If a tree falls in the forest, and I don’t journal it, did it really happen?

“Well, I may as well try to make some sense of it all.” I wrote that sentence on a muggy Atlanta day, having just graduated from Northwestern University with a Bachelor of Arts... Read More

Real Estate Reporter

Get a piece of the rock

By John Zipperer

San Francisco’s housing market is so competitive . . . How competitive is it? Here’s the headline from a recent Business Insider article: “San Francisco’s housing market is... Read More

Political Animal

Saving King: For Rocket Dog Rescue, it’s all in a day’s work

By Susan Dyer Reynolds

The call from the all-volunteer San Jose Animal Advocates went out far and wide on Facebook: King, a young, healthy blue nose pit bull, was out of time. He was suffering from “ke... Read More

MomSense

Back-to-school tech tools

By Liz Farrell

Technology has become a big part of back-to-school gear, beyond school supplies and clothes. Managing our children’s technology has almost become a full-time job, so this year I ... Read More

Travel/Sports

Cavallo Point: The Lodge at The Golden Gate is a nearby gem

By Jenny Lenore Rosenbaum

Nestled within the vast 80,000 acres of Golden Gate National Recreation Area, Cavallo Point is an enclave brimming with tranquility, architectural elegance, and historical resonanc... Read More

Weekend Traveler

High time for recreational cannabis

By Patty Burness

The legalization of recreational cannabis means access to the industry has increased, including for tourism. Still in their infancy, cannabis tours are coming into their own. Compa... Read More

At the Table

Around town: From a sizzling fish platter to the best Old Fashioned, here are a few of my favorite things

By Susan Dyer Reynolds

It’s easy to forget sometimes how small San Francisco really is. I was reminded of this recently when I trekked to the foggy Outer Sunset District to grab some takeout at my favo... Read More

The Tablehopper

Marina scores a beer hall; Cow Hollow has a new place to imbibe

By Marcia Gagliardi

MARINA A modern Bavarian beer hall from the beer-lovin’ gents behind Biergarten and Suppenküche (Aaron and Matt Hulme) is now open: Radhaus (2 Marina Blvd., Bldg. A, Fort Mason ... Read More

Television

Sifting through the fall television season

By Michael Snyder

Are viewers suffering from narrative fatigue due to the unprecedented year-round increase in television programming since we entered the era of streaming video content? Maybe, but ... Read More

Nightlife

Madrone Art Bar: Integrating art and everyday life

By Anthony Torres

I love Madrone Art Bar because it is more than a bar: It is a constantly changing alternative art space where two- and three-dimensional works, multimedia, and musical performance... Read More

Supervisor's Report

This November, put your privacy first

By Aaron Peskin

In an age in which social media has created a public stage for the 24/7 documentation of curated realities, the lines between the public and private, the fake and real have become ... Read More

Supervisor's Report

What I love about District 2

By Catherine Stefani

After living in Cow Hollow for 17 years, my heart is strongly tied to District 2. This is the place where I had my two children: my son, Dominic, and my daughter, Gianna. I am so p... Read More

Commentary

Coming to grips with our homeless crisis

By Nick Josefowitz

San Francisco has the highest rate of street homelessness in the country — more than 4,300 people sleep unsheltered here every night. But mass street homelessness is not an inevi... Read More

News Briefs

September facts and figures

By John Zipperer

$184,219: Annual salary (about $71,760) plus benefits (about $112,918) for employees of San Francisco’s project to clean up feces on city streets (the so-called “poop patrol”... Read More

News Briefs

Auto burglary arrests

By John Zipperer

If there’s one thing San Franciscans hate more than scooters or the word “Frisco,” it’s auto burglaries. San Francisco police had good news: Plainclothes officers made arre... Read More

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