At its height, the yulin dog Meat Festival in China, held annually to mark summer solstice, was said to be responsible for the barbaric deaths of 15,000 dogs. The dogs and some cat... Read More
I’m a lover of meatballs, and I suppose I spend an inordinate amount of time checking them out here and there. And perhaps there’s no place better to do this research t... Read More
On April 24, 2017, a three-bedroom, two-bathroom house located at 1531 25th Avenue in San Francisco’s Outer Sunset district sold for $1.55 million — a half-million over the... Read More
One day in May, when a Marina Times reader pulled up to drop her children off at school on Green Street between Steiner and Pierce, she could tell there had just been an accident. ... Read More
In May, homeshare companies Airbnb and HomeAway settled their lawsuit against San Francisco over a 2015 law that restricted the amount of time people could rent their residential s... Read More
Mayor Ed Lee is committing almost $90 million to addressing residents’ complaints about bad roads, announcing in May a two-year investment for street resurfacing projects. ... Read More
The Travel Channel lists San Francisco as the fourth healthiest city in America, based on the American Fitness Index. Forbes only saw fit to make San Francisco the sixth healthiest... Read More
While numerous press outlets report that White House staff members have begun sending out their resumes in hopes of leaving the under-siege administration, at least one person is i... Read More
Self Portrait: Between the Clock and The Bed is a work conceived by Symbolist painter Edvard Munch between 1940 and 1943. A gaunt figure stares ahead absorbed in thought while st... Read More
I was wondering what happened to those famous parrots of Telegraph Hill. “They’re gone,” quipped Tony Gantner. “They can’t afford the rents.” An... Read More
The traditional beginning of summer in most parts of the country is Memorial Day, but in San Francisco, it’s also our unique street festivals. We may see many of the same ven... Read More
Everyone deserves equal pay for equal work. Unfortunately, that is not the case for many workers across the country and here in San Francisco — especially for women. Women compri... Read More
The last couple of months have revealed serious flaws in the “too big to fail” house of cards held up by the pillars of the gig economy. San Francisco has long put out ... Read More
As I write this, I am sitting in my San Francisco office — the Royal Ground coffee shop on Russian Hill. It’s evening, and I’ve got a few hours to crank out a column,... Read More
A weekend getaway should be easy and relaxing. A trip to Sonoma County’s Westside Road is just that. It’s a 12-mile drive between Healdsburg and River Road that is fill... Read More