In 1992, Ruth Reichl left her post as restaurant critic for the Los Angeles Times and headed East. She had been offered the job at the New York Times, a move she was unsure of at f... Read More
Donald Carmignani resigned his post on the San Francisco Fire Commission on September 24, the day after he was arrested on suspicion of domestic violence and threats, resulting fro... Read More
If Washington, D.C., can have Sharknado, then San Francisco can observe Sharktoberfest, an effort by Shark Stewards and the Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sancutary to draw... Read More
The San Francisco Coalition to Underground Utilities (see News Briefs, last issue) met with Supervisors Mark Farrell and David Chiu, plus their aides, on Sept. 9 to discuss efforts... Read More
As reported last issue, the environmental review process for the City’s Transit Effectiveness Project (TEP) is gathering public comments. Northside resident Herbert J. Weiner... Read More
San Francisco Mayor Edwin Lee wants people to take note of the City’s Giant Sweep campaign, which his administration launched in February in a partnership with the San Franci... Read More
Controversy is nothing new when it comes to planning major additions or changes to the Presidio of San Francisco’s military base-turned-national park. Promotors of several ne... Read More
In the end nobody knows how it’s done — how art is made. It can’t be explained. Optical devices are just tools. Understanding a tool doesn’t explain the magic o... Read More
Not since Mitt Romney traveled to Britain to tell our closest allies that they were going to screw up the London Olympics has a major sporting event been linked so closely to a cit... Read More
With Halloween shambling toward us, October is an ideal time for movie-lovers to seek cinematic encounters of the frightening kind, whether supernatural or science-fictional. Let m... Read More
Meringues are something people rarely think of making, but they’re actually a quite simple, no-fat way to satisfy a sweet tooth. The flavor is similar to marshmallows, but yo... Read More
After attending several Lake County wine tastings, I decided it was time to visit. I picked up a wine-lover friend in St. Helena, and we headed through Robert Louis Stevenson State... Read More
I am not an amusement park ride kind of gal. Even the Mad Hatter’s Tea Cup ride at Disney World makes me nauseated. Roller coasters, parachute jumps and Haunted Mansion eleva... Read More
A trip to Napa Valley often means jaunts through a variety of towns as I sip and dine throughout the region. But a recent trip to St. Helena changed that. I stayed put and enjoyed ... Read More
One of the few initiatives of President George W. Bush’s administration that tried to honestly help people who were not already well off was its push to increase homeownershi... Read More