As you walk south across Lefty O’Doul Bridge in San Francisco, you can’t help but admire the massive high-rise that looks like a sandcrawler from “Star Wars.” To the left of the 23-story residential ...

Ulrich “Ubi” Conrad Simpson is a fashion-industry entrepreneur who has repeatedly spun gold from whole cloth, most recently with a line of denim and canvas kitchen and garden products, some of which ...