Monthly Archives: October 2014

Bay Area companies with long-standing trade and investment ties to Hong Kong are closely watching the city’s increasingly tense pro-democracy demonstrations. Especially those at ground zero of the protests, like Wells Fargo’s Hong Kong branch, and Apple, Gap and Levi-Strauss … Continue reading →

On Russian Hill, Lombardi Sports, a hub for generations of cyclists and rock climbers, is liquidating its inventory to make way for 62 units of housing. In Chinatown, the Empress of China, the swanky five-story emporium that has hosted thousands … Continue reading →

As one of the formerly jailed leaders of the bloody 1989 protests in Tiananmen Square, Zhou Fengsou knows a few things about freedom and protest in mainland China. He needs that expertise more than ever now. From his home in … Continue reading →