As a resident of the Haight-Ashbury for over two decades, I watched the neighborhood deteriorate through five supervisors. In 2010, I wrote an article for Northside San Francisco ... Read More
My June 2020 column, “It’s the drugs, stupid” elicited more responses than anything I’ve written for this newspaper. Not one person disagreed with my thesis: The homeless ... Read More
But never, ever do you abuse your power for personal gain.The reasons are twofold.One, it’s wrong.And two, you’re going to get caught.— Willie Brown in his Feb. 1 San Franci... Read More
Over a year ago, I broke the story of Department of Public Works boss Mohammed Nuru’s corruption, his romances with Mayor London Breed and Sandra Zuniga, and the way City Hall h... Read More
At the April 8 meeting of the Board of Supervisors budget committee, City Controller Ben Rosenfield reported San Francisco hotels were providing 1,977 rooms to the homeless during... Read More
In May, I received dozens of emails from neighbors of the Marina Safeway about open air drug use and sales, stolen goods, fights, and assaults at an encampment that popped up behi... Read More
There are numerous cases throughout history where people got it wrong. Very wrong. Take for example Michael Dell. At the Gartner Symposium on Oct. 6, 1997, the founder of Dell Inc... Read More
“They were two human primates carrying another primate. One was the master of the earth, or at least believed himself to be, and the other was a nimble dweller in trees, a cousi... Read More
When I wrote my April 2019 Reynolds Rap column suggesting Mayor London Breed should fire Department of Public Works director Mohammed Nuru after decades of corruption and incompete... Read More
Despite ethical missteps, misappropriated taxpayer funds, lawsuits, and incompetence as the leader of street cleaning in one of the world’s filthiest cities, the mayor continues ... Read More
This past September, police made a horrifying discovery inside a Santa Rosa home: Patrick O’Neill was unresponsive, and his 13-month-old son, Liam, was dead. O’Neill later died... Read More
It’s hard to imagine the holidays without Johnny Mathis. From “The Christmas Song” (“Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire”) to “I’ll be Home for Christmas,” his smoot... Read More
When the San Francisco Chronicle decided to replace food critic Michael Bauer, I wasn’t alone in thinking “It’s about time.” After all, the New York Times had six food cri... Read More
Current San Francisco District Attorney George Gascón’s decision not to run for reelection makes this Nov. 5 more important than ever. Not since William Langdon stepped aside in... Read More
At 1:30 a.m. on Aug. 11, Paneez Kosarian came home to The Watermark condominium complex on Beale Street, just steps away from a planned homeless navigation center, when she was sud... Read More