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Open book: Juan Crespi's California journals.

Remembering: On CA’s first recorded Christmas—fish dinners, gift exchanges, and “joyful” celebration

Image by San Diego State University Press In 1769, Father Juan Crespi journeyed with Spanish...
Black and white photo of man smoking.

A Beat SJ Xmas

Image by Geoth on Flickr It's not North Beach, but SJ has its own legacy...

Watson Park: Pearls and Perils

Watson Park: Pearls and Perils   Let me say this as clearly and strongly as I...

Spinning its wheels: SFMTA abandons a disastrous, experimental center-lane bikeway

Image generated using Dall-E SF Valencia St’s center-corridor bike lane took out parking places and...
Dentist examining a young boy's teeth.

Even Scott Wiener admits Bay Area Dems needs a rethink after 2024 election, though it’s like pulling teeth

Image by James Vaughan In a strange mea culpa, liberal SF senator Scott Wiener admits...

Spinning its wheels: SFMTA abandons a disastrous, experimental center-lane bikeway

Image generated using Dall-E SF Valencia St’s center-corridor bike lane took out parking places and...
Dentist examining a young boy's teeth.

Even Scott Wiener admits Bay Area Dems needs a rethink after 2024 election, though it’s like pulling teeth

Image by James Vaughan In a strange mea culpa, liberal SF senator Scott Wiener admits...
White volleyball in a blue pool.

Opinion: SJSU’s dropping the ball when it comes to protecting women

In 2022, then-SJ State professor Dr. Elizabeth Weiss drew attention to the university's rule (now...

☆ Susan Shelley: Next election, a Taxpayer Protection Act could qualify for the ballot and pass (3/3)

Property taxes are uniquely burdensome because they tax homeowners repeatedly for something they already own,...

Voters want to tap the brakes on runaway crime in California. Will their leaders respond?

Image generated using Dall-E Across the Golden State, voters flagged their discomfort with pols and...