The housing development in the Mission District that helped spark a backlash against new projects in that neighborhood has become mired in a nasty lawsuit filed by the developer ag... Read More
Supervisor Scott Wiener has called for the city to encourage more housing for San Francisco’s 82,000 college students. The District 8 supervisor says “providing housing... Read More
San Francisco got an assist from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in its efforts to provide housing to more homeless veterans. In mid-August, Mayor Ed Lee... Read More
This fall, San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors is expected to debate a proposal from the city’s Planning Department that would relax certain restrictions on housing de... Read More
Books Inc. best-seller list The Tender Bar: A Memoir, by J.R. Moehringer The Day the Crayons Came Home, by Drew Daywalt and Oliver Jeffers Between the World and Me, by Ta-Nehisi C... Read More
Frills and extravagance can be enchanting in the right circumstance, but they’re unnecessary when it comes to telling a good story. So it’s understandable and gratifyin... Read More
I just finished reading Lawrence Ferlinghetti’s latest book Writing Across the Landscape: Travel Journals 1960-2010 (Liveright Publishing Corporation, 2015, $35). Usually I a... Read More
Many years ago, when I was fresh and tender, but a bit prickly like a young artichoke, I was a copyboy for the San Francisco Chronicle. Today, more than 50 years later, a bit tough... Read More
It’s easy to be complacent in your surroundings, unaware of the excitement lingering nearby. San Francisco is one of those places, especially in and around the Theater Distri... Read More
I had a dream the other night, and in it, I was at the original Oritalia on Fillmore Street in the mid-1990s when chef Bruce Hill was in charge of the restaurant’s innovative... Read More
On Aug. 20, San Francisco Chronicle Inside Scoop columnist Paolo Lucchesi reported on “swirling rumors” about the historic Italian-French Baking Co. in North Beach (150... Read More
The sleepy, hill-surrounded area of South San Jose where my stepmother Kickie lives is suddenly hot property — thousands of new apartments surrounded by shiny shopping centers, C... Read More
I’ve always loved 2032 Union Street, the site of the original 1854 dairy farmhouse where Cow Hollow got its name. I remember sitting in the airy atrium upfront with my boyfri... Read More
Pop-ups are literally popping up all over the city. These temporary establishments are a great way for retailers, chefs, and other entrepreneurs to test new concepts and gauge cust... Read More
Marina District resident Hannah Hartman is sitting at Peet’s Coffee on Chestnut Street holding her 7-year-old Shih Tzu, Joey, in her lap. “A woman here at Peet’s ... Read More