City leaders look to reform pretrial electronic monitoring

In late October, Mayor London Breed and District 8 Supervisor Rafael Mandelman announced they were working with the sheriff and the Adult Probation Department to make changes to t... Read More

The Best of Books

The Marina Books Inc. best-seller list

By Chris Hsiang

Hardcover Fiction 1. The Lincoln Highway: A Novel, by Amor Towles 2. Crossroads: A Novel, by Jonathan Franzen 3. Cloud Cuckoo Land, by Anthony Doerr Hard... Read More

Roasted game hen with wild rice and mushroom stuffing. Photo: Susan Dyer Reynolds

La Deliziosa Vita

Small birds for small gatherings

By Susan Dyer Reynolds

Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday, and this year as always, we’re planning the traditional feast. But several friends told me that they’re not feeling the postpandemic lockd... Read More

Wine World

A mixed bag of wine

By Lynette Majer

Few will dispute it’s been one mixed-up world for the last 18 months. In the immortal words of Roseanne Roseannadanna, “If it’s not one thing, it’s another,” whether it ... Read More

Start the habit of gratitude early. Photo: Fizkes

MomSense

Gratitude: How to help children make it a habit

By Liz Farrell

If ever there were a year to feel grateful, it may be this year. It has been a tough year and a half, but the pandemic has given us a new appreciation for things big and small. Th... Read More

There’s an intergenerational competition in the evolving housing market. Photo: Kevin Schwarz/Pixabay

Real Estate

Playing the percentages

By Garey De Martini

The arrival of November typically marks the beginning of a slowdown in San Francisco’s real estate market. Everyone seems to take a collective breath — including buyers, selle... Read More

News Briefs

Fisherman’s Wharf improvements

By John Zipperer

District 3 Supervisor Aaron Peskin joined Mayor London Breed and other local leaders Oct. 22 for the official ribbon-cutting ceremony celebrating the completion of the second phas... Read More

News Briefs

Le Marais closes, Grand Crepêrie opens

By John Zipperer

Two years of negotiations failed to produce an agreement between Le Marais Bakery and the owner of its building at 2066 Chestnut Street, leaving the popular establishment to close... Read More

Detail of Wayne Thiebaud's Two and One-Half Cakes, 1972. IMage: courtesy of the Wayne Thiebaud Foundation

Art World

‘Color into Line: Pastels from the Renaissance to the Present’ at the Legion of Honor

By Sharon Anderson

Currently on display at the Legion of Honor is a historical presentation representing five centuries of pastels from 16th-century Europe to the present day. Through rarely seen ho... Read More

Brian Cox and Sarah Snook in Succession. Photo: Hunter Graeme/HBO; courtesy Warner media

Television

Brawl in the family

Family sitcoms have come a long way since Ozzie and Harriet

By Michael Snyder

There’s a certain synchronicity to having the third season of Succession, the scathing satire of an obscenely wealthy clan headed by a domineering media mogul, roll out on HBO a... Read More

The fast food insurrection began at Fisherman's Wharf’s In-n-Out Burger. Photo: Allenlai7/Wikipedia

Politics as Usual

Over and out for In-n-Out

By John Zipperer

In mid-October, General Colin Powell passed away at the age of 84. A man who defined leadership and who worked across the broad middle of American politics died at a time when lea... Read More

News Briefs

Facts and figures

By John Zipperer

$1 million: amount Wells Fargo & Co. is donating to five California nonprofits for wildfire relief and recovery work . . . 2.5 million: acres burned by California wildfires so... Read More

News Briefs

Briefly noted

By John Zipperer

In October, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed AB 57, a bill that puts into place recommendations from the state auditor to help law enforcement improve prevention, response, and documentat... Read More

The day before Thanksgiving, the parade floats are inflated, Photo: Rhododendrites

Coastal Commuter

‘Twas the night before Thanksgiving

By Michael Snyder

For all the fuss we Americans make over Thanksgiving with its mandatory knee-jerk-cozy gatherings around a stuffed bird and side dishes of questionable taste and nutritional value... Read More

David DeYoe with Emma and baby Angelika in the Tenderloin. Photo: ourtesy DeYoe family

Reynolds Rap

In the wake of a killing

Nearly two years after their daughter’s brutal murder, the DeYoe family still waits for justice

By Susan Dyer Reynolds

Sentayo was just 6 years old when her mother died of starvation, but she had no time to grieve. She took her infant sister, Hoptami, and ventured into Addis Ababa, the capital and... Read More

2021 October