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A16’s outdoor seating features partitions for private dining. Photo: Naomi Rose
Modern Eating

The Big Pivot

Northside restaurants adopt new strategies to serve their customers and stay in business
By Kat Anderson

Times are tough for restaurants. Like trying-to-chew-shoe-leather tough. Industry watchers speculate that more than half of San Francisco’s restaurants may permanently close. I ... Read More
Houses and condos are faring differently in this recession. PHOTO: PIXABAY
Real Estate

The calm before the storm

So this is what a buyer’s market feels like
By Garey De Martini

Buckle your seat belts. The next two and a half months promise to be a wild ride, given the upcoming presidential election and the surging then subsiding then surging again pandem... Read More
Modern Eating

Enjoy the wharf without tourists

Visit Boudin’s new popup: Summer Grill & Crab Fest
By Kat Anderson

As other restaurants in the city struggle to make a go of it or shut down permanently, at least one classic Fisherman’s Wharf eatery has found a winning formula: 170 years in th... Read More
Shoppers and diners are returning to Union Street. Photo: Naomi Rose
Northsider

The new local

Not business as usual
By Leslie Drapkin

As San Francisco gets back to business, Union Street begins to wake up. For merchants, shaking off the effects of an imposed four-month sleep isn’t easy. Everything has changed.... Read More
Real Estate

Change is coming soon to San Francisco markets

By Garey De Martini

To gain some insight into the current real estate market, we talked to one of the most knowledgeable people in the business. Alf Nucifora is the chairman and founder of LuxeSF.... Read More
Election

Is Board of Supervisors Candidate Vilaska Nguyen carpetbagging District 7?

Carpetbagging – Seeking political election in an area where one has no local connections
By Lou Barberini

In a February 13, 2020 48hills piece, editor Tim Redmond wrote that Vilaska Nguyen, a “public defender who coaches girls’ basketball at a Catholic school and has lived in D7 (... Read More
Crime Beat

Change of captain at Northern Station

By Captain Joe Engler

“Accept things as they are, not as you would have them be. When you do this, only then can you obtain the clarity necessary to do what needs to be done.”  —Coach Jim Sochor... Read More
Chesa Boudin at the Women’s March. Photo: Steve Rhodes
Opinion

D.A. Chesa Boudin on Twitter: Spinning or fabricating?

By Lou Barberini

Jack Dorsey, the CEO of Twitter, recently initiated fact checking in response to the incessant false public statements made by elected public officials on his social media platfor... Read More
Parkgoers enjoy Washington Square Park on a sunny day.
Community

Signs of the Times

By Naomi Rose

Boho is a popular outdoor dining option. A woman window shops at Al’s Attire on Grant Avenue in North Beach. Boarded storefronts become message boards on Polk Street. ... Read More
Although home sales are down this year in San Francisco, prices have remained stable. Photo: Garey De Martini
Real Estate

Are people really fleeing the city?

By Garey De Martini

Is the pandemic the last straw for San Francisco residents, fed up with the high cost of owning a home or paying rent in the city? For years, people have been threatening to leave... Read More
The writer and his little brother Bob sitting in Santa’s lap at the old Emporium department store in San Francisco
Real Estate

A Kid’s View of SF in the 60s

By Garey De Martini

We’ve all had the chance to daydream and maybe reminisce a bit over these many weeks of shelter-in-place during the pandemic. Nearly empty San Francisco streets brought my mind ... Read More
Real Estate

What’s Ahead for San Francisco Real Estate

What a balanced market means for buyers and sellers
By Garey De Martini

The March 16 shelter-in-place order brought San Francisco home sales to a virtual standstill. Because real estate sales had been fairly brisk to that point, it was difficult to ge... Read More
Rarely does someone needing help with mental health bring it up themselves — often it’s a loved one who notices unhealthy behaviors. Photo: artbykleiton
Community

Mental health checkup

Attention to mental health needs to continue postpandemic
By Kevin Frazier

As states begin to open up, more and more folks will require mental health support. How do I know? As a “former” anorexic, I’ve experienced life under strict, somewhat arbit... Read More
Community

Signs of the times

Content and photography by Deanna Anderson

Jest Jewels in Cow Hollow is open for curbside pickup. Friends and family enjoy Washington Square Park inside their socially distanced circles. Friends enjoy a socially dist... Read More
Modern Eating

Where to get it

Northside restaurants open for pickup or takeout
By Marina Times staff

Not even a pandemic will get in the way of our desire for our favorite restaurant food, right? And we San Franciscans are all about supporting our local businesses, and the res... Read More

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