Transportation prop

If Regional Measure 3 (RM3) makes it onto the June 2018 ballot, Bay Area residents will have the chance to vote to pay more on local bridge tolls to fund an expansion of Muni’s f... Read More

News Briefs

Crime statistics

By John Zipperer

In other policing news, Northside residents could celebrate falling crime in a number of categories, albeit not all. Between October and November 2017, Northern Station reported dr... Read More

News Briefs

Auto break-ins

By John Zipperer

The news in late January that there had been only 13 arrests made for auto break-ins over the course of the past seven years — a time period in which there were more than 81,000 ... Read More

News Briefs

Is Shake Shack not Real Food?

By John Zipperer

A developer’s plan to put a Shake Shack burger restaurant in the former Cow Hollow building that once housed the natural foods-based Real Food Company store has drawn complaints ... Read More

Major Events

Year of the Dog arrives for 2018

By Lynette Majer

Gong Hei Fat Choy! arriving on Feb. 16, The Year of the Dog (Earth Dog, specifically) promises to be a good year overall for those born in a dog year, with February and March being... Read More

Reynolds Rap

Three devils and a kingmaker: Why London Breed is no longer mayor

By Susan Dyer Reynolds

In the October 2015 Marina Times, I wrote a column about tech-investing billionaire Ron Conway’s influence over Mayor Ed Lee (“Project Political Runway: In Mayor Lee’s regim... Read More

Neighborhood Gem

The times they are a changin’

By Kevin Sanchez

Union Street between Van Ness Avenue and the Presidio has changed a lot over the years. What began as grazing pastures for dairy farmers in the 1800s evolved into a family neighbor... Read More

Appetites and Afterthoughts

An ode to chocolate on St. Valentine’s Day

By Ernest Beyl

Well, soon it will be Valentine’s Day, or St. Valentine’s Day as it appears on liturgical calendars. And I will be out buying a two-pound box of See’s chocolates for Joan, my... Read More

2018 February