Conversions here and there

As the end of December approached, I was unprepared to discover my friends engaged in an activity wholly out of place. In their New Year’s posts on social media, gone were the d... Read More

Reynolds Rap

Endorsements for the March 5, 2024 election

By Susan Dyer Reynolds

SAN FRANCISCO RACES Superior Court Judges Seat 1: Albert “Chip” Zecher (Challenger) Seat 13: Jean Myungjin Roland (Challenger) Despite what the incumbents se... Read More

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Free pass to harass

Ex-wife of Don Carmignani says jury got it wrong in acquittal of attacker Garret Doty, and she’s furious

By Susan Dyer Reynolds

When Garret Doty, a transient from Louisiana, was caught on security footage methodically grabbing two metal pipes, putting them together, taking practice swings, then chasing for... Read More

Politics as Usual

An ethical dilemma

Proposition D and the illusion of action

By John Zipperer

On the March 2024 election ballots, San Francisco residents will be asked to vote for Proposition D to change city ethics laws and expand the restrictions on gifts to city officia... Read More

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Hypocrite Hill is more like Mount Everest for this year’s oxygen-deprived nominees

By Susan Dyer Reynolds

It may not come as a surprise, but several of the 2023 nominees for my second annual Hypocrite Hill Awards made the list in 2022. This year’s runner-up, however, isn’t an indi... Read More

Politics as Usual

It’s the Jews

What gets extremists angry

By John Zipperer

“Google, Google you can’t hide, we charge you with genocide.” —Pro-Palestinian Google employees protesting their own company “Goldie, Goldie you can’t hide... Read More

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Follow the money

Shamann Walton’s YCD subsidiary got a no-bid contract on shipyard homes — but where’s the money?

By Susan Dyer Reynolds

On Dec. 17, 2014, the late Mayor Ed Lee and Lennar Urban broke ground on Pacific Pointe at the Shipyard, 60 permanently affordable family homes in Bayview-Hunters Point shipyard. ... Read More

Politics as Usual

2023: A remarkable year

A review of highlights and lowerlights

By John Zipperer

As we race toward the open maw that is 2024, let’s take a moment to remember what was a truly remarkable year. I am talking about 2023, of course; and I also acknowledge that �... Read More

Car break-in suspects crash after police pursuit. (Photo: SFPOA)

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Failed IPO

Break-in duo worked for DPW, earning nearly $700,000 while committing crimes

By Susan Dyer Reynolds

Fate works in mysterious ways. On Wednesday, September 27, 2023, I tweeted a video on X of a brazen smash and grab near San Francisco’s Palace of Fine Arts, one o... Read More

Politics as Usual

Around the world with San Franciscans

Comparative touring

By John Zipperer

The Port of San Francisco expects to host 100 cruise ship visits by the end of 2023, bringing more than 400,000 passengers to the city (and millions of dollars to the local econom... Read More

Juliet Ellis and her boss and lover, Harlan Kelly (photo: https://kilamanjaro-kilamanjaro.blogspot.com/2021/04/why-are-very-serious-charges-brought.html)

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Wherefore art thou Juliet Ellis?

SFPUC Community Benefits scheme mastermind missing in action

By Susan Dyer Reynolds

“Every time a bell rings, an angel gets his wings!” A friend of mine with a wry sense of humor recently quoted that famous line from the 1946 Christmas classic It’s a Wonder... Read More

Politics as Usual

Happy together

How my sister can save America

By John Zipperer

During the week that this issue of the Marina Times is going to be in production, I will be absent from my usual duties of examining layouts and proofing articles. I will instead ... Read More

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CEO of the homeless industrial complex

Coalition on Homelessness boss gets residency for out-of-state unhoused to ‘keep things the same’

By Susan Dyer Reynolds

My August 2023 Reynolds Rap (“Fraudenbach: How the Coalition on Homelessness is holding San Francisco hostage”) elicited one of the strongest reactions from readers I’ve eve... Read More

New York might be the all-time rat champion, but San Francisco is very rat-curious. PHOTO: Erich Röthlisberger / Pixabay

Politics as Usual

We’re number 1!

And 2, 3, 15, and 87

By John Zipperer

Recently, while streaming a TV show, I was served a commercial advertising the city of San Francisco. The “Always San Francisco” commercial featured quick-cutting views of peo... Read More

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A gay icon is living in fear because of a Twitter meme

By Susan Dyer Reynolds

‘Doe 1’ posted a Western-style “Wanted Poster” of HealthRIGHT 360 V.P. Gary McCoy that resulted in a lawsuit — and a yearlong attempt to uncover his iden... Read More

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