Issue February 2021

New life in local business

Despite a pandemic year that was a terrible blow to many small businesses, signs of life have sprung up on San Francisco’s Northside even in these tough times. In addition to Lu... Read More

News Briefs

Crime updates

Automobile burglaries took a dramatic turn downward to start the year. For the week of Jan. 4–10, 2021, there were 37 auto burglaries in the area covered by Northern Station, fo... Read More

News Briefs

Weiner takes another swing at housing density

State Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) has introduced SB 10, his latest attempt at getting the state to address its housing shortage by allowing increased density. According... Read More

Supervisor's Report

Gratitude for mutual aid

Recovery is a team effort

By Aaron Peskin

We did it. We made it to another year. San Francisco closed out one of the worst years in modern U.S. history with another shutdown after a statewide surge in Covid-19 cases, but ... Read More

Stanley Tucci and Colin Firth star in Supernova. Photo: courtesy Bleecker Street

Films

The shades of love on screen

By Michael Snyder

Since celluloid began threading through projectors, the movie industry has banked on exploiting our love of love stories. That’s continued today as digital code translates into ... Read More

Reynolds Rap

District Attorney Chesa Boudin is a man without a plan

And San Francisco citizens are paying the price

By Susan Dyer Reynolds

This past New Year’s Eve, 45-year-old parolee Troy McAlister was evading a robbery in a stolen car. He ran a red light, striking and killing 60-year-old Elizabeth Platt and 27-y... Read More

« Previous