The Presidio Historical Society and the Sierra Club lost their bid to block a proposed new hotel in the Presidio when the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals rejected their argumen... Read More
After Black Lives Matter activists disrupted a speech by candidate Bernie Sanders, one activist told reporters that she didn’t do it to get attention from white people. That ... Read More
In mid-January, San Francisco police asked for the public’s help in catching a male suspect who stole various make-up items from a store on the 2100 block of Chestnut Street ... Read More
In early January, police made an arrest in the beating death of 74-year-old North Beach sketch artist Stuart Jackson. Collin White, 38, was arrested after he was identified in surv... Read More
In the second tragedy in three months involving tourist buses in the city, 82-year-old Pieter Roell was killed in January when he was hit by a tour bus while he was crossing a stre... Read More
If you’re looking to take a Snickers and Pepsi break, you’ll need to find a vending machine outside of city property if Supervisor Mark Farrell gets his way. He is prop... Read More
In late January, Mayor Ed Lee and Board of Supervisors President London Breed put forth a ballot measure to expand access to mental health services for city residents, including th... Read More
A new mayoral-supervisor disagreement will result in City Hall throwing two competing affordable housing measures on the ballot. One is Supervisor Jane Kim’s plan to increase... Read More
The Super Bowl will be played down in Santa Clara, but the fan gathering for Super Bowl City downtown the week before the Feb. 7 big game will be here in San Francisco at the end o... Read More
With our city’s population marching higher month after month, some of those growing pains are felt on our city streets in the form of traffic congestion, crowded Muni buses, ... Read More
“Here are we, one magical moment, such is the stuff from where dreams are woven.” — David Bowie, Station to Station David Bowie died on Jan. 10. Two days earlier, he... Read More
If you track the incidents of crime in San Francisco, the statistics reported through the middle of 2015 won’t make you happy. From July 2014 through July 2015, citywide viol... Read More
In a geographically small but wealthy city where even some middle-class families are struggling to find housing, addressing the homelessness issue is a challenge. San Francisco has... Read More
Your Humble Columnist Thanks to the editors of the Marina Times for granting me a little corner of this fine periodical in my third term as District 3 supervisor. My intent is to s... Read More
What is the status of the Lombard Street project? Lombard Street is one of the main gateways to San Francisco. A few years ago I kicked off a community process to reenvision Lombar... Read More