How violent criminals fall through the cracks of mental instability

“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

La Deliziosa Vita, Recipes, Reynolds Rap

Favorite family recipes: Feast of the Seven Fishes

By Susan Dyer Reynolds

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

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

Election Matters with SDR

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

By Susan Dyer Reynolds

“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

Election Matters with SDR

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

By Susan Dyer Reynolds

“Homelessness is not designed to be solved. It is designed to be perpetuated. It is to treat the problem, not solve it.”— Former mayor Willie Brown in the CNN documentary �... Read More

Reynolds Rap

Election ‘Rap’ up: self-proclaimed ‘progressives’ need to read the room

‘Democrats for Change’ wiped out the far left slate, taking control of San Francisco DCCC — and those coveted party endorsements

By Susan Dyer Reynolds

In the final results of San Francisco’s March 5, 2024, election, the “Democrats for Change,” or as I call them, the “Democrats for Commonsense,” nearly wiped the slate c... Read More

Reynolds Rap

Former Mayor Mark Farrell

Why he’s running, and how he plans to get San Francisco back on track

By Susan Dyer Reynolds

“Public safety and homelessness are the two issues I’ve heard the most about and spent the most time on as a supervisor, and without a doubt they will remain two areas of ... Read More

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