San Francisco Bay Area

Thrash Metal band Exodus Banned From House of Blues Anaheim

If you were at the March 22, stop of the 3rd annual Metal Alliance Tour, you might have noticed that one thrash metal band was not the bill at the House of Blues in Anaheim. As it turns out, we can blame the Disney Corporation for that. Northern California thrash metal band Exodus now finds itself ... More >>

On the Line: Martin Tse of Dogzilla, Part Two

Martin describes his desk setup at his previous job for a financial company, where he worked for eight years: "I had two toaster ovens and two waffle makers. I was living out of my cubicle, and people knew I loved to cook. My co-workers always told me I should do something with food."In today's inst ... More >>

My Inability To Schmooze Is Killing My Music Career!

By: Jessica Hopper [Editor's Note: Are you a musician? Is your group having issues? Ask Fan Landers! Critic Jessica Hopper has played in and managed bands, toured internationally, booked shows, produced records, worked as a publicist, and is the author of The Girls' Guide to Rocking, a how-to for te ... More >>

On The Line: Christian De La Vara of Brunos - Part One

While most individuals are getting shopping done and attending parties, the hospitality industry barely rests. In fact, Christian De La Vera worked the entire weekend; and Brunos Trattoria is open for dinner on Christmas and New Years. So we thank Christian for taking a break and sharing a few of hi ... More >>

Embarcadero: The San Francisco Treat

The bistro brings a little bit of the Bay Area to the boonies we call RSM

Anaheim is Keeping WonderCon For 2013...Suck It San Francisco

OC comic book nerds can breathe a little easier this week with the announcement that WonderCon has decided to stay in Anaheim for 2013. The event is scheduled for March 29-31.Despite over a year of vacillating over the issue, convention organizers announced on Monday that they would not be returning ... More >>

'We Will Live to Fight Again'

Election Day dispatches from around the county

[UPDATED with Child Endangerment Count:] Nadia Maria Davis Lockyer Faces Meth and Child Abuse Charges

See Update No. 2 at the end of this post about DA getting child abuse count added, Ms. Lockyer's statement.See Update No. 1 about today's postponed court hearing.ORIGINAL POST, SEPT. 5, 6:44 P.M.: Nadia Maria Davis Lockyer, the former Alameda County supervisor, estranged wife of state Treasurer Bill ... More >>

Cochinas Know How to Work the Streets

[Locals Only] The wig-wearing punk band treat every gig with empowering, skirt-raising abandon

Junior Watson Gets High on Jump Blues

The Founding Member of the Mighty Flyers continues to sail toward cult status

Cochinas Know How to Work the Streets

See Also:*Over the Weekend: No Bunny - Alex's Bar - 8/18/12*Over the Weekend: Braid - The Glass House - 8/17/12*Pussy Riot Sentenced to Two Years for Anti-Putin Punk Prayer!When you listen to Cochinas, your mind will go to dirty places. Not like that! We're talking a hot, crowded warehouse show; a ... More >>

We Get Mail: Summer (California) Reading from Heyday

The Bibliofella provides full employment to the UPS guy, Fed Ex and the world's greatest mail carrier, Cherry out of Silverado P.O.  Among the boxes delivered to Shangri-Bib are dozens of catalogs, fun to browse through, from big commercial publishers, tiny little presses like Copper Canyo ... More >>

Starbucks Buys Bakery Chain To Make Its Food Better

It's a common complaint that the food at Starbucks isn't very good--overpriced fodder customers often equate to airplane food if they're being generous. Yesterday, Howard Schultz and company announced they plan to do something about their weakness. They've bought up a San Francisco-based bakery ... More >>

The Avengers

Alex's Bar

On the Line: David Man of Palm Terrace and Lounge, Part One

When you've got a resort view like that from your dining room, life should be pretty mellow, right? Yet David Man became a tad nervous when I hit the record button. He had nothing to worry about, though. Once we started exchanging Bay Area stories about our favorite ramen in Burlingame, I knew he wa ... More >>

On the Line: Ryan O'Melveny Wilson of Five Crowns and SideDoor, Part Two

Before this chef hopped on a plane to Chi-town for business (to work on a burger blend and attend a quarterly financial meeting), Ryan O'Melveny Wilson had enough time to answer those burning questions, such as what he thought of his Chiquita-banana costume. Maybe his answer belonged in part one, bu ... More >>

The Blank Tapes Are Back

Matt Adams' band are ready to rock . . . again

Nadia Maria Davis Lockyer Tied Up in Sex-Drugs-Cheatin'-Beatin'-Pornin' Scandal

​The Bay Area has its own political Falcon Crest soap opera going on presently involving a former Santa Ana Unified School District board member-turned-Alameda County supervisor, who is also the daughter of a renowned immigrant-rights lawyer in Orange County. She's Nadia Lockyer, California Trea ... More >>

Jonah Mowry and Daniel Mendez of OC Among Bullied Teens Honored at National Event

​Some Orange Countians are in the Bay Area this hour not to take in the sights this holiday weekend but to be featured speakers at a national anti-bullying event.The Monster March Against Teen Bullying, which pushed off at 10 a.m. and is to end at the steps of San Francisco City Hall, honors the l ... More >>

Calbee Snacking In San Francisco

​When you're wandering a mall, hunger isn't your friend. It usually means some average meal to temporarily satiate, which you'll forget about as soon as you dump the tray. So to discover something left of center is a welcome treat, especially when your playground is the Bay Area.Their signage was ... More >>

K. Flay Talks Beginnings, Book Reports, And Hamburgers

Courtesy Bailey Blues​Kristine Flaherty (better known by musical moniker K. Flay) isn't your average rapper-singer-songwriter. After graduating from Stanford with degrees in psychology and sociology, she decided to take her then-hobby of writing and performing music more seriously. Besides the occ ... More >>

Taco Maria Signals El Return of El Native

[Hole In the Wall] Carlos Salgado stuns Orange County with his wholly Mexican luxe lonchera

Lost Boys

New research demolishes the stereotype of the underage sex worker—and sparks an outbreak of denial among child-sex-trafficking alarmists nationwide

[UPDATED W/CALIFORNIA ATTORNEY GENERAL'S REACTION] Obama Administration Memo Spells End of Medical Marijuana Industry?

​UPDATE, Oct. 21, 11:00 A.M. Ever since four U.S. attorneys in California announced their planned crackdown on medical marijuana dispensaries in the state, cannabis rights activists have been asking one question above all others: where is California's top law enforcement official, Kamala Harris ... More >>

Sean Hayes Is Easy to Root For

His Appalachian trail has led him to a DIY paradise in the city by the bay

'We Were Here': Interpreters of Maladies

Five San Franciscans remember the AIDS crisis

Sammytown of Fang: 'I still relate to feelings of alienation, of not fitting in, feelings of unrequited love, feelings of nihilism and anger'

Fang is well-traveled in many facets of punk rock. The Bay Area punk group started making music in the early '80s as teenagers, producing songs like "Fun With Acid" and "Suck and Fuck" and "Everybody Makes Me Puke." As the band members matured, so did their sound, surpassing the stagnation ... More >>

Cinépolis of Mexico Brings the Luxury and Low-End Jobs to Hoity-Toity OC ZIP Codes for a Change

See, the Spanish juxtaposed with Captain America ... oh, never mind.​Mexicans have taken over your menial jobs, your shitty apartments and your marijuana-delivery options, America.Prepare to have our amigos south of the border take over your movie theaters next.Like an endless wave of, oh, whateve ... More >>

'Rise of the Planet of the Apes': Simian Disobedience

The making of a monkey activist

Into the Emerald Triangle

Travels with OC potrepreneur B. Lucky to California's marijuana breadbasket

[UPDATED with "Victim" Speaking:] Muslim Worker Told to Remove Hijab Sues Abercrombie & Fitch

​UPDATE, JUNE 27, 11:52 A.M.: The Muslim woman at the center of a lawsuit against Abercrombie & Fitch over being forced to remove her hijab while working in the stockroom of a Hollister Co. store in San Mateo spoke at this morning's press conference."When I was asked to remove my scarf after ... More >>

100 Reasons to Be Ecstatic About Summer In OC!

Summer here is bliss, better than anyplace else in the States

New Monsoon's Jeff Miller: If You Come to See Us, You're Part of Our Family'

​The jam band New Monsoon originated in San Francisco and garnered much attention after their music hit the streets. Founded by Bo Carper and Jeff Miller in the late '90s, the band is still going strong and currently in the process of releasing new songs. It is difficult to describe New Monsoon's ... More >>

Winter Jam 2011

Anaheim Convention Center

[UPDATED/CLARIFIED] OCTA's Will Kempton and Irvine Ranch Water's Paul D. Jones II (and Santa Margarita Water's John J. Schatz) Top Special-District Executive Salaries List

OCTAKempton​UPDATE/CLARIFICATION, FEB. 4, 9:23 A.M.: The Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) clarified for the Weekly why its CEO Will Kempton lands at the No. 2 spot on a state-compiled list of top executive salaries from California special districts.It's not Kempton's salary, the OCTA ... More >>

On the Road Again

Apparently, you can teach the Yard Dogs Road Show new tricks

California's 5 Worst Ballot Initiatives

​Happy Election Day! Could you even sleep last night? Do you view your local polling place like a 5-year-old views a Christmas tree on Christmas morning? Can you not wait one more minute to vote the bastards out?Well, before you go get your teabag on, take a gander at bad initiatives that have gon ... More >>

Don't Start a Riot

Fourteen years after Bradley Nowell's tragic death, Sublime (With Rome) are back and headed for a town near you

Mexican-Hatin' is Sweeping the Nation!

[¡Ask a Mexican!] And everybody has a different, not-so-endearing nickname for the Brown Menace

Andre Nickatina

The Grove of Anaheim

Virgin America Aborts OC Flights

Hello . . . and goodbye: Virgin America pulled out all the stops--and skin--to celebrate the launch of Orange County service last May.​Virgin America will cancel flights to John Wayne Airport beginning in May, a year after launching service between Orange County and San Francisco.

Distant Karma Catches Up With the Brotherhood's Brenice Lee Smith

Roofie & the Nightstalker Are a Little Bit SoCal, a Little Bit NorCal, All Punk Rock

DJ Kaskade's Latest Takes His Music to a Lighter Place, But Don't Call It 'Trance'

David Di Sabatino Is Drawn to Charismatic Christians. But Nothing Prepared Him for Larry Norman

Vincebus Eruptum

Blue Cheer

Eternal Sunshine

Director William A. Kirkley rediscovers the dark side of OC’s Summer of Love

Letters

Cereal Killers

Count Chocula would approve of Tiger Army

Polka Politics

The evolution of Los Tigres del Norte