Senior Culture Editor

Astrid Kane

Aydea, 'the only Tatar cafe on the American continent,’ serves up surprise after surprise in SoMa.

Initial plans to honor the trailblazer's legendary career at a game never materialized. 

Lisa Pratt, a top Department of Public Health employee, wasn’t approved to work as a part-time “consultant” at a troubled drug rehab nonprofit. 

From maitre d’ to restaurateur, Mark Schachern has moved within some of San Francisco’s most storied circles for half a century.

An increasingly bipartisan chorus is asking where all the money goes for the state’s homeless crisis. Here’s what we know. 