Susan Dyer Reynolds

A few months ago, I received an anonymous message containing a recording of a Dec. 20, 2023, phone meeting led by Dr. Hillary Kunins, Director of Behavioral Health Services and Me... Read More

Zavein Blue Wright was declared unfit to stand trial, leaving his victim vulnerable and afraid. Part 2 of a two-part series

How violent criminals fall through the cracks of mental instability

Newly renovated interior and refreshed menu bring a classic back to life

“If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it is, because everything would be what it isn’t. And contrary wise, what is, it wouldn’t be... Read More

Dining, Reviews

Izzy’s Steaks & Chops: Come for the steak, stay for the crullers

When I moved to the Haight-Ashbury with college friends in 1989, our weekends usually involved walking or hopping on the bus to Lower Haight to hang out at bars like the Mad Dog i... Read More

Zavein Wright had been arrested 11 times since 2019 on charges from assault to kidnapping — then he attacked my friend in the Marina

Part 1 of a two-part series As a San Francisco journalist, I’ve covered dozens of violent criminal cases, but I had never known any of the victims personally until Oct. 5, 20... Read More

Woman arrested in parklet crash went through city work program where supervisors wear bulletproof vests

On Feb. 11, 2025, District 9 Supervisor Jackie Fielder posted on social media platform X that she issued a Letter of Inquiry into the “dangerous San Francisco police chase ... Read More

City leaders say they just need housing and help — here’s a way to test that theory

Could the hardcore homeless save the wine industry?

“A Trump promise could be ‘catastrophic’ to California’s wine industry,” a Nov. 13 San Francisco Chronicle headline read. “Farm ranchers in my district alrea... Read More

Interview with Supervisor Joel Engardio goes off the rails when constituent threatens him — and it wasn’t the first time

La Deliziosa Vita, Recipes, Reynolds Rap

At 4:30 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 6, 2024, I met District 4 supervisor Joel Engardio at Peet’s Coffee on Sloat Blvd. I was running a little late, having been with Animal Care and Con... Read More

Favorite family recipes: Feast of the Seven Fishes

In Southern Italy, where my grandfather was born, they celebrate La Vigilia in anticipation of the midnight birth of the baby Jesus. It was first introduced to America in the late... Read More

Could Daniel Lurie hand Mayor London Breed another term?

Lurie runs nonstop negative Mark Farrell campaign while ignoring Breed’s tenure as mayor

Editor’s note — These are the views of Susan Dyer Reynolds, not necessarily the views of The Marina Times. I laughed out loud when mayoral candidate and Levi Strauss heir D... Read More

From propositions to the school board, here are our endorsements for the November 5, 2024, election

Editor’s note — These endorsements are the views of Susan Dyer Reynolds, not necessarily the views of The Marina Times. “The quality of independence was almost wholly le... Read More

Don’t go with the status quo — our endorsements include some City Hall outsiders and underdogs who want to be agents of change

Marina Times candidate endorsements for the Nov. 5, 2024, election

Editor’s note — These endorsements are the views of Susan Dyer Reynolds, not necessarily the views of the Marina Times. In March of 2002, San Franciscans voted to pass rank... Read More

As an assemblymember, Bonta requested $3.4 million grant for Viridis Fuels, run by Juarez, while Mia Bonta shared an office with now-defunct fuel firm

California Attorney General Rob Bonta and his assemblymember wife tied to disgraced Oakland political operative Mario Juarez

People who didn’t grow up in the San Francisco Bay Area or didn’t follow the region’s politics may not remember the story of Jim Jones except for the horrors of Nov. 18, 197... Read More

Why Mark Farrell’s message resonates with San Francisco voters

Election Matters with SDR

A new poll released by the Mark Farrell for Mayor campaign shows Farrell having the most first-choice votes among major candidates, and that after allocating votes to simulate the... Read More

Did mayoral candidate Aaron Peskin get his dreamhouse by bullying the previous owner?

Peskin’s powerful Telegraph Hill Dwellers neighborhood group filed numerous complaints and refused to give their blessing

Election Matters with SDR

“Peskin used a lot of my plans that I couldn’t get approved and got them approved … So how does the project they opposed become a single-family home? I’m no fan of Aaron�... Read More

City funnels billions of dollars to homelessness nonprofits without requiring performance reviews