Posts Tagged ‘SanFrancisco’
Swooning over San Francisco’s Tetris house
In one of San Francisco’s historic neighborhoods, largely defined by Victorian homes in singular shades of pastel, one house stands out. Painted in blocks of lime green, aquamarine, deep plum, and seemingly every hue in between, the house looks almost pixelated, or as some neighbors have pointed out, like a giant game of Tetris. In…
Read MorePeter Hartlaub and the S.F. Chronicle are one
Peter Hartlaub and the San Francisco Chronicle are inseparable. Peter delivered the Chronicle as a paperboy in the 1980s, went to work there as a journalist in 2000, and 22 years later, continues to put his imprimatur on the paper and the institution….
Read MoreBob Calhoun’s obsession with the gruesome and lurid
Bob Calhoun reminds us that while we may be alarmed by rising numbers of homicides in the Bay Area today, the region’s history has been far worse. Calhoun, the writer of the popular SF Weekly column “Yesterday’s Crime” and author of the new book…
Read MoreSupervisor Matt Haney’s candid look at San Francisco
Matt Haney grew up in the Bay Area. He is a graduate of UC Berkeley and Stanford and is now a supervisor for San Francisco’s 6th district, which includes some of the poorest and wealthiest parts of the city. He talks about San Francisco’s lack of…
Read MoreMichael Storper on the L.A. vs. Bay Area conundrum
Michael Storper, one of the world’s leading economic geographers and a professor at UCLA’s Luskin School of Public Affairs, goes deep into the history and resulting contemporary problems facing Los Angeles and the Bay Area. He explains why some…
Read MoreMatthew Shilvock on the re-emergence of the San Francisco Opera
Matthew Shilvock, the general director of the San Francisco Opera, talks about the reemergence of the 1,000-person opera company and how its shutdown during the pandemic could be the catalyst for a younger, more digital, and more experimental future.
Read MoreHeather Knight on the ups and downs of San Francisco
The San Franciso Chronicle columnist Heather Knight keeps her finger on the pulse of City Hall. Her twice-weekly stories have exposed issues around education, political corruption, homelessness, and public accountability, with attention to how they…
Read MoreGary Kamiya, Paul Madonna, and an unknown city by the bay
Gary Kamiya, a San Francisco columnist and bestselling author, and Paul Madonna, an award-winning artist, talk about their new illustrated book “: Voyages Through the Unknown City,” a love letter to the hidden places that capture the soul and heart of…
Read MoreJeffrey Tumlin attempts the impossible
Jeffrey Tumlin took a job that almost no one wanted. The head of San Francisco’s Metropolitan Transportation Agency was facing the impossible before the pandemic. Since then, public transportation and increased traffic have become unsustainable….
Read MoreDr. Jennifer Brokaw on keeping our first responders healthy
Dr. Jennifer Brokaw, daughter of the news anchor and author Tom Brokaw, is an emergency care physician and patient advocate. In February, she was appointed as the physician for San Francisco’s first responders. She explains how her job overseeing…
Read MoreAlia Volz’s homebaked journey
Alia Volz reminisces about growing up in the family business in the 1970s and ‘80s, where her mom baked and sold 10,000 “magic” brownies per month in San Francisco. It was a time when growing a single marijuana plant was a felony offense. The…
Read MoreCarl Nolte = San Francisco
Carl Nolte has spent 60 years at the San Francisco Chronicle. A fourth-generation San Franciscan, Nolte has seen it all, and still, he says, he feels a sense of surprise on every block. The current crises, however, have made him long for a city he may…
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