Vallejo

S.F. Deputy Michael Roberts' Body Found Near Vallejo Marina

Authorities discovered the body of 56-year-old Michael Roberts, a veteran deputy with the San Francisco Sheriff's Department, near Dock B in the Vallejo Marina yesterday afternoon. Earlier that morning, police had found Roberts' unmanned boat adrift near the Vallejo Municipal Marina; his keys were ... More >>

Top 10 Bay Area Music Scandals of 2012

The Bay Area music scene had a particular flair for making headlines for reasons other than actual music in 2012. Some of these 10 incidents are totally tabloid, others are cold and criminal, but none of them are boring. From Ecstasy rings and instrument thievery to lascivious infidelity and shockin ... More >>

Stock Up on Kitchen Supplies on the Cheap at the Meyer Factory Outlet Sale

Headed to wine country or Tahoe? Plan to stop and shop at the Meyer factory outlet in Vallejo or Fairfield for a once-a-year deep discount on pots, pans and nifty cooking gear from the likes of Rachael Ray and Paula Deen through December 10. The annual Friends of Meyer sale also runs online through ... More >>

Vallejo Police Killed Man With Excessive Tasing, Lawsuit Claims

On June 15, 2010, Michael White, a 47-year-old Vallejo man, died after police officers tased him while attempting to arrest him inside his home. Vallejo police reported that cocaine was found in White's blood. His death, the department told the press, was apparently caused by "Excited Delirium," w ... More >>

Meet La Graziosa, The Graceful Cookie

Vallejo-based baker La Graziosa, the graceful cookie, began 17 years ago on a family biscotti recipe that has spawned unique varieties like mocha chocolate chip and orange cranberry pistachio, but it's the company's soft cookies that have captivated the Cook E. Monster. There are 11 cookie varietie ... More >>

S.F.'s The Candy Store Creates Limited Line for Target

The Candy Store (1507 Vallejo at Polk) is one of five regional retailers selected from around the country to create limited edition products as part of the newly launched collection of goods at The Shops at Target. There are 22 confectionery products in all in the Candy Store's corner of The Shops; ... More >>

Bay Area Rap Mogul Stretch on the DEA Tying Mac Dre's Label to an Ecstasy Bust

[Editor's note: This week's music feature looks at a recent DEA drug bust that claimed a substantial connection between late Vallejo rap legend Mac Dre's record label and a large-scale Ecstasy trafficking ring, of which 25 alleged members were arrested last month. One source for our story was East B ... More >>

Mac Dre's Old Record Label Affiliates Arrested in Drug Bust After Federal Thizzvestigation

As the late Mac Dre explained, Thizz Face is "a look on your face like you smelled some piss."This expression is similar to "a look on your face when you are arrested as part of a nationwide DEA drug-trafficking sweep."So we expect there were plenty of Thizz Faces to go around last Thursday when the ... More >>

Bay Area Rapper Killa Keise Was Found Shot to Death by the Side of Interstate 80 Last Night

R.I.P., Killa Keise​Vallejo police are saying today that a 28-year-old man found shot to death in a car on Interstate 80 last night is S.F. rapper Markeise "Killa Keise" Henry. According to this Vallejo Times Herald story, Keise's body was found at about 11 p.m. last night inside a Pontiac th ... More >>

Man-Child Lubes Himself into Baby Swing, Gets Stuck Overnight

If the swing fits ...​A Vallejo man was found wailing like a baby Saturday morning in child's swing at Blue Rock Springs Park, where he had been stuck for more than nine hours. The adult man reportedly made a $100 bet with friends, who said they would pay him if he could get inside the swing, whic ... More >>

Summer Food Festivals, Product Placement, and the Mysteries of Meal Snap

​Today's notes on national stories, local trends, random tastes, and other bycatch dredged up from the food media. 1. Mark your summer calendar. Every year I swear I'm going to make it to events like the Fiesta Filipina and the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral's Taste of Greece but always fo ... More >>

Rageit Almurisi, Passenger Who Allegedly Tried to Break into Cockpit, Is 'Not a Terrorist'

Rageit Almurisi had passengers on Flight 1561 twisted up in knots​Yesterday, SF Weekly told readers about the bizarre -- or nightmarish, if you were a passenger on the plane -- incident where a Yemeni passenger on a SFO-bound flight tried to break into the cockpit. At about 8:15 p.m. Sunday, Ragei ... More >>

SOMA Fire Closes Moya Ethiopian and Nico's Tacos Official Cinco de Mayo Opening

The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. Grub Street reports that yesterday's SOMA fire in the Park Hotel SRO has closed ground-floor restaurant Moya Ethiopian. The SFFD declared the building "structurally unsound" and the restaurant will remain ... More >>

E40 on How to Attain Rap Success: "Fuck 'Em"

​Behold the Vallejo-grown genius of E40, whom you may encounter at a barbecue in Walnut Creek (seriously) this Saturday: "Fuck 'em," he thumps here, apparently sharing a key to his success. Fuck who? You'll have to listen to find out, but it's worth noting that the lyrical athlete known as Earl Fo ... More >>

E-40 Continues Revenue Retrievin, Revisits His Past Hits

The long wait is over; the next two installments in the Revenue Retrievin series from Vallejo's own E-40 -- the sequels to last year's Day Shift and Night Shift -- are finally out. Just in time for you to finish your tax returns! You know Uncle Sam's doing some serious-ass revenue retrievin' this mo ... More >>

U.S.S. Iowa's Final Battle Pits Vallejo vs. L.A.

If only someone would tow this thing to Des Moines​By Jan. 18, Vallejo must submit a plan for slithering out of bankruptcy. Former banker Merylin Wong, the head of a maritime enthusiast's group there, has a plan for keeping the city on firm financial footing henceforth: Pay millions of dollars yea ... More >>

Win Tickets To See Sean Price and Company at Mighty Tomorrow Night

​To call Brownsville MC Sean Price an O.G. is correct on a couple of different counts: not only has he been at the rap game for almost two decades, but he was also gangsta before most of the gangstas we patronize today made gangsta rap into a market segment. Price started out as half of the hardco ... More >>

Noodle Fest: Bringing Black Bean Sauce and Bolognese Together

​On Sunday, North Beach and Chinatown restaurants come together to honor Marco Polo's putative gift from China to Italy: the noodle. Two full blocks on the border between the two neighborhoods will be blocked off to traffic, and 30 participating restaurants will set up stands to demonstrate their ... More >>

City, County Officials Whisper 'Bankruptcy' to Solve Pension Woes

Wheeee!McClatchy Newspapers Pension Investigation: More Local Government Accounts Looking As Red As Bankrupt Vallejo's; California's 80 Largest City and County Governments Face $28 Billion Shortfall.SF Weekly Follow: Failure is no obstacle to the pension good life: CalPers records show $197,421 ... More >>

Victoria Pastry's Pignoli by the Pound

​Oh, the joys of bulk food: The torrents of brown rice that gush out of the dispensers at Whole Foods. The deep sense of righteousness that comes from hefting a scoop out of a tank of rolled oats and pouring the whole grains into a recycled brown paper sack. The 24-packs of Cheetos from Costco, wh ... More >>

Alleged Violent Cheapskate Chokes Taxi Driver, Leaves 10 Bucks on the Seat

Not far from it...​A wee-hours drunk taxi fare got the sequence wrong late last week. You're supposed to pay the cabbie before you attempt to strangle him -- not after. The nightmare fare was picked up at Polk and Vallejo well past the bewitching hour and driven to his residence on the 100 block o ... More >>

What Bay Area Bridge Will Feature an Upended Big Rig Truck Today?

What truck mayhem will hit a Bay Area bridge today?​The tried and true journalistic maxim is that it takes three instances to have a bona fide "trend." So, no, the Bay Area isn't experiencing a "trend" of big rig trucks flipping over on local bridges. But, you have to admit, the knee-jerk phrase o ... More >>

Excavating Mortadella: A SFoodie Lunch Planner

​Friday, October 2, 2009 Yeah, we like the sandwiches at Boccalone Salumeria, too. But stopping there is like downloading a Scissor Sisters CD and thinking you're done, without ever tasting vintage Bowie or Sir Elton in the days when, you know, he was fun. Get schooled in the antecedents of t ... More >>

Garlic Oasis: A SFoodie Lunch Planner

​Thursday, September 3, 2009 We're not saying the greatest virtue of this place is its location in a food wasteland, but we can confidently say it's the finest Chinese restaurant on its block. SF Weekly critic Meredith Brody suggests the hot smoked ham with string beans and spicy garlic chick ... More >>

Breaking News: State to Pay Out $335K Settlement for Carole Migden's Erratic Driving

Boom! There goes another $335K.The state of California will pay out a $335,000 settlement in the matter of a former senator's case of DWM -- Driving While Migden. The San Franciscan's much-publicized 2007 highway incident left a 30-mile trail of terrified 911 callers and ended with the veteran ... More >>

Arrrrgh, Matey! Thar Be Photos of NorCal Pirate Fest Ahoy!

Joe EskenaziShiver me timbers! It be Mendozer hisself!Arrrgh, me mateys! Rum, sodomy, and the lash! Insert some other pirate cliche here (pieces of eight, keel-haul, MENDOOOOOOO-ZER!). This weekend marked the Northern California Pirate Festival in Vallejo -- a fitting locale; the city has faced its ... More >>

New Restaurants

New Restaurants

MP3 of the Day: E-40

(Photo from E-40's MySpace page)E-40 is no stranger to clever puns, and the title of the Vallejo heavy's latest release, The Ball Street Journal, shows the rapper isn't slowing down the slang any time soon. The album,  featuring 40's signature rubber tongue alongside guests like Snoop Dogg, Bu ... More >>

New Restaurants

New Restaurants

Julio Cesar Morales re-enacts the birth of California

Round and Round

Return of the Mac

Vallejo Rapper Soldier Hard Brings Home Iraq's Harsh Realities

OG icon B-Legit reflects on pre-hyphy rap

Nuclear Holocaust Short 34 Tons of Plutonium -- Russia, U.S. Deal

USS Iowa, Any Takers?

Will $250,000 hole in the water stay afloat or be scrapped for target practice?

Battleship Down

The USS Iowa was once considered a lock as a San Francisco tourist attraction. So why is the historic warship rusting in Suisun Bay?

My Name Is Earl

E-40 blows up, and takes the rest of the Bay Area with him

Best Heart Attack-Inducing Stairs

Best Hip Hop Radio Show

Ghetto Gumbo

Five Best Comfort Foods

Best Newsstand

Smoke Signals

Best Power Walk

Letters

Censorship Begins at Home, Aww! Dog Bites Blushes, Nursing Home Neglect, On the SFUSD Chain Gang, Informed Faith, Rave Purity

Venice at the Beach

Samples

Recordings