Local Novelist Fights Hollywood, and Faces Long Odds

In 1998, Joe Quirk, a Bay Area novelist, wrote “Ultimate Rush,” a thriller about an adrenaline-fueled messenger who tears through ......
By Elizabeth Lesly Stevens    8/20/11 12:18 p.m. PDT

It’s Not Easy Being the Conservative One

Being the conservative outsider in the San Francisco mayoral race, the position staked out by Tony Hall, is a lonely ......
By Elizabeth Lesly Stevens    8/06/11 11:32 a.m. PDT

A Tax Policy With San Francisco Roots

Henry George, the 19th-century political economist, spent his seminal years in San Francisco. He is no longer a household name, ......
By Elizabeth Lesly Stevens    7/30/11 3:21 p.m. PDT

City's Children Vanish, and City Hall Wonders Why

For Leslie Kossoff, an artist who lived in San Francisco for nearly two decades, her decision to leave the city ......
By Elizabeth Lesly Stevens    7/23/11 10:12 a.m. PDT

After Losing $1 Billion, Flamboyant Financier Forges Ahead

Victor B. MacFarlane was a winner. Then he was a loser. Now, like many others brought low by the financial ......
By Elizabeth Lesly Stevens    7/09/11 10:44 a.m. PDT