Death of a sales tax

November puts us squarely one year out from the ballot-mageddon we can all anticipate in 2018. You are no doubt already being courted, whether by polls or marketing teases testing ... Read More

North Beach Journal

Pho, ‘San Francisco Noir,’ signs of the times, the Grateful Dead, and Alice Waters

By Ernest Beyl

COIT TOWER IS FILLED WITH PHO I used to entertain the not too far-fetched idea that Lillie Hitchcock Coit’s wonderful tower on Telegraph Hill was filled with red sauce piped down... Read More

Supervisor's Report

Protecting the public and first responders from toxic chemicals

By Supervisor Mark E. Farrell

Protecting the public and keeping our families, children, and pets healthy and safe is a top priority. Whether it’s enhancing public safety, or implementing common-sense policies... Read More

The In-Box

Letters to the Times

ANGELA’S ASHES I read your Alioto story in the October issue [“Angela Alioto on the 25th anniversary of the smoking ban,” Reynolds Rap]. Angela certainly deserves great credi... Read More

News Briefs

Dogs prevail over GGNRA management plan

By John Zipperer

A controversial attempt by the National Park Service to change dog management rules in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area has ended with NPS abandoning the effort. In a state... Read More

News Briefs

Close to Crystal

By John Zipperer

Actor and comedian Billy Crystal was presented with the inaugural Robin Williams Legacy of Laughter Award during the October Revels & Revelations fundraiser at North Beach’s ... Read More

News Briefs

November facts and figures

By John Zipperer

16/64/32: The new Recology bins being introduced in the city over the next two years, including a 16-gallon waste bin, 64-gallon recycling bin, and 32-gallon composting bin … Spr... Read More

‘Evacuate immediately’: Fleeing the North Bay fires

(And what you can do to help the victims of the fires)

By Kenneth Majer

We’ve been living in Kenwood in Sonoma County (10 miles north of Sonoma and 10 miles south of Santa Rosa) since selling our place in San Francisco in January. Sunday evening, Oct... Read More

Bellingham by the Bay

With a turn of the page

By

I know I’m getting old when elderly Chinese ladies offer me their seats on the 30-Stockton bus. … Jane Fonda says when she turned 60, she knew she was entering the third act of... Read More

Art World

Rauschenberg erases the rules at SFMOMA

By Sharon Anderson

Through March 25, 2018, SFMOMA presents the West Coast exclusive of Robert Rauschenberg: Erasing the Rules. As one of the heavyweights of contemporary art, Rauschenberg expanded t... Read More

Reynolds Rap

Drive time

With 45,000 Uber and Lyft drivers, it’s time for digital medallions

By Susan Dyer Reynolds

A year ago, San Francisco Examiner reporter Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez sent shockwaves with one big number: 45,000. According to data he received from the San Francisco Treasurer’... Read More

Enter Stage Left

Volunteering: Helping my future self

By Evalyn Baron

Peter and I have lived in San Francisco for seven years now, and it’s time for a summation, a look back. You might say I have a seven–year “itch” to explain the shape of th... Read More

Political Animal

If you talk the talk, you better walk the walk

By Susan Dyer Reynolds

(Part 1 of a three-part series on the complex sometimes contentious relationship between animal shelters and activists.) OAKLAND ANIMAL SERVICES DIRECTOR REBECCA KATZ CONTINUES CRU... Read More

Real Estate Reporter

Go big or go homeless

By John Zipperer

PLACE NAME POLITICS It will reportedly cost $5,400 to rename Justin Herman Plaza to something else. But if city leaders and citizens are really interested in undoing the effects of... Read More

2017 October