Walter A. Haas III, 40, a scion of the family behind Levi Strauss & Co., is the new proprietor of the 90-year-old North Beach staple. He bought a majority stake in the company a few months ago ...
Walter A. Haas Jr. was responsible for Levi’s concentration on blue jeans production. He targeted the marketing strategy to teenagers and as blue jeans became the symbol of nonconformity, Levi’s ...
reconstructed in 1999 as Haas Pavilion, a state-of-the-art basketball arena and sports facility that preserved the intimacy, noise level, and intimidating home-court advantage of its predecessor. The ...