Sports Columnist

Tim Kawakami

The Dodgers didn’t build a juggernaut overnight. It started with a key acquisition, and grew from there. The Giants can learn a lesson from that.

Their identity is a secret. But their mission seems simple: Purge the mayor’s page of anything remotely critical and highlight his accomplishments.

Eight Bay Area dance instructors spill their favorite classes.


San Francisco remains a target for out-of-state haters. But they may not realize how we’ve turned the doom loop around.

The Mechanics’ Institute is one of the oldest libraries in the West as well as a chess mecca with the most Instagrammable staircase in the country. 