My August 2023 Reynolds Rap (“Fraudenbach: How the Coalition on Homelessness is holding San Francisco hostage”) elicited one of the strongest reactions from readers I’ve eve... Read More
It’s well-known that the city’s permitting process for small businesses is laborious. Add to that the challenge of high rents; hiring; crime; and the pandemic, which forced th... Read More
Recently, while streaming a TV show, I was served a commercial advertising the city of San Francisco. The “Always San Francisco” commercial featured quick-cutting views of peo... Read More
San Francisco is synonymous with the music that grew out of the 1960’s counter culture. Through Jan. 28, 2024, The Contemporary Jewish Museum presents “RetroBlakesberg: The Mu... Read More
For years I have doggedly sorted my recycling with focused determination (with a world in such disarray, this is one thing I can control, right?) My scads of rubber bands, paper c... Read More
The de Young is presenting a series of exhibitions based on the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco’s Svane Family Foundation acquisition. The Svane acquisition brought 42 artwor... Read More
When CNN announced that former Bay Area reporter Sara Sidner would be coming to delve into San Francisco’s lethal cocktail of fentanyl and homelessness, I knew what to expect. ... Read More
Please do not let children touch, so as not to confuse food.—Note on package of drywall repair kit Hollywood’s screenwriters are on strike, but at least they have some ex... Read More
There’s a certain irony in the fact Harlan Kelly Jr., former general manager of the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, headed to court on corruption charges June 26 — ... Read More
Generations of kids have grown up with Disney’s animated animals from Mickey’s sidekick Pluto, to Bambi, to Remy to Nemo and Dori and others, but the current exhibition at the... Read More
A friend recently stated that she doesn’t leave her home in anything but running shoes, so she can get away in case anyone attempts to attack her. She’s not necessarily paran... Read More
More than 40 years after the release of the initial Indiana Jones movie, 1981’s Raiders of the Lost Ark, a fifth and presumably final installment in the beloved adventure series... Read More
When the past — recent or distant — is recreated on screen, nostalgia could come into play for moviegoers who either lived through the time evoked or wished for the opportunit... Read More
“These people are victims of labor trafficking. They are told there are construction jobs in the U.S., then they are trapped and told if they don’t sell drugs the gangs will h... Read More
Garret Doty is back in the Marina just weeks after a brutal attack on former fire commissioner Don Carmignani. When images of a transient trio allegedly involved in the brutal,... Read More