SF Re-Ups For Shuttle Program

The SFMTA board will change the corporate commuter shuttle program, after agreeing to changes supported by the Board of Supervisors that will keep the program going for at least an... Read More

News Briefs

Lombard KFC Closed

KFC and Taco Bell have vacated the building they occupied at the corner of Lombard and Fillmore Street. The building at 2101 Lombard Street will be razed and replaced with a five-s... Read More

News Briefs

Gig Economy Impact On SF

With public attention continuing to focus on the on-demand “gig” economy, District 2 Supervisor Mark Farrell has called for the city’s chief economist to produce ... Read More

News Briefs

Man Beaten In Marina

In early February, a man was beaten by strangers outside of HiFi Lounge on Lombard Street. The 28-year-old victim was called antigay names, spat upon, and punched by a crowd of abo... Read More

News Briefs

Russian Hill Backs Whole Foods

The former Lombardi’s store at 1600 Jackson Street is being targeted as a new location for a Whole Foods 365 store, and the effort got a boost from neighborhood group Russian... Read More

News Briefs

Time To Stop At Baker Street And Marina Boulevard?

The MTA board is expected to hold a hearing this month regarding installation of all-way stops at the intersection of Baker and Marina Blvd. The San Francisco Municipal Transportat... Read More

A & E

Pierre Bonnard: Painting Arcadia at the Legion of Honor

By Sharon Anderson

One always talks of surrendering to nature. There is also such a thing as surrendering to the picture. — Pierre Bonnard The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco presents the first ... Read More

News Briefs

Captain McEachern Exits Northern Station

Captain Greg McEachern’s tenure as commanding officer of Northern Station came to an end Feb. 13, when he was promoted and given the responsibility for overseeing the Police... Read More

News Briefs

Presidio and the Ninth Circuit

The Presidio Historical Society and the Sierra Club lost their bid to block a proposed new hotel in the Presidio when the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals rejected their argumen... Read More

Community News

From protests to progress: Can Black Lives Matter become an effective agent of change?

By John Zipperer

After Black Lives Matter activists disrupted a speech by candidate Bernie Sanders, one activist told reporters that she didn’t do it to get attention from white people. That ... Read More

Travel/Sports, Weekend Traveler

On to Oregon, Part 2: Bend

By Patty Burness

Picturesquely situated in central Oregon’s high desert country — east of the Cascades near Mt. Bachelor and not far from the Three Sisters Mountains — the town of Bend is... Read More

The Best of Books

Best-selling at Books Inc.

Flying off the shelves

By Brian Pettis

Books Inc. best-seller list City of Thieves, by David Benioff (paperback) 111 Places in San Francisco That You Must Not Miss, by Floriana Peterson (paperback) The Tender Bar: A Me... Read More

Real Estate

3 San Francisco Neighborhoods Shaped by History

By Becca Grady

From the Gold Rush of the 1870s, to the 1906 earthquakes, to the civil rights movement in the 1960s, San Francisco has seen decades of impactful events. Around every San Francisco... Read More

Commentary, Enter Stage Left

A love letter to mice

By Evalyn Baron

I feel like I’m about to go on a Jenny Lawson kick — you know, the popular, off-centered Bloggess who’s written two best sellers lately. Let’s Pretend This Never Happened h... Read More

2016 February