After 24 years of incarceration, Ernest Morgan, who was freed from San Quentin State Prison on Thursday morning, planned to head to Mama’s restaurant in San Francisco’s North Beach with his family for an omelete. He also intends to take in a Giants game and a 49ers game soon, but his top priority is spending time with his loved ones and getting to know them again. Read More

After three years of contentious spats with neighbors and legislative snarls, the renovation of the North Beach Branch Library is one final vote away from approval. Read More

For a generation, newspaper columnists and locals have bemoaned the changes that have swept through North Beach. Yet, some neighborhood institutions remain the same, and some are even better. One of the best is Gino and Carlo, an unpretentious Italian bar founded in 1942 just a block off Columbus Avenue. Ron Minolli, a bartender and part-owner, has been a fixture at the bar for more than 30 years and knows all the regulars, and often their parents and grandparents, too. Read More

Prosecutors have dropped a murder charge against a woman who was arrested last week in connection with the death of a jewelry studio owner in San Francisco’s North Beach neighborhood, district attorney’s spokesman Seth Steward said Monday. Read More