Sept. 8 cleanup

On Sept. 8, Love Our City, an effort to clean up San Francisco while bringing together residents, merchants, and elected officials as a united front, invites people citywide to pic... Read More

News Briefs

Benefit for Middle Polk

By John Zipperer

The new Discover Polk Community Benefit District became the 15th CBD in the city when it was formed in July. The group will have at its disposal about $600,000 a year to spend on i... Read More

News Briefs

Anything but rapid transit

By John Zipperer

Get set for parking and driving disruption this month on Lombard Street. San Francisco Public Works notified locals that construction on the Lombard Street Vision Zero Project woul... Read More

Marination

The park district

How parks shape District 2’s economy and politics

By Kevin Frazier

The Presidio, Golden Gate National Recreation Area, and Crissy Field are among the top 12 most frequently visited places by tourists to San Francisco. What’s more, thanks to form... Read More

Coastal Commuter

Taking the Hemlock . . . and other venues

The entertainment scene is losing more of its precious few places to experience live music

By Michael Snyder

When I heard the recent news that the Hemlock Tavern — a cozy showcase room on Polk Street, featuring up-and-coming indie-rock performers for roughly 17 years — was closing in... Read More

Reynolds Rap

Sobriety first, housing plus

Meet the man who runs a homeless program with a 93 percent success rate and why he says even he couldn’t solve San Francisco’s crisis

By Susan Dyer Reynolds

Chris Megison has worked with the homeless for nearly three decades. He and his wife, Tammy, helped thousands of men get off the streets, find employment, and earn their way back i... Read More

Art World

Book review: ‘Modernists and Mavericks: Bacon, Freud, Hockney and The London Painters,’ by Martin Gayford

By Sharon Anderson

Martin Gayford’s latest book takes on the history of London artists from the end of World War II to the 1970s. More than just an art history book, Gayford weaves stories about re... Read More

Weekend Traveler

It’s all local in Sebastopol

By Patty Burness

It’s always a good time to visit the friendly farming community of Sebastopol in the lush Russian River Valley. Settled in 1812 by Russian explorers, the landscape was first plan... Read More

Supervisor's Report

Everyday people make District 3 go round

By Aaron Peskin

Everyday residents like you, dear readers, are serving the city in a variety of roles on city boards, commissions, and advisory bodies. They have all committed their personal time ... Read More

2018 August