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Vallejo

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2012

    San Francisco's Top 8 Fake Meat Sandwiches

    As American cities go, San Francisco is certainly one of the easiest to be vegetarian or vegan in. Proof of this is the wealth of restaurants and cafes serving, not just veggie options, but a whole variety of incredible imitation meats that make it extraordinarily easy to quit eating your furry frie ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 27, 2012

    Ammiano Bill to Allow Marijuana Businesses and Sales That Are Already Legal

    Mr Fix-It​Call it an industry, call it a movement, call it a gigantic scam. Law enforcement and politicians can't agree what to call California's medical marijuana scene, except to say it exists in a legal gray area.And how. A dispensary operator in Vallejo was arrested last week -- twice -- becau ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2012

    President's Day Weekend: Another Carmaggedon?

    Closed for business​What better way to celebrate the Great Emancipator than with hair-pulling traffic and even more of a clusterfuck than usual for Bay Area commuters? The westbound deck of the Bay Bridge heading into San Francisco will be closed at 8 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 17, until 5 a.m. on Tues ... More >>

  • Dining

    February 15, 2012

    Recent Openers

    Closed for business​What better way to celebrate the Great Emancipator than with hair-pulling traffic and even more of a clusterfuck than usual for Bay Area commuters? The westbound deck of the Bay Bridge heading into San Francisco will be closed at 8 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 17, until 5 a.m. on Tues ... More >>

  • Music

    November 16, 2011

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

    Closed for business​What better way to celebrate the Great Emancipator than with hair-pulling traffic and even more of a clusterfuck than usual for Bay Area commuters? The westbound deck of the Bay Bridge heading into San Francisco will be closed at 8 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 17, until 5 a.m. on Tues ... 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

    September 14, 2011

    Medical Marijuana Dispensary Owners Facing Criminal Charges for Operating a "Flower Shop"

    Pretty flowers​The former owners of Wellness Solutions Group, a Pacifica medical cannabis dispensary ordered closed by city officials on Monday night, will face criminal charges for operating a business under false pretenses, police said Tuesday.The owners, Ruben Salvatierra of South City and Timo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2011

    It's Freshman 10 Time Again -- Start Choosing Your Favorite Up-And-Coming Local Rapper

    ​Ah, March. Music fiends flock to Austin. Men become obsessed with watching other men (who are still in college) flail wildly while trying to stuff an orange ball into a tiny hoop. And Bay Area rappers turn into glad-handing politicians, littering their Facebook pages and Twitter feeds with pleas, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2011

    Translating Chinese New Year's Menus, Part 1: Lichee Garden

    Oh, yes, it's that year.​Last year, SFoodie drove around the Sunset and Richmond, picking up New Year's banquet menus to post online. This year, we canvassed San Francisco's Chinatown, and once again asked the intrepid Ed Chui (Adobo Hobo) and his parents to help us translate. A series of technic ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2011

    L.A. Rhymeslinger Dom Kennedy on Why He's the Best Kennedy After Bobby

    Ich bin ein accomplished rapper​Few rappers would have the audacity to rhyme over a Biggie beat, much less have the skill to do it well, but... well, Los Angeles mainstay Dom Kennedy is audacious and talented. To wit, he likes to refer to himself as the Best After Bobby -- download the mixtape of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 15, 2010

    Giants World Series Trophy at City Hall (PICS)

    Oh happy day! ​At San Francisco's City Hall, one eventually gets used to the sight of statuesque brides in frilly gowns and strappy sandals clomping through the metal detectors. But a fella with a two-foot-tall, traffic cone orange hat, a matching scarf and a gleeful Jack-O-Lantern smile? No, he's ... More >>

  • Music

    September 1, 2010

    KMEL's Summer Jam breaks hot local artists

    Oh happy day! ​At San Francisco's City Hall, one eventually gets used to the sight of statuesque brides in frilly gowns and strappy sandals clomping through the metal detectors. But a fella with a two-foot-tall, traffic cone orange hat, a matching scarf and a gleeful Jack-O-Lantern smile? No, he's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 1, 2010

    Efren Valdemoro, Murder Spree Suspect, Shot Dead By CHP in Supermarket

    Hercules Police DepartmentEfren Valdemoro, the man at the center of a string of suspected murders​Efren Valdemoro, the 38-year-old man killed by CHP officers near the fish section of Richmond's 99 Ranch Market following a high-speed pursuit last night, is suspected in at least four other murders a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 1, 2010

    In Print: Oneohtrix Point Never, Marlena Shaw, and KMEL's Summer Jam

    Oneohtrix Point Never​Behind the "abrasive, frightening introduction" to Oneohtrix Point Never's new album, Returnal, lies another bewildering set of tracks from a Brooklyn electronic artist whose style straddles the line between noise and pop. As Reyan Ali writes in our print edition this week, O ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 5, 2010

    Watch Moe Green's Startingly Unflashy New Video, 'KIM'

    And now, for a rap video with no gold chains, luxury automobiles, or booty: Moe Green's "KIM," which depicts the up-and-coming Vallejo rapper in everyday unglory: riding the bus, eating at Giant Burger, walking the streets, and hanging out at the corner liquor store. With lyrics about Green's sleep ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2010

    In Print This Week: Moe Green, Hypernova, Cults

    Cults​So there's this 22-year-old rapper from Vallejo named Moe Green. He tweets every 10.5 seconds, rhymes about how he wants to be famous like the Rock -- yes, the pro wrestler -- and was recently named one of the Top 10 up-and-coming local rappers by the radio station KMEL. Our Dave MacFadden-E ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 25, 2010

    Humphry Slocombe Expanding, CAV Slims Down, More Tacos Due

    ​The biggest news of the day comes from Paolo L. of Inside Scoop, who discovers Humphry Slocombe is opening a bake shop and ice cream "parlour" at 300 20th St. (at Florida), home, eventually, of Flour Water's Central Kitchen spinoff.    Tamara PalmerHumphry''s deliciously inked Jake ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 10, 2010

    Two Free, Fresh New Tracks From Rising Bay Rapper Moe Green

    ​Vallejo rapper Moe Green has been coming up lately. No less an authority than KMEL named him as part of their Freshman Class of 2010, a list of local MCs to watch this year. Today, Green released these two new tracks from his upcoming album Rocky Maivia, due out later this summer. "Ride" has Gree ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 31, 2010

    Man to Critical Mass: F@ck You!

    All photos | Tami TwarogYou're No. 1, bike dude...​Whether Critical Mass is good or bad for cycling is a debatable topic. But not for this guy. Snapped by photographer Tami Twarog, this as-yet unidentified gentleman raised his middle finger skyward as the throngs of Critical Mass riders whizze ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 26, 2010

    Adios 37.5-Hour San Francisco Work Week, Hola 12 Furlough Days

    ​Mayor Gavin Newsom today announced a tentative deal with the city's public employee unions that would kill his controversial plan to lay off some 17,000 city workers and rehire them at 37.5-hour work weeks. (No news yet on whether Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman, who read about Newsom's plan in the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 19, 2010

    Luis Prieto, Just 21 Years Old, Killed in North Beach Hit-and-Run

    View Larger Map The man killed by a car careening through North Beach after its driver and passenger allegedly fired off rounds near a strip club was identified by the city's Medical Examiner as 21-year-old San Franciscan Luis Prieto. Prieto was crossing the street at Vallejo and Columbus at around ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 15, 2010

    All That Shooting You Hear? Don't Worry About It.

    ​If you hear loud gunfire noises emanating from across the bay at around lunchtime, worry not. No one is shooting up a church and Vallejo is a long way off. What you may be hearing is a 21-gun salute -- it is President's Day -- by the Coast Guard on Alameda. If the shooting isn't coming from Alame ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2010

    Policeman, Struck By Car in North Beach, Released From Hospital

    ​A San Francisco police officer hit by a car last night in North Beach has been released from the hospital after suffering bruises and abrasions, and sent home, the SFPD told us moments ago.The name of the officer has not been released -- but, then again, noted police spokesman Sergeant Wilfred Wi ... More >>

  • Dining

    August 19, 2009

    New Restaurants

    ​A San Francisco police officer hit by a car last night in North Beach has been released from the hospital after suffering bruises and abrasions, and sent home, the SFPD told us moments ago.The name of the officer has not been released -- but, then again, noted police spokesman Sergeant Wilfred Wi ... More >>

  • Dining

    August 12, 2009

    New Restaurants

    ​A San Francisco police officer hit by a car last night in North Beach has been released from the hospital after suffering bruises and abrasions, and sent home, the SFPD told us moments ago.The name of the officer has not been released -- but, then again, noted police spokesman Sergeant Wilfred Wi ... More >>

  • Dining

    August 5, 2009

    New Restaurants

    ​A San Francisco police officer hit by a car last night in North Beach has been released from the hospital after suffering bruises and abrasions, and sent home, the SFPD told us moments ago.The name of the officer has not been released -- but, then again, noted police spokesman Sergeant Wilfred Wi ... More >>

  • Dining

    July 29, 2009

    New Restaurants

    ​A San Francisco police officer hit by a car last night in North Beach has been released from the hospital after suffering bruises and abrasions, and sent home, the SFPD told us moments ago.The name of the officer has not been released -- but, then again, noted police spokesman Sergeant Wilfred Wi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 24, 2009

    SF Candy Emporium Source of New York Times' Quotation of the Day

    Relatively good news on the sweet treat front led to not only a front page story (entitled "When Economy Sours, a Tootsie Roll Can Still Soothe the Soul") on Tuesday, March 22's New York Times, but also yielded the Quotation of the Day, boxed at the top of page A3: "All is well in candy land," ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 28, 2009

    Wanna Buy an Old S.F. Police Car and Scare the Bejeezus Out of Everyone? Here's How

    So, are you patrolling for psychos or are you the psycho?Anyone who's ever been jolted into throwing some perfectly good contraband into the gutter at the sight of an approaching Ford Crown Victoria  -- only to notice a couple of idiot teenagers with hoodies and baseball caps in the front seat ... More >>

  • Dining

    December 10, 2008

    New Restaurants

    So, are you patrolling for psychos or are you the psycho?Anyone who's ever been jolted into throwing some perfectly good contraband into the gutter at the sight of an approaching Ford Crown Victoria  -- only to notice a couple of idiot teenagers with hoodies and baseball caps in the front seat ... More >>

  • Dining

    December 3, 2008

    New Restaurants

    So, are you patrolling for psychos or are you the psycho?Anyone who's ever been jolted into throwing some perfectly good contraband into the gutter at the sight of an approaching Ford Crown Victoria  -- only to notice a couple of idiot teenagers with hoodies and baseball caps in the front seat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 21, 2008

    SF Weekly Interview: E-40

    By Tamara Palmer It's now been more than 20 years since Earl Stevens (aka E-40) put his first independent record out on the streets of the Bay Area and set out on a mission to put his hometown of Vallejo on the international rap map and his colorful phraseology into the mouths of society at large ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 9, 2008

    Power Breakfast: Joe's Special

    By Tamara Palmer It's now been more than 20 years since Earl Stevens (aka E-40) put his first independent record out on the streets of the Bay Area and set out on a mission to put his hometown of Vallejo on the international rap map and his colorful phraseology into the mouths of society at large ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 8, 2008

    2008 High School Battle of the Bands Semi-Finalists Announced

    By Tamara Palmer It's now been more than 20 years since Earl Stevens (aka E-40) put his first independent record out on the streets of the Bay Area and set out on a mission to put his hometown of Vallejo on the international rap map and his colorful phraseology into the mouths of society at large ... More >>

  • News

    February 27, 2008

    SF Weekly Letters

    By Tamara Palmer It's now been more than 20 years since Earl Stevens (aka E-40) put his first independent record out on the streets of the Bay Area and set out on a mission to put his hometown of Vallejo on the international rap map and his colorful phraseology into the mouths of society at large ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 16, 2008

    The Year of Living Toxin-Free

    How to start 2008 in a state of detoxification

  • Music

    September 13, 2006

    Zion-I get "Paid" again

    How to start 2008 in a state of detoxification

  • Film

    March 15, 2006

    Cold Serial

    The infamous Zodiac killer inspires another dead-end film

  • Music

    December 21, 2005

    Department of What the Fuck?

    Beef, it's what's for dinner: Hip hop feuds we'd like to see

  • Dining

    October 12, 2005

    A weekly listing of new restaurants around town

    Beef, it's what's for dinner: Hip hop feuds we'd like to see

  • Holiday

    November 19, 2003

    Shops and Gifts

    Beef, it's what's for dinner: Hip hop feuds we'd like to see

  • Best of San Francisco

    May 14, 2003

    Four Best Delis

    Beef, it's what's for dinner: Hip hop feuds we'd like to see

  • Best of San Francisco

    May 15, 2002

    Seven Stops on a North Beach Pub Crawl

    Beef, it's what's for dinner: Hip hop feuds we'd like to see

  • Best of San Francisco

    May 15, 2002

    Four Best Bakeries

    Beef, it's what's for dinner: Hip hop feuds we'd like to see

  • Dining

    February 13, 2002

    Outer Limits

    Discover the Alaskan Duck Fart and other charms of the Outer, Outer Sunset's dive bars

  • Film

    September 20, 2000

    Reel World

    Don't Look Back; Halloween

  • Dining

    June 7, 2000

    Dolce Far Niente

    Absinthe; David's; Ella's; Garden Court; Liberty Cafe

  • Dining

    March 10, 1999

    Finnegans Cake

    Absinthe; David's; Ella's; Garden Court; Liberty Cafe

  • News

    December 30, 1998

    The Fortress on the Hill

    Once, she partied with the Rolling Stones. Now, shunned by family and sued by friends, aging eccentric Arden Van Upp has retreated to her mansion.

  • Dining

    December 16, 1998

    The Bloom Is Off the Rose

    Once, she partied with the Rolling Stones. Now, shunned by family and sued by friends, aging eccentric Arden Van Upp has retreated to her mansion.

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