A 22-year-old San Rafael man thought that he could claim he was snorting Ajax and get off the hook after cops found him on the street in Sausalito with a bunch of blue powder all over his face. Turns out he was crushing up and snorting some blue oxycontin tablets, 'cause that's how he rolls. more ›

In the Sunday Paper this week, Michael Bauer brings back the ol' Mikey Two Stars routine and bestows two shiny ones of Sausalito's Bar Bocce. Because we'd hate to get between you, the reader, and your enjoyment of Bauer's dining experience at the "welcoming" and "casual" wine bar/restaurant/bocce court, we present five erotic quotes, mostly without commentary: more ›

Sausalito's newest restaurant, Plate Shop, is a cute little gem of a place with excellent, modern food, good wines by the glass -- including a nightly, $6, "inoffensive" white and red house special — and some good cocktails to boot. Below, we have the recipe for the Shipyard Mule, a riff on the classic Moscow Mule which bar manager Chris Burgeson reminds us was instrumental in popularizing vodka in this country. (See the story here -- basically, before this cocktail took off in the 1940s and 50s, gin was really the only clear spirit around in the U.S.) more ›

Here are some videos of this morning's tsunami action shot by people along various Bay Area coastlines ranging from Santa Cruz to San Francisco to Emeryville. (Outside of Santa Cruz and Crescent City harbors, the tsunami didn't affect Bay Area cities. Harmless, really.) more ›

A reward is being offered in the capture of the person(s) who shot a sea lion in the face back in December. If you recall, a sea lion was discovered December 9 on a Sausalito beach "with his right eye missing, his left eye swollen shut and shotgun pellets lodged inside his head." The poor guy was left blind, and "will not be able to return to the wild." According to AP (via The Examiner), the Humane Society is offering a $2,500 reward to find whoever shot teh sea lion. more ›

An enormous yacht worth $300M was parked off of Sausalito yesterday (and may still be there), and gawkers came in droves. The Marin Independent Journal reports that it belongs to Russian billionaire Andrey Melnichenko, and here's some specs. more ›

Good morning! We came across this just-uploaded segment on San Francisco Bay windsurfing from Good Morning America in 1981 and thought we'd share. It was shot off of Fillmore Street, Redwood Shores Estates and Sausalito and features some groovy smooth jazz and windsurfing enthusiast Mark Buzzard. more ›

Thanks, Caltrans (or whoever), for replacing a smoothly paved bike lane with a bumpy, hand-packed nuisance. more ›