Joe Kukura

The fate of a 46th Avenue home that boldly goes where no one has gone before is going to probate court, as a dispute over ownership could blow up the enterprise.

A space-age makeover is underway at the new bar Mothership, in the former Virgil's Sea Room location, with an out-of-this-world curated craft cocktail menu.

Lena Turner would not let the Japantown mall closures end her run, as the 91-year-old has opened a new omakase spot Sushi Aoba.

Bask in a double-dose of holiday glow in Golden Gate Park Thursday, as the LED forest Entwined and San Francisco’s “official Christmas tree” both have their official lightings one hour apart.

A pilot program is bringing food trucks to the northbound lanes of the Great Highway on it’s car-free weekends, and they’ll be out this Saturday and Sunday.

The “Unthanksgiving” gathering at dawn on Alcatraz Island is back on, and boat tickets are still available, plus the ceremony will be streaming online.

Twitter employee Courtney Brousseau was shot and killed after tweeting about his burrito from Dolores Park. The bench he sat on now bears his memorial plaque.

The SF Planning Commission unanimously approved a new dispensary called Solful, coming to the corner of Irving Street and 10th Avenue.

San Francisco has designs on buying a vacant Geary Street building to use as a safe injection site, even though doing so is illegal, and the consequences could be enormous.

Stern Grove Festival organizers said they needed $4 million to clean up the mess from a late August water main explosion. On Tuesday, the Board of Supervisors gave it to them.

We have another cherished San Francisco movie theater reopening Friday, and the Landmark Opera Plaza’s four screens and facilities are embellished with a million-dollar upgrade.

The celebrated “Your Dive” bar El Rio will be toasting to both its 42nd and 43rd birthdays Saturday, after last year’s celebration was obviously cancelled, with free food and free El Rio merchandise for early arrivers.

The great Walgreens closures are underway, and signs in the stores claim “90% Off” sales, but the shelves are nearly 100% empty and draped in caution tape.

Tiger sisters Molly and Milou had both suffered from arthritis and advanced kidney disease, and the Oakland Zoo made the difficult decision to euthanize both on Monday.

Social media is piling on a new local TV station report about how “luxury condos overlook city’s worst squalor,” with some mocking how the issue is framed, and others eager to lodge the insult “Pelosiland.”

The Colombian reggaeton star J Balvin took to Californios before taking the Outside Lands stage last weekend, and staff at the two-Michelin starred California Mexican restaurant described him as “a polite and nice person.”

The big empty Macy’s won't be an empty Macy’s anymore, as the long-promised Stonestown Galleria Whole Foods Market says it’s “Opening in December.”

The Mad Dog is chasing a liquor license for their apparent newfound home, after the popular sports bar closed its old location just before the pandemic shutdowns.

The large Day of the Dead procession will be virtual this year because of lingering pandemic concerns, but a few small gatherings will dot the Mission and the Tenderloin.

Opening today, Thriller Social Club updates the arcade bar concept by reviving old carnival midway games, but with modern touches like an $80,000 golf simulator.

Plans to build affordable housing at the troubled ex-McDonald’s are still on, though much delayed, but the city just scrapped plans to put a homeless drop-in center there during the interim.

The temporary outdoor Just Add Music permits have bars’ and venues’ parklets bustling, but nearby residents are lodging complaints, often with dog-whistle grievances over “thuggy” crowds.

While initial reports described “no reported injuries” in a shooting that also hit Ritual Roasters and several cars, SFPD announced Sunday that one victim has been shot and suffered “life-threatening injuries.”

A hairy situation will be developing Saturday in South of Market, with live music, DJs, and wrestling, but the Bearrison Street Fair pre-parties start beefing up on Friday.

An erroneous claim that Target is closing its downtown San Francisco Metreon location was picked up by conservative media, but shot down by a simple email from a Chronicle reporter who asked the company.