Senior Culture Editor

Astrid Kane

Scruffy and livelier than ever, a two-block stretch of 16th Street in the Mission seems to have escaped all the doom and gloom.

A lavish $300 million dorm opening this week at Cal brings renewed scrutiny to an attention-averse family.

The SFMTA has heard the anguished cries of bike lane opponents. They aim to build it anyway.

One tiny law firm refused to give up its lease in downtown San Jose—even as its building was slated for demolition. 

If you ignore the unfounded “war on cars” and look hard at transportation trends, you see a city embracing an identity it claims not to want.