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  • Blogs

    January 18, 2013

    Storefront Marijuana Dispensaries Are Definitely Legal

    In this uncertain reality of ours, the last place to look for a nugget of truth is the gray area laden world of medical marijuana. But the California Supreme Court gifted us all an unexpected dose of certainty this week by refusing to do anything.Earlier, Attorney General Kamala Harris and other law ... More >>

  • Dining

    December 12, 2012

    YakiniQ BBQ: Seoul Food for San Francisco

    In this uncertain reality of ours, the last place to look for a nugget of truth is the gray area laden world of medical marijuana. But the California Supreme Court gifted us all an unexpected dose of certainty this week by refusing to do anything.Earlier, Attorney General Kamala Harris and other law ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 12, 2012

    So Wong It's Right

    In this uncertain reality of ours, the last place to look for a nugget of truth is the gray area laden world of medical marijuana. But the California Supreme Court gifted us all an unexpected dose of certainty this week by refusing to do anything.Earlier, Attorney General Kamala Harris and other law ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 6, 2012

    Danny Roman, Mexican Mafia Boss, Ran Gang Network From Pelican Bay, Alleges Indictment

    Danny Roman was convicted of first degree murder in 1984. He is serving a life sentence at Pelican Bay State Prison, 350 miles north of San Francisco and 700 miles north of his hometown, Los Angeles. But from his maximum security perch near the Oregon border, federal authorities claim, Roman, an al ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2012

    Shyanne White, Missing Autistic Teen, Found Badly Beaten, Sexually Assaulted on Bus in S.F.

    Good News: San Francisco authorities say that found the severely autistic Oakland girl who had been missing for two days. Sadly, the 16-year-old had been badly beaten and sexually assaulted. Shyanne White, 16, was found on a bus in San Francisco about 8 p.m. on Thursday, according to her mother, Sh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 2, 2012

    The 10 Most Unreadable Metal Band Logos

    Once upon a time, extreme metal bands opted to contort their logos into the most stylized mutations possible as a way to visually represent their music, and as a proud testament to the obscurity of their appeal. By now, it's all become a bad joke, and you're likelier to find the sludgiest doom crust ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 26, 2012

    Beer of the Week: Ballast Point's Spicy Indra Kunindra

    We're not gonna sugarcoat this -- you might not like this brew. On the other hand, this might be one of the most unique, exciting beers you've ever tasted. Interested in a beverage that unmistakably smacks of Indian and Thai curries? If so, read on. If not, then get outside your comfort zone and rea ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 22, 2012

    America's Cup Is Here: The Top 7 Things Every San Franciscan Needs to Know About Yacht Rock

    Yacht Rock is a kind of smooth, soft rock made by men with pretty voices in the late '70s and early '80s. It's called "yacht rock" now (it wasn't then) because it's pretty much the ideal soundtrack for a crisp, smug, Topsider-wearing day on the water. Given that San Francisco is now in the throes o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 10, 2012

    Craftsman Brewing Comes North for a Brewmaster's Dinner

    Most regions have their own cult brewers -- bearded, idiosyncratic wizards whose unique beers always seem to turn out right. In the Bay Area, Moonlight Brewing's Brian Hunt fits the bill. In Southern California, the honor arguably goes to Mark Jilg of Craftsman Brewing. The bad news is that Craftsm ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 30, 2012

    Accused Con Artists Indicted for Defrauding Bay Area Company

    A San Francisco federal grand jury indicted two Southern California men for allegedly duping companies into thinking they had contracts to help clean up post-Hurricane Katrina New Orleans. The feds have accused Ngoc Duong of  Fountain View and Hong Lee Wong of Torrance of wire fraud and aggrav ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2012

    The Roxie's Post-Punk Film Series This Weekend: Here's What You Need to Know

    We absolutely thrive on live music, but the snarky bartenders, fickle sound systems, and the general social hustle of attending local concerts can be draining. Occasionally we need a weekend of solitude and darkness, but don't want to forego assimilating new music and information about it. Luckily, ... More >>

  • Dining

    July 18, 2012

    Dixie: Southern Meets Californian Down Home on the Presidio

    We absolutely thrive on live music, but the snarky bartenders, fickle sound systems, and the general social hustle of attending local concerts can be draining. Occasionally we need a weekend of solitude and darkness, but don't want to forego assimilating new music and information about it. Luckily, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 9, 2012

    Rally Pumpkin, Well-Known, Quirky Giants Fan, Dies

    Internet forums were buzzing this weekend with sad news about the very visible Giants fan Craig Appel, best known as Rally Pumpkin, who died in an apparent suicide over the weekend. Police in North Hollywood say that Appel, who was also known as "Jingles" to Giants broadcasters, players, and coaches ... More >>

  • Music

    June 13, 2012

    Sizzle & Fizzle: Highs and Lows from the Last Week in S.F. Music

    Internet forums were buzzing this weekend with sad news about the very visible Giants fan Craig Appel, best known as Rally Pumpkin, who died in an apparent suicide over the weekend. Police in North Hollywood say that Appel, who was also known as "Jingles" to Giants broadcasters, players, and coaches ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 9, 2012

    California Congressmen Push Spending Cuts on Federal Marijuana Enforcement

    Budget hawks incensed over San Francisco's supposedly profligate spending ought to spend a few minutes at Congress, observing the dollar requests submitted by federal departments.Take the $28.2 billion, 111,998-employee federal Department of Justice, for example. The country's 12,000 employees in Un ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2012

    See The Tower of Pork and Other Delights at Chris Cosentino's Los Angeles Eatery PIGG

    While Southern California's Umami Burger opened its first Bay Area location in San Francisco in 2011 and has signed a lease on a second spot in Oakland, it has also developed a new and broader concept called Umamicatessen, which debuted in downtown Los Angeles in March. The showpiece of the Umami Re ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 1, 2012

    K&L Wines Shakes Things Up with Faultline Gin

    In the Bay Area, we have more than our fair share of great spirits retailers and producers--a symbiotic relationship that keeps our personal bars stocked with delicious and unique local spirits. Two of the finest, K&L Wines and St. George Spirits, have joined forces to create a limited-run spirit wo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 5, 2012

    Stag Dining Group Speak: "What We've Done Has Taken Us by Surprise"

    As Stag Dining Group, Emory al-Imam, Jordan Grosser, Matthew Homyak, Ted Fleury, and Anil Margsahayam have been putting on professionally clandestine dinners for 18 months now. Just before filing my review of their most recent event -- titled "Guns, Game, and Rose" -- I spoke to two of the stags, Ma ... More >>

  • Dining

    April 4, 2012

    Bill Banning Food Trucks from Parking Near Schools Is Withdrawn

    As Stag Dining Group, Emory al-Imam, Jordan Grosser, Matthew Homyak, Ted Fleury, and Anil Margsahayam have been putting on professionally clandestine dinners for 18 months now. Just before filing my review of their most recent event -- titled "Guns, Game, and Rose" -- I spoke to two of the stags, Ma ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 28, 2012

    California Bill Banning Food Trucks From Parking Near Schools Is Quashed

    ​Assemblymember Bill Monning (D.-Monterey), who recently introduced a bill requiring food trucks to park no closer than 1,500 feet from any school during school hours, has just withdrawn the bill from the state legislature. AB-1678 raised an outcry around the state because of its potential ec ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 21, 2012

    Labor Groups, Not Occupy, to Protest the 1 Percent

    ​It's feels like it's been too long since San Francisco has had a rambunctious, traffic-blocking protest aimed at the 1 percent. But tomorrow you can expect all of this and more -- but you can't blame it on Occupy this time. Bay Area labor activists are planning to pack the streets of San Francisc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 13, 2012

    There's a National Kerfuffle About Restaurant Stars, and Why I Don't Care

    ​If you hadn't heard, the LA Times, which recently hired Jonathan Gold away from our sister paper the LA Weekly, made the decision last week to drop assigning stars to restaurant reviews. "Star ratings are increasingly difficult to align with the reality of dining in Southern California," food edi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2012

    San Francisco's S3X Gallery Is a Welcome Newcomer in a Small Field

    S3X Gallery says that it's San Francisco's first gallery dedicated to displaying only erotic art. While certain other venues in town might have something to say about that (Hello, Femina Potens. How you doing, Mark I. Chester Studio?), if the gallery's opening lineup and plans for the future are any ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 8, 2012

    Newcomer

    S3X Gallery says that it's San Francisco's first gallery dedicated to displaying only erotic art. While certain other venues in town might have something to say about that (Hello, Femina Potens. How you doing, Mark I. Chester Studio?), if the gallery's opening lineup and plans for the future are any ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2012

    Porn Star Activist Jiz Lee Talks About When and How Sex Workers Can Give Consent

    ​The ethics of consent is becoming a hot, vital topic of discussion in alternative sexuality communities. While talking about consent is something that never quite goes away, especially in BDSM communities, a lot of the dialogue doesn't stray much beyond making sure that everyone is over 18 and kn ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 24, 2012

    Christopher Dutel, SoCal Man, Accused of Sexually Assaulting Tourist Near Fisherman's Wharf

    Girl assaulted on her trip to the wharf​(Update 2 p.m.): Sgt. Daryl Fong said 18-year-old Christopher Dutel, a Southern California man, was arrested and booked into San Francisco County Jail on multiple charges of sexual assault and false imprisonment. Police would not yet release the man's photo. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2012

    What Should Republicans Be Searched for Before Boarding a Plane?

    ​Recently, Assemblyman Tim Donnelly, a tea party Republican from Southern California, was arrested at an airport for trying to carry a concealed firearm on a plane. It got us thinking: What else should Republican lawmakers be searched for before they board your airplane? $317 million in funding fo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2011

    Cafe Gratitude in Santa Cruz Looks to Stay, Dear Mom, and Good News for Chicken Lovers

    The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. Update on Cafe Gratitude: Our own Luis Chong reports one Northern California location is not closing after all -- Santa Cruz. This cafe, which opened Aug. 15, is owned by the owners' son and stepson, Matt ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 11, 2011

    Report: Misdemeanor Marijuana Arrests Skyrocketing in California

    Doubling Up​It's a fine time to be a criminal in California. Arrests in every category of crime are down -- way down: Arrests for rape, murder, and theft have all decreased by two-thirds since 1990, according to a study published last week by the Center for Juvenile and Criminal Justice. Every cri ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 28, 2011

    U.S.S. Iowa Sails Out of Bay on "Last Mission" (Photos)

    Gabor GardonyiAnchors aweigh...​Just over an hour ago, the mighty U.S.S Iowa sailed beneath the Carquinez Bridge and past Mare Island, soon to leave the bay forever on the last voyage of the "last battleship." It's a somewhat poignant moment in a long and strange journey for the 887-foot onetime p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 4, 2011

    The Great American Beer Festival: Bay Area Brewers and Chefs Bring the Brew

    In 1982, the inaugural Great American Beer Festival showcased 47 beers from 24 breweries. The lucky 800 attendees had a fair shot at trying every beer in the room. Thirty years later, even the most hardened liver shudders in fear of how the festival has grown. With 466 breweries pouring 2,400 beers ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 13, 2011

    Global Warming Will Submerge Ocean Beach at Little Cost to San Francisco

    CosmoPolitician via Flickr​First, the bad news: Ocean Beach will likely sink, thanks to global warming. But the good news is, it won't suck nearly as bad as it will for our neighbors down in Southern California.The reason for this is that our beach is kinda lame, according to a new study. Therefor ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 1, 2011

    Marijuana Advocates Unsure if New State Law Is Good or Bad

    Who's he helping?brokencountry.com​Earlier this summer, medical marijuana advocates sounded the legislative alarm over a bill penned by a Southern California assemblyman that gives local governments the right to ban medical cannabis dispensaries, as many a Bay Area burgh from Danville to Daly City ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 1, 2011

    Who's the Biggest Tax Delinquent?

    Same goes for sales tax...​It's that time of year again when the Board of Equalization bares its teeth and shames the state's biggest sales tax delinquents. You know that extra bit of change you pay that makes a conveniently priced bottle of soda cost $1.08? Well, it's supposed to go to the govern ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 1, 2011

    BAM Magazine Is Coming Back -- As a Website

    BAM's July 7, 1978 issue​Remember BAM? If you followed By Area music between, oh, 1976 and 1999, you probably read it all the time. And if you didn't, you'll get a chance to -- there's a revived version coming to the web in a couple of weeks. Some background: BAM was a free biweekly print mag ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 21, 2011

    Hot Water Is Everything, A Food Insult, Lucky 11, and the Dog Days

    The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. Yesterday we shared that the Hawaiian restaurant Hukilau was closed on Tuesday by the Department of Public Health for reported health hazards. Apparently the owners got to work sprucing the place up, and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 20, 2011

    The Blank Tapes on Loving S.F., Writing Too Many Songs, and Getting Busted in Colorado

    ​Otherwise known as the Blank Tapes, Matt Adams is a bit of a music machine -- since 2003's Country Western Honky Tonk Saloon Blues, he has released over 100 songs and played almost all of the instruments on each one. Adams has toured the country, written music in a van -- well, sort of -- an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 11, 2011

    Republicans Propose New State: Southern California

    It's like Arizona and San Francisco in one​One Southern California pol is sick and tired of the Democrats up in Sacramento -- tired of the "pillaging" of local governments and worse, the left-wing policies that dominate the blue state. That's why he's dusted off that tired proposal to let Southern ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 11, 2011

    Five Things We Won't Miss About Southern California

    When we read the news this morning that one California lawmaker is attempting to break the state in two (for the umpteenth time), we couldn't help but laugh ... and then dream.How great would it be if we didn't have SoCal conservatives weighing us down? At least we know gay marriage would be legal. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2011

    Umami Burger Is On The Way, Bottle Cap Set to Open, and All Seasons Cafe May Be Back

    The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. It's official: Southern California's Umami Burger has called dibs on a Union Street spot. Eater SF reports it will be taking over the former Jovino's space (2184 Union at Fillmore), and is slated to open ... More >>

  • Dining

    June 29, 2011

    Grocery Chain Fresh & Easy Opens First Location in S.F.

    The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. It's official: Southern California's Umami Burger has called dibs on a Union Street spot. Eater SF reports it will be taking over the former Jovino's space (2184 Union at Fillmore), and is slated to open ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 29, 2011

    Cheese Shop Crime, Passion Cafe for Rent (Again), Maharani's Back, and Macaron News

    The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. What's with all the restaurant crime? Saturday it was a shooting outside Little Joe's, and today Eater SF recounts the latest robbery attempt at Mission Cheese. Via the shop's newsletter, Eater learned a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 23, 2011

    S.F.'s First Pizza Truck, an Artisan Soda Stand, and Pride Parade's Top Chef

    The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. The mobile food report: Casey's Pizza, which started as makeshift stand, will get a set of wheels by the end of August. Eater SF reports that Casey Crynes' will be the first pizza truck on the S.F. scene ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 21, 2011

    Magical Filipino Cookies, Thomas Keller Speaks

    ​Today's notes on national stories, local trends, random tastes, and other bycatch dredged up from the food media.Jonathan KauffmanHouse of Silvanas' cookies: pandan (top), ube, mango.​ 1. The Bay Area's other best cookie? On the way back from the Pacifica Fresh & Easy last week, I stopped ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 20, 2011

    Previewing San Francisco's New Fresh & Easy Markets

    Jonathan KauffmanFresh & Easy's prepared salads are attractively packaged.​Wednesday, June 22, is opening day for the Richmond District Fresh & Easy, a Britain-based grocery chain spreading across California with the speed of kudzu vines in Georgia. Owned by Tesco, Fresh & Easy opened ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 8, 2011

    San Francisco Police Kill Suspected 'Gen X Bandit' Bank Robber

    Gen X bandit wears plaid shirts​San Francisco cops shot and killed a suspected bank robber last night after he allegedly tried to run them over with his car. Media outlets are reporting that the wanted criminal might have been the notorious 'Gen X' bandit, who is known to rob banks in his distinct ... More >>

  • Music

    February 2, 2011

    Social Distortion: Show Preview

    Gen X bandit wears plaid shirts​San Francisco cops shot and killed a suspected bank robber last night after he allegedly tried to run them over with his car. Media outlets are reporting that the wanted criminal might have been the notorious 'Gen X' bandit, who is known to rob banks in his distinct ... More >>

  • Music

    October 13, 2010

    Daedelus: Show Preview

    Gen X bandit wears plaid shirts​San Francisco cops shot and killed a suspected bank robber last night after he allegedly tried to run them over with his car. Media outlets are reporting that the wanted criminal might have been the notorious 'Gen X' bandit, who is known to rob banks in his distinct ... More >>

  • Music

    June 9, 2010

    Show preview: Greg Laswell

    Gen X bandit wears plaid shirts​San Francisco cops shot and killed a suspected bank robber last night after he allegedly tried to run them over with his car. Media outlets are reporting that the wanted criminal might have been the notorious 'Gen X' bandit, who is known to rob banks in his distinct ... More >>

  • Dining

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    Bewiched

    A top chef expands his brand, and we follow

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