Senior Culture Editor

Astrid Kane

The sashimi and yakitori at Ko in the Mission have acquired a rabid fan base. But you'd better be OK with ditching work.

The recently opened Hilda and Jesse, Chuck’s Takeaway, Diamond Coffee n’ Pastry, Donaji and Banh Mi Viet are all worth a try.

Patients regularly complain about excessive and unpredictable medical bills at UCSF Health. One man managed to defeat them, but it wasn’t easy.

More than 750 transit-prediction signs citywide won’t be updated before AT&T pulls the plug on 3G.

Dapper Down, a barbershop in San Francisco's Union Square, has recently become the unofficial place for 49ers players to get a haircut.