The Elite Cafe returns: Let the good times roll

Due to reopen on Oct. 3, the Elite Cafe (2049 Fillmore Street, 415-346-8400) will be unveiling a new menu, plus new ownership, and a new-yet-old cocktail menu. Andrew Chun of Schro... Read More

Election

A short history of ‘those people’

By Chris Trayhorn

In August 1956 at a White Citizens Council rally in Phoenix, the organizers invited up on stage the mothers of 10 white people, each of whom, it was claimed, had been killed by an ... Read More

Supervisor's Report

My picks from this year’s ballot of alphabet soup

By Aaron Peskin

I was on as many street corners as possible last year, talking to voters about a citywide vision for affordability and checks and balances in government. With your support, we’ve... Read More

Supervisor's Report

My ballot priorities for the November election

By Supervisor Mark E. Farrell

Elections matter. elections have consequences. If you’re eligible to vote—please do not sit this election out. From the presidential race down to voting for your local school b... Read More

Election

Nov. 8, 2016, general election: Voter details

Learn more about casting your ballot

The nov. 8, 2016, election is really the culmination of voting, because early voting by mail and in-person at City Hall is an increasingly popular way to cast a ballot. We have com... Read More

Election

Voters in the hot seat

Our election roundtable dissects the people, policies, and politics of the 2016 fall election

By John Zipperer

This nov. 8, san francisco voters will cast their final ballots in one of the most momentous elections of our lifetimes. On the national level, Americans will choose between two ma... Read More

Reynolds Rap

Proposition SDR: Should meter maids run San Francisco?

By Susan Dyer Reynolds

I split my time between the Silicon Valley and San Francisco. It’s a great arrangement: Just when I’m getting tired of too many places to park, squeaky clean streets, a... Read More

News Briefs

Crime Report

By John Zipperer

In March 2016, the FBI reported that San Francisco topped the nation with the highest increase in rates of property crimes. Much blame has been placed at the feet of Proposition 47... Read More

News Briefs

City Honors Rose Pak

By John Zipperer

Chinatown activist Rose Pak, one of the city’s most colorful and powerful figures, died Sept. 18 at the age of 68. Though her reputation made her a revered and feared figure in C... Read More

News Briefs

Real Foods in Real Trouble

By John Zipperer

For 19 years, the Real Food Company has operated its natural foods store at the corner of Fillmore and Filbert streets, but that could be coming to an end soon. The company’s own... Read More

Marina-Cow Hollow Insider

Big changes on the street

By Lynette Majer

LIVERPOOL LIL’S LIVES ON Yes, we miss them greatly, and we know you do, too. We all have our stories, don’t we? So hang on, you can remember them forever by taking home an ... Read More

North Beach Journal

Blues, poetry, Stravinsky and Lloyd, saloon updates, and some neighborhood fish news

By Ernest Beyl

Recently, I was sitting at the bar at Mario’s Bohemian Cigar Store and Cafe alongside Patrick Douglas, a fixture there. Patrick told me he plays guitar and sings. “What else is... Read More

2016 October