Oh, sometimes
I get a good feeling, yeah
I get a good feeling, yeah
I get a feeling that
I never, never, never, never had before
I never, never, never, never had before
No, no
I get a good feeling, yeah.
I get a good feeling, yeah.
- Avicii, 57.0 million views
Bay Area Quote
"We're desperate for help, but... (stop-and-frisk) criminalizes everyone. We need to redirect our focus to these programs that are getting shut down because of lack of funding."
- Jessica Hollie, Fruitvale resident
"Our congregation in the city has experienced crime and death. We want to appeal to the city council tonight to hire those that are needed."
- David Kiteley, pastor at Shiloh Church in Oakland
"Any police department in America that tries to function without some form of stop-and-frisk, or whatever terminology they use, is doomed to failure."
- William Bratton, newly hired consultant to the Oakland Police Dept.
Bay Area Food Pick
251 8th St. (at Alice St.)
Oakland, CA 94607
(510) 893-3825
Yelp (Chinatown)
(510) 893-3825
Yelp (Chinatown)
or
3912 MacArthur Blvd. (at 38th Ave.)
Oakland, CA 94619
(510) 482-8989
Yelp (Laurel)
Oakland, CA 94619
(510) 482-8989
Yelp (Laurel)
Not far from two BART stops is this Cambodian restaurant, family-run since 1986. It screams fresh, clean, and aromatic. The traop ang dish (sauteed eggplant, shrimp, and minced pork) is one of the best in the Bay Area. Other fan favorites appear to be crunchy green beans, lemongrass pork, and sweet basil fried rice. A second location is in the Laurel District near Mills College. 4-1/2 stars - 400 reviews (Chinatown); 4 stars - 169 reviews (Laurel)
Previous San Francisco picks: Radius; Limon Rotisserie; Art's Cafe; Little Star Pizza; Yamo; Breakfast at Tiffany's; Humphry Slocombe; Tu Lan; Foreign Cinema; Zanze's Cheesecake; San Tung; Katana-Ya; A La Turca; Boxing Room; Frances; Saigon Sandwich; Brenda's French Soul Food; Park Tavern; Broken Record; Rosamunde Sausage Grill; Curry Up Now; Yasukochi's Sweet Stop; Lime Tree Southeast Asian Kitchen; Firefly; Red Door Cafe; L'Ardoise Bistro; Pluto's; My Tofu House; Mr. and Mrs. Miscellaneous; Walzwerk; Good Luck Dim Sum; Amber India; Sotto Mare; Sweet Maple; Shanghai Dumpling King; Super Duper; Kokkari Estiatorio; Olea; Bodega Bistro; The Chairman Truck; Molinari Delicatessen; Wayfare Tavern; Wexler's; Thorough Bread & Pastry; Lers Ros Thai; Helmand Palace; HRD Coffee Shop; Fat Angel; Aperto; Pho Huynh Hiep 2; Ted's Deli; Zero Zero; Zazie; Shalimar.
Previous Peninsula/South Bay picks: Curry Up Now (San Mateo); Little Lucca Sandwich Shop & Deli (Burlingame/South SF); Falafel's Drive In (San Jose); Sunny Bowl (Mountain View); Back A Yard Caribbean Grill (Menlo Park); Pluto's (Palo Alto/San Jose); Ramen Dojo/Ramen Parlor (San Mateo); Amber India (Mountain View/San Jose/Palo Alto); Nini's Coffee Shop (San Mateo); Kabab and Curry's (Santa Clara); Fiddler's Green (Millbrae); Alana's Cafe (Burlingame); Sushi Sam's Edomata (San Mateo).
Previous East Bay picks: Little Star Pizza (Albany); Angeline's Louisiana Kitchen (Berkeley); Asmara (Oakland); Keanu's Island Kine Food (Vacaville); Tara's Organic Ice Cream (Berkeley/Oakland); Pluto's (Chico/Davis/Sacramento/
Previous North Bay picks: Bouchon Bakery (Yountville); Della Fattoria Bakery (Petaluma); Sol Food (San Rafael); Stumptown Brewery (Guerneville); Moustache Baked Goods (Healdsburg); Super Duper (Mill Valley); The Pelican Inn (Muir Beach); Garden Grill (Guerneville); Buckeye Roadhouse (Mill Valley).
Previous Other picks: Shoki Ramen House (Sacramento); Built to Grill (Portland); Freshies (South Lake Tahoe).
Bay Area Nightlife Pick
3141 16th St. (at Valencia St.)
San Francisco, CA 94103
(415) 865-9523
Yelp
San Francisco, CA 94103
(415) 865-9523
Yelp
Good luck getting a seat here these days. It quietly opened back in the winter of 2007, but now word has spread via 7x7, GQ, and Food & Wine. You'll find 24 relatively obscure beers on tap, plus about 180 others in bottle. Don't despair if you hate beer, for there are also quite a few German-Austrian wine selections, as well as decent snacks in the form of enormous fondue pretzels and crispy frites. 4 stars - 1418 reviews
Previous San Francisco picks: Blackbird; El Rio; Rickhouse; Southern Pacific Brewing; The Hidden Vine; Vesuvio; The Pig & Whistle; Biergarten; Martuni's; Tosca Cafe; Toronado; The Alembic; Trad'r Sam; Sugar Lounge; Speakeasy Ales & Lagers; Lucky 13; Hotel Biron; Bottom of the Hill; Blackthorn; Local Edition; Magnolia Pub & Brewery; Whiskey Thieves; Bourbon & Branch.
Previous Peninsula/South Bay picks: Antonio's Nut House (Palo Alto); The Oasis Beer Garden (Menlo Park); Rose and Crown (Palo Alto).
Previous East Bay picks: The Trappist (Oakland); Heinold's First and Last Chance Saloon (Oakland); The Turf Club (Hayward); Jupiter (Berkeley); St. George Spirits (Alameda); Drake's Barrel House (San Leandro); JC Cellars (Oakland); Dashe Cellars (Oakland); Room 389 (Oakland); Beer Revolution (Oakland).
Previous North Bay picks: Lagunitas Brewing Co. (Petaluma); Bear Republic Brewing Co. (Healdsburg); Tourist Club (Mill Valley).
Previous Other pick: New Deal Distillery (Portland); Stateline Brewery (South Lake Tahoe).
Bay Area History
William Alvord
(1833-1904)
(1833-1904)
Born and raised in upstate New York, Mr. Alvord moved to California in 1853 and started a wholesale importing business. After a period spent in Europe to improve his health, he returned to serve as the 14th Mayor of San Francisco (1871-73), president of the Bank of California (1878-1904), as well as park commissioner and police commissioner. Golden Gate Park's Alvord Lake is named after him.
Previous San Francisco history: John Geary; Samuel Brannan; Michael O'Shaughnessy; Jasper O'Farrell; Frank McCoppin; Thomas Hayes; Francisco de Haro; Jose Bernal; David Broderick; Henry Haight; John Townsend; Cyril Magnin; Jose Arguello; Keiko Fukuda; John Le Conte; Eugene Schmitz; Theodore Judah; Herb Caen; James Phelan; Lawrence Ferlinghetti; Angelo Rossi; Charles Brenham; Warren Hellman; John McLaren; Dogpatch; Thomas Larkin; Nancy Pelosi; Levi Strauss; John Sloat; Jose Sarria; William D.M. Howard; Edwin Bryant; George Davidson.
Previous Peninsula/South Bay history: Millbrae; Tanforan Racetrack; T. Jack Foster; Leland Stanford; Milpitas; Donald Tresidder; Josiah Belden; Hiram Morgan Hill; Simon Mezes; James Forbes; Henry Coe, Jr.; John Gilroy; Joseph Grant; Henry Naglee.
Previous East Bay history: Charles Tilden; William Hayward; John Fremont; Mariano Vallejo; Ygnacio Martinez; Henry Kaiser; Anthony Chabot; Thomas Caldecott; Laurentine Hamilton; Joel Clayton; Edson Adams; Robert Crown.
Previous North Bay history: Cotati; Charles Fairfax; Luther Burbank; William Richardson; Oscar and James Shafter; George Guerne; Frank Doyle; Samuel Taylor; Harrison Standley.
Previous Other history: Francis Pettygrove (Portland).
Bay Area Charity
401 1st Street
Suite 215
Richmond, CA 94801
Such a cool idea. For seven years, Urban Tilth has worked to bring agriculture to urban areas of Richmond and San Pablo. The program has partnered with schools, nonprofits, corporations, and government and now coordinates 12 small farms and three churches. The Greenway Community Garden, in the heart of the Iron Triangle, and the Kennedy High Farm and Garden are two great examples. Earlier this month, Richmond High hosted a student-run salad bar for lunch by using harvested lettuce and lemons, and student-made salad dressings.
Previous organizations Randy's Guide has spotlighted and donated: Common Ground Relief, LYRIC, Aldea Inc., Glide Memorial, City CarShare, Maitri, Loaves and Fishes, Friends of the Urban Forest, Farm Sanctuary, Bay Area Community Services, Blue Energy, My New Red Shoes, College Track, Foundation for the People of Burma, Vital Life Services, Little Angel Fund, San Francisco Health Services Coalition, Natural Resources Defense Council, Bay Localize, San Francisco Women Against Rape, Sustainable Conservation, Ashoka, Old Skool Cafe, Darfur Sister Schools, Rebuilding Together San Francisco, Asian & Pacific Islander Wellness Center, Urban Solutions, San Francisco Suicide Prevention, The East Bay Depot for Creative Reuse, Shanti, Curry Without Worry, SF Neighborhood Theater Foundation, La Cocina, Japanese Cultural & Community Center of Northern California, The Bike Kitchen, First Graduate, Lazarex Cancer Foundation (Amy C), KQED (88.5 FM), FabMo Creativity Center; Duboce/Valencia Fire Relief; and The Coming Home Project.
Bay Area Weekend Weather
The spotty showers from this warm winter storm should clear by Saturday.
~ Thursday-Friday ~
low-60s
~ Saturday-Sunday ~
upper-50s
Bay Area Free Activities of the Week
1. Fort Point Civil War Days
Saturday, 10am-5pm
The Presidio's Civil War-era Fort Point will host hourly infantry drills, artillery discussions, band performances, and civilian demos.
Saturday, 10am-5pm
The Presidio's Civil War-era Fort Point will host hourly infantry drills, artillery discussions, band performances, and civilian demos.
2. Saturday Full Moon Walk
Point Bonita, 5-6:30pm
Point Bonita, 5-6:30pm
Point Lobos, 6:30-11pm
Bring a flashlight, dress warmly, and enjoy the full moon. Point Bonita Trailhead leads from Sausalito; RSVP at (415) 331-1540. Point Lobos starts at San Francisco's Lands End. Telescopes will be set up for your viewing pleasure here.
Friday, 6-10pm
Sounds cool. Four floors of art and design from local creators, along with indie bands, sword dancing, and food trucks. Free shuttle is provided from Fruitvale BART.
Previous songs: Down to the River to Pray (Alison Krauss); Three Rounds and a Sound (Blind Pilot); Chicken Fried (Zac Brown Band); The Story (Brandi Carlile); Lucky One (Pure Bathing Culture); Easy Way Out (Gotye); Hell or High Water (William Elliott Whitmore); Hymn #101 (Joe Pug); Midnight City (M83); So American (Portugal. The Man); Carry On (Fun.); Remembrance (Balmorhea); Miss Atomic Bomb (The Killers); Take a Walk (Passion Pit); Closer (Tegan and Sara); It's Time (Imagine Dragons); Higher (Matt Nathanson); Rawnald Gregory Erickson the Second (Starfucker); So Many Details (Toro Y Moi); Ho Hey (Lumineers); Winter Winds (Mumford & Sons); Wanted (Hunter Hayes).
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