Top Stories

Park Ranger Betty Reid Soskin Has Led a Most Magnificent Life

And she makes a compelling case that Richmond, Calif., saved the world.

 

‘Our Lady of Tamales’ Honored in Catholic Funeral at Mission Dolores

Virginia Ramos's friends and family bid farewell to her Wednesday morning in the Mission's longest-standing church.

 

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News

Cannabis Conference Complicated by Hotel Strike

A marijuana trade show is in an awkward spot, as attendees are confronted with a picket line of striking Oakland Marriott workers.

 

With CorePower Yoga, Divisadero Loses its First Formula Retail Battle in Years

The building CorePower wants to move into is owned by an immigrant family who was forced to close their health food store after Bi-Rite moved in across the street.

 

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Slideshows

ILLUM ART.TECH.MUSIC at The Midway, Oct. 6, 2018

 

JAIN at Mezzanine, Oct. 10, 2018

 

A Place to Bury Strangers & Kraus at Starline Social Club, Tuesday, October 9, 2018

 

Gregory Alan Isakov at Great American Music Hall, Oct. 6, 2018

 


Music

Mercury Rev Comes to the Chapel for the 20th Anniversary of Deserter’s Songs

Twenty years after its unlikely success, Mercury Rev plays its magnum opus, in full. They thought it would be their swan song.

 

Nick Monaco’s Heroin Chic

The Bay Area glamourpuss' third album, Heroin Disco, uses the opioid crisis as a jumping-off point to vanity and excess in contemporary culture.

 

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Culture

The Recession’s Gonna Make You Sweat

Lynn Nottage's Pulitzer Prize-winning play constructs the social fabric of an entire community from a bar in the ailing industrial city of Reading, Pa.

 

The Inimitable Carol Burnett Has a One-Woman Show at the Paramount

'Mildred Fierce' returns for a Q&A-filled  ‘Evening of Laughter and Reflection’ on Thursday, Oct. 18.

 

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Dining

Tank18 Rolls Out an Excellent Dinner Service in Western SoMa

Dishes like okra jardiniere and elote with mahón curado cheese fill a postindustrial space that feels like the original Sightglass Coffee started dinner, five nights a week.

 

Check out This Year’s Nominees for the Saucy Awards

The Golden Gate Restaurant Association honors the Bay Area food scene’s overachievers.

 

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Film

Studio 54

A look back at the legendary club that wouldn’t have let you be a member.

 

Free Solo

The story of how one man was totally stoked to achieve excellent perfection by climbing a big rock.

 

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Sponsored

Safety regulations for commercial trucks carrying produce

 

Why the scariest time of the year doesn’t have to be the loneliest

 

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