Issue December 2022

It’s a winter wonderland somewhere, even if not in L.A. or S.F. Credit: Pixaline-Pixabay
Coastal Commuter

Snow kidding

By Michael Snyder

On the road from San Francisco to Los Angeles a few weeks back, I spotted something that still seems almost alien to me after my decades as an urban Californian: Snow. There it wa... Read More
Is it dusk or dawn for the San Francisco real estate market? Photo: Upsplash / infiniteviewsllc.com
Real Estate

San Francisco real estate: It’s anybody’s guess

By Garey De Martini

The San Francisco Bay Area led the country in economic growth in 2022, with a 4.8 percent increase in GDP, according to a new report from the Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise... Read More
News Briefs

Photographer robberies spur increased police presence

By John Zipperer

In the wake of two brazen robberies of wedding photographers near the Palace of Fine Arts, District 2 Supervisor Catherine Stefani has secured additional police presence for the P... Read More
News Briefs

GGNRA turns 50

By John Zipperer

On Oct. 27, the Golden Gate National Recreation Area hit middle age, celebrating 50 years since its formation. Stretching from Alcatraz to Crissy Field to The Presidio to Rancho C... Read More
News Briefs

Pelosi shifts roles

By John Zipperer

Following the Democrats’ narrow loss of the U.S. House of Representatives in the November election, and the shocking violent attack on her husband, Speaker Nancy Pelosi announce... Read More
News Briefs

Briefly noted

By John Zipperer

Soccer fans often feel isolated in cities that are filled with fans of baseball, basketball, and American football. Street Soccer USA and the city of San Francisco teamed up to ho... Read More
News Briefs

Holiday facts and figures

By John Zipperer

501 Stanyan Street: Location of the home of John McLaren, Golden Gate Park’s builder, who decorated a cypress tree in his front yard in 1929, and the tree has been lit up every ... Read More
Joan Brown, Self-Portrait with Swimming Coach Charlie Sava, at Larsen Pool, San Francisco, 1974; courtesy Estate of Denver Art Museum - SFMOMA
Art World

SFMOMA presents in-depth Joan Brown retrospective

By Sharon Anderson

The most comprehensive examination in over 20 years of San Francisco-born artist Joan Brown’s vibrant, autobiographical paintings and sculptures is currently on view at SFMOMA t... Read More
MomSense

Favorite ways to enjoy holiday festivities in San Francisco

By Liz Farrell

Each year it seems we barely have time to take a deep breath after Thanksgiving before the holiday season is upon us. This year many of our beloved holiday traditions are back aft... Read More
Santa Claus
Politics as Usual

Ho-ho-who?

What a justice-involved Santa taught me about the real meaning of democracy
By John Zipperer

’Twas the month before Christmas, when all through the townNot a creature was stirring, as voting wound down.The people cast ballots with caution and care,In hopes of results th... Read More
Ryan Reynolds and Will Ferrell in Spirited, now streaming on Apple TV+. Photo: Courtesy of Apple TV Plus
Films

Happily ever after for the holidays 

By Michael Snyder

According to the perennial tune, it’s the most wonderful time of the year — and we’re in the middle of it, complete with family gatherings that can be nourishing or trying. ... Read More
People gather on the streets of the Tenderloin to buy, sell and use drugs just blocks from the Tenderloin Linkage Center.
Reynolds Rap

The grift that keeps on giving

From fudging failed figures to spending $500,000 on a self-serving study, harm reduction provider HealthRIGHT 360 wants to keep their golden goose
By Susan Dyer Reynolds

“Eisen visibly bristles when people, even in jest, refer to the organization as an ‘empire,’ but acknowledges that her vision all along has been to expand HealthRight 360’... Read More
The Best of Books

The Marina Books Inc. best-seller list

By Chris Hsiang

Hardcover Fiction 1. Lessons in Chemistry: A Novel, by Bonnie Garmus 2. Desert Star: A Renée Ballard and Harry Bosch Novel, by Michael Connelly 3. Small Things Li... Read More


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