• Oaklanders are still fighting to get landmark status for the tiny Kingfish Pub & Café, a dive bar at Telegraph and Claremont that opened in 1922. [Oakland North, Earlier] • Unsurprisingly, medical examiners and investigators have concluded that a...
• Williams-Sonoma is free to open a store in the city where it was founded: The Sonoma City Council last night voted down a proposal to ban formula retail. [NBC, Earlier] Update: The AP reports there still may be a...
The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine strikes again with their annual publicity blitz.
• The family of a San Mateo 19-year-old who died in a drunk-driving crash after partying on a party bus is pushing for stricter statewide regulations on party buses. [Tribune] • The cafeteria of San Francisco's Zynga gaming company serves...
All you need is a purple hat, some scarves, and some "vegetables that you can gaze upon beatifically."
• California Pizza Kitchen is up for sale, but the biggest private equity firms aren't interested. [NYP] • Goat is still popular. See some tips for buying it, and several recipes. [Chron, Earlier] • The European grapevine moth is still...
A pro-vegan "doctors' group" chooses the five best and five worst cookbooks of the decade.
• Eater concluded their lengthy, multi-round, Hottest Chef in the Bay contest, crowning Aziza's handsome Louis Maldonado the winner. [Eater] • The 20 "most significant" restaurant closings of the year, including Jeanty at Jack's, Acme Chophouse, and Jack Falstaff. [Bits...
Plus: Dunkin' Donuts suggests surveillance, all in our morning news roundup.
• A Castro Valley Safeway has revised its policies after getting busted for selling alcohol to minors. [Oakland Tribune] • The owner of Sheba Piano Lounge actually gets his Ethiopian ingredients from Ethiopia. [SF Chronicle] • Pennsylvania's wineries are growing...