Taste your way through Healdsburg

Healdsburg is hot. This artisanal area has award-winning wines, acclaimed chefs, a zeal for local products and friendly residents. And it’s an easy drive from San Francisco — j... Read More

Art World

‘Monet: The Late Years’ opens at the de Young

By Sharon Anderson

During the years 1913 until his death in 1926, Claude Monet explored an increasingly vibrant abstract painting style originating from the gardens he cultivated around his home in G... Read More

Politics as Usual

How more money will make us poorer

Some humble suggestions for how the city can spend its windfall

By John Zipperer

The financial times, the business newspaper, publishes a lavishly illustrated oversized magazine insert with the least understated name on the planet: How to Spend It. Inside, read... Read More

Marination

Room to grow: how to plant new businesses

There are many hurdles for successful small businesses in San Francisco. What do they need to flourish?

By Kevin Frazier

Part 1 of a series. You may have grown accustomed to it. after all, you walk down Chestnut and Union at least once a week, if not more. So when you stroll passed an empty storefron... Read More

Back Story

Valentine’s Day and chocolate: A curious coupling

By Julie Mitchell

What are you hoping to get from your sweetie on Valentine’s Day: roses, jewelry, or dinner at a romantic restaurant? Certainly, chocolate. In the weeks leading up to Valentine’... Read More

District 2 Supervisor

Bold action on homelessness

A multifaceted approach to dealing with over 7,000 homeless in the city

By Catherine Stefani

On the evening of Thursday, Jan. 24, I joined dozens of volunteers traveling the streets of San Francisco conducting the biennial homeless count. The purpose of the count is simp... Read More

Supervisor's Report

Next steps for clean, safe, and affordable energy independence

By Aaron Peskin

Last month, I introduced a resolution urging the state not to succumb to yet another corporate bailout, after the legislature approved a partial bailout plan last year that will l... Read More

The Tablehopper

Verjus opens from the founders of Quince; Spanish cuisine on Russian Hill

By Marcia Gagliardi

Here are the latest restaurant happenings in the Northside: JACKSON SQUARE Now open in Jackson Square is Verjus (528 Washington Street) from Michael and Lindsay Tusk of Quince and... Read More

News Briefs

Facts and figures

2043: Year by which it is estimated that San Francisco has a 72 percent chance of having an earthquake of at least 6.7 magnitude . . . 43rd: Ranking of California out of 50 states ... Read More

Potables & Edibles

San Francisco chocolate makers supply passion for lovers

By Catherine Benton

With Valentine’s Day a few weeks away, now is the time to start thinking about gift ideas for that special someone in your life. I prefer to shop local, and with that in mind, I ... Read More

Coastal Commuter

Love on a Shoestring

By Michael Snyder

When things haven’t worked out on the romantic front, a dear friend of mine is wont to say, “Cupid is the devil.” And I fear she’s right. The pursuit of wha... Read More

Films

The inevitability of the Oscars

By Michael Snyder

If it’s midwinter, we should gear up for our annual visit from Oscar, 91 years old this year. In other words, the 91st annual presentation of the Academy Awards is scheduled to m... Read More

The Adventures of Skylar Grey

Heaven help the ones who fly away

By Susan Dyer Reynolds

I’ll take it year by year Watching the dust go clear We’re all afraid to fear Or to remember How we remember Heaven help the ones who fly away Heaven help the ones who have t... Read More

MomSense

Cell phones: A new rite of passage

By Liz Farrell

The cell phone has become a new rite of passage in our children’s lives. It is not as exciting as a first step or learning to ride a bike, but it is life changing for them and fo... Read More

Real Estate Reporter

Age of the oligarchs

By John Zipperer

In this housing crisis, can the Bay Area’s billionaires do what its more humble citizens can not? Marc Benioff told a gathering of techies in October that “there’s a group of... Read More

Issue February 2019