will run from Friday, March 20, through Monday, March 23. The festivities begin with a Meet the Artisans welcome reception a ... More >>
Blogs
February 23, 2009
2009 Growers Dinners at Jack Falstaff
Executive Chef Jonnatan Leiva of Jack Falstaff (398 2nd St.) has planned a whole new set of "Growers Dinners" for 2009 in order to bring diners closer to where their food comes from and the people that are responsible for it, from the farmers to the chefs. We spoke with the affable Leiva back in N ... More >>
Blogs
February 18, 2009
Cheese Hunt: Bi-Rite Market
The selection includes many hard-to-find, top-quality brands.
Calendar
December 10, 2008
Jane, You Ignorant Drunk
The selection includes many hard-to-find, top-quality brands.
Blogs
September 10, 2008
Press Democrat Gives Misleading Solace to Area Bank Depositers
The selection includes many hard-to-find, top-quality brands.
Blogs
July 20, 2008
Friday: Strangely Mannered at Gallery 1988
The selection includes many hard-to-find, top-quality brands.
Music
August 24, 2005
Northern California Dreamin'
The Phoenix theater is the best clubhouse a local music scene could ever have
News
October 20, 2004
Horse Pay
An enterprising volunteer gives Sonoma State University a unique solution to its athletics-funding problem: a stable of thoroughbreds
Best of San Francisco
May 19, 2004
Best Biplane Rides
Vintage Aircraft Co.
News
March 31, 2004
Sprung
A Manila-folder galleon, catered edamame at camp, and a Q&A with Dr. Beer: It must be spring
Summer Guide
June 25, 2003
Summer Events a Go Go!
What to do, all summer long
Dining
April 2, 2003
Life During Wartime
Watching the motorcycle cops drive by from the Last Supper Club and Fringale
News
December 11, 2002
A Tomb of One's Own
A course that explains how to celebrate and dispose of a dead loved one at home seems creepy. And then interesting. And then as natural as death itself.
News
August 2, 2000
Current Events
How development pressure and environmental law may force radical change along the seemingly idyllic but deeply troubled Russian River
Dining
August 4, 1999
Side Dish
How development pressure and environmental law may force radical change along the seemingly idyllic but deeply troubled Russian River
News
September 2, 1998
How to Stalk, Kill, and Cook a California Wild Pig
How development pressure and environmental law may force radical change along the seemingly idyllic but deeply troubled Russian River
News
September 17, 1997
Duck! You're in Wine Country
Why do police in bucolic Santa Rosa kill more citizens per capita than cops in crime-ridden cities like San Francisco and New York?
Dining
May 31, 1995
Dish
Why do police in bucolic Santa Rosa kill more citizens per capita than cops in crime-ridden cities like San Francisco and New York?
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