Philz Coffee closes San Francisco headquarters, moves to Oakland

Philz Coffee has closed its San Francisco Dogpatch headquarters and moved to Oakland, Calif. Smith Collection/Gado/Gado via Getty Images Philz Coffee has closed its headquarters in San Francisco’s Dogpatch neighborhood and moved to Oakland, as first reported by the San Francisco Examiner.  Both the popular coffee chain’s corporate offices and cafe at the 1258 Minnesota St. … Read more

Buzzy yet controversial Oakland restaurant closes for good

Tacos served at Calavera in Oakland.  Alex M./Yelp Calavera, a buzzy yet controversial Mexican restaurant in Oakland’s Uptown neighborhood known for its wide assortment of mezcal, toasted chapulines and carnitas tacos, permanently closed on Saturday after just over eight years in business.  “This is not the way we wanted the new year to start, however, … Read more

Calif. city Lancaster chose people over cars in its downtown. Did it work?

Not many California downtowns feature an idle F-4 Phantom supersonic jet tilted on a cement perch, but that’s exactly how the east end of main street in Lancaster begins.  The jet is in Boeing Plaza, at the mouth of a central boulevard in the Southern California city. From there, the road diverts into two slow … Read more