Copyright 2012 http://www.nbcbayarea.com/the-scene/top-stories en-us Wed, 16 May 2012 17:29:23 -0700 Wed, 16 May 2012 17:29:23 -0700 NBC Owned Television Stations http://www.nbcbayarea.com/the-scene/food-drink/Chick-fil-A-Comes-to-San-Jose-151464285.html Tue, 15 May 2012 10:36:07 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/219*120/chick-fil-a-storefront.jpg
The fast food restaurant is known for its crispy white meat chicken and waffle fries.

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]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/the-scene/food-drink/7-Eleven-to-Introduce-Sugar-Free-Slurpee-151411815.html Mon, 14 May 2012 17:54:44 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/213*120/slurpeeEDIT.jpg
No Sugar? In a Slurpee? It's coming to a 7-Eleven near you.

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/video/#!/the-scene/food-drink/Chef-Cat-Cora-Goes-�Around-the-World-in-80-Plates�/150608655 Tue, 08 May 2012 12:28:55 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/213*120/around-the-world-in-80-plates-twitter-challenge-show.jpg
“Around the World in 80 Plates,” co-hosted by star chefs Cat Cora and Curtis Stone, combines culinary competition with travelogue. Twelve contestants embark on a journey across 10 countries to learn local cuisines as they participate in the...

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The So-called "Super Moon" made an appearance last night. The moon, which looked a little bigger in the sky, had astronomers and on-lookers buzzing. Stephanie Chuang has the story.

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/the-scene/events/Kentucky-Derby-Guide-2012-150052745.html Fri, 04 May 2012 17:27:53 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/213*120/kentucky-derby-guide.jpg
All the facts and fun of America's most famous horse race, the Kentucky Derby.

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21st Annual Livermore Wine Country Festival Event is this weekend.

Photo Credit: Steven F. Kelly

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/the-scene/events/Hats_Off_Daring_Derby_Fashions.html Sun, 06 May 2012 00:03:12 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/213*120/KY-Hats-P14.jpg
A day at the Derby isn't complete without a mint julep and tip of the hat.

Photo Credit: AP

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/the-scene/events/JJ-Abrams-Filming-Star-Trek-Sequel-in-Livermore-149867125.html Wed, 02 May 2012 11:20:06 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/213*120/2008_star_trek_002.jpg
Calling all Trekkies: the latest edition of the popular science fiction series is being filmed at the Lawrence Livermore Laboratory.

Photo Credit: Industrial Light & Magic

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/the-scene/food-drink/Los-Gatoss-Manresa-Declared-Worlds-Top-Restaurant-149714125.html Wed, 02 May 2012 10:28:09 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/160*121/manresa-restaurant-pic1.jpg
Los Gatos's Manresa is the best restaurant in the Bay Area -- and the 48th-best restaurant in the world, according to the keepers of such things.

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On a recent episode of "Antiques Roadshow" someone brought in a game-worn Willie Mays jersey from 1961.

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]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/blogs/the-cove/Pablo-Sandoval-Chia-Pets-Carnaval-Night-Giants-Video-149568125.html Mon, 30 Apr 2012 16:09:32 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/160*123/4-30-2012+4-01-55+PM.jpg
The Giants are producing a Pablo Sandoval Chia Pet to give away at Carnaval Night May 16. This may be the greatest thing to ever happen in the history of anything.

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/the-scene/cars/Guy-Fieris-Lamborghini-Found-in-Point-Richmond-149527575.html Tue, 01 May 2012 10:54:39 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/181*120/55945584.jpg
The stolen yellow Lamborghini owned by Bay Area chef Guy Fieri was found in a storage unit in Point Richmond this weekend, police said on Monday.

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]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/the-scene/events/Coachella-vs-Stagecoach-149270775.html Sat, 28 Apr 2012 18:17:38 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/213*120/113378144_coachella.jpg
The Stagecoach country music festival opened April 27, one week after Coachella closed down its second weekend. Although both sold-out events are held at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, they each...

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]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/the-scene/events/Adventures-in-Napa-Beyond-the-Wineries-149341745.html Sat, 28 Apr 2012 20:07:14 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/187*120/91160215.jpg
Napa is no big mystery for the Bay Area day-tripper but what exactly do you know about Calistoga besides bubbly mineral water and wine?

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]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/the-scene/food-drink/Good-Taste-Hyperlocality-at-The-Four-Seasons-149291265.html Fri, 27 Apr 2012 16:28:19 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/160*120/seasonsdevilled.jpg
The new menu at Seasons Bar and Lounge contains some hyperlocal surprises.

Photo Credit: Tamara Palmer

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/the-scene/real-estate/Winchester-Mystery-House-to-Become-Hollywood-Star-149291895.html Fri, 27 Apr 2012 13:47:50 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/185*120/winchester.jpg
The Winchester Mystery House in San Jose is the perfect set for a horror movie and that's just what a group of Hollywood producers thinks.

Photo Credit: Winchester Mystery House

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The Fox Theater in Oakland is getting set to host the third annual evening of 'Notes and Words' benefiting Children's Hospital and Research Center Oakland.

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Finals week is a stressful one for college students.

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Street food will return to the transit terminal starting May 1.

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Depicting Jesus as a gay man in 1950s Texas isn't particularly outrageous in San Francisco, but local screenings of a documentary about the play "Corpus Christi" are angering Christians across the nation.

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]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/the-scene/events/Rock-Reunion-in-SF-for-Guitar-Hero-149090735.html Fri, 27 Apr 2012 11:12:12 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/160*207/montrose.jpg
A 70’s rock reunion of epic proportions is set for Friday night at the Regency Ballroom in San Francisco with an all-star lineup to honor guitar hero Ronnie Montrose who succumbed to his demons this spring.

Photo Credit: Courtesy of Ronnie Montrose

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/the-scene/events/Kinkcom-Deal-Leads-to-Groupon-Boycott-148973325.html Wed, 25 Apr 2012 17:50:46 -0700 Thisistar on Flickr]]> http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/179*120/sfarmory.jpg Thisistar on Flickr]]>
The pornography produced by Kink.com's armory is unsavory to some. As are tours offered at a discount by Groupon, which is now subject of a boycott organized by a Washington, D.C.-based morality group.

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/the-scene/food-drink/NATL-Pizza-Hut-Graduates-from-Hot-Dog-to-Cheeseburger-Crusts-148869245.html Wed, 25 Apr 2012 06:48:05 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/213*120/pizza-hut-cheeseburgers.jpg
And you thought the hot dog crust sounded like overkill.

Photo Credit: Pizza Hut Middle East

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/the-scene/shopping/Artist-Force-Fed-Injected-at-Cosmetics-Store-in-Protest-Against-Animal-Testing--148752575.html Tue, 24 Apr 2012 14:12:09 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/213*120/AnimalTests.jpg
A 24-year-old woman was restrained and tormented in the store window display of a flagship cosmetics store in London to highlight the abuses of common animal testing practices.

Photo Credit: Getty Images/Aurora Creative

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/the-scene/events/DeAndre-Gets-City-Hall-Honor-148723175.html Tue, 24 Apr 2012 17:09:23 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/213*120/ff29.jpg
The San Jose City Council is honoring "American Idol" finalist DeAndre Brackensick today.

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San Francisco will celebrate the 82nd birthday of the late Harvey Milk with a film screening about his life and a talk from his friend and fellow gay rights activist Cleve Jones.

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/the-scene/events/Golden-Gate-Bridge-Was-Almost-Painted-Like-a-Stryper-Album-148598695.html Mon, 23 Apr 2012 19:36:43 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/180*120/81032140.jpg
Instead it's painted "International Orange"

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]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/the-scene/events/Celebrate-Earth-Day-at-These-Bay-Area-Events-148346875.html Sat, 21 Apr 2012 08:36:32 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/211*120/main_earthday_0320.jpg
When you’re worn out from preparing a big presentation at the office, soccer mom duty and keeping your home clean, it’s easy to get cynical about Earth Day.

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/the-scene/events/Save-Sea-Turtles-on-Earth-Day-148341675.html Fri, 20 Apr 2012 17:31:04 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/180*120/LB_feeding_MontereyCA_MichaelSack.jpeg
The Pacifica Beach Coalition is getting Earth Day Started early. The group is encouraging people to participate in a variety of beach and habitat clean up events Saturday from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/the-scene/real-estate/Tim-Lincecums-House-Sells-148341525.html Fri, 20 Apr 2012 17:24:41 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/180*120/tim-lincecum-house.jpg
The San Francisco home that Tim Lincecum once allegedly trashed has been sold.

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/the-scene/events/Sold-Out-Show-Proves-Reggae-Hot-in-SF-148340455.html Sat, 21 Apr 2012 15:36:50 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/213*120/katchafire2.jpg
Thousands of people packed The Mezzanine in San Francisco to catch a reggae show that sold out in just days.

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/the-scene/events/Donald-Glover-Plays-Childish-Gambino-in-Oakland-148331675.html Fri, 20 Apr 2012 15:40:01 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/213*120/childish+gambino+%282%29.JPG
Community's Troy but his musical alter ego, the Childish Gambino," to Oakland's Fox Theatre Thursday night.

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/the-scene/events/fdsafs-148292855.html Fri, 20 Apr 2012 13:45:53 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/213*120/llama1.jpg
Mike Inouye gives a roundup of some weekend events.

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Temperatures are expected to climb 15 to 20 degrees above average this weekend.

Photo Credit: Jodi Hernandez

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/the-scene/events/Communitys-Donald-Glover-Brings--148196155.html Thu, 19 Apr 2012 18:26:46 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/208*120/Donald+Glover+on+Facebook.jpg
Donald Glover will play the Fox Theatre in Oakland on Thursday night.

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/video/#!/the-scene/events/Lion-King-to-Return/148170035 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 14:38:13 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/213*120/lionking_722x406_2224779718.jpg
The Lion King's return to the Bay Area was celebrated at an event hosted by Emeryville's Pixar Animation Studios.

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/the-scene/real-estate/Tenderloin-Park-Gets-an-Unexpected-Boost-148019915.html Wed, 18 Apr 2012 17:11:51 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/160*120/Boeddeker+Park.JPG
San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood is about as concrete as it gets. It's gritty character is imbrued with the poor and down-and-out who inhabit its streets and single room occupancy hotels. It isn’t...

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/the-scene/food-drink/Raw-Tuna----Sushis-Pink-Slime----Recalled-147816455.html Sat, 21 Apr 2012 20:21:29 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/213*120/02_yellowfin_tuna_sushi.jpg
Some 60,000 pounds of tuna product connected to a South Bay company has been linked to salmonella poisoning and recalled.

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/the-scene/events/Stevie-Wonder-Metallica-to-Headline-Outside-Lands-147792145.html Tue, 17 Apr 2012 12:17:34 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/213*120/Whitney-Funeral-+adds-P5.jpg
Stevie Wonder, Metallica and Foo Fighters will headline annual summer festival.

Photo Credit: WireImage

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/the-scene/events/7-11-Cracks-Down-on-Underage-Drinking-147628425.html Mon, 16 Apr 2012 12:30:29 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/213*120/liquor_bottles_alcohol_generic.jpg
Young people trying to use a fake ID to get alcohol have fewer options here in the Bay Area.

Photo Credit: ASSOCIATED PRESS

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/blogs/worth-the-drive/Webbed-Feet-Whimsical-Feat-146854625.html Tue, 17 Apr 2012 10:57:58 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/213*120/CalaverasFrog.jpg
The jumping frogs of Calaveras County will soon leap for glory and greatness.

Photo Credit: Jumping Frog Jubilee

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Bay Area parents can breathe a sigh of relief as the newest kid-friendly bike shop rolls into San Francisco.

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/blogs/the-cove/ATT-Park-Ready-for-Opening-Day-Rain-or-Shine-147255575.html Fri, 13 Apr 2012 07:23:10 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/160*120/106214001.jpg
Giants' facilities manager has an opening day ritual.

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]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/the-scene/events/Concert-Review--Radiohead-Rips-Through-San-Jose-147184595.html Thu, 12 Apr 2012 15:48:49 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/160*120/Radioheadblurb.jpg
Radiohead fought the Arena and won.

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]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/video/#!/the-scene/DogFest-Returns-to-San-Francisco/147194605 Sat, 14 Apr 2012 16:24:01 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/213*120/goldenpup_722x406_2222218907.jpg
DogFest has quickly become a true San Francisco happening and is set for another Saturday in Duboce Park on April 14, 2012.

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/the-scene/events/Bird-Lovers-Called-to-Game-Bird-Stamp-Competition-147200495.html Thu, 12 Apr 2012 12:27:41 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/165*120/2010-CA-Upland-Stamp-sm.jpg
Bird lovers are invited to attend the judging of California's 2012 Upland Game Bird Stamp art competition.

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