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Welcome to our new neighbors

YES, THAT’S HER. That’s the actress Julia Roberts you’ve been seeing around the neighborhood — wandering down Fillmore Street with her family, dining at Chouquet’s and Via Veneto, admiring the views in Alta Plaza Park. Roberts has a long association with San Francisco. Back in the 1990s, when she was dating fellow actor Benjamin Bratt,…

Two dozen years at Peet’s

IT’S A BIG DAY at Peet’s on Fillmore, the town square of the neighborhood. Peetniks are celebrating Nancy Ferrufino’s 24th year anniversary at the always-bustling coffee shop on the corner of Fillmore and Sacramento. She’s a familiar sight three mornings a week, keeping the counters, tables and floors clean, stocking condiments, greeting the regulars —…

A poet’s stories

BOOKS | MARK J. MITCHELL “I never intended to write a book,” Ronald Hobbs said as we basked in the warm February sun in Santino’s Vino’s parklet at Fillmore and California. “Who does that these days?” “Well, you did,” I nudged, tapping my copy of his new book, Nearing a Place Called Home. “A pretty…