I travel a lot. No surprise there, since I write a column called “The Coastal Commuter.” One of the various things that I’ve learned on my journeys is that you’ll run int... Read More
When it’s warm desert air you crave, there’s no better place than Scottsdale. Formerly citrus groves and cotton fields, now it’s a mix of modern and Old West adjacent to Phoe... Read More
“Shared scooters/bikes are an exciting part of the future of urban mobility . . . If we’re serious about reducing congestion, as we should be, we need to make it easy for peopl... Read More
This month SFAI will exhibit a curated selection of original Andy Warhol Polaroid photographs, gelatin silver prints, and screen prints gifted by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the... Read More
Standing in line at the Walgreens checkout, you see a slumping, somewhat disheveled man who has been loitering in one of the nearby aisles suddenly quickly head toward the exit, us... Read More
San Francisco has a large Irish-American community, so large in fact, that its annual Saint Patrick’s Day parade and festival at City Hall is the West Coast’s largest Irish cel... Read More
Last month, I stood a few hundred feet from the intersection of Geary Boulevard and Parker Avenue staring at a spot that had been engulfed in a 50-foot high fireball a couple of h... Read More
One of the reasons I voted to elect my colleague Supervisor Norman Yee president of the Board of Supervisors two months ago was his experience and ability to cobble together a coa... Read More
The year was 1997. a French software engineer, Philippe Kahn, had become a father. Using a cobbled-together device consisting of his mobile phone, a digital camera, and a linked o... Read More
It’s fair to assume that most wired-in people have at least one or two favorite primetime television shows that demand a weekly watch. I’ve heard the phrase “appointment TV�... Read More
March is National Nutrition Month — a great time to assess your personal nutrition plan and gain an understanding of the importance of nutrition in your life. Hippocrates said, �... Read More
March is one of my favorite months of the year. It means spring is on the way, and for sports fans, it is a month filled with college basketball games known as March Madness. I pl... Read More
This month, let’s dig back into the numbers and see what about the local real estate market makes us smile, makes us worry, or makes us want to lose our lunch. BIGLY “In 2018, ... Read More
A Feb. 7 fire caused by a ruptured gas line at Geary Boulevard and Parker Avenue did not cause any injuries, but a number of nearby buildings have been damaged or feared damage. Re... Read More
Mayor London Breed announced plans to spur accessory dwelling units (ADUs, also known as in-law units) and 100 percent affordable housing development by dropping Department of Buil... Read More