Marina chef Gary Rulli wants to set the record straight about his Union Square cafés

Anyone from the Bay Area who loves Italian pastries has heard of Chef Gary Rulli, proprietor of RistoBar, located on Chestnut Street in San Francisco’s Marina District, and the ... Read More

Opinion, Reynolds Rap

S.F. Department of Public Health head: ‘public drug use is really a problem for other people’

Dr. Hillary Kunins says role of health department and nonprofit partners is to ‘protect and support’ street addicts in absence of safe consumption sites.

By 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

Opinion, Reynolds Rap

How violent criminals fall through the cracks of mental instability

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

By Susan Dyer Reynolds

“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

Opinion, Reynolds Rap

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

By Susan Dyer Reynolds

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

Opinion, Reynolds Rap

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

By Susan Dyer Reynolds

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

Opinion, Reynolds Rap

Could the hardcore homeless save the wine industry?

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

By Susan Dyer Reynolds

“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

Opinion, Reynolds Rap

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

By Susan Dyer Reynolds

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

Election Matters with SDR, Opinion

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

Could Daniel Lurie hand Mayor London Breed another term?

By Susan Dyer Reynolds

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

Election Matters with SDR, Opinion

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

By Susan Dyer Reynolds

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

Election Matters with SDR, Opinion

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

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

By Susan Dyer Reynolds

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

Opinion, Reynolds Rap

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

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

By Susan Dyer Reynolds

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

Election Matters with SDR, Opinion

Why Mark Farrell’s message resonates with San Francisco voters

By Susan Dyer Reynolds

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

District 2 Supervisor

Restoring the public’s faith in government

By Catherine Stefani

Over the past few months, rarely has a week gone by without a story detailing a new scandal involving mismanagement of our nonprofit contracts. In early September of last year, an... Read More

The In-Box

Brooke Jenkins Protects Victims Rights and Deserves Our Vote

By Anh Lê

San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins has done an outstanding job as D.A. and deserves to be elected on November 8. I speak for myself as a Vietnamese American and Asian ... Read More

The In-Box

Proposition M is good for San Francisco

By Betsy Dodd

Prop. M will make more rental units available in our city and will likely raise new funds for low-income renters and for low-income housing projects. It is a targeted measure, see... Read More

Commentary