When it’s warm desert air you crave, there’s no better place than Scottsdale. Formerly citrus groves and cotton fields, it’s now a mix of modern and Old West in t... Read More
Batten down the hatches, it’s going to be a wild one! Every October, the armada known as Fleet Week sails into town. Naval convoys, Coast Guard contingencies, stunt pilots, a... Read More
If all goes as planned, the Marina District could get its first medical marijuana dispensary at 2414 Lombard Street (near Scott). Yes, for those of you keeping track, the location ... Read More
JDRF (Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation) Bay Area has selected nine children from around the Bay Area, ages 8 to 15, to serve as ambassadors for their 2012 Walk to Cure Diabete... Read More
On Sept. 20, the San Francisco Recreation and Park Commission unanimously approved a negotiated lease agreement to turn the Marina Green’s historic degaussing station into a ... Read More
scape•goat \skāp-gōt\ 1. A person made to bear the blame for others or to suffer in their place. 2. Chiefly biblical. A goat let loose in the wilderness after the h... Read More
While Fort Mason Center has been successful in offering programming and events that are diverse and engaging, the campus lacks a clear identity and cohesion that often prevents vis... Read More
With another new school year underway, kids and parents are visting local retailers to buy everything they need to succeed in class and beyond. But they won’t be the only one... Read More
October and April are San Francisco’s earthquake months. Of course, we don’t know when the next one will hit, but the last three major Bay Area quakes were in April 190... Read More
The Union Street Neighborhood Comm-ercial District (NCD) runs the length of Union Street from Steiner Street to Van Ness Avenue, and along Fillmore Street from Union to Lombard Str... Read More
Recently I have been writing about the fact that the crime rate is creeping up. Yes, street robbers are taking iPhones and yes, when you leave your high-end laptop or your purse in... Read More
The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) is striving to make streets near San Francisco’s public and private schools safer for walking, bicycling and public ... Read More
The crimes below are a small snapshot of what the officers of Northern Station are doing. For a more comprehensive list, visit www.sf-police.org; under Compstat, there is a link to... Read More
For several years now, there has been momentum to close a large stretch of Market Street to automobile traffic. The Better Market Street organization is pushing a plan that would d... Read More
Growing up in the Marina, I spent almost every day in the summer at Funston Park (since renamed Moscone Playground). I played pick-up basketball in the gym, read books at the libra... Read More