The war over SB 827

If you want to start a heated argument with a neighbor, bring up SB 827. It’s a bill put forward by our state senator, Scott Wiener, which would push communities to increase the ... Read More

MomSense

Talking to your kids about school shootings

By Liz Farrell

After every school shooting there is an outcry for change or solutions to make sure it doesn’t happen again; however, already in 2018 there have been at least 17 instances of gun... Read More

Home & Garden

The street trees of San Francisco

By Julia Strzesieski

Street trees beautify a neighborhood. Few would argue that it’s more enjoyable to walk down a tree-lined boulevard than a concrete corridor. On Friday, April 27 we celebrate Arbo... Read More

Art World

Julian Schnabel’s Symbols of Actual Life comes to San Francisco

By Sharon Anderson

The Legion of Honor brings a rare exhibition to San Francisco by one of the most significant painters of our time. Julian Schnabel’s first West Coast exhibition in 30 years featu... Read More

Reviews

City museum cafes offer a palette of dining options

By Julie Mitchell

The city is home to a wealth of museums. Some, like the California Academy of Sciences and the Exploratorium, are geared toward families with children, and others like SFMOMA cater... Read More

The Tablehopper

Two new places to lounge and drink quality wine

By Marcia Gagliardi

Editors’ note: Last month we profiled a round-up of neighborhood wine bars; now there are two more to add to your list. MARINA A few weeks ago, I had a sneak peek of Howells (237... Read More

Supervisor's Report

Wall Street in Sacramento means Wall Street in our backyard

By Aaron Peskin

The more developer, tech, and Realtor dollars get dumped into Sacramento, the more local jurisdictions feel the pressures of gentrification and speculation locally. There is a dire... Read More

North Beach Journal

I was so much older then, and I’m younger than that now

By Ernest Beyl

This month, April 11, I’m celebrating my 90th birthday. I hope you agree I’m getting younger all the time. Remember the Bob Dylan line from “My Back Pages”? “Ah, but I wa... Read More

District 2 Supervisor

Protecting our community

By Catherine Stefani

I am absolutely thrilled to be your District 2 supervisor. I have lived in the district for 17 years and have fought for and served the residents of District 2 for almost a decade ... Read More

News Briefs

April facts and figures

By John Zipperer

$2.5 million: amount proposed to be added to city efforts to clean streets and sidewalks of feces, litter and needles; it was defeated in the Board of Supervisors Budget and Financ... Read More

Marination

An innovative ZIP code

By Kevin Frazier

In a 1963 New York Times article on San Francisco, Lawrence E. Davies labeled experimentalism as a hallmark of the city’s character and argued that for San Francisco, bewitching ... Read More

Television

Welcome to the age of video overload: Here’s what’s worth watching

By Michael Snyder

As mass media became increasingly massive during the past five decades, some pundit or scholar developed the concept of “information overload.” One might imagine a poor unfortu... Read More

Enter Stage Left

On the good ship tequila

By Evalyn Baron

When I turned 65, a mere few years ago, I spent my birthday with good friends at a day-long Zen meditation retreat in the Marin Headlands. It was glorious, peaceful, fulfilling, su... Read More

News Briefs

Farrell meets self-driving auto reps

By John Zipperer

In the wake of the death of a woman who was hit by a self-driving Uber vehicle in Arizona, San Francisco Mayor Mark Farrell held a meeting with city officials and representatives f... Read More

News Briefs

Retail challenges

By John Zipperer

In early February, the San Francisco Land Use Committee invited comments from local business leaders on the state of retail businesses in the city. The Union Street Association rep... Read More

2018 March