‘Cooking Together’: Creamy Vegetable Soup with Carrots, Sweet Potatoes and Butternut Squash

The summer can be chilly in the San Francisco Bay Area. I aways turn to a soup for the evening supper. The easier soup to make is a creamy vegetable soup without using any cream. My favorite is a mixture of carrots, sweet potato and butternut squash. All three vegetables are available in their free form year-round in Northern California.

Letter to the Editor: Corporate Healthcare Interests

I believe Catherine Stefani’s column should more accurately have the title:  “Standing Up For Corporate Healthcare Interests.”  By working on incremental reform through the bills listed in her column, fundamental healthcare reform that is urgently needed is once again defeated.  The profits of those who provide campaign contributions to the great majority of legislators in Sacramento are safe for another year.

Commentary: Gordon Mar

District 4 voters deserve to know who is trying to buy influence in our neighborhood election. Recent reporting by Mission Local shows outside spending in our supervisorial race has reached unprecedented levels. This isn’t just about campaign advertising; it’s about a high-stakes clash of interests attempting to dictate the future of our community.

Real Estate: John M. Lee

The upcoming June 2026 election in San Francisco’s District 4 is shaping up to be a definitive referendum on the neighborhood’s identity. Centered in the Sunset District, this race, along with a quartet of ballot propositions, carries significant implications for the City’s political trajectory and impacts the local real estate market, to a certain degree.