AC World Series makes a splash

Between a couple of catamarans capsizing during practice to start the week off, to Olympic track star Michael Johnson going overboard off the Oracle Team USA Coutts boat during the... Read More

Crime Beat

Video gives tips on how to survive an active shooter

In the aftermath of July’s mass shooting event in Aurora, Colo., the City of Houston Mayor’s Office of Public Safety, in conjunction with Homeland Security, released an... Read More

Sports Corner

Two left feet, but perseverance leads to successful sports career

The man behind the National Baseball Hall of Fame

By Steve Hermanos

You didn’t have a chance, really,” was the way my college baseball coach told me I was cut from the team. That night, the other cut players and I had a huge, sad, boozy par... Read More

Travel/Sports

Peak2Peak walk on Sept. 15: 10 peaks in 14 miles

On Walk San Francisco’s eighth annual Peak2Peak walk, participants will see the city in a whole new way, trekking 14 miles along the spine of San Francisco and enjoying views... Read More

Captain’s View

District crime up 6 percent: What’s behind the increase?

By SFPD Northern Station Captain

If you are reading this column, you probably live, work or visit one of the safest areas in San Francisco. The Marina is a fantastic place to be, with great food, a beautiful setti... Read More

Dollars & Sense

When you should file an amended tax return

By Jason Alderman

Not every interaction with the IRS must necessarily induce flop sweat. Case in point: A few years ago, a friend of mine decided his income taxes had become sufficiently complicated... Read More

The Tablehopper

Laurel Heights gets a new Cal-French restaurant; sandwiches take over the City

By Marcia Gagliardi

Coming to Laurel Heights: Chez Nico (name subject to change) at 3228 Sacra-mento Street in the Blu clothing store space, with an anticipated opening in early 2013. The restaurant o... Read More

New & Notable

New Chef Hector Diaz works wonders with small plates at B Bar SF

By Julie Mitchell

When B Restaurant & Bar in Oak-land shuttered its doors earlier this year, owner Kevin Best didn’t want to lose his talented chef, Hector Diaz, so he asked Diaz to be he... Read More

Short Bites

Dinner time

By Susan Dyer Reynolds

Bobo’s 1450 Lombard Street (at Franklin), 415-441-8880, www.boboquivaris.com; daily 5–11 p.m. You’ll find shrimp, mussels and Dungeness crab in a messy, addictive... Read More

La Deliziosa Vita, Recipes

Grandpa Lorenzo’s easy marinara sauce and ricotta meatballs

By Susan Dyer Reynolds

When my grandparents lived in New York’s Little Italy, my grandfather told my grandmother that he had a job “driving a limo.” She soon discovered that meant he was &#... Read More

Back Story

A short history of bordellos in San Francisco, part 2

The madams behind the whole sordid business

By Ernest Beyl

Our history of the bordellos of San Francisco continues with a few profiles of some of the most fascinating, outrageous, vexing — and do I dare use the word “endearing�... Read More

The Best of Books

What people are reading

By Sandy Mullin

Books Inc. hardcover best-seller list 1. GONE GIRL, by Gillian Flynn 2. CITY OF THIEVES, by David Benioff 3. 50 SHADES DARKER, by E.L. James 4. IRREVERENT CURIOSITY, by David F... Read More

Book Notes

Meeting Gore Vidal

By Sharon Anderson

Gore Vidal died on July 31, 2012, and much has been written about him since. Some have retold the story of his infamous on-air argument with William F. Buckley Jr., while others ha... Read More

Wellness

Back to school, back to fitness

No matter how long it’s been since you set foot in a classroom, September can still bring a sense of starting over, which makes it the perfect time to take stock of where you... Read More

Zippy

Big honking deal

By John Zipperer

You don’t honk. No, that’s not an order; it’s an observation. You, or at least typical San Francisco Bay Area drivers, are very reticent about honking car horns. ... Read More

Issue September 2012