2017 January

Weekend Traveler

The Portuguese Riviera

By Patty Burness

Just to the west of Lisbon, and an easy train or car ride away, Portugal’s Riviera unfolds — white sandy beaches, stunning vistas, bars and restaurants sprawling onto the P... Read More
Enter Stage Left

Hug a tree for Valentine’s Day

By Evalyn Baron

Overheard at Big Basin National Redwood Forest: A little boy complained to his doting grandparents that his picnic sandwich bread still had its crusts. The wise grandmother counter... Read More
Coastal Commuter


Two women, two musicians, two cities

By Michael Snyder

It never fails to amaze me how a city and its scene can inform, nurture, or undermine talent. As it turns out, both of my West Coast hometowns have provided inspiration and support... Read More
MomSense

A new meaning of Valentine’s Day

By Liz Farrell

Valentine’s Day takes on a whole new meaning once you have children. Although I do believe celebrating as a couple is important, finding a babysitter and a dinner reservation... Read More
Home & Garden

Emergency preparations

By Julia Strzesieski

Many of us don’t think about our emergency preparations until there is a natural disaster somewhere in the world. Besides earthquakes, which we are all aware can occur at any... Read More
Real Estate

Governor Brown Again Targets Housing Costs

While unveiling a budget that he called “the most difficult that we have faced since 2012,” California Gov. Jerry Brown also let state legislators know that he was keep... Read More
Television

Found in translation

By Michael Snyder

Globalization can be seen as a curse or a blessing, but in the television business, it’s been a welcome business model. The thought came to me as I was catching up to the Fra... Read More
Supervisor's Report

Who we are: Tribute to community

By Aaron Peskin

My office spent 2016 in a near-constant state of bustling activity, tackling a robust legislative agenda that many of you are familiar with at this point. What you may not be famil... Read More
Supervisor's Report

Transitioning from budget chair to land use and transportation chair

By Supervisor Mark E. Farrell

For last month’s column, I briefly touched on what was in store for my office in 2017. One of the biggest changes for the year ahead is that after four years as chair of our ... Read More
News Briefs

January Commutes Snarled By Muni Glitch

The city’s thousands of Muni bus and train riders were frustrated in much of January by the glitchy upgrade of the system’s networking equipment from 2G to 3G service. ... Read More
News Briefs

Sanctuary Cities In The Hot Seat

President Donald Trump campaigned in part on a promise to deport millions of undocumented immigrants and to punish sanctuary cities by cutting federal funds to cities that curtail ... Read More
News Briefs

Some Bikes Aren’t Welcome In San Francisco

Where else besides the pages of the Marina Times do you find supervisors Aaron Peskin and Mark Farrell side by side? In late January, they appeared together at a press conference c... Read More
News Briefs

Woman Killed By Truck In Cow Hollow

A woman crossing the street at Union and Buchanan was hit by a truck a little after noon on Jan. 11. She was taken to San Francisco General Hospital, where she died. According to B... Read More
News Briefs

Lucas Museum Moves To A City Far, Far Away

After an extended search, filmmaker George Lucas has chosen Los Angeles over the Bay Area as the home for his new self-funded Lucas Museum of Narrative Art. Despite fairly broad su... Read More
Real Estate

Movers and shakers

Showcasing San Francisco’s real estate top producers

Several thousand homes were bought and sold last year in San Francisco, and the California Association of Realtors expects home sales to increase slightly in 2017. The local market... Read More

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