When the ancient Polynesians invented surfing, they often used a paddle to help them navigate. Fast-forward a few millennia, and Stand-Up Paddleboarding, or SUP, finds itself trendy again. Part of its increasing popularity is that standing upright allows surfers to spot waves more easily and thus catch more of them, multiplying the fun factor. Paddling back to the wave becomes less of a strain as well. The ability to cruise along on flat inland water, surveying the sights, is another advantage. Finally, it’s a good core workout. If you’re sold on the idea, schedule an intro SUP lesson, free with board and paddle rental, and you may find yourself riding the waves like a Polynesian king.More
Many of us remember coming home from our elementary schools with freshly glazed pinchpots, cups, or whatever else our young imaginations could conjure up. Saturday mornings at the Randall Museum can bring that memory back, or create a new one for the youngsters. Ceramics make great gifts — especially on Mothers' and Fathers' Day. Hop on board for the Randall's once-weekly class, and for $6 and two weeks to have your work fired and glazed, you'll have all the materials you need.More
December is almost over - the New Year is coming up and everyone is busy drying off from the rain or holiday shopping. Let's take a look at what's happened this month.
Because not everyone can shell out a week's worth of rent on the edible art of a hand-tweezed tasting menu, veteran restaurateur Kash Feng (owner of Michelin-starred Omakase) and consulting chef Shin Aoki (formally of Michelin-starred Kaigetsu) bring you Okane — legit Japanese fare for epicures of the 99 percent.
PostedByJoe Eskenazi
on Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 3:35 PM
The Board of Supervisors has just passed the controversial "Charge for Harm" Alcohol fee, which aims to fund the city's detox centers by raising $16-odd million from San Francisco alcohol wholesalers.
The proposal stands about as much chance of making it into law as a glass of Chivas Regal stood of being untouched among a roomful of Prohibition-era alkies with the DTs -- as it did not receive enough votes to override a promised mayoral veto.
PostedByMatt Smith
on Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 1:45 PM
San Francisco's route to really fast handheld Internet access has slowed to a crawl as activists in Bernal Heights have compelled a Board of Supervisors hearing over their concern that broadband antennae might shake loose in the event of an earthquake and accidentally zap residents with concentrated radio waves. Really.
The Board is scheduled today to consider an appeal of the Planning Commission's decision to not require an environmental review for the installation of five small dish antennae on the radio tower at Bernal Hill. The dishes are supposed to transmit broadband data for Sprint's 4G network. San Franciscans may be willing to blithely tolerate the hundreds of thousands of cars, collapse-prone earthquake-zone houses, and the presence of high-pressure gas pipelines under our streets. But the idea that near-undetectable added levels of radio waves might emanate from a tower that has been radiating since the 1960s is apparently too much for some locals to countenance.
PostedByJoe Eskenazi
on Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 12:40 PM
According to a recent Zogby poll, 72 percent of Americans support a California law preventing the sale of ultra-violent videogames to children. And yet, the validity of that law isn't for Americans randomly picking up the phone to decide, but the nine justices of the U.S. Supreme Court.
Last year, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals struck down the 2005 law AB 1179, which prevented the sale to minors of racy or violent games that enable "the player to virtually inflict serious injury upon images of human beings or characters with substantially human characteristics in a manner which is especially heinous, cruel, or depraved in that it involves torture or serious physical abuse to the victim." The Court of Appeal, however, found the Sen. Leland Yee-authored law to be "a presumptively invalid content-based restriction on speech."
All that First Amendment talk aside, however, this poll claims Americans don't want junior playing Grand Theft Auto -- and you can put that in your Bill of Rights.
PostedByJoe Eskenazi
on Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 9:59 AM
A San Francisco mom scolding her daughters for coming home late Monday evening may now have to scold them for stabbing her.
The San Francisco Police booked a 12-year-old and detained her 15-year-old sister after the aforementioned argument about staying out too late devolved into a physical confrontation and a knifing.
John Egan allegedly sweet-talked Miller's credit card number away from her by posing as a suave and desirable sports executive. In reality, however, the overweight and gray-haired 32-year-old was living in his parent's New York basement. Miller's money went to buy expensive sports tickets, athletic paraphernalia, and other swag.
The measure was first introduced in 2009 by San Diego Gas and Electric Co. in order to cover for a series of 2007 blazes that incurred more than $1 billion in damages; state investigators blame the utility company for triggering at least three of those fires. But while the "Wildfire Expense Balancing Account" would stick customers with the bill for costs not covered by insurance, the most eye-catching element for locals is the definition of the term "wildfire."
PostedByJoe Eskenazi
on Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 7:25 AM
No sickout here...
If Muni drivers do hope to pull off a "sickout," it's gotten off to an anemic start.
While an anonymous, all-caps flier urged drivers to call in sick en masse from yesterday to Sept. 17, that hasn't happened -- yet. Per the flier, "ALL TRANSIT OPERATORS WILL CALL IN SICK ON SEPTEMBER 14, 15, 16, & 17. ALL OWL OPERATORS SICK OUT ON MONDAY THE 13th."
Muni spokesman Paul Rose tells SF Weekly, however, that "everything is on a normal schedule."
PostedByJoe Eskenazi
on Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 6:30 AM
Tipplers the world over have often rationalized that possession of a bottle of champagne is reason enough for a celebration. An alleged shoplifter caught in the act Sunday in the Mission tried to take it a bit further, however.
That alleged thief was caught in the 3300 block of Mission Street with a bottle of champagne. But the hapless man or woman was also caught filching salami and pantyhose. Instant party.
When Miller rails against the "crazy laws the Board of Supervisors put on the books," or how he wants "anyone in LOVE to marry," it's hard to imagine many San Franciscans disagreeing with him. But when he addresses the solution to black-on-Asian violence, Miller takes a turn for the surreal:
I don't have to wait to deal with that problem, I am dealing with it now as President of Sunnydale Tenants Association and I have been trying to set-up a meeting with Ms Rose Pak of the Asian community to teach her people to look Blacks in the eye as a sign of respect, which is all the young kids who are doing these attack say they want.
Sub Pop recording artists 'clipping.' brought their brand of noise-driven experimental hip hop to the closing night of 2016's San Francisco Electronic Music Fest this past Sunday. The packed Brava Theater hosted an initially seated crowd that ended the night jumping and dancing against the front of the stage. The trio performed a set focused on their recently released Sci-Fi Horror concept album, 'Splendor & Misery', then delved into their dancier and more aggressive back catalogue, and recent single 'Wriggle'.
Opening performances included local experimental electronic duo 'Tujurikkuja' and computer music artist 'Madalyn Merkey.'"
