Email Author Joe Eskenazi

Awards

• 2012 - Maggies: The Magazine Awards of Western Publishing

  "The Worst Run Big City in the U.S."

• 2012 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published March 9, 2011

  "The Art of the Steal"

• 2011 - Maggies: The Magazine Awards of Western Publishing, published April 14, 2010

  "The Muni Death Spiral"

• 2011 - Maggies: The Magazine Awards of Western Publishing, published October 20, 2010

  "Let It Bleed"

• 2011 - Peninsula Press Club Awards, published October 20, 2010

  "Let It Bleed"

• 2011 - Peninsula Press Club Awards, published April 14, 2010

  "The Muni Death Spiral"

• 2010 - Maggies: The Magazine Awards of Western Publishing, published June 17, 2009

  "Service with a Smile"

• 2010 - Maggies: The Magazine Awards of Western Publishing, published December 16, 2009

  "The Worst-Run Big City"

• 2010 - Best of the West/First Amendment Funding, Inc., published January 7, 2009

  "Baggage"

• 2010 - Peninsula Press Club Awards, published June 17, 2009

  "Service with a Snarl"

• 2009 - Peninsula Press Club Awards, published November 19, 2008

  "Voodoo on the Vine"

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2013 Stories by Joe Eskenazi

• Brain Distrust: Shrinks and Scientologists Find Weird Common Ground Over the DSM-5

  published May 22, 2013

  The Achilles heel of the Occupy movement was that extreme and — some would say — unbalanced individuals hijacked the spotlight and... More >>

• Bells and Whistleblowers: The Ethics Commission Majors in Ironic Studies

  published May 22, 2013

  At times, the efficacy of the city's Ethics Commission is akin to a strongly worded resolution used to combat a building-sized reptile... More >>

• With All Due Respect: The Risk of Marketing Yachting as "NASCAR on Water" is That You're Creating NASCAR on Water

  published May 22, 2013

  In the NASCAR-themed epic Talladega Nights, Will Ferrell's character explains that prefacing his statements with "With all due respect"... More >>

• Natural Selection: What's Happening to Golden Gate Park isn't Natural. But it Never Was

  published May 15, 2013

  Thanks to Google Maps, the gopher holes in the Beach Chalet Soccer Field are now visible from space. You can't see what's going on in the... More >>

• Duel Purpose: Opponents Accuse a Supervisor of Introducing Legislation to Clean up the Mess he Made

  published May 15, 2013

  Come November, San Franciscans will all but surely have to decide between ballot measures regarding whether we should or shouldn't build the... More >>

• Fat Cats and Big Fish: New Rules Won't Starve Those at the Top of the Political Food Chain

  published May 8, 2013

  There's a San Francisco worldview in which Willie Brown is omnipresent: He sits high above us in a skyscraper, reclining in a black leather... More >>

• Forbidden-Fruit Flavored: The City's Efforts to Prevent Kids From Guzzling Monster Drinks May do the Opposite

  published May 8, 2013

  City Attorney Dennis Herrera has discovered a way to get a jolt from an energy drink without ever taking a sip. On the cusp of a... More >>

• The Hurt Locker: Buying a Gun Locker is Sometimes Harder Than Buying a Gun

  published May 1, 2013

  Everything's bigger at Costco: Boxes of Cheerios resembling Mission Bay, flats of enough Irish Spring for all County Mayo, and mayo jars the... More >>

• Insecurity: The Boston Bombings Create a Revival of Security Theater in S.F.

  published May 1, 2013

  Metaphysical debates aren't your standard ballpark fare — but, as we've been told so often, 9/11 changed everything. In the wake... More >>

• Running of the Bull: Cable Cars Are Trundling Money Away From the Transit You Actually Use

  published April 24, 2013

  Cable cars clang-clanging their way over the hills is as much a symbol of San Francisco as enraged bulls thundering through ancient streets... More >>

• Wheels of Justice: Police Segway Skills are Honed at SFO, but Don't Hope for a High-Speed Pursuit

  published April 24, 2013

  The Segway's circuitous ascent to official Wonder Future Vehicle of Tomorrow suffered a blow when the company's owner rolled one off a cliff... More >>

• A CleanPowerSF Official Has Some Alleged Dirty Dealings

  published April 17, 2013

  Last year, SF Weekly reported that multiple nonprofits complained to the mayor's office that a PUC official warned against publicly... More >>

• Grout Expectations: The Central Subway Plan Tries to Compensate for its Shortcomings, but May Just Frack it Up

  published April 17, 2013

  In the days before cell phones, bored undergraduates in the restrooms of institutions of higher learning passed time by scrawling puns in the... More >>

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  COVER STORY

  Power Play: San Francisco's Plan for Clean, Local Energy Lacks One Detail: Everything.

  published April 10, 2013

  A platoon of union workers in loud, matching outfits is nearly... More >>

• Cup of Merde: News of the City Being “Fucking Played” Reaches France

  published April 10, 2013

  Anyone curious about the French take on the America's Cup fiasco is in for a lesson on the difficulties of translating colloquialisms,... More >>

• Roads to Hell: S.F.'s Shameful Street Names

  published March 27, 2013

  On June 27, 1986, a resolution named a street after Polish politician and Nobel Peace Prize winner Lech Walesa, "who has unselflessly (sic)... More >>

• This New Old House: "Demolition" Versus "Remodel,' Redux

  published March 27, 2013

  In December, SF Weekly ran a story about the surreal rules builders exploit to blow up small homes into mansions, consuming San... More >>

• Switched Off: Muni's Switchback Solution Conceals Other Problems

  published March 20, 2013

  Earlier this month, newly minted Supervisor Katy Tang was feted for targeting Muni switchbacks as one of her first moves. This was wise:... More >>

• Cup Runneth Under: Bad News About America's Cup Forecasts

  published March 20, 2013

  Last week, readers of the San Francisco Business Times on March 11 learned "America's Cup economic impact lowered to $780 million from... More >>

• Triathlon Deaths: By the Numbers

  published March 13, 2013

  On the morning of the Escape from Alcatraz triathlon, Ross Ehlinger was a husband, father, and athlete. By the end of the day he was a... More >>

• Ties That Bind: Once an Eagle Scout, Always an Eagle Scout

  published March 6, 2013

  "Enclosed you will find what was at one time one of the treasures of my life — my Eagle Scout Medal," begins a letter from the Rev. Gene... More >>

• Privacy Please: Covering a SOMA Hotel to Keep Seniors Happy

  published March 6, 2013

  The Planning Commission is not sexy. Phonebook-sized case summaries before the Planning Commission are not sexy. But a line unearthed from one... More >>

• Central Subway: Muni's Drilling Plan Strains Credulity

  published February 27, 2013

  When news broke that the city is holding the bag for the tens of millions of dollars the America's Cup Organizing Committee hasn't raised,... More >>

• Penny for Your Votes: Supervisors Lend Funds to Curious Causes

  published February 27, 2013

  "Streamlining" and "pandering" are both terms that raise red flags when applied to local government. So it warrants mentioning that San... More >>

• Waste Management: Why Muni Won't Ban Serial Bus-Soilers

  published February 20, 2013

  Forty years after outfitting its trains with cushioned seats and carpeting, BART has announced it will finally begin taking steps against those... More >>