Today your personal philosopher (nose always pointed into the wind) will amaze and titillate you with news, notes, gossip, and wild rumors about the North Beach scene. But first, h... Read More
The crimes below are a small snapshot of what the officers of Northern Station and Central Station are doing. For a more comprehensive list, visit sf-police.org; under Compstat, se... Read More
By now, most of us are aware of the incomprehensible tragedy that occurred on the night of July 1, at Pier 14, with the murder of Kathryn Steinle. As a parent of three young childr... Read More
At the end of June, San Francisco welcomed $41 million in funding from the state for the city’s Muni system. The money comes from California’s Transit and Intercity Rai... Read More
San Francisco continues to struggle with dirt. Schmutz. Smell. And the drought is making it worse, with water-use restrictions making it a no-no to wash sidewalks unless absolutely... Read More
In late July, the Bay Area experience a 4.0-magnitude earthquake, enough to shake people in their beds at 2:41 in the morning, but not enough to break the china. At least one scien... Read More
District 2 Supervisor Mark Farrell wants the city to pass legislation that would require the videotaping of all gun and ammunition sales in the city. “Easy access to guns and... Read More
The Board of Supervisors gave final approval to a $310 million affordable housing bond measure slated for the November 2015 ballot. Supervisors unanimously backed the measure, whic... Read More
Stop us if you’ve heard this before: San Francisco’s housing prices have climbed to new heights. Sound familiar? In the first half of 2015, the dollar per square foot p... Read More
The same pressures pushing up prices and pushing down availability of residential properties in San Francisco are active in the commercial office market, as well. With a rental gro... Read More
San Franciscans can be forgiven for thinking this was a settled matter, but the city’s heated debate over how to regulate legal short-term rental services such as Airbnb or V... Read More
I have opined often on these pages and on KGO radio about the lack of generosity in this latest generation of tech elite. Three years in a row, Second Harvest Food Bank has been ov... Read More
Belcampo Meat Co. 1998 Polk Street (at Jackson), 415-660-5573, belcampomeatco.com In 2012, the folks at Belcampo set out on a mission to bring delicious meat from their own farm to... Read More
The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco in collaboration with the Tate Britain and the J. Paul Getty Museum present J.M.W. Turner: Painting Set Free, the first major survey of the a... Read More
As I write this, plans are being made for a Friday, Oct. 2, groundbreaking for Lawrence Ferlinghetti’s visionary Piazza St. Francis, The Poets Plaza in North Beach. The date ... Read More