San Francisco’s New Mayor Is Rich. Is That a Good Thing?
Daniel Lurie’s supporters say his wealth means he owes no one any favors. But skeptics say the rich already have too much say ...
S.F.’s oldest coffee roaster is a ‘well-kept secret.’ A new owner wants to change that
San Francisco’s oldest independent coffee roasting company, Graffeo Coffee, has a new owner. Walter A. Haas III, 40, a scion of the family behind Levi Strauss & Co., is the new proprietor of the ...
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Bill Goldman, 38, historian, philanthropist and Levi Strauss heir, killed in plane crash
(JTA) — William (Bill) Sachs Goldman, the scion of a prominent family of Jewish philanthropists ... who was the great-grandniece of Levi Strauss, the founder of the famed blue jeans manufacturer.
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How Levi Strauss turned miners' workwear into the classic blue jeans we love
Bang in the middle of the California Gold Rush (1848-1859), Levi Strauss, a German immigrant in the United States, moved to San Francisco to open a West Coast branch of the family's dry goods company.