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Tricks and Treats

Distilled Moustache: Brilliant Fake Press Release Submitted to Eater SF

Monday is already off to a good start, thanks to another fake press release submission to Eater SF for a new bar called DISTILLED MOUSTACHE. The same jokester sent a fake release to Eater a few weeks ago for a restaurant called Reclaimed Wood & Subway Tiles, which claimed to have ingredients sourced ... More >>

How to Speak Republican: Decoding the GOP

The Sweet Face of Evil

David Hanna Identified as Pedestrian Killed in Hit-And-Run

Be careful ​San Mateo County authorities identified 27-year-old David Zaki Hanna as the San Francisco man who was killed in a tragic hit-and-run accident Saturday morning. Police say Hanna's Toyota Camry hit a soundwall on the right shoulder of the highway at about 4:30 a.m. Saturday. When he got ... More >>

The Beefbreaker: Oscar Yedra Wants His Cut of the New Meat-Carving Movement

If Bouncer's Date at Andalu Was an Episode of "The Wire"

Taste the Smug: Feeling Fine at an Outside Lands Pairing Event

Hard times at an Outside Lands pairing event.​ It wasn't until my second glass of Chardonnay, while remembering my drive to Scribe Winery in the Prius, taking Instagram photographs of beautiful scenery on my iPhone, and savoring Korean BBQ from Namu, that I was reminded of the South Park episo ... More >>

EnvironMANtal Movement

Spotting Birds at a Record Pace, with a Camera and a Bike

Did Cameron Diaz Buy Weed From Snoop Dogg in High School?

So Cameron Diaz was recently on the George Lopez Show (and has he always sounded like that?), where she discussed Cuban food, driving a Prius, identity theft, and all that good stuff. But she also recalled her days as a high school student in Long Beach, and memories of one upperclassman named Calvi ... More >>

Top Chef: All-Stars, Week 5: Hong Kong Like Donkey Kong!

Joseph Schell/SF WeeklyNice tats, Jamie. Now go home!​Last night's Top Chef: All-Stars marked the 100th episode for the Bravo franchise, so we had some high hopes (especially since the show skipped last week). The special night's Quickfire Challenge featured Tom Colicchio in the kitchen, cooki ... More >>

Predictions for San Francisco 2011

Jean Quan, Oakland's Mayor-Elect, Has Car Booted

This boot has a message Jean Quan couldn't disagree with​Earlier this month, Oakland Mayor-elect Jean Quan confirmed to SF Weekly that she isn't wearing the same purple suit everywhere. Rather, she has three or four purple suits. "Plum purple is my color," she told us. Today, the San Francisco Chr ... More >>

"The Next Three Days": Russell Crowe is a bored actor in a dumb project

Rec and Parks chief Jared Blumenfeld dumps his boat to work on green issues

EPA Honcho Jared Blumenfeld Saddened to Ditch Polluting Boat

How I miss old Jane...​Jared Blumenfeld, San Francisco's former boss of both the Department of the Environment and Rec and Parks Department, was appointed in January as EPA administrator for Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada and the Pacific Islands. Also during the past year, he donated Jane, h ... More >>

“The Town”: Ben Affleck is a bank robber seeking redemption

Travel writer Edward Hasbrouck sues Homeland Security over travel data

"The Other Guys": Will Ferrell and Adam McKay reteam

Harlem Globetrotters to Traverse Golden Gate Bridge. What Could Go Wrong?

Those tall guys on the Golden Gate Bridge? That's right...​Yes, the rumors are true: The Harlem Globetrotters, prior to their trio of forthcoming Bay Area games, will dribble basketballs across the Golden Gate Bridge tomorrow morning. Hey, sounds like fun (they'll even do a bit of habitat restorat ... More >>

Paul Johnson's Lament for Local Chinook Salmon

Julia Manzerova/FlickrA local specialty is just about dead.​Our favorite morsel from the blogs. Dead fish: At the Ethicurean, Monterey Fish founder Paul Johnson ― a guy as responsible as anyone for feeding the Bay Area's loca-stainable restaurant ethos ― blogs an appropriately bitter lame ... More >>

What To Do? Monday's Pick: "What's Crackin' SF?"

​"What's Crackin' SF?" @ Punch Line No time like the holiday-worn present for a wee spot of catharsis. While the usual wintertime opportunities for relaxation still apply, laughter is the next best medicine, if you have no access to Wellbutrin, Effexor, or Tofranil. Thank local comic Ali Wong (be ... More >>

Crackin’ Up

Upcoming Fungus Fair a Dream for Mycophiles

Fresh porcini season has invaded our slumber. We still dream about good stuff -- treasure troves, sprawling country estates populated by sweet fluffy fantasy fauna -- along with the bad -- broken teeth, hypodermic needles, and college classes in buildings we can't find. But we must confess that, the ... More >>

Transblazer

She just became the city's first transgender department head, but Theresa Sparks is already setting her sights on becoming the city's first transgender supervisor.

Publicist Claims Teslas Aren't for Silently Running Down Cyclists

Following an explosion of social media outrage at a British car columnist who delighted in using a Tesla Roadster to silently run cyclists off the road, self-identified San Francisco Bicycle Coalition member Rachel Konrad stepped in to quell the storm."It's the most severe of the sort of comments ... More >>

Eat It

What Crazy Shit -- Literally -- Is Fiona Ma Tweeting About Now?

Assemblywoman Fiona Ma's Tweets make us happy -- but perhaps not in the manner she intended ​Fiona Ma, you never disappoint us -- on Twitter. We make a point of checking the San Francisco Assemblywoman's Twitter feed at least twice a month. So far, we have never failed to find some manner of bizar ... More >>

Early Bird Special: Bund Shanghai

Jen SiskaNote to aspiring restaurateurs: The fiercest Chinese eateries are in diaspora neighborhoods, places like the Outer Richmond or northern Peninsula, where second- and third-generation Asian Americans actually live. Seems like nobody told the owners of Bund Shanghai (640 Jackson at Kearny), a ... More >>

I Like Mike

With Luck, Dynamo Donut Will Soon Offer Both Indoor and Outdoor Seating

Niallkennedy via FlickrThey may soon be able to take a load offIf the zoning gods are kind, you soon won't have to devour that maple-glazed, bacon-topped apple doughnut from Dynamo Donut and Coffee while leaning against your Prius. Head Barista Sandy Parkinson told SFoodie that Dynamo -- which curre ... More >>

Your Twitter Oddity of the Day: Fiona Ma Announces Her Car's Been Trashed

Fiona wants answers -- she wants THE TRUTH!When the 21st Amendment brewed a batch of special Twitter Beer, we thought the Web mega-trend had finally served a discernible, useful purpose. We're pretty sure we still think the beer's the thing after catching the latest San Francisco government-related ... More >>

Mark Jackson's Shakespearean Psycho at the Ashby Stage.

Short Leash

The local economy is going to the dogs.

White Fright

Exploration of self-hating white guy is alternately dope and wack.

SF's Parking Pains Place Fourth in the U.S.

Stay Green While Getting Hammered

Watching Endangered Species for Fun and Profit

The Year of Living Practically Green

How to save the environment without being extreme

Huffington's in a Huff

SF's Hybrid Fleet: Is the Extra Outlay Worth It?

Pollution Absolution

A company is dumping questionable materials into the ocean so that you can buy forgiveness in the form of carbon credits

Driving While Insane -- Vehicular Troubles in the News

Boomtastrophe

Baby Boomers hoped to die before they got old. They lied. And now they’re dragging the whole country down.

Mother’s Work

Some working moms face job discrimination, while others encounter barriers to success. They're all potential activists for the new grass-roots group, MomsRising.

Blood for Oil

Brilliant, confounding Syriana digs for a necessary truth

Parking Break

Want parking fines to go away without paying? Sign up with S.F.'s "best-kept secret."

Letters to the Editor

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

Running on Empty

Detroit automakers have spent millions attempting to unplug California's effort to put electric cars on the road. And so far, Detroit's succeeding.