The Coastal Commuter

I’m beginning to see San Francisco as a bedroom community. For someone like me who frequently works in Los Angeles, San Francisco has now become my refuge more than my day-in... Read More

Weekend Traveler

Chill out in Calistoga

By Patty Burness

Suffering from a holiday hangover? Here’s a cure to start the new year off right. Head straight to Calistoga and relax in alluring hot springs and mud baths, then savor delic... Read More

Enter Stage Left

Unfit for fitness?

By Evalyn Baron

I hate starting out a new year with a kvetch. I love loving this town. Its kindness, its open-mindedness. But my first 2014 column is a sort of protest about what recently happened... Read More

News Briefs

Officer Increase

The Police Department’s Northern Station — whose territory includes the Marina, Japantown, the Western Addition, and more — has slowly been adding officers, which could l... Read More

News Briefs

Google Barge Under The Microscope

At first it was a mystery to all: What was that large object under construction off Treasure Island? Then Google finally admitted this fall that it was building a large floating &#... Read More

News Briefs

Polk Folks Poke Back

Folks for Polk, a citizens group supporting the redesign of the Polk Street corridor to improve the pedestrian, biking, and mass transit arrangements on the busy commercial and re... Read More

News Briefs

Beach Chalet Lawsuit Snuffed

Opponents of plans to renovate the Beach Chalet athletic fields at the western end of Golden Gate Park from grass to artificial turf — part of a major change to the fields — we... Read More

Pets

Pit of the Month

After beating fused his jaw shut, Phinny is ready for a forever home

By Susan Dyer Reynolds

When a woman saw a 1-year-old pit bull-boxer mix wandering the streets starving, she tried to give him some dry dog food but noticed he was only able to move it around in the bowl.... Read More

Pets

Homemade pumpkin-peanut butter doggy frozen yogurt

By Susan Dyer Reynolds

Skylar loves doggy fro-yo. She gets one every night around the same time, and she even waits in front of the refrigerator, her big green eyes traveling from the freezer to me and b... Read More

Pets

The little lion in the autumn

By John Zipperer

In December, we learned about the quirky crimes of Mamoru Demizu. The unemployed man was accused of breaking into homes in western Japan to steal jewels, cash, and other valuables,... Read More

Pets

Mike Murray Chairman: Golden State German Shepherd Rescue

By Susan Dyer Reynolds

Years involved with animal rescue: 20 Tell us about your organization. Our mission is to provide education about the German shepherd dog, find homes for abandoned German shepherds,... Read More

Dining

Mini potpies: a great use for holiday leftovers

By Susan Dyer Reynolds

We always have turkey for Thanksgiving and prime rib for Christmas, with all the fixin’s, of course. It’s a tradition to make my mom’s turkey croquettes, and I al... Read More

Real Estate

So you think you can’t afford to move?

By Carrie Buchanan Goodman & Lisa Miller

We hear this all of the time: “It will cost me more to move than to stay in my current home.” This is especially true for homeowners who have been in their homes for ma... Read More

Real Estate Today

2014: The year of new condos

By Carole Isaacs

New residential buildings continue to spring up like giant mushrooms around San Francisco from Mission Bay and SOMA to mid-market, upper market, and along Van Ness Avenue. There ar... Read More

Home & Garden

Energy-efficient lighting

By Julia Strzesieski

This January the rest of the country catches up with California’s ban on the production of the energy inefficient 40-watt and 60-watt incandescent light bulbs. In 2011, all m... Read More

2013 December