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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
$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
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
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
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
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
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