Issue February 2021

Opinion

SF Police Oversight Must Rein in Disreputable Officers

By Lou Barberini

It is time for the San Francisco police oversight department to investigate San Francisco officers using vulgar language and making racist comments on social media.  SFPD ... Read More
Looking at this photo might be as close as you get to hugging someone until the pandemic is over. Photo: Pexels
Coastal Commuter

A year without hugs

Thoughts for a pandemic Valentine’s Day
By Michael Snyder

We’ve seen a lot written and said about the impact of the pandemic on society, the economy, and personal welfare. People have lost their jobs, lost their homes, and in the very ... Read More
There are reasons for optimism in Bay Area real estate. Photo: Garey De Martini
Real Estate

Real estate’s new normal

The housing market looks ready for a big 2021
By Garey De Martini

The new year is well upon us, and thankfully 2020 is now long gone. Of course, there will be carryover — many of the challenges we faced in 2020 are still unfortunately much a p... Read More
News Briefs

Facts and figures

$1.25 million: Remaining amount needed to finish the creation of Francisco Park, according to the Francisco Park Conservancy . . . 2 pizzas and 2 pints of ice cream: part of the $... Read More
Add whatever you like to your crab Louie salad. Photo: Susan Dyer ReynoLds
La Deliziosa Vita

Dungeness crab has finally arrived

By Susan Dyer Reynolds

Every year for Christmas Eve, I make my mom’s Rhode Island clam chowder and a big crab Louie with fresh, sweet Dungeness crab. This year, however, I served the chowder alongside... Read More
MomSense

Finding hope in 2021

By Liz Farrell

It didn’t take long for the start of 2021 to feel like a rinse and repeat of 2020, between surging Covid numbers and the insurrection at the Capitol — and that was just the fi... Read More
The Best of Books

The Marina Books Inc. best-seller list

By Kevin McCarthy

Hardcover Fiction 1. Hamnet, by Maggie O’Farrell 2. The Midnight Library: A Novel, by Matt Haig 3. Anxious People: A Novel, by Fredrik Backman Hardcover Nonficti... Read More
Ice Fishing, Catskills, New York Photo: Margaret Cheatham Williams
Art World

Award-winning photographer opens gallery on Sacramento Street

By Sharon Anderson

“I have faith that art is unwavering — and ‘essential’ — the word of 2020!”— Margaret Cheatham Williams Opening a gallery in 2021 is indeed a bold leap of faith. ... Read More
Wine World

Fun wines for Valentine’s Day

By Lynette Majer

While we brainstormed topics for this month, our film writer, Michael Snyder, commented that there had been precious few good romantic movies in the past four years, musing whethe... Read More
Christopher Elbow offers artful chocolate gifts. Photo: facebook.com/elbowchocolates
Modern Eating

Go virtual this Valentine’s Day

Cooking classes and more to inspire your at-home celebration
By Julie Mitchell

While some think that Valentine’s Day is a “throwaway” holiday, true romantics like to shower their sweethearts with chocolate, flowers, and intimate dinners or weekend geta... Read More
Gov. Gavin Newsom at the site of the September North Complex Fire. Photo: Office of the Governor of California
Politics as Usual

The trials of Gavin

Local boy makes good — then hits turbulence
By John Zipperer

In Nov. 2018, Gavin Newsom was elected governor of California, a liberal Democrat winning with a landslide 24-point margin in one of the bluest states in the Union. It was as if h... Read More
News Briefs

City rents drop 27 per cent

Rents in San Francisco closed out 2020 with a 2.7 percent drop in December, bringing the 12-month decline to 27 percent, according to data from Apartment List. Median rents in the... Read More
News Briefs

Central subway delayed by COVID-19

The long-planned and long-under-construction Central Subway has had a few more months tacked onto its schedule by pandemic-related needs for quarantining, materials delays, remote... Read More
News Briefs

COVID claims another year of Camp Mather

The coronavirus has claimed a second consecutive year at Camp Mather, a family summer camp owned by the city. The camp, which serves about 500 campers and 70 employees a week when... Read More
News Briefs

MUNI route updates

On Jan. 23, Muni announced some permanent and temporary changes to its routes and services as it continues to try to work its way out of the pandemic disruption. From shortened ro... Read More

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