Muni board approves more all-day parking, transit lane for San Francisco’s Chinatown
San Francisco’s Chinatown will get more all-day parking and a new full-time transit lane, according to plans approved…
A local’s guide to vibrant, soulful, often-misunderstood Oakland
Oakland is a town often misunderstood. As someone who’s lived in the city and still spends a ton…
Taishanese has been in San Francisco since the 1860s. Now, it’s got a class.
Since the late 1860s, Taishanese (also known as Toisanese or Hoisanwa) has been one of the most common…
Fresno City College students win top honors in Chinatown design competition
Architecture students put their creativity and technical skills to the test in a local design challenge aimed at…
Fresno City College students win top honors in Chinatown design competition
FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) — Architecture students put their creativity and technical skills to the test in a local…
Letters to the Editor: I went to Olvera Street in my youth. There’s a reason I don’t go now
To the editor: In the mid 1960s, my parents would take my siblings and me to Olvera Street…
A decade after going dark, SF’s Dragon Boat Festival is back
Published Jun. 22, 2026at6:09am On a sunny Saturday afternoon, the typically placid Lake Merced Park located in San…
S.F. Chinatown lost all its bookstores. Then came Unbound.
Lala Huo had two problems. He loved reading Chinese-language books, but it was hard to find them, even…
SF Chinatown faces major disruptions as 3 construction projects loom
SSF Chinato3 construction projects San Franciscos Chinatown is facing significant disruptions as three major construction projects are scheduled…
SF Chinatown’s historic Great Star Theater faces temporary financial crisis
SAN FRANCISCO – The husband-and-wife team responsible for restoring a historic theater in San Francisco’s Chinatown say they…
Photo: Seniors find new living room after Portsmouth Square closed
Chinatown’s living room for decades, Portsmouth Square, closed on Wednesday for a long-awaited $73 million renovation. The construction…
Lisa See’s new novel revisits the Chinese massacre of 1871
Inside an unassuming room of the Huntington Library, the Los Angeles author Lisa See unfolded a stack of…