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Knockout Attack?

By Editor

A local artist contacted the Marina Times to report that she had been the victim of an apparent knockout attack in San Francisco earlier this year. While walking to work on Brann... Read More
The Best of Books

What You’re Reading

By Compiled by Sandy Mullin

Books Inc. best-seller list 1.  City of Thieves: A Novel, by David Benioff 2.  Fingersmith, by Sarah Waters 3.  The Goldfinch, by Donna Tartt 4.  This is San Francisco, by Mi... Read More
News

Folks for Polk

By Madeleine Savit

Thank you to the Marina Times for featuring Folks for Polk’s recommendations to the city re: the Polk St. initiative [News Briefs, December 2012]. Our comprehensive menu of ameni... Read More
The Best of Books

The Best of Books: Flying off the shelves

By Sandy Mullin

Books Inc. hardcover best-seller list: City of Thieves: A Novel, by David Benioff The Goldfinch, by Donna Tartt Tender Bar: A Memoir, by J. R. Moehringer Zagat 2014 San Francisco... Read More
Police Blotter

Crime on the beat

By From the officers of Northern Station

The crimes below are a small snapshot of what the officers of Northern Station are doing. For a more comprehensive list, visit www.sf-police.org; under Compstat, there is a link to... Read More
Pets

My life as a dog stalker

By Sandy Fertman Ryan

Last year, we lost our dog. Wait: Don’t run away! This isn’t another sad dog story. Although we don’t have another one yet, embarrassingly, we’ve become “those people”... Read More
Reviews

Secret Asian Man’s top 10 restaurants for 2013

By Tony Ching

Coqueta Pier 5, The Embarcadero (near Pacific), 415-704-8866, www.coquetasf.com Coqueta means “infatuated” in Spanish, and I have been infatuated with chef Michael Chiarello’... Read More
Market Report

The Marina Times Real Estate Market Report: December 2013

By Hill & Co.

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Willie at 80

Former mayor introduces new women’s IT employment program
By M.D. Caprario

One can only imagine the smile on former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown’s face as he plans for his upcoming 80th birthday, and contemplates all of the anything-but-ordinary adv... Read More
News Briefs

Officer Increase

The Police Department’s Northern Station — whose territory includes the Marina, Japantown, the Western Addition, and more — has slowly been adding officers, which could l... Read More
News Briefs

Google Barge Under The Microscope

At first it was a mystery to all: What was that large object under construction off Treasure Island? Then Google finally admitted this fall that it was building a large floating &#... Read More
News Briefs

Polk Folks Poke Back

Folks for Polk, a citizens group supporting the redesign of the Polk Street corridor to improve the pedestrian, biking, and mass transit arrangements on the busy commercial and re... Read More
News Briefs

Beach Chalet Lawsuit Snuffed

Opponents of plans to renovate the Beach Chalet athletic fields at the western end of Golden Gate Park from grass to artificial turf — part of a major change to the fields — we... Read More
Real Estate

So you think you can’t afford to move?

By Carrie Buchanan Goodman & Lisa Miller

We hear this all of the time: “It will cost me more to move than to stay in my current home.” This is especially true for homeowners who have been in their homes for ma... Read More
Wellness

What you need to know about skin cancer

By Evan R. Ransom

It’s a new year, and with every January, we make resolutions. In many cases, these resolutions involve our health and physical fitness. And in a beautiful place like the Bay ... Read More

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