Election selection

State voters will have a say on housing policy this November, as voters once again look at their long, multipage ballots and wonder what they did wrong to be confronted with this. ... Read More

MomSense

Bonding with your children through service

By Liz Farrell

You don’t have to walk far these days in our city to see there are many people struggling with homelessness, mental illness, and addiction, and sometimes, all three. These proble... Read More

Political Animal

Vote yes on Proposition 12; Martinez shelters full; 1,500 adoptions at Bay Area Pet Fair

By Susan Dyer Reynolds

California voters on Nov. 6 have the opportunity to make the lives of farm animals slightly more comfortable with a yes vote on Proposition 12. Also known as the Farm Animal Confin... Read More

Coastal Commuter

In the presence of the gourd

By Michael Snyder

When’s the best time of year for pumpkin ale? If you’re like I am, the answer is always the same: Never. I could explain away the quip with a follow-up about my inner beer-snob... Read More

Weekend Traveler

Strike it rich in gold country

By Patty Burness

Not too many serious gold prospectors are left in Calaveras County today, but what you will find are avid golfers and grape growers. It’s the perfect time to plan a visit to this... Read More

Films

Scaring up fear on film

By Michael Snyder

As we sink deeper into autumn and the end of October looms, the thoughts of many Americans — young and old — turn to Halloween, the spookiest holiday of the year (unless you’... Read More

New & Notable

Kaiyo on Union Street offers Nikkei cuisine: A Peruvian-Japanese sensation

By Julie Mitchell

If the idea of a menu comprised of a fusion between Japanese and Peruvian cooking sounds surprising to you, you’re not alone. Yet these two cultures have been fusing their culina... Read More

The Tablehopper

Greens returns from a fire, The Cheese School’s new location, and more

By Marcia Gagliardi

MARINA Some great news regarding our dear Greens (2 Marina Boulevard, Building A, Fort Mason Center, 415-771-6222), which has been closed for four months after suffering a kitchen ... Read More

Supervisor's Report

Your fall ballot breakdown

By Aaron Peskin

Happy October, District 3! If you’re an absentee voter, you should have received your vote-by-mail ballot already. Here’s my roundup of some particularly important state and lo... Read More

Commentary

A data-driven approach to fighting property crime

By Nick Josefowitz

Last year, more than 31,000 auto burglaries were reported to the police department. Only 550 arrests were made, and one auto burglar went to trial. As a result, San Francisco had ... Read More

District 2 Supervisor

Meet the beats

By Catherine Stefani

People walking around Chestnut Street, Union Street, and Van Ness Avenue, will see some new faces this fall: Northern Station officers Sandro Alioto, Nick Armanino, Max Mackenzie, ... Read More

News Briefs

October facts and figures

By John Zipperer

24.73: percent increase in burglaries year-to-date in 2018, according to Northern Station . . . 2100: the block on Lombard Street that was the scene of a shooting on Sept. 7; an em... Read More

News Briefs

Breed pushes housing

By John Zipperer

In September, Mayor London Breed took a number of housing-related actions, particularly regarding affordable units. Early in the month, on Sept. 6, she participated in the unveilin... Read More

News Briefs

Lombard changes

By John Zipperer

The start of construction on Lombard shifted from September — as reported in last month’s News Briefs — to Oct. 1. According to San Francisco Public Works, the work on Lombar... Read More

News Briefs

A time in crime

By John Zipperer

As the city continues to struggle with auto burglaries, Northern station reports there were 58 auto burglaries in one recent week in mid-September. Year-to-date, the Northside had ... Read More

Issue October 2018