Johnny Mathis comes home for the holidays
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,” […]
Reynolds Rap
Cirque du Soleil
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 […]
Are the candidates for San Francisco district attorney tough enough?
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 […]
State of emergency
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 […]
Dignity through accountability
It’s 98 degrees on a June day in Austin, Tex., but the humidity makes it a balmy 118. I’m sitting on a shaded bench waiting […]
Irrevocable parole and our property crime crisis
Last month the Marina Times ran a quality of life survey, and it comes as no surprise that the two major concerns for city residents […]
Uber and Lyft, Mohammed Nuru, Navigation Centers
My last three columns garnered correspondence from residents all over the city. From a formerly homeless man who wrote the most touching letter I’ve received […]
Real reason to stop navigation centers: They don’t work
“I don’t want to obsess over one little piece of the system, because navigation centers do not exit people from homelessness, they’re a path towards […]
It’s time for Mayor Breed to sweep DPW boss to the curb
“And by the way, clean up the streets in San Francisco, they are disgusting!” —President Donald Trump to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Twitter When […]
Lawmakers still largely ignoring Uber and Lyft traffic nightmare
“Shared scooters/bikes are an exciting part of the future of urban mobility . . . If we’re serious about reducing congestion, as we should be, […]