Founded in 1929 by Richard S. Stephens, the school started off small, initially operating out of a loft at 215 Kearny St. It remains a family business to this day, with Stephens’ granddaughter Elisa currently serving as its president.

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Tony Vitello explained the timeline of his choice to leave Tennessee baseball to become the manager of the San Francisco Giants.

The Senate blocked a bill to pay federal workers during the shutdown. More: Most Democrats opposed the bill, saying it gave Trump too much power to determine who gets paid. Democrats proposed their own bills, which Republicans blocked. Trump said he canceled a “surge” of federal officials in San Francisco.

City Lights Books, the North Beach landmark that helped define the Beat Generation, has revived founder Lawrence Ferlinghetti's 2007 poem "Pity the Nation."