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Diary of a Wimpy Kid #12: Getaway, by Jeff Kinney (hardcover) Theft by Finding Diaries 1977–2002, by David Sedaris (hardcover) The Case for Democracy: The Power of Freedom to ... Read More

Wellness

Everything you need to know about urgent care

By Christopher Bialecki

Picture this: you’re cutting strawberries and you accidentally slice your thumb. The pain isn’t terrible, but the cut looks deep. It’s bleeding badly. So what do you do? Do y... Read More

‘Evacuate immediately’: Fleeing the North Bay fires

(And what you can do to help the victims of the fires)

By Kenneth Majer

We’ve been living in Kenwood in Sonoma County (10 miles north of Sonoma and 10 miles south of Santa Rosa) since selling our place in San Francisco in January. Sunday evening, Oct... Read More

The Best of Books

The Marina Books Inc. best-seller list

By Brian Pettus

What Happened, by Hillary Rodham Clinton (hardcover) Before the Fall, by Noah Hawley (paperback) I’ll Never Tell: The Odyssey of a Rock and Roll Priest, by Harry Schlitt (paperb... Read More

Neighborhood Gem

Resurrecting a waterfront treasure

By Jenny Lenore Rosenbaum

San Francisco’s waterfront is a world-class view possible from many spots in the city. One of the most spectacular is the 360-degree scene from the Aquatic Park Pier. The panoram... Read More

Community News

Public input for our parks builds stronger communities

By Kat Anderson

The most rewarding part of my job as a recreation and park commissioner is connecting with residents and hearing how parks in our neighborhoods enhance quality of life and strength... Read More

Real Estate

Movers and shakers

Showcasing San Francisco’s real estate top producers

Several thousand homes were bought and sold last year in San Francisco, and the California Association of Realtors expects home sales to increase slightly in 2017. The local market... Read More

A & E

Diane Arbus: In the Beginning at SFMOMA

Through april 30, the san Francisco Museum of Modern Art presents an exhibition featuring the first seven years of Diane Arbus’s career as a photographer of subjects that con... Read More

Travel/Sports

Bring it back: The sprezzatura factor

By Owen Edwards

I had the rare pleasure recently, while reading an essay in the “personal history” section of The New Yorker, to discover that I once knew something that the great, eru... Read More

Movie Reviews

These films are made for viewin’

Care to enjoy a revelatory and tuneful visit with a collection of enormously skilled but largely unheralded musicians who played on many of the most memorable pop records ever; or ... Read More

Police Blotter

The neverending search for public safety

Visitors to the neighborhoodscout.com website can check the ranking of their city against national statistics. How does San Francisco fare? On a scale of 1 to 100, with 100 being t... Read More

The Best of Books

What you’re reading

By Brian Pettus

Books Inc. best-seller list Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, by Daniel Brown (paperback) All the Light We Cannot See: A ... Read More

In the Spirit

Bar manager Claire Sprouse

By Garrick Ramirez

Claire Sprouse, the whip-smart cocktailian and bar manager at The Square, is telling me what inspired her to create a menu of maligned 1970s drinks. She had just finished reading T... Read More

Real Estate

It’s all about the money

PROPOSED AIRBNB LAW District 3 Supervisor David Chiu has presented his plan for dealing with renters using Airbnb to short-term lease their apartments at rates their landlords can&... Read More

The Adventures of Skylar Grey

Jazzy never had any interest in fetching unless I threw her toy in the ocean. She swam like a champ, using her tail as a rudder to keep her big butt from sinking below the surface. People were always amused: "I didn't think pit bulls liked to swim," they'd say. ... Read More

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The Marina Books Inc. best-seller list – December 2017