I still remember how it all changed
My father said
Don't you worry, don't you worry child
See heaven's got a plan for you.My father said
Don't you worry, don't you worry child
Bay Area Quote
"We
take the rights of people very seriously.... So to violate that public
trust would be wrong and unethical.... We would never use this system
for civilian surveillance."
- Gregory Ahem, Alameda County Sheriff
"We have to ask hard details... We're a little concerned drones have the capacity to be abused tremendously."
- Linda Lye, ACLU attorney
Bay Area Food Pick
Luka's Taproom & Lounge
2221 Broadway (at Grand Ave.)
Oakland, CA 94612
(510) 451-4677
Yelp
Oakland, CA 94612
(510) 451-4677
Yelp
Situated
a few blocks from popular destinations such as Art Murmur, the Fox
Theater, and Lake Merritt, this spacious bar + grill offers excellent
mac 'n cheese, Belgian fries, and beer on tap. It's a full bar, though,
and you're also but a few stumbling steps from the 19th St. BART
station. 3-1/2 stars - 1076 reviews
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; Swan Oyster Depot; Dottie's True Blue Cafe.
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
1741 Telegraph Ave. (at 18th St.)
Oakland, CA 94612
(510) 251-1400
Oakland, CA 94612
(510) 251-1400
Not
far from Luka's is this bocce-ball destination bar. That's right, two
lengthy dirt-packed courts, which can be reserved for parties. It also
helps that the artisan cocktails and quality beers are offered at a
great happy hour price, and that the Fox is within eyesight. 4 stars -
230 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; The Monk's Kettle; Amsterdam Cafe; Aunt Charlie's Lounge.
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
Samuel Merritt(1822-1890)
Mr.
Merritt moved from Maine to California and settled in the Oakland area
during the mid-19th century. The wealthy physician became the 13th major
of Oakland in 1867, and donated tidal water land that is now known as
Lake Merritt. Samuel Merritt College and Merritt Hospital opened in 1909, per the requests from his will.
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;
William Alvord; George Moscone.
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; Helen Putnam
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 Holiday Weekend Weather
Unseasonably warm. Next chance of rain arrives Monday night.
~ Thursday-Saturday ~
near 70 everywhere
~ Sunday ~
Coast: upper-50s
SF: low-60s
SF: low-60s
Bay: mid-60s
South Bay: mid-60s
Inland East Bay: upper-60s
North Bay: upper-60s
~ Monday ~
near 60 everywhere
Bay Area Free Activities of the Week
1. One Billion Rising on Thursday
SF City Hall: 4-6pm
Oakland: 4-7pm
Oakland: 4-7pm
Join
Mayor Ed Lee and others at City Hall to support an end to violence
against females. Frank Ogawa Plaza will hold a similar rally in Oakland.
I've read even Sheriff Mirkarimi will assemble inmates into a
choreographed dance against domestic violence.
2. Lunar New Year Festivities- Oakland: Saturday, 11am-4:30pm
- SF: Saturday, 10:30am-3pm
The
Oakland Asian Cultural Center hosts Year of the Snake performances and
workshops, including Japanese flower arranging, Hawaiian paper leis, and
Korean drumming. The SF Botanical Garden Society fields lion dancers,
lunar new year lanterns, and tai chi demonstrations. RSVP here.
3. Valentine's Day
- Pillow Fight, 6pm
- Pillow Fight, 6pm
- Mighty Dance Party, 9pm-2am
- Swing Night at 50 Mason, 5pm-2am
The annual tradition of pillow fighting continues in Justin Herman Plaza. Club Mighty hosts its annual free V-Day dance event, with no cover and open bar for the first hour. DJs Shortkut and Apollo will spin. 50 Mason will offer free swing dance lessons and live burlesque.
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