Tell Congress to make Alzheimer’s a priority

There are more than 16 million Americans caring for someone with Alzheimer’s or another dementia, including 1.6 million in California alone. I am one of those people. I am respon... Read More

Films

Biopics and fictionalized realities

By Michael Snyder

Lately, it feels like every other new movie is based on or inspired by real people and true events. And even if that’s an exaggeration, you need only look at what’s currently p... Read More

Modern Eating

Breeze into summer with more mindful eating

By Julie Mitchell

According to Healthline, health experts believe 2019 is the year of the plant protein due to environmental, ethical, and health concerns. Dr. Mindy Haar, associate dean of undergr... Read More

The Tablehopper

New high-end dim sum, Tuesday night burgers, and Sunday brunch

By Marcia Gagliardi

COW HOLLOW A second, 70-seat location of Eric Lilavois and Dave Cruz’s Little Gem (2184 Union Street) has opened in the former Umami Burger. The menu is similar to their Hayes Va... Read More

Supervisor's Report

New life for Aquatic Park Pier: A Districts 2 and 3 team up

By Aaron Peskin

Many readers may know that Supervisor Catherine Stefani is a seasoned triathlete, but you may not know that she sometimes joins me for an early morning swim and brainstorming sessi... Read More

District 2 Supervisor

Beautifying District 2

By Catherine Stefani

San Francisco faces many urgent challenges: the homelessness crisis, growing mental health and substance abuse issues, and housing unaffordability. These issues are often the first... Read More

News Briefs

Facts and figures

25 million: number of visitors to San Francisco annually . . . 118,352: number of reported instances of human feces on San Francisco streets since 2011 . . . 407: number of square ... Read More

News Briefs

Drive on

The city of San Francisco teamed up with the San Francisco Superior Court to clear up to 88,000 outstanding holds that had been placed on drivers’ licenses due to missed traffic ... Read More

News Briefs

Quid pro quo

Under a new plan unveiled last month, in return for agreeing not to demand a refund if November 2018’s Proposition C gross receipts tax is overruled by the courts, businesses wou... Read More

News Briefs

Polk streetscape project unveiled

In early April, the city celebrated the end of the Polk Streetscape project, the two-year, $26.8 million effort to improve safety on the busy street. The city reports that on aver... Read More

News Briefs

End of an era

The longest-running musical revue on Earth conquered the entertainment world from its home at North Beach’s Club Fugazi. Some of the show’s performers and crew have been with i... Read More

Coastal Commuter

Bloomin’ crazy

By Michael Snyder

As I sit here and write this, I can smell the fragrance of orange blossoms from one of the fruit trees gracing the backyard of the house where I stay when I’m in Los Angeles. For... Read More

Marination

Uncounted in San Francisco

(or Growing, but it depends who’s counting: What to expect from the 2020 Census)

By Kevin Frazier

Approximately 53,106 San Franciscans were omitted from the first-version 2010 census. The Census Bureau then relied on some fancy math and door-to-door canvassing to help correct f... Read More

Wellness

How to unstack your stress with a daily celebration

By Catherine Benton

We are great at celebrating milestones in life. Today there are graduation ceremonies for preschool and kindergarten with the full cap and gown and a walk across the stage to pick ... Read More

Real Estate Reporter

The time value of money

By John Zipperer

Recently in the news there was a story about the Oakland A’s baseball team lining up political support for a new stadium to be built (they hope) at the Howard Terminal on the wa... Read More

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