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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
The former Real Foods location at 3060 Fillmore has already landed a Shake Shack fast food restaurant and a Rumble fitness center. Now celebrated local chef Michael Mina has teamed... Read More
The decline in auto burglaries is continuing into the new year. For the week of Jan. 14–20, Northern Station reports that there were 91 auto burglaries, and a total of 252 in the... Read More
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