Caitlyn Jenner Announces Run For California Governor

Former Olympic gold medalist and reality TV star Caitlyn Jenner announced her candidacy for California governor. Jenner, 71, would be running as a Republican and wrote that she... Read More

News

Former Minneapolis Officer Derek Chauvin Found Guilty Of All Charges In Death of George Floyd

By Isai Rocha

The jurors in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin reached a verdict, Tuesday, finding Chauvin guilty of all three charges against him. Chauvin was conv... Read More

Potency and Purity: Dripp Is Changing The Game

A taxing situation

By Michael Snyder

As we find ourselves in the midst of what’s known in the United States as tax season, I tried to think of something amusing about taxes. This is the best I could do: In o... Read More

Even with vaccinations, precautions will be necessary to keep loved ones safe. Photo: Choreograph

MomSense

Vaccines bring hope for grandparents

By Liz Farrell

I never thought I would see my parents so happy to get a shot, but this wasn’t just any shot, this was a dose of the Covid-19 vaccine. For them, and soon all of us, this shot b... Read More

The Best of Books

The Marina Books Inc. best sellers

By Kevin McCarthy

Hardcover Fiction 1. The Midnight Library: A Novel, by Matt Haig 2. The Paris Library: A Novel, Janet Skeslien Charles 3. The Committed,Viet Thanh Nguyen Hardc... Read More

Finally Know How to Speak by Kezia Harrell. Photo: Courtesy of artist

Art World

SFAI 150 | ‘A Spirit of Disruption’

By Sharon Anderson

In celebration of its 150th anniversary, the San Francisco Art Institute presents “A Spirit of Disruption.” This exhibition, on view through July 3, reflects on the schools’... Read More

A car was retrieved from the bay following an incident near the Marina Green. Photo: SFFD Northern Station

Police Blotter

Anti-Asian hate crimes on our streets

By John Zipperer

Here’s a sampling of crimes in the districts covered by Northern SFPD station for one recent week in March. ANTI-ASIAN INCIDENT March 8, 7:30 p.m. Pine and Polk Streets... Read More

Politics as Usual

San Francisco after Covid

Once things return to normal, we’ll discover what normal will be

By John Zipperer

Hugging. Apparently there will be a lot of hugging. That’s the answer given by many people when asked what they are most looking forward to once the sheltering-at-home phase of ... Read More

Governor Gavin Newsom (center left, along wall) met with Asian Americans during a recent visit to the city. Photo: @CAgovernor / TWITTER

News Briefs

Anti-Asian attacks, more school board woes

By John Zipperer

Gov. Gavin Newsom appeared in San Francisco in late March to decry the continued anti-Asian incidents that have included verbal harassment, physical attacks, and even fatal alterc... Read More

News Briefs

Small business aid

By John Zipperer

Mayor London Breed introduced the Small Business Recovery Act in mid-March, building on the streamlining of certain regulations and processes introduced in Proposition H, which pa... Read More

News Briefs

Facts and figures

By John Zipperer

Ninth: national ranking of the Bay Area in terms of its optimism about job opportunities, according to the University of Phoenix; 65 percent of local workers report being optimist... Read More

District 2 Supervisor

Stop AAPI hate

By Catherine Stefani, Selina Sun, and Michael Chen

On March 16, the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community and allies reacted with horror upon learning that an individual had shot and killed eight people, including s... Read More

Community

Guide to the orange tier reopening

By Lynette Majer

Congratulations San Francisco! It’s been a tough year, but thanks to our diligent (yet challenging) adherence to Covid guidelines, the city moved into the less-restrictive “mo... Read More

Timothée Chalamet and Rebecca Ferguson in Dune. Image: Chiabella James / 2020 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.

Films

Spring awakenings on screen and stage

As restrictions lift, the entertainment venues slowly reopen

By Michael Snyder

It’s been over a year since much of the world locked down, and so many things changed so swiftly in all walks of life — including in the entertainment industry. Movie theaters... Read More

Issue April 2021