The measure was developed by the Save SF Culture Coalition, whose members include the Entertainment Commission, Black Rock City LLC (which stages Burning Man as well as events here in town), the Late Night Coalition, and the Outdoor Events Coalition (a group formed last year to counter city policies and neighbor complaints that threatened to scuttle the North Beach Jazz Festival, How Weird Street Faire, concerts in Golden Gate Park, and other events).

Published by San Francisco Bay Guardian on July 2, 2008.

When the Healthy San Francisco program began at two Chinatown clinics July 2, 20o7, public health officials said they would swing open the doors to all of the city's 73,000 uninsured residents on Jan. 1, 2008. They anticipated people would enroll gradually at a pace of about 600 a week, and full coverage would be attained by the end of this year.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on July 2, 2008.

While pigeons swoop and poop inside the empty Pagoda Theater, there are hints of a neighborhood uprising in North Beach. Could it be that the populace is finally going to stand up and demand an end to policies that have created boarded-up storefronts in one of San Francisco's most vibrant neighborhoods?

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on July 1, 2008.

1118 Broadway

Published by San Francisco Schtuff on June 30, 2008.

1028 Lombard St

Published by San Francisco Schtuff on June 30, 2008.

1125 Francisco St #2

Published by San Francisco Schtuff on June 30, 2008.

"Sunday's a Drag," a drag show at Harry Denton's Starlight Room, turned two years old this month. It's modeled after the long-defunct Finocchio's, which ran for 63 years above Enrico's in North Beach - but with a twist.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on June 29, 2008.

The destruction in the Marina district after the 1989 Loma Prieta quake - garages caved down on sidewalks, splintered wood, cracked stucco, and brown columns of smoke rising from burning buildings - could easily be multiplied 100 times by a closer quake on the Hayward or San Andreas faults, according to engineers who have studied the danger. Loma Prieta hit about 60 miles south of the city.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on June 29, 2008.

He resigned his post as a supervisor representing the city's Sunset District in January amid allegations he lived in Burlingame rather than San Francisco while running for office in 2006. Jew is the owner of a Chinatown flower shop.

Published by NBC News (Channel 11) on June 27, 2008.

In this diverse region, with neighborhoods as multitudinous as microclimates, diners treasure establishments that reflect the area where they're located. "You know what you're going to get when you go out in the Richmond or West Portal or the Marina," says Celia Barbaccia, a personal assistant who lives in the Richmond District and eats out a lot.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on June 24, 2008.

A man was sentenced today to one year of probation for threatening to kill a member of the Egyptian consulate in San Francisco. On Feb. 11, Fredrick Green rattled the gates of the consulate in the city's Marina district and threatened to kill a consulate employee and family members after being denied access, a Diplomatic Security Service special agent wrote in an affidavit.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on June 24, 2008.

A man was sentenced Monday to one year of probation for threatening to kill a member of the Egyptian Consulate in San Francisco, according to court records. On Feb. 11, Fredrick Green rattled the gates of the consulate in the city's Marina district and threatened to kill a consulate employee and family members after being denied access, a Diplomatic Security Service special agent wrote in an affidavit.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on June 24, 2008.

The couple live in Oakland, though they owned and operated neighborhood Italian restaurant Frascati on Russian Hill for years. So for them, she says, "it felt like coming home."

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on June 24, 2008.

1468 Broadway

Published by San Francisco Schtuff on June 23, 2008.

Last month, Vollen, 44, turned to MyFarm, a new San Francisco business that took the family's local and organic diet to a new level: by designing and planting an organic vegetable garden in their Marina district backyard. The Vollens pay MyFarm a weekly fee to maintain and harvest the vegetables that have just started to mature. They can gaze at their garden and dig into just-picked lettuce without so much as touching dirt.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on June 23, 2008.

Last month, Vollen, 44, and her husband, Gary Vollen, 45, turned to MyFarm, a new San Francisco business that took the family's local and organic diet to a new level: by designing and planting an organic vegetable garden in their Marina district backyard. The Vollens pay MyFarm a weekly fee to maintain and harvest the vegetables that have just started to mature. They can gaze at their garden and dig into just-picked lettuce without so much as touching dirt.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on June 23, 2008.

The next time you find yourself in Ghirardelli Square, don't just ogle the brickwork or scoff at the tourists.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on June 23, 2008.

41 Valparaiso St

Published by San Francisco Schtuff on June 23, 2008.

A man was sentenced today to one year of probation for threatening to kill a member of the Egyptian consulate in San Francisco. On Feb. 11, Fredrick Green rattled the gates of the consulate in the city's Marina district and threatened to kill a consulate employee and family members after being denied access, a Diplomatic Security Service special agent wrote in an affidavit.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on June 23, 2008.

943 North Point St

Published by San Francisco Schtuff on June 23, 2008.

1326 Greenwich St

Published by San Francisco Schtuff on June 23, 2008.

1460 Broadway

Published by San Francisco Schtuff on June 23, 2008.

Maurizio Bruschi started making his thin-crust pizzas at Pazzia, which I blogged about last year, but a dozen years ago, he sold out and opened a Rome-inspired trattoria in the heart of North Beach. If you want a good pizza in that neighborhood, Ideale is the place to go.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on June 18, 2008.

It's part of a joint program between Wines of Germany and the European Union to push German wines stateside, so it's not exactly part of a grand old tradition, but still it's wine -- in very affordable tasting form, I might add -- which is cool. So start appreciating German wine this Thursday, June 18, at William Cross Wine Merchants (2253 Polk) in Russian Hill where from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. they'll be pouring lots of tasty white wines for your quaffing delight.

Published by SF Weekly on June 18, 2008.

Cossu. Formerly Pasha, this incarnation combines Moroccan, Asian and California flavors. 1516 Broadway, S.F.; (415) 885-4477. Dinner daily.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on June 18, 2008.

Cossu. Formerly Pasha, this incarnation combines Moroccan, Asian and California flavors. 1516 Broadway, S.F.; (415) 885-4477. Dinner daily.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on June 17, 2008.

Maurizio Bruschi started making his thin-crust pizzas at Pazzia, which I blogged about last year, but a dozen years ago, he sold out and opened a Rome-inspired trattoria in the heart of North Beach. If you want a good pizza in that neighborhood, Ideale is the place to go.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on June 17, 2008.

9 p.m. // Bimbo's (1025 Columbus) // 18-20

Published by SFist on June 16, 2008.

Under the plan, bar patrons in the North Beach neighborhood would be required to get a hand stamp, designed specifically for each club.

Published by KTVU News (Channel 2) on June 14, 2008.

The 54th Annual North Beach Festival will be held today and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. in and around Washington Square Park, according to the agency.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on June 14, 2008.

By comparison, the Turkish food of his youth seemed like a book with chapters missing. Here, Sonmezsoy reveled in garlicky Italian fare in North Beach, dim sum at Ton Kiang and the "double-double animal style" burgers at In-N-Out Burger. When his parents came to visit, he took them to the Slanted Door - "my most favorite restaurant in the whole world" - for clay-pot chicken and Vietnamese coffee.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on June 11, 2008.

Well, PlumpJack might still be in the picture, but, according to Liam Tiernan of Tiernan's, located farther down the hill (685 Beach St., near Hyde), he and his wife and co-owner, Susan, have the key and are ready to get going as soon as the Washbag emerges from bankruptcy proceedings.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on June 11, 2008.

It's been an ongoing saga at North Beach's Washington Square Bar & Grill (1701 Powell St., at Union) ever since founders Ed and Mary Etta Moose sold the Washbag to Guy and Rose Ferri in 1999. The Ferris turned it into Cobalt Tavern, but when that didn't last, they brought back the original name and concept.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on June 11, 2008.

By comparison, the Turkish food of his youth seemed like a book with chapters missing. Here, Sonmezsoy reveled in garlicky Italian fare in North Beach, dim sum at Ton Kiang and the "double-double animal style" burgers at In-N-Out Burger.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on June 10, 2008.

The course included an 18-mile bike ride through the Presidio, into Golden Gate Park and back to the Marina, and an 8-mile run to Baker Beach and back.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on June 9, 2008.

The course included an 18-mile bike ride through the Presidio, into Golden Gate Park and back to the Marina, and an 8-mile run to Baker Beach and back.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on June 9, 2008.

Reverend Nina Pickerell leads the Sunday morning service at Grace Cathedral, an Episcoal church in San Francisco's Nob Hill neighborhood. She's cathedral deacon, ordained to serve others. But she takes her mission far beyond the house of worship -- she takes it to her house in Bayview-Hunters Point. There, Reverend Pickerell is simply known as Nina.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on June 7, 2008.

Flames raced through at least two floors of a high-rise apartment building in San Francisco’s posh Pacific Heights neighborhood Friday, forcing dozens of residents into the streets dressed in bathrobes and sending bellowing clouds of heavy smoke skyward.

Published by KTVU News (Channel 2) on June 6, 2008.

State Sen. Carole Midgen was out shaking hands in Chinatown on Monday in an effort to help keep her political career alive."We're just executing a plan of getting out the vote," she said.

Published by NBC News (Channel 11) on June 3, 2008.

Look at what some ugly person(s) did to this innocent Sex and the City poster at Union and Van Ness. Tsk, tsk.

Published by SFist on June 1, 2008.

Two weeks ago, when Ward (with the help of her boyfriend) wheeled around her Pacific Heights neighborhood, she found that two of the four corners at the intersection of Vallejo and Laguna streets are not wheelchair accessible.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on June 1, 2008.

San Francisco's very own version of restaurant week, known as Dine About Town in these parts, is returning for the summer installment, beginning Sunday, June 1 and running through June 15, giving everyone plenty of time to try all the restaurants they may have missed back in January. It breaks down like so: over 100 participating restaurants showcase their edible wares with specially-prepared three course prix fixe menus. Lunch runs $21.95 and dinner goes for $31.95. Some of the most buzz-worthy locals in the bunch include Marina Italian newbie A16 (lunch only), SoMa Frenchies Chez Papa Resto, Nob Hill's Vietnamese purveyors Crustacean (dinner only), and the Korean/Japanese fusion masters at Namu in the Inner Richmond. Go crazy, gourmands.

Published by SF Weekly on May 29, 2008.

San Francisco's very own version of restaurant week, known as Dine About Town in these parts, is returning for the summer installment, beginning Sunday, June 1 and running through June 15, giving everyone plenty of time to try all the restaurants they may have missed back in January. It breaks down like so: over 100 participating restaurants showcase their edible wares with specially-prepared three course prix fixe menus. Lunch runs $21.95 and dinner goes for $31.95. Some of the most buzz-worthy locals in the bunch include Marina Italian newbie A16 (lunch only), SoMa Frenchies Chez Papa Resto, Nob Hill's Vietnamese purveyors Crustacean (dinner only), and the Korean/Japanese fusion masters at Namu in the Inner Richmond. Go crazy, gourmands.

Published by SF Weekly on May 29, 2008.

Ever since Washington Square Bar & Grill closed abruptly on New Year's Day, aficionados of the North Beach watering hole (1707 Powell) have been anxiously awaiting news of a new tenant for the now-shuttered space.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on May 28, 2008.

Ever since Washington Square Bar & Grill closed abruptly on New Year's Day, aficionados of the North Beach watering hole (1707 Powell) have been anxiously awaiting news of a new tenant for the now-shuttered space.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on May 28, 2008.

San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom is releasing details on his summer wedding.Newsom will marry actress Jennifer Siebel at her family's Bitterroot River valley ranch in Montana on July 26.The couple sent out some 250 invitations last week.Senator Dianne Feinstein hosted a wedding shower for the couple at her Pacific Heights home over the weekend.

Published by NBC News (Channel 11) on May 27, 2008.

Late Thursday night, the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission finished repairing the string of lights, which overlook the walkway that connects Chinatown to Union Square. The PUC is still considering replacing all of the tunnel's lights with light-emitting diodes that would be higher in the tunnel, away from Muni's trolley poles.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on May 25, 2008.

Late Thursday night, the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission finished repairing the string of lights, which overlook the walkway that connects Chinatown to Union Square. The PUC is still considering replacing all of the tunnel's lights with light-emitting diodes that would be higher in the tunnel, away from Muni's trolley poles.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on May 25, 2008.

Just to get things rolling, Sen. Dianne Feinstein and hubby Richard Blum hosted a wedding shower for the couple Saturday night at their Pacific Heights digs.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on May 24, 2008.

Late Thursday night, the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission finished repairing the string of lights, which overlook the walkway that connects Chinatown to Union Square. The PUC is still considering replacing all of the tunnel's lights with light-emitting diodes that would be higher in the tunnel, away from Muni's trolley poles.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on May 24, 2008.