Speak up, Northside

What are the problems that are harming quality of life in San Francisco? What is being done about them? To get insight into how the Northside specifically and the city in general a... Read More

Marination

The robots are coming

San Francisco isn’t immune to automation and AI

By Kevin Frazier

Resilience. It’s arguably the most important attribute any city can possess. So it comes as no surprise that San Francisco has tried to ready itself to withstand climate change, ... Read More

Coastal Commuter

In two places at once

By Michael Snyder

The Firesign Theater was a very funny and appropriately trippy comedy troupe that sprang into existence on the radio in mid-1960s Los Angeles, right as the drug-fueled psychedelic ... Read More

Art World

‘Tattoos in Japanese Prints’ at the Asian Art Museum

By Sharon Anderson

More than 60 works on loan from the museum of Fine Arts in Boston comprise the exhibition “Tattoos in Japanese Prints” at the Asian Art Museum, on display through Aug. 18. The ... Read More

Reynolds Rap

Uber and Lyft, Mohammed Nuru, Navigation Centers

Your letters and some updates on recent columns

By Susan Dyer Reynolds

My last three columns garnered correspondence from residents all over the city. From a formerly homeless man who wrote the most touching letter I’ve received on the topic, to ins... Read More

Films

Big-screen summer scene

By Michael Snyder

The summer movie season doesn’t care to wait until the official debut of summer later this month. The parade of midyear big-screen diversions got rolling on Memorial Day weekend,... Read More

News Briefs

Rose Pak Subway Station?

An attempt to bestow the name of Rose Pak on the Central Subway’s Chinatown station has hit some bumps in recent months. District 3 Supervisor Aaron Peskin has proposed the namin... Read More

News Briefs

Power Shopping

Plans for the city of San Francisco to purchase PG&E assets look like they took a step further with the release of a report from the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (... Read More

News Briefs

Earthquake Bond Vote

Supervisors Catherine Stefani and Sandra Fewer cosponsored a push by Mayor London Breed to put before city voters a $628.5 million bond to fund earthquake safety and critical servi... Read More

News Briefs

Facts and Figures

Third: the Bay Area has the nation’s third largest homeless population in the United States . . . Second: If Silicon Valley were a country, it would be the second-richest nation ... Read More

Police Blotter

Guns and cars: Tracking the latest crimes

Another auto burglary catch May 17, 7:10 p.m. Japantown Officers were conducting auto burglary surveillance when they witnessed some subjects driving a vehicle and casing various p... Read More

Supervisor's Report

TNC congestion management measure heads closer to November ballot

By Aaron Peskin

We all know that traffic in San Francisco is some of the worst in the entire country — and we are overdue for action to address it. A recent study by the San Francisco County Tra... Read More

The Tablehopper

You win some (two new Marina bars) and lose some (Brick Yard)

By Marcia Gagliardi

Here’s your latest restaurant news in the Northside: MARINA Yeehaw is what you’ll be hearing at a new country music bar coming to the Marina called Westwood (2036 Lombard Stree... Read More

Pets

Jackson Galaxy from ‘My Cat from Hell’

By Susan Dyer Reynolds

On the hit Animal Planet series, My Cat from Hell, Jackson Galaxy, armed with a guitar case full of toys, visits the homes of people who have reached their wit’s end with incorri... Read More

MomSense

Summer family challenge

By Liz Farrell

Summer is almost here, and although those summer camps have been booked for months, there may be a little time yet to fill. My family loves a summer family challenge, and this year... Read More

Issue June 2019