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Nevius: The girl, the fury, and the fallout
On Jan. 1, Kimi Stout, a former server, posted an Instagram video. It showed her peeling off her Girl & the Fig T-shirt, throwing it in a trash can and finishing with a double-barreled middle finger salute. → Read More
Nevius: Super Bowl feeling normal after season that wasn’t
To the surprise and amazement of many, the league managed to pull off a full 16-game season for all 32 teams despite the coronavirus. → Read More
Nevius: Time for 49ers' investment in Jimmy Garoppolo to start paying off
With the highly paid QB healthy after his ACL tear, the hype is building again. → Read More
Nevius: Bill Walsh wrote the book on NFL coaching success
It’s been 37 years, so it is hard to remember what a thunderclap of astonishment it was when Walsh took the 49ers to their first Super Bowl in 1982. → Read More
Nevius: NFL can't seem to get its act together lately
The league is currently wrestling with two points of contention — protests during the national anthem and a new rule on helmet-to-helmet collisions./ → Read More
Sony brings hammer down on Wiener’s Katy Perry drag-queen video
In her first-place primary run for state Senate in June, San Francisco Supervisor Jane Kim was said to benefit from a “Bernie bump” — an endorsement from presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders. Last week, Wiener released a campaign musical video set to the tune of Katy Perry’s “Firework.” At least that’s how it seemed until Friday, when Susan Arnold, vice president of the commercial music… → Read More
More ride options doesn’t mean less traffic
With a limited number of taxis, some drivers concentrated on downtown hotels, hoping to get a “golden ticket” ride to an airport. [...] residents on the west side of town found drivers were reluctant to come all the way out to the outer avenues to pick up riders. Even if the treasurer’s numbers include people who drive for Uber or Lyft only part time, 37,000 cars is a huge increase in available… → Read More
Soothing massages in SF’s Tenderloin: No, not that kind
Soothing massages in SF’s Tenderloin: Simmons, a builder and contractor, bought a former auto body shop on Eddy Street and has transformed it with redwood shelving and doors and a communal bathing pool with a stone deck. Simmons and Smith think that when the Onsen Spa opens in October, they’ll attract a diverse clientele of office workers needing a healing massage, acupuncture treatment and,… → Read More
Beach patrol looking for a few good swimmers
[...] your work space is San Francisco’s Ocean Beach, one of the most turbulent and deadly stretches of salt water in the country. Sean Scallan, who has been working the beach patrol as an employee of the National Park Service for 17 years, says that in a typical season the 3-mile stretch of bone-chilling, 50-degree water has “between five and seven rip currents,” which can grab a swimmer and… → Read More
Reality pokes holes in fears about increase in discarded needles
According to the Department of Public Works, in all of 2008 there were fewer than 400 needle complaints. [...] complaints about potholes and street cleaning also spiked, jumping from just over 40,000 in 2008 to over 100,000 this year. Two years ago the city launched a smartphone mobile app and Internet portal called SF311. Jason Elliott, Mayor Ed Lee’s deputy chief of staff, who’s been working… → Read More
Game over for artificial-turf curmudgeons at Beach Chalet
On an unseasonably sun-splashed afternoon in Golden Gate Park, 12-year-old Angelee Yusi of Denman Middle School took a pass at midfield, cut outside and drilled a soccer goal. Angelee was 6 years old when the city first proposed replacing the natural grass at the Beach Chalet soccer fields with artificial turf. Wednesday’s debut of the fields was a moment for the city, for the organizers, and… → Read More
Bike messenger hailed as hero for saving newborn’s life
Bike messenger hailed as hero for saving newborn’s life In one of those bizarre moments that reminds us that the Tenderloin transformation is a work in progress, Marquez was riding his delivery bike down Market Street on Monday of last week when he came upon a scene of pandemonium at a bus shelter between Fifth and Sixth Streets. Help her!’ and there was a woman crouching on the sidewalk with… → Read More
San Francisco on cusp of transformation
The tech boom has proved to be a source of endless fascination, and our sky-high housing rates are everyone’s favorite reference point for the economic sea change in personal living. Some of it will be as obvious as a revived Mid-Market, where buildings boarded up with plywood will become shops and stores. Some will be as subtle as an increase in families with children staying in the city.… → Read More
Volunteers vie to help down-and-out on Thanksgiving
Volunteers vie to help down-and-out on Thanksgiving On Thanksgiving, some good-hearted folks think about volunteering at a soup kitchen or low-income dining hall. “Getting a volunteer spot on Thanksgiving Day is kind of like getting a reservation at the French Laundry,” he said. [...] I thought we might take a moment to highlight a few people who really get it. “I wanted to give this to you… → Read More
Ex-Chronicle boss finds out firsthand about crime
Ward Bushee, former executive vice president and editor at The Chronicle, spent five years overseeing coverage of crime in the city. The quiet neighborhood, bordering Noe Valley, seems like an unlikely spot for what police call a “hot prowl.” [...] Bushee says there have been warning signs, which are of particular concern after three drifters allegedly killed a woman in Golden Gate Park and a… → Read More
Julie Christensen looks back on political lessons learned
Julie Christensen looks back on political lessons learned Julie Christensen has been a rising political star, a district supervisor, an incumbent candidate in a bare-knuckles election, the object of fierce disagreement in Chinatown, and a losing candidate who is now looking back at her career in City Hall. Christensen was appointed District Three supervisor by Mayor Ed Lee in December but with… → Read More
Central Subway project walking tour shows light at end of tunnel
Central Subway project walking tour shows light at end of tunnel For all the fuss and griping about traffic problems caused by the Central Subway construction, it’s hard not to be impressed when you’re 100 feet down in the futuristic, 20-foot-high concrete tube. When Central Subway Program Director John Funghi offered a tour of the subterranean railway route this week, I quickly accepted. If… → Read More
Acclaimed deli’s patrons must stomach SoMa street chaos
Acclaimed deli’s patrons must stomach SoMa street chaos Because Mesnick is finding that, although his business is doing well, the inherent problems in his South of Market neighborhood — drugs, crime and drinking — continue to present problems. In the grand tradition of startups, Mesnick left a career in mortgage banking six years ago to pursue his passion — food. “In the beginning the Deli Board… → Read More
There’s nothing funny about the ‘Shrimp Boy’ trial
Add in flamboyant, quirky defense attorney J. Tony Serra, with his vow of poverty, distinctive white ponytail and list of high-profile clients, from Black Panther Huey Newton to Greg Anderson, Barry Bonds’ trainer. [...] sit in the courtroom for a day and listen to the testimony about guns, violence and drugs. Cmdr. Toney Chaplin, head of investigations for the Police Department, spent 14 years… → Read More
GOP debate stage less crowded, still chaotic
GOP debate stage less crowded, still chaotic [...] if we learned anything from this ongoing TV series, it is that eight is enough. Christine Hughes, chair of the San Francisco Republican Party, hosted a local watch party of some 50 Republicans. Some Bush supporters have reportedly put together a video claiming that Rubio’s abortion stance — militantly antiabortion and no exceptions even in cases… → Read More