Energy-efficient lighting

This January the rest of the country catches up with California’s ban on the production of the energy inefficient 40-watt and 60-watt incandescent light bulbs. In 2011, all m... Read More

Caring For Our Kids

Fun indoor activities

By Liz Farrell

With winter in full swing and park time limited, cold and rainy days can leave parents feeling a little stir crazy. Luckily, some great indoor activities will help your little ones... Read More

Wellness

What you need to know about skin cancer

By Evan R. Ransom

It’s a new year, and with every January, we make resolutions. In many cases, these resolutions involve our health and physical fitness. And in a beautiful place like the Bay ... Read More

A & E

Belly up to the barre in 2014

By Evalyn Baron

The San Francisco Ballet’s 2014 opening season will supply us with all the passionate glory of the dance we could ever wish for: Jan. 25–Feb. 2, Helgi Tomasson’s sump... Read More

A & E

The mystery of stolen art discovered in Munich

By Sharon Anderson

Authorities in Munich in Nov-ember 2013 revealed that they had stumbled upon over 1,500 paintings, drawings, and etchings by artists including Matisse, Picasso, Chagall, and Klee. ... Read More

Dining

Better than Rice-a-Roni

By Sandy Fertman Ryan

Researchers at Connecticut College in New London recently discovered that Oreos are as addictive as cocaine — at least, in rats. First, I am stunned that they could find that man... Read More

Dining

Start the new year by going green (juice)

By Julie Mitchell

After the proliferation of cupcake and patisseries all over the city, it seems the tide has turned. And it is green and healthful. In the last year, several juice shops have opened... Read More

The Tablehopper

A new year, with plenty of new spots for you to hit

By Marcia Gagliardi

Let’s start the year with some good news for folks who were concerned about the fate of the Big 4 (1075 California Street, 415-771-1140) at the Huntington Hotel: It will be c... Read More

Travel/Sports

Sports news from near and far

By Michael Murphy

As I was saying … Happy New Year, Marina, Cow Hollow, North Beach, Pacific Heights, and city wide friends and readers! It’s great to be back and I encourage you all to ... Read More

Travel/Sports

San Francisco sports and technology meet

By Michael Murphy

The clock is running. Minutes wind down and seconds tick away. It’s a do-or-die moment, win or lose. Luckily for Golden State Warriors fans in the know, they’re hitting... Read More

Sports Corner

Mainstream media misses changes to Cuban sports

By Steve Hermanos

Only the L.A. Times and National Public Radio, of our plethora of major media outlets, reported the recent policy changes the Cuban government announced regarding its professional ... Read More

North Beach Journal

Your columnist hits the streets and comes up with trivial trivia

By Ernest Beyl

Being a columnist — even for such an august publication as the Marina Times — has its ups and downs. When the going is good and the words flow along in proper order, being a co... Read More

Northsider

New offerings in the new year

By John Zipperer

WORK IT OFF Here in Fog City, there’s no snow, which means you can’t rationalize the overeating you did in December by promising to work it off shoveling the driveway i... Read More

Police Blotter

Crime on the beat

By From the officers of Northern Station

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

Back Story

The horse that swam the Golden Gate

By Ernest Beyl

“The Horse that Swam the Golden Gate.” I love that headline. Even before my friend Jimmy Schein told me about Blackie — the horse we’re talking about here — I... Read More

Issue January 2014