California officials have announced that San Francisco has the dishonor of being the first city in the state to be subject to a review of its housing policies and practices. The s... Read More
Perhaps if you sell a bunch of those Google shares you’ve been sitting on, take out a loan against your 401K, and put off that major dental surgery you promised your dentist y... Read More
It’s 6 a.m. in the mayor’s office. The lights come on; the mayor enters, sits on her exercise bike, and turns on its screen. O.K., people! Let’s have a great workout toda... Read More
Somewhere between Elon Musk bullying Twitter into submission, the Biden administration launching a “misinformation board,” and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis bullying Disney and ga... Read More
Hi, Chesa, So great to hear from you after all these years. I know things have been a bit bumpy in your neck of the woods lately, so I totally understand your request for a let... Read More
In 1974, Japanese soldier Hiroo Onoda finally ended World War II. It had lasted about 30 years for him, because he refused to believe that Japan had actually surrendered in 1945. ... Read More
With the delta variant on the wane at last, our elected leaders and public health officials are finally starting to relax the restrictions we’ve lived under for the past two yea... Read More
School board elections are important, but they’re usually of low interest to the general voter, who probably can’t remember whom they voted for one week later. But when the el... Read More
Several months ago, I received a press release from one of the candidates in the gubernatorial recall, in which she bragged about her performance. Most politicians brag; what made... Read More
“We just installed our expensive new home security system. I thought the vats of hot oil & the machine gun turrets were excessive, but after the raids on the Nordstroms in W... Read More
In mid-October, General Colin Powell passed away at the age of 84. A man who defined leadership and who worked across the broad middle of American politics died at a time when lea... Read More
This was not what the city intended when it banned single-use plastic bags and told people to bring their own reusable shopping bags. The video earlier this year of a man filling ... Read More
Doing even some light research into recent California gubernatorial politics dredges up a wealth of famous names. Take Gray Davis, for example. He was succeeded in the governor’... Read More
One can easily imagine Harry A. Franck in San Francisco. I expect he’d have felt right at home hanging out in a North Beach bar, swapping tales — many of them true — with lo... Read More
He was a homeless veteran, suffering from mental health and drug problems. And he was a danger to his neighborhood. Arrested time after time for assault and public nuisance, he he... Read More