Issue May 2020

California Golden Poppies provide hope of continuity amid the pandemic.
Coastal Commuter

Managing the weight and wait of staycation

By Michael Snyder

It’s hard to reconcile the title of this column — “The Coastal Commuter” — with my current state of affairs. My car is tuned up and ready, the spirit is willing, the... Read More
Businesses were struggling before the pandemic-enforced shutdown. Helping small businesses will be just one of the pandemic-era priorities that must continue after the virus goes away. Photo: John Zipperer
Marination

Emergency alert

The pandemic should make San Francisco straighten out its priorities
By Kevin Frazier

Like draining water from a flooded valley, COVID-19 has exposed features of San Francisco that many knew existed but only now are becoming obvious to everyone: San Francisco was i... Read More
Images from H.P. Mendoza’s short film on Zoom conference fails. Images courtesy: H.P. Mendoza
Northsider

In the Zoom zone

By John Zipperer

San Francisco-based filmmaker H.P. Mendoza had 24 hours before he left Japan. He asked for a week, or a few days, but was told that no, within hours he would have to be on this pa... Read More
Art World

Business as unusual: Creativity in isolation

Why we can anticipate an explosion of new art when we emerge from this crisis
By Sharon Anderson

I’ve noticed that hard times give some people a genius for living and a lot of flair for the fun. Like so many of us these days, my only excursions outdoors consist of daily wal... Read More
Sharing chores gets everyone involved and helps reduce the boredom. Photo: Rawpixel
MomSense

Putting your kids to work

Silver linings amid the shelter in place
By Liz Farrell

There are many valuable lessons that can be learned from getting our children to help around the house. Chores can be a great way to teach responsibility, independence, and a stro... Read More
Real Estate

Time of adjustment

Different methods, same objectives
By Garey De Martini

Our real estate market is always a big topic of conversation. Whenever news breaks, the question invariably comes up, “What does this mean for San Francisco home prices?” The ... Read More
Chestnut Street’s dedicated Department of Public Works street cleaner Calvin says the streets have been cleaner than usual during the pandemic.
Community

Signs of the Times

By Deanna Anderson

Send us your shelter-in-place stories and photos to [email protected]. We’ll publish selected content next month in print and online. A rock in the community for nea... Read More
Modern Eating

Dining during shelter in place

Takeout and delivery options from your neighborhood restaurants
By Julie Mitchell

As California’s shelter-in-place rules continue, most of us have developed new routines to cope with the stress of working, exercising, parenting, and especially, cooking at hom... Read More
Adriana Roberts and other artists are live streaming their performances during shelter in place. Photo: Eric Stein
A & E

‘Quarantunes’ and other live-streamed entertainment

By Michael Snyder

As we confront a global health crisis like none experienced in the United States in our lifetimes, the extreme measures that were necessary in response have walloped the entertain... Read More
Reynolds Rap

Knockout blow

As newsrooms make cuts, the coronavirus may finish what the Internet started
By Susan Dyer Reynolds

There are numerous cases throughout history where people got it wrong. Very wrong. Take for example Michael Dell. At the Gartner Symposium on Oct. 6, 1997, the founder of Dell Inc... Read More
District 2 Supervisor

Getting through this together

How social distancing is not stopping San Franciscans from uniting to address the pandemic
By Catherine Stefani

Since we’ve been sheltering in place, many of my neighbors have shared with me how the coronavirus pandemic has affected them personally. Across our community, people are settli... Read More
Community

Reliable information sources for Covid-19

By Lynette Majer

How’re we all doing? Congratulations are due us all for staying home (for the most part), respecting social distancing when not, and not inflicting mayhem on each other. And whi... Read More
News Briefs

Facts and figures

By John Zipperer

50: percentage of San Francisco restaurants not expected to reopen once the pandemic is over, according to the Golden Gate Restaurant Association . . . 43.9: percentage of Califo... Read More
News Briefs

Several new city initiatives launched to help small business

By John Zipperer

Restaurants and small shops were struggling in this high-cost, high-regulation city even before the pandemic hit; the enforced closure or radical change in business practices for ... Read More
News Briefs

City budget facing more than $1 billion shortfall

By John Zipperer

Even before the Covid-19 pandemic hit city revenues and spending plans, the San Francisco city budget was several hundred million dollars short. But at the end of March, the city ... Read More

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