Tony Robles, Author at 48 hills

Remembrance

A Tony Bennett Sunday kind of love

July 26, 2023

His timeless voiced filled my childhood home on California Street, articulating what it meant to be human

Arts + Culture

Who can ask for anything more? A review of Tony Bennett in San Jose

May 6, 2019

Dear Mr. Bennett, I rarely dress up. Outside of a funeral, you’d never see me in a tie. So when I found out you were coming to...

News + Politics

1979 — In the Mission

February 16, 2019

No Monster in the Mission! Build the Marvel, not the Monster! Competing voices and visions packed the auditorium of Mission High School Feb. 7 to...

Arts + Culture

‘Take back our lives:’ The words of poverty scholars

February 6, 2019

May 2 marks the 10-year anniversary of the passing of poet Al Robles. Al Robles was conferred much respect as a poverty scholar of...

Arts + Culture

The day of the big SRO move

August 20, 2018

It was the day of the big move. The SRO Citadel, on Sixth Street, sat perched on granite. It was among a bevy of residential...

News + Politics

Arthur, Arthur!

August 15, 2018

I was on Muni heading to my high school reunion. As an author, memory is crucial to my craft. Much of high school I...

News + Politics

Can I get a whiteness?

July 23, 2018

Whiteness has not been my witness. It has averted its eyes, its shards of denial making its way towards us, eyes shooting cursory glances,...

News + Politics

How do you feel?

January 3, 2018

I deliver to you News Not solutions But Torments people go through Trying to solve problems Clashing voices Morbid moral tortures --Benjamin Bac Sierra,...

News + Politics

Long live the I-Hotel

July 31, 2017

Last year, SFGate posted a video segment called "This forgotten date in San Francisco history." The date in focus was August 4, 1977. The...

Arts + Culture

Lit: A reluctant sleuth searches for the heart of SF

January 30, 2017

LIT A reluctant sleuth who can’t keep his shoelaces tied as he probes the streets of San Francisco, Bill Haywood is a reporter for...