Senior Culture Editor

Astrid Kane

A revised plan for a small parcel on Nob Hill adds four stories—and keeps the venue’s historic sign.

Formerly a KFC-Taco Bell combo, the windows of the Duboce Avenue fast-food restaurant are boarded up.

Squatters were “widespread” at the Potrero Hill complex, which failed safety inspections before the fatal fire.

The Russian Hill campus of the San Francisco Art Institute is up for sale. The asking price remains a mystery.


Take a day trip just 15 minutes south of the city to see this hill of gold while it lasts.