Issue June 2019

Reader Survey

Speak up, Northside

Take part in our inaugural survey of what matters to you and help make San Francisco the best it can be

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
Cities have an important role to play in helping their human workforces adapt to the economic disruption caused by the growth in robots and artificial intelligence. Photo: Tumisu
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
Michael Snyder mixes and matches his lives in San Francisco and Los Angeles to make one satisfying, connected life. Photo: Michael Gaida
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
Unity of Three Happinesses: Favorite Actors before a White Waterfall: (Left to right) actors Nakamura Shikan IV as Sanba Jafuku, Ichimura Uzaemon XIII as Tachibana Hishizo, and Kawarazaki Gonjuro I as Takaramusubi no Gon, 1863, by Toyohara Kunichika. Photo: © Museum of Fine Arts,  Boston
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
Leonardo DiCaprio stars in Quentin Tarantino’s newest film, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. photo: COURTESY CTMG / sony pictures
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
Will the Central Subway’s Chinatown station bear the name of Rose Pak? Photo: Howard61313
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
Explore your own backyard this summer. Photo: feuers
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
Wellness

Eating healthfully on the go

By Catherine Benton

June is National Fresh Fruit and Vegetables Month. Dedicated in 1991 to honor the height of the summer harvest, it is the best time of year for farmers’ markets and a great time ... Read More
News Briefs

Grocer Eyeing Union Street

Union Street could soon get a new grocery. Luke’s Local, which operates a store in Cole Valley, is in talks to take over the former Osha Thai location at 2033 Union Street. Distr... Read More
News Briefs

Lyft Bike Stations

Car ride-hailing company Lyft is expanding into the shared biking business, and it has proposed putting docks for dozens of electric and nonelectric bikes in the Marina. The compan... 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

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