A Report From The Hayes Valley Farm Occupation

A Report From The Hayes Valley Farm Occupation

San Francisco is currently undergoing an unusual and sometimes uncomfortable growth spurt. The San Francisco Business Times calls it “the biggest burst of apartment construction”…

May 1 Workers’ Action To Shut Down Golden Gate Bridge Cancelled, Ferry Service Targeted Instead

And just like that, the May 1 action that had the Bay Area a-twitter this week has been cancelled: the Golden Gate bridge will remain…

Occupying The Commonwealth Club

The Commonwealth Club experienced its first mic-check last night. And then its second. And its third. It was clearly the closest many audience members had…

Susie Cagle’s SF: Occupy SF Raided

Mayor Lee Releases Statement On Early Morning Occupy SF Raid (Slideshow, Video) Early Wednesday Raid On Occupy SF Draws Mixed Reactions DPW Tells Occupy SF…

Susie Cagle’s SF: SFPD’s Most Damaging Controversy Since, Well, 2008

Susie Cagle’s SF: SFPD’s Most Damaging Controversy Since, Well, 2008

Susie Cagle’s SF: SFPD Seems More Confident Than Ever [Appeal] Number Of Cases Dropped Because Of SFPD Misconduct Probe Rises To 68 [Appeal] DA Gascon…

Susie Cagle’s SF: SFPD Seems More Confident Than Ever

Susie Cagle’s SF: SFPD Seems More Confident Than Ever

DA Gascon Recusing Himself From SFPD Misconduct Investigation, FBI To Take Over [Appeal] [KALW] [Weekly] [Ex] [Chron] SF Homicide Map [Appeal via Google Maps] SFPD…

Susie Cagle’s SF: Snow Snow Snow Snow Snow

Susie Cagle’s SF: Snow Snow Snow Snow Snow

In San Francisco, Anticipation for a Rare Sight: Snow [NYT] Police Commission Votes 6-1 To Let SFPD Consider Using Tasers [Appeal] [KRON] [Weekly] [BC] [SFBG]…

Susie Cagle’s SF: Borders Bites The Dust

Susie Cagle’s SF: Borders Bites The Dust

Timeline: A short history of Borders Group bookstores [Reuters] Borders shelving Amazon alliance [Seattle P-I, March 22, 2007] Borders out of balance: Expansion, e-commerce, music…

Susie Cagle’s SF: Special Tweetment For Twitter?

Susie Cagle’s SF: Special Tweetment For Twitter?

Legislative Digest: Payroll Expense Tax Exclusion In Central Market Street And Tenderloin Area [SF Gov] Twitter Tax Break Proposal Officially Announced At City Hall [Appeal]…

Susie Cagle’s SF: A Lot Of Homicides So Far This Year

Susie Cagle’s SF: A Lot Of Homicides So Far This Year

SF Appeal [Google Map] of 2011 Homicides “Official” SF Homicide Number Decreases, As Lower Haight Deaths Drop Off [Appeal] Supervisor: No more bars in Lower…

Susie Cagle’s SF: Muni Keeps Getting Worse

Susie Cagle’s SF: Muni Keeps Getting Worse

Mayor Wants Muni to Improve, but Won’t Ride it to Work [NBC11] San Francisco’s New Mayor Wants Public Transit Improvements [KCBS] Ed Lee wants to…

Susie Cagle’s Year In Review Part Three: Brian Wilson, Mehserle, CA’s Growth Stunted

Susie Cagle’s Year In Review Part Three: Brian Wilson, Mehserle, CA’s Growth Stunted

See part one here, part two here. SF Giants on top of the world with 1st Series win [Chron] Who Is The Machine? [SFist] Operation…

Susie Cagle’s Year In Review Part Two: Health Care, Prop 8, DADT

Susie Cagle’s Year In Review Part Two: Health Care, Prop 8, DADT

See part one here. Housing Recovery Stalls [WSJ] 9th Circuit Court Hears AZ Immigration Case Appeal [C-SPAN] Appeals Court May Seek Narrow Ruling On Prop…

Susie Cagle’s Year In Review Part One: Bedbugs, BP, And Earthquakes

Susie Cagle’s Year In Review Part One: Bedbugs, BP, And Earthquakes

Most countries fail to deliver on Haiti aid pledges [CNN] 1.5 Million Displaced After Chile Quake [NYT] Earth’s surface ‘lurches 11ft to the right’ as…

Susie Cagle’s SF: Before You Get Too Excited About “Mapping America”…

Susie Cagle’s SF: Before You Get Too Excited About “Mapping America”…

Mapping America: Every City, Every Block [NYT] American Community Survey Multiyear Accuracy of the Data [census.gov] American Community Survey is not duplicate 2010 Census form…

Susie Cagle’s SF: The Little Legislation That Could, Prop 8

Susie Cagle’s SF: The Little Legislation That Could, Prop 8

Appeals Court May Seek Narrow Ruling On Prop 8 [Appeal] San Francisco Appeals Court Considers Same-Sex Marriage Ban [AP via CBS5] Skeptical Panel Hears Prop. 8…

Susie Cagle’s SF: Everyone Loves Recycling

Susie Cagle’s SF: Everyone Loves Recycling

After months of discussion, the office of Mayor Gavin Newsom has acted on an August threat to evict the HANC recycling center in Golden Gate…

In Case You Missed It: Susie Cagle Illustrated The Election

This week, Appeal pal and graphic journalist Susie Cagle covered the election for us in a kind of neat way — via illustrations! I think…

Susie Cagle Illustrates The Election #7: The Losers

Susie Cagle Illustrates The Election #7: The Losers

Tuesday, Appeal pal and graphic journalist Susie Cagle is hit Bay Area polling places (and more), and is drawing what she saw on election day….

Susie Cagle Illustrates The Election #6: The Winners

Susie Cagle Illustrates The Election #6: The Winners

Tuesday, Appeal pal and graphic journalist Susie Cagle is hit Bay Area polling places (and more), and is drawing what she saw on election day….

Susie Cagle Illustrates The Election #5: We’re Mature

Susie Cagle Illustrates The Election #5: We’re Mature

Tuesday, Appeal pal and graphic journalist Susie Cagle is hit Bay Area polling places (and more), and is drawing what she saw on election day….

Susie Cagle Illustrates The Election #4: The Anarchist

Susie Cagle Illustrates The Election #4: The Anarchist

Appeal pal and graphic journalist Susie Cagle is hitting Bay Area polling places (and more), and drawing what she sees this election day. See installment…

Susie Cagle Illustrates The Election #3: Wracked By Insecurity

Susie Cagle Illustrates The Election #3: Wracked By Insecurity

Appeal pal and graphic journalist Susie Cagle is hitting Bay Area polling places (and more), and drawing what she sees this election day. Click here…

Susie Cagle Illustrates The Election #2: Voting By Mail

Susie Cagle Illustrates The Election #2: Voting By Mail

Appeal pal and graphic journalist Susie Cagle is hitting Bay Area polling places (and more), and drawing what she sees this election day. See installment…

Susie Cagle Illustrates The Election #1: Starbucks

Susie Cagle Illustrates The Election #1: Starbucks

Appeal pal and graphic journalist Susie Cagle is hitting Bay Area polling places (and more), and drawing what she sees this election day. Click here…

What Will It Take To Save Mid-Market?

What Will It Take To Save Mid-Market?

The street that defines and divides the face of San Francisco has been reinventing itself for the better part of a century — but always…