Editors’ Picks

For one: There would be enough space left to create 60 public greenspaces the size of San Francisco's Golden Gate Park. It’s been over a month since my Prius was stripped of its catalytic converter. The part is *at least* a few months out because people are assholes and stealing these at a dizzying, maddening, unrelenting rate. By proxy, I’m effectively now car-free… sans the few times a week when I force the engine into a lion’s roar and move the car a few blocks. My relationship with car ownership has never been more forced — honed in, zoomed out, dissected. I grew up around cars; I was born in the suburbs of North Texas, after all. And over my three decades on this mortal coil, I’ve owned seven vehicles… half of which were totaled by either an act from a Higher Power or a no-fault a...

The Bay Bridge's glowing light installation had existed as a "nighttime sister to the Golden Gate Bridge" up until this past Sunday. When “The Bay Lights” shuttered this past Sunday, it was the end of a decades-long era. The evening’s balmy, wet weather only added to the deflating mood.   Illuminate, the nonprofit behind “The Bay Lights,” has assured the public these lights could be back as soon as the fall. Nearly $75,000 for “The Bay Lights 360” — a project that would better weatherize these lights, in addition to expanding their visibility to other parts around the San Francisco Bay — has been raised in donations, thus far; it’s still a far cry from the million dollars the current fundraiser’s goal; all in all, the project is expected to cost $11 million with the majorit...