Time For A City Bank?

Supervisors Malia Cohen and Sandra Fewer are promoting a task force to look into the creation of a city-owned bank. Supporters of the idea see it as a way to help undocumented immi... Read More

A & E

The Art of Eyvind Earle at the Walt Disney Family Museum

By Sharon Anderson

From May 18 through Jan. 8, 2018, the Walt Disney Family Museum presents Awakening Beauty: The Art of Eyvind Earle. Best known as the lead stylist for Walt Disney’s class... Read More

Reynolds Rap

Living in la-la land

San Francisco keeps spending while pension disaster looms

By Susan Dyer Reynolds

Last month, the San Francisco school board voted unanimously to offer Vincent Matthews a three-year contract paying $310,000 per year, $60,000 more than the $250,000 he made at his... Read More

Bellingham by the Bay

The fast and the spurious

By

It slays me when people say “happy” memorial Day as we approach this country’s most solemn holiday. Believe it or not, I heard a news anchor on MSNBC gush, “... Read More

Real Estate Investor

Real estate culture

If the city gets less weird, does it matter?

By John Zipperer

Michelle recently moved back into the city after spending years elsewhere in the Bay Area. The one thing she immediately noticed was the people at the bus stop and in the cafe wher... Read More

Supervisor's Report

Budgets, Trump’s budget and its impact on San Francisco

By Supervisor Mark E. Farrell

Government budgets are moral documents. They are a true reflection of a government’s priorities and values. Budgets detail exactly how government is choosing to spend to addr... Read More

Supervisor's Report

A public safety investment that rocks — before we get rocked

By Aaron Peskin

Last month we celebrated the 111th anniversary of the Great Earthquake and Fire. Per tradition, city and community leaders gathered at Lotta’s Fountain on Market Street (one ... Read More

Crime Beat

Crime cut in Marina, one of safest areas, says SFPD Northern Station captain after year at helm

By Paul W. Lovinger

Shortly after newly promoted Capt. John Jaimerena took command of the Northern Police District over a year ago, a newsletter announced his goals of “reducing both violent and... Read More

Weekend Traveler

Picture-perfect Porto

By Patty Burness

The cosmopolitan city of Porto, home to the fortified wine named after it, is a popular draw for tourists and locals alike. Visitors can tour old port warehouses on one side of the... Read More

Coastal Commuter

Parking up your problems

By Michael Snyder

For all of the current lobbying and enthusiasm over public transportation (including taxis and app-enabled car services), automobiles remain an inescapable fact of urban life. And ... Read More

Real Estate

What is trending now in real estate?

By Stephanie Saunders Ahlberg

We know the times “they are a changing” in real estate. I recently listed a property in Pacific Heights and for the first time in my 30-plus years of real estate sales,... Read More

Enter Stage Left

My ‘knees-érables’ in recovery: Who knew?

By Evalyn Baron

For Christmas this past year, my darling husband gave me a fancy-schmantzy Fitbit! Little did I know how much the little noodge of a wrist thingy would figure in my recovery from k... Read More

Movie Reviews

Ticket to ‘Toon Town

‘My Life As a Zucchini’ & ‘Your Name’

By Michael Snyder

I remember when 2D cartoons and various sorts of stop-motion animation were considered niche or kiddie fare. Even the word “cartoon” suggests something frivolous and tr... Read More

The Adventures of Skylar Grey

Chapter 33: My dear old friend

By Susan Dyer Reynolds

How the birds sang in the morning, how the dog barked in the yard, I guess that’s nothing much, but everything to us, and that’s what seems so hard How will we smile ev... Read More

Real Estate Today

Increase your chances for a successful house hunt

By Carole Isaacs

Spring has sprung, or at least it has in the real estate market in San Francisco. Buyers are out in full force searching for all types of homes. Believe it or not, an agent offerin... Read More

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