Unreported Food Poisoning Cases Reflect Gap in Food Safety Net

The Mission District’s Italian eatery Delfina has been considered one of the Bay Area’s best restaurants for more than a ......
By Scott James    1/05/12 5:03 p.m. PST

Empty Building a Blight on Up-and-Coming Mission Block

Fences make good neighbors, the saying goes, but those who live near the building at 1886 Mission St. in San ......
By Scott James    7/07/11 5:50 p.m. PDT

Tax Increases Before Layoffs? Only in San Francisco.

When Mayor Ed Lee of San Francisco unveiled his $6.8 billion budget earlier this month to a standing ovation from ......
By Elizabeth Lesly Stevens    6/23/11 11:41 p.m. PDT

City's Perpetual, No-Bid Garbage Contract Comes Under Attack

Garbage is, obviously, a dirty business. But for Recology, the outfit that has had a monopoly on handling San Francisco’s ......
By Elizabeth Lesly Stevens    6/09/11 5:16 p.m. PDT

'City Family': Soothing Code for 'Political Machine'

Mobsters have the Cosa Nostra. Oil producers have OPEC. And San Francisco has its City Family. The term is much ......
By Elizabeth Lesly Stevens    6/04/11 9:30 a.m. PDT