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S.F. is place to be for Lunar New Year
SFGate Top News
Jan 29The red envelopes are out all over Chinatown - wonderfully embossed packets containing carefully folded, crisp new dollar bills that everyone from the banker to the busboy hands out as a Lunar New Year greeting. One... »
LUNAR NEW YEAR / Dragon 'awakens' for new year celebration
SFGate Bay Area News
Jan 24A 160-foot dragon was unveiled Monday, and hundreds of people were on hand in Chinatown for the start of the Lunar New Year, the longest and most important holiday in the Chinese calendar. Above: The dragon is taken... »
Sizzling Wok and Lucky Foods Welcome the Chinese New Year of the Dragon
Bay Area Bites
Jan 23At an event to mark The Year of the Dragon, Grace Young, prize winning cookbook author and wok missionary, explains why 2000 years of cooking in a real wok is the soul of Chinese cuisine. »
Jon Darsky’s Del Popolo: Pizza ‘Of the People’
KQED - Bay Area Bites
Jan 20Del Popolo, a custom-mobile-pizzeria-on-wheels, is due to roll out next month from self-proclaimed “dough guy” Jon Darsky. He is most recently known to pizza fans for his gently blistered, thin-crust, award-winning pizzas from flour + water. BAB caught... »
Central Subway gets key federal approval
The San Francisco Business Times
Jan 19San Francisco's Central Subway project has received an important approval from federal officials, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. Mayor Ed Lee said Wednesday that the city received a notice from the Department of Transportation allowing San Franci... »
Latest Blog Posts in Detail
EaterWire: Tres Cocktail Upgrade, V-Day Kouign Amann
Eater Sf
Feb 07Bartender Wire - Tres née Tres Agaves (130 Townsend St.) has brought on a new bar manager, Joel Baker, formerly of Bourbon & Branch and Nopa. Look for an expanded selection of mezcal and more tequila cocktails to surface at... »
Capitol Hill: Today’s Headlines
Streetsblog All Posts
Jan 31Republicans Offering Bill on Transportation Funding Today (WaPo, Reuters) Drilling for Highway Revenue Could Face Opposition From Both Sides (T4A) NRDC to Congress: “Don’t Drill and Drive” (Hill) Ranking Three Different Approaches to Transit Funding in... »
This Week in Livable Streets Events
Streetsblog San Francisco
Jan 30This week, the SF Board of Supervisors considers a new planning commissioner and the SF Bike Party hits the southeastern neighborhoods. Here are the highlights from the Streetsblog calendar: Tuesday: The SF County Transportation Authority Board meets. ... »
SF: This Week in Livable Streets Events
Streetsblog All Posts
Jan 30This week, the SF Board of Supervisors considers a new planning commissioner and the SF Bike Party hits the southeastern neighborhoods. Here are the highlights from the Streetsblog calendar: Tuesday: The SF County Transportation Authority Board meets. ... »
Cindy Wu and the "female point of view"
District 5 Diary
Jan 30David Chiu has appointed Cindy Wu to fill the Planning Commission seat vacated by Christina Olague. Wu is evidently a suitable replacement, since like Olague she shares the delusion about women and people of color: "I'm proud to bring a person of color... »
