58th S.F. International Film Festival

These days, it seems like there’s an annual film festival in every town, village, and glen. Some of the fests are designed to have a major impact on the movie business, with ... Read More

Weekend Traveler

The wonders of the historic San Francisco waterfront

By Patty Burness

As locals, it’s easy to take San Francisco’s natural beauty for granted. Its prime location means the waterfront offers one knockout view after another. From the pristi... Read More

Coastal Commuter

Not-so-grand theft

By Michael Snyder

When you take the leap and decide to commute great distances for business or personal reasons, and one of the twin poles in your sphere is a freeway-laced, car-obsessed place like ... Read More

Enter Stage Left

California dreamin’? California hibernatin’!

By Evalyn Baron

This month should see spring a-comin’ any day now, yet I find myself thinking about this past temperate West Coast winter, and how I lived it out in a very snowed-in, East Co... Read More

Caring For Our Kids

Fashion finds for moms

By Liz Farrell

If you are like I am, shopping is a luxury, and the times I can escape my hectic schedule for a few hours alone are rare. More often than not when shopping, I have some if not all ... Read More

Wellness

Take it with a grain of salt

By Thalia Farshchian

As our country realizes that diet-ary guidelines over the last 30 years have not been working well, health and nutrition are gradually being redefined. Sugar is becoming enemy numb... Read More

Real Estate Today

Explore new condos in changing neighborhoods

By Carole Isaacs

From the Van Ness corridor, Hayes Valley, the Mission, South of Market, Mission Bay to Dog Patch, San Francisco is undergoing dramatic change. If you are considering buying in any ... Read More

Real Estate

The spring real estate market

A little open-mindedness and buying savvy will help you get a place even in a tight market

By Stephanie Saunders Ahlberg

The traditional real estate spring market is heating up — but not just in San Francisco proper. Daily Real Estate News recently reported that inventory is increasing just in time... Read More

Market Report

The Marina Times Real Estate Market Report: February 2015

By Hill & Co.

News Briefs

The Zuckerberg Bill: Construction Parking Plan Introduced

Last fall, neighbors in Dolores Park complained that Facebook titan Mark Zuckerberg had hired people to save parking places for construction workers who were working on his home th... Read More

News Briefs

Invite Your Inlaws For Seismic Retrofit

With many property owners in the city either undergoing mandatory seismic retrofits or planning and dreading them, the city has thrown them a possible bonus. In early March, the Bo... Read More

News Briefs

San Francisco, Hud Partner To Redo Public Housing

Cities across the country have changed the way they handle public housing. San Francisco joined that group in February when city leaders and Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Sec... Read More

Real Estate Investor

Property politics: How others respond to housing inequality

By John Zipperer

After John Norquist left his longtime position as mayor of Milwaukee, he spent a decade heading up the Congress for the New Urbanism, an organization that promotes smart urban plan... Read More

Home & Garden

Happy 45th birthday, Earth Day!

By Julia Strzesieski

In San Francisco, we really celebrate Earth Day every day of the year with our earth friendly lifestyles. Still, we look forward to Earth Day on April 22 for what has become one of... Read More

The Best of Books

What you’re reading

By Brian Pettus

Books Inc. best-seller list The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing (hardcover), by Marie Kondo City of Thieves: A Novel (paperback)... Read More

Issue April 2015