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Rec and Parks chief Jared Blumenfeld dumps his boat to work on green issues

McCormick & Kuleto's Wants You to Soak Up the Booze

Robin C./Yelp​The place: McCormick & Kuleto's, 900 Northpoint St. (at Larkin, in Ghirardelli Square), 929-1730, www.mccormickandkuletos.com. The hours: 3-6 p.m. Mon.-Fri. The deals: Hefty snacks for $2-$5 apiece;  $6.50-$7 cocktails. The digs: The view's stupendous from the cocktail lou ... More >>

EPA Honcho Jared Blumenfeld Saddened to Ditch Polluting Boat

How I miss old Jane...​Jared Blumenfeld, San Francisco's former boss of both the Department of the Environment and Rec and Parks Department, was appointed in January as EPA administrator for Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada and the Pacific Islands. Also during the past year, he donated Jane, h ... More >>

Mount Sutro battle pits tree lovers against native-plant lovers

How I miss old Jane...​Jared Blumenfeld, San Francisco's former boss of both the Department of the Environment and Rec and Parks Department, was appointed in January as EPA administrator for Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada and the Pacific Islands. Also during the past year, he donated Jane, h ... More >>

Chill on the Hills — and in the Bay

Find summer adventures on land, at sea, or in the air.

Unusual Band of Tourists to Descend Upon Angel Island

Welcome tourists!​In an example of priming the pump that has nothing to do with John Maynard Keynes, a national group of tourism professionals has arranged for hundreds of folks to take a trip to Angel Island on Friday. It's them: The tourism professionals will invade the beleaguered island in dro ... More >>

How Many 100th Anniversaries Does Angel Island Have?

Angel Island's bad old days...​Angel Island -- The Ellis Island of the west, only with lots more overt anti-Asian racism and forced detentions -- will be celebrating a birthday this weekend. The 100th anniversary of the Angel Island Immigration Station will be marked by a star-studded poetry readi ... More >>

Island of Hope, Island of Tears

Angel Island's bad old days...​Angel Island -- The Ellis Island of the west, only with lots more overt anti-Asian racism and forced detentions -- will be celebrating a birthday this weekend. The 100th anniversary of the Angel Island Immigration Station will be marked by a star-studded poetry readi ... More >>

Move to Ban Smoking in State Parks Gains Steam. Guns in National Parks? That's Fine.

This may soon be illegal in State Parks. It's still kosher in National Parks, though -- as are firearms. ​ Smoking in the park? Perish the thought. A smoking gun in the park? Well ... that all depends on the park. Yesterday, the state Assembly passed a bill enacting a broad smoking ban in the sta ... More >>

Coming To America -- 100 New Citizens Sworn-In Downtown

Joe EskenaziCitizens-to-be take the oath​Considering the years of paperwork, legal wrangling, and leaping through hoops many of the would-be American citizens sitting this morning in San Francisco's Herbst Theater had suffered through, the government's last obstacle was hardly a chore: Two hours o ... More >>

Bay Links: Scarifying Halloween Edition

This will unavoidable this Halloween.​Spooky Muni! [Muni Diaries]Trick or Treat! Who wants to live in a candy factory? [Curbed]Absolutely ridiculous photo collection of pets in costume. [SF Gate]Need a last minute costume idea? Go as the entire city of San Francisco. [The Tens]Snarf, Kris Kringle. ... More >>

Best Sailing School

Tradewinds Sailing Club

Cinematic Calisthenics

Twelve sports films in two days

Roll on In

Buy Goodies for a Good Cause

Switched On

Boats brighten the bay

Paddling Around

They'd like to teach the world to boat

Water on the Brain

One energy executive claims a tidal system that meets the city's electric needs could be built in over 20 years, at a cost of $1.5 billion

Flex Appeal

S.F.'s own Gay Games

The Lady Lily

This isn't Skinny & Sweet!

West Coast East

Inventing Asian theater

Winging It

Take an aviary amble

Head for the Hills

A Point Reyes fun run

Best Place to Forget the Other 49 States

Coit Tower

Resuscitate Your Resolve

Coit Tower

The Spectre Inspectors

When it's a question of spectral orbs -- or ectoplasm, or cold spots, or plain old ordinary ghosts -- who are you going to call? Why, Bay Area Paranormal Investigations, of course.

At Play on the Bay (If You Go...)

When it's a question of spectral orbs -- or ectoplasm, or cold spots, or plain old ordinary ghosts -- who are you going to call? Why, Bay Area Paranormal Investigations, of course.

At Play on the Bay

When it's a question of spectral orbs -- or ectoplasm, or cold spots, or plain old ordinary ghosts -- who are you going to call? Why, Bay Area Paranormal Investigations, of course.

The Endless Swimmer

When people learn that Pedro Ordenes, 55, has swum to or from Alcatraz 126 times, or that he crossed the Strait of Magellan in 39-degree water, they often joke about his sanity. That's before they hear about his idea to swim the Bering Strait.

Best Tour of the Bay

Bulletproof Boat Party

Presumed Local

This year's superb S.F. International Asian American Film Festival focuses on homegrown, U.S. films

Balkans by the Bay

Aquatic Park, long mismanaged by a jumble of self-interested entities, needs public-spirited refurbishment

Flight of Fantasy

Learning to fly a helicopter is a lesson in exhilaration

Mother Nature

Facing East Dance & Music's new piece

The Other Alcatraz

"made in usa: Angel Island Shhh"

Airing Old Secrets

Flags tell the stories of Chinese paper sons and daughters

Night Crawler

Flags tell the stories of Chinese paper sons and daughters

Wine Brats

They're young! They're rich! They'll drink anything!

Stage

They're young! They're rich! They'll drink anything!

Yee, Verily

They're young! They're rich! They'll drink anything!

The Progeny of Citizen Wong

They're young! They're rich! They'll drink anything!

Tales of the Country

How Tokyo Rose, "Machine Gun" Kelly, and Amelia Earhart are endangered by money-saving moves at the National Archives in San Bruno

Letters

How Tokyo Rose, "Machine Gun" Kelly, and Amelia Earhart are endangered by money-saving moves at the National Archives in San Bruno

Night+Day

How Tokyo Rose, "Machine Gun" Kelly, and Amelia Earhart are endangered by money-saving moves at the National Archives in San Bruno

When the Bay was Groun Zero

A look at the Cold War ghosts that haunt the rim of the city

Slap Shots

A look at the Cold War ghosts that haunt the rim of the city

Ship Happens

"Traffic," Bar Pilot Donald Hughes barks. "I need some help." The tanker Mundogas Europe has just lost her steering beneath the Golden Gate Bridge, and if the anhydrous ammonia she's carrying hits the water a toxic cloud could cloak San Francisco. A di