Uncovering the Real Grit of San Francisco

Posted December 22, 2015 by Randy Shaw

On the 100th anniversary of the city’s 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition, four new books uncover the real grit of San Francisco and its neighborhoods. My new book, The Tenderloin: Sex, Crime and Resistance in the Heart of San Francisco, begins
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Catch Up With Beyond Chron During Holiday Break

Posted December 21, 2015 by Randy Shaw

Today starts our annual holiday break from posting new material. This gives readers a chance to catch up on past articles or re-read past pieces. You can find all of Dana Woldow’s masterful articles on food politics by going to
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To the Editor…

Posted December 17, 2015 by Beyond Chron

Subject: California Invented Christmas? The Christmas story must be read as humor and fantasy. Evidently the humorist has never read any books about “the historical Jesus”. Otherwise he would realize that December 25 has nothing to do with the birthday
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To the Editor…

Posted December 17, 2015 by Beyond Chron

Subject: All Good Things… 2015 Reviewed Hi, Good article, but how about reviewing the BLUES! We have an internationally recognized blues club in San Francisco – Biscuits & Blues. Owned by an Asian American, Steven Suen who is doing a
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San Francisco 2015: The Year in Review

Posted December 17, 2015 by Randy Shaw

In the past two decades, San Francisco politics has seen five very politically significant years: In 1995, Willie Brown’s rescued the city from the far too conservative accidental mayor Frank Jordan; In 2000, district elections brought grassroots progressives like Chris
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Poll Shows Pension Ballot Measures in Trouble

Posted December 17, 2015 by Dan Braun & Bill Raden

A pair of potential ballot initiatives written to overhaul California’s public pensions could face a rough road, according to a new poll. The results from a Capital & Main-David Binder Research poll of 500 likely voters shows that if the
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All Good Things… 2015 Reviewed

Posted December 17, 2015 by E. ”Doc” Smith

Well gentle readers, as another year draws to a close, it’s time to look back on a few musical moments that made me smile in a world often plagued by strife. Someone once wrote that “Music “has the power to
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How California Invented Christmas

Posted December 17, 2015 by Joe Mathews

Do the good citizens of New Orleans skip town during Mardi Gras? Do proper New Englanders take tropical cruises when their trees display their most glorious fall colors? Would New Yorkers dare sneak out of Times Square 10 minutes before
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