Kasia Pawlowska

1 week ago | sfgate.com | Kasia Pawlowska

Google is continuing to shed hundreds of thousands of square feet of Bay Area office space. In May 2023, the tech giant put over 1.4 million square feet of office space throughout Mountain View and Sunnyvale on the sublease market. The following May, Google vacated its 300,000-square-foot San Francisco office in One Market Plaza’s Spear Tower. And now, the Silicon Valley Business Journal reports that another massive offloading effort is underway in Redwood City.

1 week ago | sfgate.com | Kasia Pawlowska

An imposing statue is slated to officially be unveiled in San Francisco on Thursday, though anyone who’s walked along the Embarcadero this past week has surely caught glimpses of its disembodied limbs springing up toward the sky. The 45-foot silhouette stands proudly, nude, all 32,000 pounds of her, directly in front of the Ferry Building tower. And she’s made quite the journey.

2 weeks ago | sfgate.com | Kasia Pawlowska

One of San Francisco’s most famous and recognizable homes has sold. Known to millions of fans as the “Full House” home, 1709 Broderick St. served as the facade of the Tanner family residence on the popular show that began airing in 1987 and launched the careers of the then-infant Olson twins, Mary-Kate and Ashley.

2 weeks ago | sfgate.com | Kasia Pawlowska

The calls come in daily, all throughout the day. A fledgling great horned owl, wounded and in need of care. A mother opossum killed on the side of the road — thankfully, her five little joeys are still in her pouch, alive, the caller said. It’s just another day at Sonoma County Wildlife Rescue in Petaluma. Last Tuesday, however, the rescue received a particularly gruesome call. Four river otters were found dead, lined up on the side of a rural road, all of them with smashed skulls.

2 weeks ago | sfgate.com | Kasia Pawlowska

This is his unwavering routine, week in and week out, and it has to be. As the only person taking care of this vast and precarious collection full time, the margin for error can be as thin as a blade of grass. Already existing in very delicate balance, the greenhouse faces an even more uncertain future as the entire California State University system reels from budget cuts that have led to gutted programs and an across-the-board hiring freeze. But there is hope.