Turning the tide on gun violence

On Jan. 30, 2018, I was sworn in as supervisor. Fifteen days later, a gunman killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglass High School in Florida. Less than a month ago, I attende... Read More

Supervisor's Report

Hope for the homeless crisis and homes for the holidays

By Aaron Peskin

During the summer legislative recess, I went on a road trip with my wife through the great American Northwest. It didn’t matter whether we were in the sweeping rural vistas of Sh... Read More

The Tablehopper

The triangle gets a new look and late-night dining with Cow Marlowe

By Marcia Gagliardi

COW HOLLOW Now open from Anna Weinberg and James Nicholas of the Big Night Restaurant Group (Marlowe, Petit Marlowe, Leo’s Oyster Bar, Park Tavern, The Cavalier, and Marianne’s... Read More

La Deliziosa Vita

Tired of pumpkin pie? Change it up with this easy pecan pie with bourbon whipped cream

By Susan Dyer Reynolds

I love pumpkin pie, so that’s what I make for Thanksgiving. By Christmas, I’m pumpkin pied out and so is everyone else. That’s when I turn to my other holiday favorite, peca... Read More

Wine World

First port of call

By Lynette Majer

My first real introduction to port was from my brother-in-law, the most erudite, bohemian, renaissance person I know. Formerly a wearer of three-piece suits on Wall Street, he now ... Read More

Art World

‘Chalk: The Art and Erasure of Cy Twombly,’ by Joshua Rivkin

By Sharon Anderson

At the beginning of his painting career, Cy Twombly deviated from the brand of abstraction dominating painting in the 1950s to form his remarkably distinctive calligraphic markings... Read More

The Best of Books

The Marina Books Inc. best-seller list

By Brian Pettus

1. Becoming, by Michelle Obama (hardcover) 2. The Proposal, by Jasmine Guillory (paperback) 3. Diary of a Wimpy Kid #13-The Meltdown (hardcover) 4. The Sense of an Ending, by J... Read More

Television

Binge-worthy television for wintertime

By Michael Snyder

Even sunny California suffers inclement winter weather, inspiring us to spend more evenings in cozy surroundings — like in front of our video screens, rather than venturing out t... Read More

MomSense

Surviving the holidays

By Liz Farrell

The holidays seem to start earlier and earlier each year. We barely got through Halloween and already there were signs of Christmas. This time of year can be filled with so much jo... Read More

Real Estate Reporter

Doing something or nothing

By John Zipperer

When producer Martin Gabel attended the initial rehearsal of the play The Assassin, he spotted an actress who was “gesticulating wildly instead of remaining motionless.” Irrita... Read More

A & E

Holiday events to bedazzle you

By L. Majer

The Smuin contemporary Ballet’s signature The Christmas Ballet, now in its 24th year and originally created by founder Michael Smuin, is a Bay Area tradition, with new works adde... Read More

Politics as Usual

The wicked year

Did that really just happen? A look at 2018 in the rearview mirror

By By John Zipperer

As we wind down one year and prepare for the next, it’s worth a look at the incredibly strange year that we just experienced. “Fake news” has been much in discussion of late,... Read More

Art World

The must-have art books for Christmas 2018

By Sharon Anderson

Art publishing in 2018 produced a variety of interesting possibilities for the art lover on your Christmas list. Any fan of the British royal family will love Buckingham Palace: Th... Read More

Issue December 2018