Electric scooters: Easy, fun, and fast, but be sure your kids are safe and know the rules

Retailers have already started the holiday push to highlight popular toys or gifts for this holiday season. One of the items that your children may already be begging for or have ... Read More

Coastal Commuter

Written from the heart

By Michael Snyder

Tales of rock gods, running, and even a murderworld known as San Francisco are all told in these books. Despite years and years of cranking out countless column inches and pont... Read More

The In-Box

Proposition M is good for San Francisco

By Betsy Dodd

Prop. M will make more rental units available in our city and will likely raise new funds for low-income renters and for low-income housing projects. It is a targeted measure, see... Read More

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Reynolds Rap

Is John Hamasaki fit to serve as San Francisco’s top cop?

From tax liens to credit card lawsuits, the district attorney candidate’s personal finances are a mess; plus, an updated district attorney endorsement

By Susan Dyer Reynolds

“That ‘if’ is doing a lot of work. Just pay some damn taxes, bro.”— District attorney candidate John Hamasaki to Elon Musk in a since-deleted tweet Much has been made... Read More

Cate Blanchett stars as Lydia Tár in Tár. Photo: Courtesy of Focus Features

Films

The women in film who rise and roar

By Michael Snyder

Since its inception, the movie industry has had a recurring problem with the marginalization of women. Actors never wanted for strong lead roles, while actresses struggled to find... Read More

Politics as Usual

Who asked you?

Ballot measures give you the illusion of being in charge

By John Zipperer

When Mark Twain’s Tom Sawyer got sick of whitewashing a fence, he came up with the great idea of tricking other kids into doing the work for him. Problem solved! When special... Read More

Bull.Miletic’s Zoom Blue Dot (1990–20). Photo courtesy of the artist

Art World

Upcoming exhibition explores power of aerial imaging technologies

By Sharon Anderson

The Museum of Craft and Design presents “Bull.Miletic: Proxistant Vision.”Bull.Miletic is an artist duo currently based in Oslo, but who made their home in San Francisco for o... Read More

News Briefs

Facts and Figures

By John Zipperer

1,052: The number of games Bruce Bochy won as manager of the San Francisco Giants from 2007–19; Bochy was hired last month as the new manager of the Texas Rangers . . . $181: pe... Read More

News Briefs

Briefly Noted

By John Zipperer

State Assemblymember Matt Haney has walked back his support for a $1.7 million single public toilet planned for San Francisco’s Noe Valley. Following Gov. Gavin Newsom’s criti... Read More

News Briefs

Crime Update

By John Zipperer

The number of crimes largely held steady year-to-year for the period Sept. 15–Oct. 15, according to the San Francisco Police Department’s Crime Dashboard for Northern Station.... Read More

News Briefs

City Revives the 1970s For Skating Fans

By John Zipperer

No, this isn’t a typo; San FranDISCO is the name of a 5,000-square-foot roller rink the city opened Oct. 15 on Civic Center’s Fulton Plaza. The pop-up rink opened during Natio... Read More

Bi-Rite, seen here on 18th St., is coming to Russian Hill. Photo: Eric Heath-flickr.com-p200eric-WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

News Briefs

Bi-Rite Takes Over Real Foods On Polk

By John Zipperer

In early 2023, Bi-Rite will take over the Real Foods location at 2140 Polk Street. The Bi-Rite Family of Businesses announced in late October it had entered into an agreement to p... Read More

The Best of Books

The Marina Books Inc. best-seller list

By Chris Hsiang

HARDCOVER FICTION 1. Carrie Soto is Back: A Novel, by Taylor Jenkins Reid 2. The Marriage Portrait: A Novel, by Maggie O’Farrell 3. Our Missing Heart... Read More

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Weekend Traveler

The best of Spain

Part 4, the last in a series on exploring Spain

By Patty Burness

Recently my husband and I had the chance to travel to Spain and spend a month tasting and experiencing the best of what the country has to offer. This last part (part four) of the... Read More

Coast to Coast

“Penny for Pasco” Surtax On FL Ballots Again

By B.C. Manion

In this latest article from our sister publication in Florida, Laker/Lutz News, staff writer B.C. Manion reports on the proposed proposed 1-cent sales tax on Pasco County ballots ... Read More

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