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You can get — almost — anything you want at Joseph Omran’s Nob Hill grocery store

LeBeau Market calls itself Nob Hill’s Community Grocery Store, where you can get almost everything: from Lay’s potato chips to Spanish truffle chips. It offers online shopping, home delivery and keeps up with the latest food trends. Yet its owner, Joseph Omran, feels lucky to still have customers. “The business environment hasn’t been friendly, a ...

She relives history as a guide on the SS Jeremiah O’Brien, one of the WWII Liberty ships that brought troops and cargo to Normandy beaches

Eve Maher stood next to a gangway atop the deck of the SS Jeremiah O’Brien, a WWII Liberty ship parked at Pier 35 at Fisherman’s Wharf. A volunteer on the ship, she greeted visitors as they arrived for a special memorial cruise for Armed Services Day on May 18. Petite and stylish, the native of ...

Military background and delight in the job help ‘star’ Muni driver keep things running smooth

March 20, 2024 All Posts 1 Comment

Jolt after jolt, from stop to stop, veteran San Francisco Municipal Railway driver Angel Carvajal has piloted trains, buses, and streetcars across the hills, streets, and tunnels of San Francisco. And over the years, among a mostly civil clientele, he’s dealt with knife-wielding and abusive passengers, a truck driver who plowed into his light rail ...

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