Haight News

Downhill from Buena Vista Park stands a grand example of why San Francisco's older neighborhoods are so captivating: This eight-unit apartment building commands attention in a tousled Victorian landscape by means of oversize columns and medallion-like flourishes that look as though they were ordered from Pompei.

Our fellow Village Voice Media compatriot, Nadia Pflaum, over at The Pitch in Kansas City took it upon herself to compile a list of places that people like to have sex in the great outdoors in cities where we hawk papers.

Lamb shank: not for wimpy appetites. What a lovely dinner my husband and I had here recently.

In Matt Small's expansive music, modern classical horn parts sing over funky electric bass figures and roiling drums.

Long known as a gritty stretch of seedy dive bars, failed businesses and low-income housing, Divisadero Street has functioned primarily as a multicultural thoroughfare from Market Street to the Marina, rather than a destination in itself.

S.F. supervisors, Newsom cut budget deal Marisa Lagos, Chronicle Staff Writer The Board of Supervisors cut a budget deal with Mayor Gavin Newsom on Wednesday evening that would use nearly $44 million to save health and human services programs without laying off police or firefighters.

Hunger is not always synonymous with homelessness. Many hardworking men and women who have homes experience hunger when they must forego food in order to pay rent or bills.

As a resident of the Haight-Ashbury, I welcome Mayor Gavin Newsom and his wife to their new home on upper Masonic Avenue in the Upper Haight.

Summer offers no shortage of ways to drop mad cash on musical diversions, from multiday festivals to hoary reunion tours.

Eds: APNewsNow. Developing from vote set for 5 p.m. EDT. SAN FRANCISCO San Francisco lawmakers are set to vote on a measure that would snuff out new shops that sell paraphernalia often used by pot smokers in the district at the heart of the city's hippie history.

I know that the Prop. 8 court decision has passed, but with America still fighting two wars and California teetering on the brink of fiscal Armageddon, plus the Obama administration doing whatever it does -- there are going to be lots more opportunities to get arrested at rallies.

An ordinance that would ban new head shops on San Francisco's Haight Street passed a Board of Supervisors committee Monday.

How perfectly San Francisco is this Eastlake-style Victorian located at 151 Broderick Street? Built in 1886, this modernized 3-bedroom, 3.5-bath 2,500 square foot home just hit the market with an asking price of $1,695,000 . Even though it got a facelift in 1995 and then again in 2005, this beauty still has an abundance of her original charm.

Change may be coming to one of San Francisco's most famous neighborhoods. The city is considering placing a limit on a popular Haight-Ashbury business.

Greetings pleasure seekers, Another weekend looms filled with street parties and food festivals all around the Bay.

Death of Analog Television Party Remember the television? That giant box you "interacted" with by rubbing your head against the screen to make your hair staticy? Well that ancient bit of technology officially went digital today.

Terry McCartin was waiting for an SFO departure Saturday morning, when a group of military personnel passed.

The city's newest doggie day care is the eco-friendly High Tail Hotel, which uses plants, grass, natural light and an oxygen system to re-create the outdoors in its 5,000-square-foot indoor facility.

The tangy expanse of the Golden Gate Bridge, the cable cars' clang, Victorian houses in cheery pastels, near-vertical hills and the crookedest street in the world are just a few of the things that make San Francisco one of the most captivating American cities.

Whether your style profile is easy casual or urban sophisticate, polished classic or daring eclectic, San Francisco's shopping and fashion scene is sure not to disappoint.