People We Meet: Ranjit Brar’s ‘horrible’ road led him back to San Francisco
For a time, Ranjit found himself selling drugs, stealing cars, committing identity theft, anything to make it through the night.
What’s on now at San Francisco museums, March 2026
Boom and Bust: Photographing Northern California and Monet at the de Young, Video Craft at MCD and Jasmine Ross at MOAD.
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Restaurant Reviews
Restaurant review: Sushi Easy offers affordable sushi in the Mission
Sushi Easy was opened by former employees of the beloved Mission restaurant We Be Sushi. With whimsical wall décor, the spirit lives on.
Restaurant review: Hi Hat, your neighborhood pizza joint
Hi Hat opened in about mid-2025 in the space of former pizza parlor, Pi Bar. They employed a magical being our server called “the Wizard.”
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People We Meet: Nory Sasaki, ‘The life of a flower is short’
When I first meet Nory Sasaki outside Silver Cafe, at Silver Avenue and Mission Street on a recent Wednesday morning, he’s all business. “You’ll come to my house?” he asks immediately. He has something to show me. Up a short Excelsior street Sasaki and I walk, until we stop at a pale-panelled duplex and he…
People We Meet: Florencio ‘Flor’ Cortez
He arrived in the U.S. at 57, searching for opportunity. Decades later, Flor Cortez reflects on the life he built between two countries.