San Francisco needs big change

Neighbors in the Richmond District have been begging their supervisor, Sandra Fewer, to deal with a growing homeless situation known as the 18th Avenue encampment. On Aug. 17, a g... Read More

Reynolds Rap

Horror in the Haight

From homeless tent handouts to street brawls to an increase in burglaries, Supervisor Dean Preston has made life in the Haight a living hell

By Susan Dyer Reynolds

As a resident of the Haight-Ashbury for over two decades, I watched the neighborhood deteriorate through five supervisors. In 2010, I wrote an article for Northside San Francisco ... Read More

Opinion

Confessions of a Dem dialer

By Garey De Martini

In 2016, like millions of other people in America, I was sure there was no way that Donald Trump could possibly win the presidential election. I voted. And that was that. Nothing ... Read More

Opinion

Is it our DA or the algorithm that makes S.F. less safe?

Vote no on Proposition 25

By Lou Barberini

Sadly, San Francisco has become a laboratory for social experiments that are proving destructive and have incentivized the criminal trade. At the heart of the matter is the ... Read More

Art World

Return of the arts

Museums reopen their doors to the public

By Sharon Anderson

Bay Area museums and galleries closed their doors to the public in March and have instead offered virtual tours and online education experiences. Starting in late September, sever... Read More

Supervisor's Report

Vote for recovery and reforms

By Aaron Peskin

This year has been one struggle after another, seemingly without an end in sight. A global pandemic and economic shutdown, California ablaze with wildfires, a national reckoning w... Read More

District 2 Supervisor

End the crime spree

The city has to take action to address an increase in crimes

By Catherine Stefani

A man with two dogs has been having a full-blown episode on my doorstep for the last two hours. I think he may hurt himself. I called the police more than an hour ago, but they ha... Read More

Modern Eating

A North Beach treasure hunt for eating

By Kat Anderson

North Beach is the true heart of San Francisco. We have so many essential neighborhoods, but for me they are all planets revolving around the corner of Columbus and Broadway. T... Read More

Community

When politics trump friendship and family

Have the promoters of discord won?

By Michael Snyder

How’s the old saying go? Oh yeah: “Politics makes strange bedfellows.” Over the past few years, we’ve learned that politics can actually drive a fellow (or a gal) from you... Read More

A & E

Musician and activist Madame Gandhi on the Asian Art Museum calendar

By Lynette Majer

It’s a livestreaming life we’re all living these days as we adapt to what we must, just as museums, theater and dance companies, and other groups have done. While museums have... Read More

Real Estate

Waiting for the bounce-back

Did all that smoke do additional damage to San Francisco’s real estate market?

By Garey De Martini

As if the pandemic wasn’t enough, smoke from fires throughout the Bay Area, California, and the West Coast blanketed San Francisco in mid-August and early September and didn’t... Read More

MomSense

Our kids deserve better

It’s time to open playgrounds and schools

By Liz Farrell

Covid-19 has affected all of us in some way. Beyond the health repercussions, there has been an economic and mental health impact — increased homelessness, and boarded-up busine... Read More

Politics as Usual

The human race

Reasons to rekindle your optimism

By John Zipperer

He looked intimidating, like he could punch his fist through a brick wall without straining himself. Tall, beefy, bald; he spoke forcefully and directly, just like the ex-Marine h... Read More

The Best of Books

The Marina Books Inc. best-seller list

By Earle Peterson

Hard Cover Fiction 1. Lying Life of Adults, by Elena Ferrante 2. Vanishing Half: A Novel, by Brit Bennett 3. Transcendent Kingdom: A Novel, by Yaa Gyasi Hard Cover... Read More

Films

Holmes is where her heart is

Sherlock’s sister follows in his footsteps

By Michael Snyder

In addition to revisiting the hidden perils of small-town America in the 1980s, and introducing viewers to the deadly Demogorgon and the Upside Down dimension, the breakout Ne... Read More

Issue October 2020