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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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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

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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

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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

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

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

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