Smell that spaghetti and garlic bread in the Marina?

MARINA/COW HOLLOW Now open is Spaghetti Bros. (3213 Scott Street, 415-400-8500), the new project we mentioned last month from former Bix and Fog City chefs Erik Lowe and Aaron Toen... Read More

Book Notes

San Francisco is ready for its close-up

A new look at the city’s personalities is a biography of the ever-changing city by the bay

By John Zipperer

San Francisco is having an identity crisis. People are arguing and legislating and propositioning about what the city is and what it is becoming. Who are these new people filling u... Read More

Marina-Cow Hollow Insider

Union Street lights up and Marina’s true colors shine

By Lynette Majer

MARINA SHOWS ITS TRUE COLORS In the week following the Paris bombings, in a show of solidarity, the merchants on Scott Street proudly displayed French flags in front of their busin... Read More

Community

2015: The year in review

By Supervisor Mark E. Farrell

As we approach the end of 2015, there is much to be thankful for, from our streaking World Champion Golden State Warriors to our strong local economy and low unemployment numbers. ... Read More

Bellingham by the Bay

Hopes and fears at Christmas

By

Back in June 1995, 100,000 people paraded down Market Street to the Ferry Building to see a show honoring Herb Caen. The weather seemed to approve. It was a gorgeous day. Not a cl... Read More

Police Blotter

A brief criminal roundup of the Northside

The crimes described below are only a small snapshot of what the police officers of Northern Station are doing. For a more comprehensive list, visit sf-police.org; under Compstat, ... Read More

A & E

Odysseo: A visual treat of horses and humans

By Lynette Majer

Odysseo is the most spectacular show I’ve seen, and I thought the first one, Cavalia, was special. Demonstrating the horse-human bond, some 40 horses interact with humans, wh... Read More

News Briefs

Palace of Fine Arts Tenant?

The search for a new tenant for the Palace of Fine Arts has descended into bickering over whether it should be rented to a commercial tenant such as a hotel or restaurant or if it ... Read More

News Briefs

New Jail Opponents Want Mental Health Facility

When it comes to building a new $380 million jail in San Francisco, the only thing everyone seems to agree upon is that the existing facilities at the Hall of Justice (known as Cou... Read More

News Briefs

Lombard Changes Irk Locals

The Lombard Street Safety Project, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency’s package of street improvements and beautification projects, has met a chilly reception ... Read More

News Briefs

Apothecarium Squeaks In

Following a contentious meeting with a large turnout of supporters and opponents, the effort by The Apothecarium to open a second marijuana dispensary in the city was approved in e... Read More

Real Estate

A house should be a home

By Susan Dyer Reynolds

I love Victorians, so I was thrilled, when I moved to San Francisco in the early 1990s with four college roommates, to find a railroad Victorian in the Haight-Ashbury. Located on t... Read More

News Briefs

New Battery East Vista

Nov. 19 saw the opening of the new Battery East Vista in the Presidio, featuring awesome views, picnic area, bicycle parking, interpretive signage, and improved parking. The improv... Read More

Reynolds Rap

A vote of disdain for Mayor Ed Lee: How the accidental mayor turned San Francisco into a playground for tax-skirting techies

By Susan Dyer Reynolds

When an article called "The Power Broker" ran in the July/August 2012 issue of Washington Monthly, it was no surprise that the title referred to former San Francisco mayor Willie Brown. An in-depth look at the inauguration of Ed Lee after he was elected to his first full mayoral term, author Elizabeth Lesly Stevens pulled no punches in pointing out Lee's carefully crafted ascent over a two-year period. The groundwork laid by Brown, with help from longtime political pal and Chinatown rabble-rouser Rose Pak, paid off, leading to Lee's appointment as interim mayor in 2011 when Gavin Newsom left office early to become lieutenant governor, and, subsequently, to an elected four-year term.... Read More

News Briefs

Subway Master Plan

Legislation calling for San Francisco to develop a “subway master plan” got the nod of the Board of Supervisors in early November, along with a measure to draw in $44 m... Read More

Issue December 2015