Explore Oregon’s scenic coast and Applegate Valley wine region

Depending on when you visit, Oregon is dotted with snow-covered mountains, azaleas and rhododendrons, and lush green vineyards. During a recent trip, we experienced all that beauty... Read More

Coastal Commuter

Digging the roots in grand ole fashion

By Michael Snyder

For many years, a chain restaurant used the advertising slogan, “When you’re here, you’re family.” That’s canny salesmanship for a business eager to p... Read More

The Best of Books

The Marina Books Inc. best-seller list

By Brian Pettus

The Happiness of Pursuit: Finding the Quest That Will Bring Purpose to Your Life, by Chris Guillebeau (paperback) The Couple Next Door: A Novel, by Shari Lapena (paperback) Crazy ... Read More

News Briefs

Facts and figures

By John Zipperer

99: San Francisco’s rank among the most “stressed cities in America” list compiled by WalletHub … Mid- to late 1990s: The era when retailers that didn’t “rush to develo... Read More

News Briefs

Picnics nab EPA Award for Presidio

By John Zipperer

The Presidio Trust was one of five organizations to receive the Environmental Protection Agency’s 2017 Federal Green Challenge Education and Outreach Award for the Pacific Northw... Read More

News Briefs

Taxing vacancies

By John Zipperer

In 2014, SPUR released a study estimating that there were more than 30,000 housing units that were vacant in San Francisco, out of 376,899 total housing units. There were many diff... Read More

News Briefs

Street Tree SF

By John Zipperer

San Francisco residents no longer have to take responsibility for the upkeep of street trees in front of their homes. The city now puts aside $19 million a year for upkeep of the t... Read More

News Briefs

What will they do with the dummy?

By John Zipperer

A man was robbed by two suspects, who fled with the man’s ventriloquist dummy, reports SFGate. The July 21 crime took place in the Polk Gulch neighborhood, when the 20-year-old v... Read More

News Briefs

City Attorney pressures Uber, Lyft

By John Zipperer

San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera sought court orders to force Lyft, Uber, and two of Uber’s subsidiaries to comply with subpoenas issued in early June as part of Herrer... Read More

Enter Stage Left

Broadway: Under the Stars and under my skin

By Evalyn Baron

I simply cannot help it: Take certain people out to the ballgame, buy them some peanuts and Crackerjack, and they’re happy as can be. But take me out under the stars to see a gro... Read More

North Beach Journal

Perhaps a compromise on the Piazza St. Francis-Poet’s Plaza plan?

By Ernest Beyl

It was my intention in this sketches column to give readers some positive news on the Piazza St. Francis-Poet’s Plaza, Lawrence Ferlinghetti’s visionary plan to turn a short se... Read More

Cure for the summertime blues

By Lynette Majer

It’s not too late (as of press time) to get your tickets ($149.50 and $375) for Outside Lands (Friday–Sunday, Aug. 11-13, sfoutsidelands.com). This eco-friendly music-comedy-va... Read More

Reynolds Rap

Why some San Francisco landlords don’t want to rent

(And no, it’s not always about Airbnb)

By Susan Dyer Reynolds

“So your Airbnb tenant now has Airbnb tenants?” — Erlich Bachman to Jared Dunn upon learning an Airbnb tenant is squatting in Jared’s San Francisco condo on HBO’s Silico... Read More

A & E

Suzanne Ramsey: Blithe keyboardist, ukulele-player, and singer who performs as Kitten on the Keys is a San Francisco treat

By Michael Snyder

There’s a certain brand of talent laced with eccentricity, humor, and sometimes genuine beauty that seems specific or, better yet, peculiar to the Bay Area — a place where a co... Read More

Home & Garden

Dig into fall gardening

By Julia Strzesieski

While the days are long and the soil is warm, it’s time to plant a fall vegetable garden. The term “fall garden” is a bit misleading, because plants need to be sown in mid to... Read More