Financial District / Shots Fired: A car chase that led CHP officers off the freeway and into downtown S.F. Saturday night ended with the driver crashing near the TransAmerica pyramid and subsequently firing shots at the officers. This all happened at around 11:30 p.m., and the suspect managed to flee on foot without being captured. The suspect, a black male around age 25, remains at large. [Examiner, Appeal] more ›

For the final couple of episodes, the cast of Bravo's ever so popular chef showdown relocated from Sin City to our neck of the woods, staying at the Le Mars Hotel in Healdsburg and eating at Brix in St. Helena. Cyrus was closed a week ago Thursday to accommodate the contestants along with Padma and Tom, and presumably Andy Cohen, Gail and that priggish British dude as well. more ›

With his book Artisanal Cocktails, local startender Scott Beattie established himself as a leading figure of West Coast-style, farmers-market-driven cocktail creation. And as the drink specialist at Healdsburg's Cyrus, Scott championed the building of a high-end cocktail menu to match a high-end food establishment. Today's multi-step recipe is, clearly, not for the unambitious. more ›