Newsom Announces $6.6 Billion Legislation To Reopen California Schools

On Monday, Mar. 1, California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a $6.6 billion legislative initiative that focuses on the core goal of providing financial support to reopen California s... Read More

What treasures have you been collecting over the years?

Coastal Commuter

The joy and burden of collecting

By Michael Snyder

Your passion might be Playbills or Russian nesting dolls or Tyrolean hats. It could be classic cars, coasters with craft brew logos, vintage polka-dot dresses, or matchbooks. Let&... Read More

Police Blotter

One week of nonstop crime

Here’s a sampling of recent crimes in the districts covered by Northern SFPD station. SHOTS FIRED Feb. 2, 7 a.m. 700 Block of McAllister Street Officers responded to... Read More

Politics as Usual

Peak woke

Has San Francisco reached the high tide of its progressive resurgence?

By John Zipperer

San Francisco is the new Berkeley,” said KCBS Radio reporter Bob Butler in a recent political discussion. “Remember all the times when we talked about how wacky Berkeley was f... Read More

News Briefs

City COVID vaccination

Vaccination rollout expands

By John Zipperer

With the goal of vaccinating at least 10,000 people a day against Covid-19, San Francisco has continued to fine-tune its vaccination distribution plans to increase the ability of ... Read More

News Briefs

More Wiener housing bills

By John Zipperer

State Sen. Scott Wiener (D–San Francisco) is bringing his total package of housing legislation to four for the current legislative year. Both of the new bills — SB 477 and SB ... Read More

News Briefs

Downpayment payment

By John Zipperer

In mid-March, Mayor London Breed announced that the Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development would release a new round of funds to help first-time home buyers make do... Read More

Despite the pandemic and economic stress, single-family home prices in the city have risen over the past year. Photo: Garey De Martini

Real Estate

Perseverance

By Garey De Martini

Pity the people who moved to Austin, Tex., often touted as a far better place for techies to live than California. Two weeks ago that city was pelted by heavy snow and arctic wind... Read More

Wellness

A potpourri of solutions to combat pandemic fatigue

By Julie Mitchell

Now that it’s been a full year since pandemic-related shutdowns and shelter-in-place began, we are all pretty much suffering from what’s been termed “Covid fatigue.” Even ... Read More

The times don’t just shape you, you can shape the times. Photo: SyhinStas

MomSense

Defending our city: Three things I want our kids to know

By Liz Farrell

Last month I wrote about finding hope in 2021, and I have had to remind myself several times about finding that hope. I love this city, there are so many things that make it great... Read More

The Best of Books

The Marina Books Inc. best-seller list

By Kevin McCarthy

Hardcover Fiction 1. The Four Winds: A Novel, byKristin Hannah 2. The Law of Innocence (A Lincoln Lawyer Novel), by Michael Connelly 3. The Midnight Library, by Ma... Read More

Chinatown’s new Willie ‘Woo Woo’ Wong Playground and Clubhouse features unique structures inspired by Chinese mythology. Photo: Jim Watkins

News Briefs

Willie ‘Woo Woo’ Wong opens

By John Zipperer

Following a $14.5 million renovation, the Willie “Woo Woo” Wong Playground and Clubhouse reopened in February, featuring a larger play area, improved accessibility, public art... Read More

News Briefs

Facts and figures

By John Zipperer

$12.9 million: amount the city’s Grants for the Arts division had available for grants in Fiscal Year 2020 . . . 81: percentage of viewers surveyed by OnBuy.com who said they wo... Read More

Elizabeth Olsen and Paul Bettany in Wandavision.Photo: Marvel studios

Television

Portals to adventure in time and space

By Michael Snyder

In times of strife, people thirst for escapism. That’s as good a reason as any to explain the current proliferation of science fiction and fantasy movies and television. One nee... Read More

District 2 Supervisor

Saving our small businesses

We need to stop viewing small businesses as ATMs

By Catherine Stefani

It’s hard to believe that nearly a year has passed since the first stay-at-home orders were issued. While I breathed a sigh of relief in January, with the inauguration of a new ... Read More

Issue March 2021