Cleaning up

In her two-year budget proposal, Mayor London Breed added $11.9 million to efforts to clean San Francisco’s streets. The money would fund seven new staffed Pit Stop public toilet... Read More

News Briefs

Facial recognition software nixed

By John Zipperer

With former prosecutor and District 2 Supervisor Catherine Stefani the only dissenting vote, San Francisco supervisors overwhelmingly approved a bill to ban the use of facial recog... Read More

News Briefs

Presidio rejects Fort Scott plan

Fort Scott back to the drawing board

By John Zipperer

After 17 months of proposals, submissions, refinements, and public input, the Presidio Trust’s board of directors in June went back to square one, rejecting a proposal submitted ... Read More

Not to Miss

Summer in the city: Enjoy the outdoors

By Lynette Majer

Let’s face it: We have frigid summers in San Francisco. But we still want to get outdoors and enjoy all that our beautiful environs have to offer. Even though the sun may shine a... Read More

Reader Survey

Speak up, Northside

Take part in our inaugural survey of what matters to you and help make San Francisco the best it can be

What are the problems that are harming quality of life in San Francisco? What is being done about them? To get insight into how the Northside specifically and the city in general a... Read More

Marination

The robots are coming

San Francisco isn’t immune to automation and AI

By Kevin Frazier

Resilience. It’s arguably the most important attribute any city can possess. So it comes as no surprise that San Francisco has tried to ready itself to withstand climate change, ... Read More

Coastal Commuter

In two places at once

By Michael Snyder

The Firesign Theater was a very funny and appropriately trippy comedy troupe that sprang into existence on the radio in mid-1960s Los Angeles, right as the drug-fueled psychedelic ... Read More

News Briefs

Rose Pak Subway Station?

An attempt to bestow the name of Rose Pak on the Central Subway’s Chinatown station has hit some bumps in recent months. District 3 Supervisor Aaron Peskin has proposed the namin... Read More

Films

Big-screen summer scene

By Michael Snyder

The summer movie season doesn’t care to wait until the official debut of summer later this month. The parade of midyear big-screen diversions got rolling on Memorial Day weekend,... Read More

Reynolds Rap

Uber and Lyft, Mohammed Nuru, Navigation Centers

Your letters and some updates on recent columns

By Susan Dyer Reynolds

My last three columns garnered correspondence from residents all over the city. From a formerly homeless man who wrote the most touching letter I’ve received on the topic, to ins... Read More

Art World

‘Tattoos in Japanese Prints’ at the Asian Art Museum

By Sharon Anderson

More than 60 works on loan from the museum of Fine Arts in Boston comprise the exhibition “Tattoos in Japanese Prints” at the Asian Art Museum, on display through Aug. 18. The ... Read More

Wellness

Eating healthfully on the go

By Catherine Benton

June is National Fresh Fruit and Vegetables Month. Dedicated in 1991 to honor the height of the summer harvest, it is the best time of year for farmers’ markets and a great time ... Read More

MomSense

Summer family challenge

By Liz Farrell

Summer is almost here, and although those summer camps have been booked for months, there may be a little time yet to fill. My family loves a summer family challenge, and this year... Read More

Pets

Jackson Galaxy from ‘My Cat from Hell’

By Susan Dyer Reynolds

On the hit Animal Planet series, My Cat from Hell, Jackson Galaxy, armed with a guitar case full of toys, visits the homes of people who have reached their wit’s end with incorri... Read More

The Tablehopper

You win some (two new Marina bars) and lose some (Brick Yard)

By Marcia Gagliardi

Here’s your latest restaurant news in the Northside: MARINA Yeehaw is what you’ll be hearing at a new country music bar coming to the Marina called Westwood (2036 Lombard Stree... Read More

2019 June

Cleaning up

Facial recognition software nixed

Presidio rejects Fort Scott plan

Summer in the city: Enjoy the outdoors

Speak up, Northside

The robots are coming

In two places at once

Rose Pak Subway Station?

Big-screen summer scene

Uber and Lyft, Mohammed Nuru, Navigation Centers

‘Tattoos in Japanese Prints’ at the Asian Art Museum

Eating healthfully on the go

Summer family challenge

Jackson Galaxy from ‘My Cat from Hell’

You win some (two new Marina bars) and lose some (Brick Yard)

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