Bomb-Disposal Robot Is SF Police’s Most-Advanced Technology Drones aren’t coming to San Francisco anytime soon. Unlike law-enforcement colleagues in the East Bay, the San Francisco…
For a film about history or for a study of a man, go elsewhere. Lincoln is neither. Instead this latest most-Hollywood treatment of one America’s…
Realtors, Cops, Conway, Coates Fund Lee; Unions, Especially Nurses, Bankroll Mar Gavin Newsom wasn’t a frequent visitor to San Francisco’s west side during his (almost)…
Public school policy in San Francisco isn’t set by the Board of Supervisors. That’s up to the elected school board. But schools are a hot…
Supes’ Lack Of Schools Oversight No Deterrent To Parent Of Two Privately Educated Kids See the disclosure statement for the mailing here. Hidden in the…
Both Sides Of District 1 Supe Race Slam Bizarre Realtor-Funded, Hollywood-Produced Commercial That Misidentifies Neighborhood The biggest — and costliest — political battleground this election…
Short Bus Used in Rap Video Now Mobile Voter Education Station Isaiah Hutchinson’s going to vote this year, though he’s not quite sure who Mitt…
Victim’s Attorney Allred: Mason Mayer Admitted Guilt To “Tortious” Offense The brother of Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer avoided a criminal trial and the risk of…
Former Girlfriend Retains Celebrity Lawyer Gloria Allred It’s shaping up to be a star-studded morning at the Hall of Justice today, when the brother of…
John Avalos, Who Angered Chinatown Power Broker, Removed From Norman Yee Fliers History is written by the victor, not the vanquished — and in politics,…
Non-Posted Job Was Actually A “Temporary” Emergency Hire, DPW Says Former San Francisco Chronicle reporter Rachel Gordon was one of the most likable people in…
As the monthlong August break at City Hall rolls into the 60-day sprint towards the November elections, San Francisco’s political wonks are looking forward. But…
Dept of Real Estate Violated Vacant Building Ordinance, According to Dept of Building Inspection San Francisco’s gusto for issuing tickets and citations is well-known to…
Plan To Charge $10 For Tickets, Limit Attendance to 40,000 and Pay $94,000 In Fees Approved, Then Abandoned The Power to the Peaceful concert in…
Previously: Questionable Residency, Voting Registration History for Supervisor Hopeful Leon Chow Union organizer Leon Chow, whose ties to residences outside of the district may constitute…
City Hall can be overruled, and in a hurry — but the last-minute signature drives required to qualify voter referendums are real longshots. So long…
Residence in Walnut Creek, Registration at Chinatown Business Address View The Documents Leon Chow’s voter registration records Leon Chow’s San Francisco voting history 2004 home…
Flyer Proclaiming North Beach Station “Misleading,” Subway Opponent Says In addition to the predictable street food and drunken antics, revelers at the North Beach Festival…
By this time next year, when a motorist takes a detour down a subway tunnel, the San Francisco Municipal Railway will know all about it….
Contract Is Proof Recology Plans To Hike Garbage Rates Following Election, Advocate Claims City officials are preparing for garbage-collection giant Recology to raise prices charged…
Event Promoters Stay Unregistered After Yearlong Delay Thrill-seeking club goers need not go far: if the club and party scene in San Francisco isn’t underground,…
The San Francisco Police Department is understaffed. No doubt about it: it’s the law — and the envy of Oakland and San Jose. A 2004…
Victim “Afraid of” Marissa Mayer’s Family Left to right: Marissa Mayer and Kelli Ann Trent, Trent’s injuries after the alleged attack, Mason Mayer’s SFPD booking…
New SF Sentinel “Pro-Gay, Pro-Business”; PR Ownership Not Clear Political and media junkies will with varying levels of fondness* recall the San Francisco Sentinel. First…
His political career over, Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi still stands to lose much in fighting his suspension and removal from office by Mayor Ed Lee —…
One minute, he was pedaling across the Golden Gate Bridge at five miles an hour following a long bicycle ride. The next, Patrick Shortle was…
Ex-Castro Resident Julius Turman Commended By District 8 Supe Scott Wiener It’s not that there aren’t any black people in the Castro (at least at…
The woman who faces six felony counts for an alleged drug lab explosion at her Ingleside District apartment last week is well-known among local medical…
Ed ran. But he didn’t pay. 2011 was an up and down year for political consultant Enrique Pearce. He started off on a high note,…
Oakland’s new police chief has been on the job for some time, but losing the “interim” before his title doesn’t mean Chief Howard Jordan’s job…
Camping, Sleeping Definitely Out Bring your shopping cart to Harvey Milk Plaza — it’s legal. Just don’t fall asleep. That’s not. Shopping carts, soap-box racers…
The debate over a ban on camping in the Castro District — that’s right, Castro camping is now a thing that’s legislated — has taken…
Bar Owners Defiant, But Landlord Says Eviction On, “Bar Must Move” The Gold Dust Lounge doesn’t have to go home, but it can’t stay at…
Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi first laid hands on his wife, Eliana Lopez, in March 2011, months before a New Year’s Eve argument over future custody of…
A former member of Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi’s transition team reiterated a call for the sheriff — whose description of the allegations that he bruised his…
What’s a white homeowner in West of Twin Peaks have in common with a Filipino family in Oceanview-Merced Heights-Ingleside (OMI)? And what’s someone living on the shores of Lake Merced have to do with a renter living near Golden Gate Park?
Very little — and that’s the problem with mixing these disparate San Franciscans into the same supervisorial district, a crowd of elected officials, residents and activists-all-turned naysayers told the San Francisco Redistricting Task Force on Monday.
Police searched a Webster Street home this week looking for photos of a bruise on the upper right arm of Ross Mirkarimi’s wife, where the…
Prisoners Provide City’s Best Voter Turnout As 79 Percent of Eligible County Jail Inmates Cast Ballot Too many mayoral candidates, boring ballot measures, general apathy…
He came to San Francisco to hang out on Haight Street and catch the Furthur concert at the Bill Graham. Less than six months later,…
Scott Wiener supports the Occupy movement — the Castro District’s elected supervisor affixed his name to the Board of Supervisors’ pledge of support. He won’t…
