Due to below-av-erage rainfall and a dismal snowpack multiple years in a row now, the Bay Area is officially once again in drought status. Our water shortage has caused Gov. Jerry ... Read More
The Decorator Showcase is always fun, but this year’s event is a colorful, decade-surfing ode to the good life that shouldn’t be missed. Some 38 designers put their per... Read More
Books Inc. best-seller list Brown Girl Dreaming, Jacqueline Woodson French Coast: A Novel, Anita Hughes The Girl on the Train: A Novel, by Paula Hawkins The Tender Bar: A Memoir, ... Read More
There’s something extremely attractive about the tried and true when contemporary movie companies are deciding to green-light projects. As far as the suits are concerned, the... Read More
Healdsburg is hot. This verdant area has award-winning wines, acclaimed restaurants, a zeal for local products, and friendly residents. And it’s an easy drive from San Franci... Read More
The destruction of Candlestick Park to make way for new development — shopping, corporate, residential, whatever — brought back many great memories of Giants and Niners games I... Read More
Who would have thought it? Here we are in the third year of my Ernestos: Best of North Beach Awards. The Ernestos started out in 2013 as an idea for a column. Now it’s an ins... Read More
If at first you don’t succeed … reinvent yourself. This is perhaps the motto behind Reverb Kitchen & Bar on Polk Street, most recently known as Verbena. When the ch... Read More
Congratulations to chef-owner Melissa Perello on opening her second beautiful restaurant, Octavia (1701 Octavia Street, 415-408-7507). Her new Pacific Heights restaurant (which is ... Read More
Three World Series trophies glittered in the sun. Canons fired metallic streamers from the second deck. Stunt jets ripped the sky. Madison Bumgarner mounted a police horse while, o... Read More
A REQUIEM FOR CAPP’S CORNER The evening of Tuesday, March 31, I sat in the bar at Original Joe’s in North Beach with my friend, San Francisco Chronicle columnist Carl N... Read More
If you’re decorating your home, you can find much of what you may need on the north side of the city. And if you ask a designer where to shop, you may likely get a referral t... Read More
In what I am sure will come as a shock to no one – parking in San Francisco is scarce and often difficult to find in our neighborhoods and commercial areas. I know I have spent t... Read More
The crimes below are a small snapshot of what the officers of Northern Station are doing. For a more comprehensive list, visit sf-police.org; under Compstat, select the link to Cri... Read More
Hold on to me as we go As we roll down this unfamiliar road And although this wave is stringing us along Just know you’re not alone Cause I’m going to make this place y... Read More