Crooked Street Toll Coming

Following the release of a report by the San Francisco County Transportation Authority, District 2 Supervisor Mark Farrell announced his support for charging motorists a toll for d... Read More

News Briefs

Crissy Field Promenade Fix-Up

A $5 million project to improve the Crissy Field Promenade is scheduled to kick off in the middle of this month and last through the summer. The Golden Gate National Recreation Are... Read More

News Briefs

Francisco Park Takes Shape

Local residents got some insight into the new Francisco Park, which will replace the long-unused Francisco Reservoir, at an early February community meeting held by the Francisco P... Read More

Dining

Food trends 2017

Fast-casual concepts, Puerto Rican pique, and boozy brunches will dominate San Francisco restaurant trends

By Susan Dyer Reynolds

Looking back at my culinary trend predic-tions for 2016, I was spot-on with the proliferation of poke bars, the more complex Korean chili paste gochujang replacing Sriracha as a ch... Read More

News

Original Hindu Temple in USA is overhauled after 111 years

By Paul W. Lovinger

An ornate, multidomed house at 2963 Webster Street at Filbert, known as the first Hindu temple in the Western world, is being renovated. Dedicated Jan. 7, 1906, it avoided the deba... Read More

A & E

Monet: The Early Years at the Legion of Honor

By Sharon Anderson

Through May 29, the Legion of Honor will feature approximately 60 paintings representing Claude Monet’s formative period as a painter. From 1858 to 1872, Monet honed his dist... Read More

Back Story

Levis: The pants that changed the way the world dresses

By Ernest Beyl

U.S. PATENT NUMBER 139121 Jacob W. Davis, of Reno, Nevada, Assignor to himself and Levi Strauss & Company, of San Francisco, California. Improvement in Fastening Pocket-Opening... Read More

Supervisor's Report

Congestion management solutions for the ‘crookedest’ street

By Supervisor Mark E. Farrell

Lombard street, known as “the crookedest street in the world,” is a famous tourist attraction and landmark. People from around the world recognize and visit this world-... Read More

Supervisor's Report

Lasting change starts at home

By Aaron Peskin

Over a month into the new regime in D.C., and the effects of the Trump administration’s antidemocratic agenda of hate, lies, corruption, and xenophobia are on full display co... Read More

2017 February