At the April 8 meeting of the Board of Supervisors budget committee, City Controller Ben Rosenfield reported San Francisco hotels were providing 1,977 rooms to the homeless during... Read More
In May, I received dozens of emails from neighbors of the Marina Safeway about open air drug use and sales, stolen goods, fights, and assaults at an encampment that popped up behi... Read More
There are numerous cases throughout history where people got it wrong. Very wrong. Take for example Michael Dell. At the Gartner Symposium on Oct. 6, 1997, the founder of Dell Inc... Read More
It’s no secret that reducing your intake of red meat is better for your health. I spent four years as a vegetarian a decade ago, and I’m heading more in that direction again. ... Read More
In March, when my stepsister Sara in Idaho asked me what I wanted for my birthday, I told her eggs. Three days later, I received two dozen rainbow-hued chicken eggs and a dozen du... Read More
When I wrote my April 2019 Reynolds Rap column suggesting Mayor London Breed should fire Department of Public Works director Mohammed Nuru after decades of corruption and incompete... Read More
For years as a food writer I’ve stressed the importance of knowing where your food comes from, particularly meat. In today’s world, where many deadly viruses are traced to poor... Read More
Gyms have always bored me because I grew up as the only child of a high school sports coach who instilled a love of sports in me at a young age. I played catcher on softball teams ... Read More
Despite ethical missteps, misappropriated taxpayer funds, lawsuits, and incompetence as the leader of street cleaning in one of the world’s filthiest cities, the mayor continues ... Read More
If you’re thinking of making dinner for that special someone this year instead of eating out, here are three protein choices — duck, pork, and beef — of varying price ranges.... Read More
This past September, police made a horrifying discovery inside a Santa Rosa home: Patrick O’Neill was unresponsive, and his 13-month-old son, Liam, was dead. O’Neill later died... Read More
Back of the House founder Adriano Paganini recently shuttered Belga, his popular four-year-old sausage and beer house on Union Street in Cow Hollow and opened Wildseed. Now one of ... Read More
With Dungeness crab season scheduled to kick off Dec. 15 and people looking for places to take out-of-town holiday guests to enjoy one of our greatest local treasures, I decided to... Read More
It’s hard to imagine the holidays without Johnny Mathis. From “The Christmas Song” (“Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire”) to “I’ll be Home for Christmas,” his smoot... Read More
When the San Francisco Chronicle decided to replace food critic Michael Bauer, I wasn’t alone in thinking “It’s about time.” After all, the New York Times had six food cri... Read More