A different perspective on the booking process

In his September 21 blog, Tim Redmond claimed my recent article was inaccurate when I ascribed the sexual assault on a juvenile girl by a released burglar as the responsibility of... Read More

Community

Is San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin lying about his prosecution record?

By Lou Barberini

San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin recently made a video explaining his prosecution record by asking you to imagine going into a restaurant and ordering an omelet ... Read More

Commentary

Burglar Released By Boudin Traumatizes Young Girl

By Lou Barberini

On a late August night, a burglary occurred at a commercial building in the Mission District. The building’s surveillance video was viewed by Mission Station police officers ... Read More

Community

What “woke people” are missing

The numbers you cite might not mean what you think they mean

By Lou Barberini

“Hey Sarge, I’m rotating into my weekend. The bad guys will know I’m off and are probably going to run wild. See if you can keep the district intact until I come back.” ... Read More

Real Estate

The calm before the storm

So this is what a buyer’s market feels like

By Garey De Martini

Buckle your seat belts. The next two and a half months promise to be a wild ride, given the upcoming presidential election and the surging then subsiding then surging again pandem... Read More

MomSense

I tested positive for Covid . . . I think

The virus can defeat even the best defenses

By Liz Farrell

It’s a distinct feeling, one of shock where your heart stops, it feels impossible to catch your breath, and the whole room goes blurry. Only a few times have I experienced this,... Read More

News Briefs

Steiner street closure advances

By John Zipperer

An effort to help local businesses by closing Steiner Street and allowing restaurants to use the streets for properly socially distanced seating has been delayed for weeks, but it... Read More

News Briefs

Parks are the new gyms

By John Zipperer

Owners of local gyms and fitness studios have complained in recent months about the dangers to their businesses caused by restrictions on operating during the era of Covid-19. In ... Read More

News Briefs

Burglaries rise

By John Zipperer

Burglaries are up more than 40 percent from 2019 to 2020 year-to-date, reports new Northern Station Captain Paul Yep. As of mid-August, he said there have been 906 reported burgla... Read More

Modern Eating

The Big Pivot

Northside restaurants adopt new strategies to serve their customers and stay in business

By Kat Anderson

Times are tough for restaurants. Like trying-to-chew-shoe-leather tough. Industry watchers speculate that more than half of San Francisco’s restaurants may permanently close. I ... Read More

District 2 Supervisor

A landmark election

Rating the propositions and candidates on your November ballot

By Catherine Stefani

For most of us, this November will mark the single most important election of our lifetimes. Americans will finally have the chance to reject an administration that has failed to ... Read More

A & E

In search of new sounds

Finding quality in a landscape altered by tech and cultural change

By Michael Snyder

Where can I find out about good new music?” A friend recently asked me that question in conjunction with a complaint about having lost his favorite rock radio station when it ch... Read More

News Briefs

Fauci and schools

By John Zipperer

Policymakers and parents have spent a lot of time planning and worrying about how to reopen schools and other communal spaces. According to Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the Nati... Read More

Reynolds Rap

Is saving San Francisco a priority for politicians?

Residents’ request for homeless village met with silence

By Susan Dyer Reynolds

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

Coastal Commuter

The fix is in — or out

By Michael Snyder

The ants invaded my kitchen in L.A. a few days ago. I was just standing there and peeling a grapefruit when I looked down at the counter next to the sink to behold a sight that in... Read More

Issue September 2020