Karen.Zuercher

Karen.Zuercher

Karen is the managing editor at VIA and a bonafide Bernal Heights resident. Her usual demeanor is a cheery one. She only looks blue in this photo because she is in a submarine.

Hawaii’s Kona Coast: Braving the Fishpipe

Posted on February 10, 2012
Hawaii’s Kona Coast: Braving the Fishpipe

Spending four days alone on the Big Island’s western edge sounded delicious to this mother of two small children. And it was. I slept in (until 8 a.m.!), ate dinner at a normal hour, and applied sunscreen only to myself. But once I’d finished my reporting in Kailua-Kona—taken the tours, visited the historic sites, consumed [...]

Bernal Heights: Great Galleries and a Bit of Granola

Posted on October 27, 2011
Bernal Heights: Great Galleries and a Bit of Granola

My neighborhood in San Francisco, which I extolled in a recent article, is like a little village, accessible to the delights of the greater city (amazing restaurants, eclectic shopping, incredible scenery) but somewhat removed from its messier realities (fog, traffic, earthquake liquefaction). I would have liked to have added “hippies” to the list of what we [...]