SF News Women Accused Of Holding Four Brothers As Slaves At Northern California Pot Farm In a tale straight out of a Northern California nightmare, two women stand accused of kidnapping four brothers and forcing them to work as slaves on a marijuana farm near the Sierra mountain
SF News Four Dead After Woman Goes On A Rampage At Northern California Tribal Headquarters Thursday afternoon at the headquarters of Cedarville Rancheria Northern Paiute, a federally recognized tribe near the Oregon border, 44-year-old former tribal leader Cherie Lash Rhoades opened fire during an eviction hearing that could
Arts & Entertainment San Franciscans Talked Funny 30 Years Ago Is there a San Francisco accent? According to a 1984 article written by then Chronicle reporter Carl Nolte, there is a unique San Francisco way of speaking. Or at least, there was. "There
Arts & Entertainment Photos: Rescued Bobcat Kitten Deemed 'Too Nice' To Live In The Wild Meet Chips, the bobcat kitten deemed "too nice" to return to the wilderness after being rescued from a 75,000-acre fire northwest of Lake Tahoe back in August. Chips was a mere three
Arts & Entertainment NorCal/SoCal Dividing Line Figured Out, But Who Gets Fresno? According to this geographically noteworthy Quora answer, the diving line between Northern California and Southern California has been declared. The line, it seems, goes right through San Luis Obispo. Lucas J Meeker, who
Arts & Entertainment Make Racecars, Not Lemonade: 24 Hours of LeMons by Caroline on Crack (web) from LAist What do you do when you're a gearhead with lightning-quick MacGyver fixes, $500 to spare and the need for speed? Most likely you're racing a junker
SF News Madeleine Albright Speaketh in Nob Hill Tonight Madeleine Albright, it seems, "will also share her recommendations for the next president." There will be more than one recommendation? Oh joy. Part of her tour to promote her new literary effort, Memo
misc But When is Spinster Appreciation Day? Anyway, next Sunday (the 13th) will see a bunch of museums and attractions offering free admission for kids who can prove that they live in SF. Some are pretty cool (the Musee Mechanique,
misc Family <Strike>Missing</strike> Found! In The Sierras Can you believe it's been a year since James Kim died in the Oregon mountains? We're very sorry to pass along the news that another Northern California family is missing in what we're
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Thanksgiving Wine Suggestions Here's what NOT to bring to Thanksgiving dinner: Cabernet Sauvignon (for the love of God, don't bring Cab) Merlot Petite Sirah Chardonnay (unless there is a crab dish) The varietals above are simply
SF News Happy Colts/Pats Sunday This whole thing has been widely entertaining because it's become a veritable issue-- we've heard it discussed on KNBR, on local news, and several blogs. The hilarious part is that it seems like
SF News Not Just Prestige... <i>Super</i> Prestige The best sports, we say, combine beauty and ridiculousness, and that’s why cycling is a favorite of ours. But, like many others in the Bay Area--too many, it turns out--we’ve recently
SF News Barack Obama Is Adorable!!! In Alameda Barack Obama!!! So adorable! The Democratic presidential candidate from Illinois stopped by our neck of the woods yesterday on a PR stunt community outreach project by the SEIU, where presidential candidates shadow a
Arts & Entertainment Sing-a-long With Dick and Condi As we told you last week, the San Francisco Mime Troupe performed in Dolores Park for the public on the 4th and last weekend. It was the premiere of the group's show "Making
SF News Green Wombat's Got The Goods On The B of A/Redwood Forest Foundation Deal Green Wombat was at the Bank of America / Redwood Forest Foundation announcement yesterday, which took place at the "urban redwoods" next to the Transamerica Pyramid. As part of the bank's $20 billion "green
Arts & Entertainment Tanforan Internment Camp Ever since we found out that the Tanforan shopping center was built on the site of a World War II Japanese internment camp, we haven't been able to go there (even though that
SF News East Bay AIDS Program For Kids Suffers From Its Own Success The Oakland Trib has an extremely depressing story about a pediatric AIDS study that's had its funding cut. A combined effort of UCSF and the Children's Hospital and Research Center Oakland had been
Arts & Entertainment Don't Jump There's skeptics who don't think a barrier will help; but mental health pros, like The Psychiatric Foundation of Northern California, are in favor of a barrier. We'll hear more this week, when the
Arts & Entertainment SFIAAFF: <i>The Cats Of Mirikitani</i> What started out as a project about the drawings of homeless SoHo street artist and cat-lover Jimmy Mirikitani turned into a quest to save a man from his present and from his past
SF News RagoneWatch (A Day Late) Here's our Caption Action entry for the picture above! Oscar winner Al Gore, Oscar-less Leonardo diCaprio, and our pick in the pool for Best Supporting Actor (in the role of John Nelson), Peter
Arts & Entertainment Craftwork Gets Inspired by our Local Magazines ReadyMade, who recently moved its headquarters from Oakland to Berkeley, has had a spot on our bookshelves long before we started seeing copies of it for sale in Urban Outfitters. In classic magazine
Arts & Entertainment Cycling: RSVP Dates for 2007 It's just getting too dangerous out there on the pavement these days isn't it? Time to head for the hills. Mountain biking is a grass-roots sport that is only about one bake sale
SF News American Football Spectacular: The 2006 Battle Of The Bay Preview * Oakland vs. San Francisco Sunday, October 8, 2006. 1:15 PM, PST. Week 05 The 2006 Battle Of The Bay Raider versus 49er matchups in the NFL regular season are a thing to
misc SFist Cares ... Give a Kid a Book Already This fall 3,700 Bay Area/Northern California disadvantaged youngsters, many of whom have never owned their own book, will take part in an innovative literacy program featuring a cast of centuries-old characters
