Email Author Joe Eskenazi

Awards

• 2012 - Maggies: The Magazine Awards of Western Publishing

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

• 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 - 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"

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

  "The Worst-Run Big City"

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

  "Voodoo on the Vine"

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2012 Stories by Joe Eskenazi

• Old Cop, Young Cop: Police Battle Retirees Over Pensions

  published June 13, 2012

  Jackie Mason once noted that if a crook is bothering you, you can always call a cop, but if a cop is on your case, you can't call a crook. A... More >>

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  COVER STORY

  Muni: Our Transit Agency Has Neglected Maintenance for Years

  published June 13, 2012

  Illustration by Andrew J. Nilsen. In early 2011, Dorian... More >>

• Prop. B: Tracking the Money Poured into the Coit Tower Battle

  published June 6, 2012

  Even in an era when top hats and monocles have given way to blazers with jeans and loafers, it's still swell to be a swell. The trappings of... More >>

• Pants Down: Prisoners Work Unpaid Wearing Sweatshop-Made Garb

  published May 30, 2012

  Earlier this month, the Examiner revealed that the city outfitted its prisoners in jail pants manufactured in a Dominican plant... More >>

• High Hopes: Undefeated Mayfield Puts His Title on the Line

  published May 16, 2012

  For a boxer who is undefeated in 16 pro bouts, San Francisco's own Karim "Hard Hitta" Mayfield has grown remarkably adept at searching out... More >>

• BOSF 2012: How to Smuggle Beer into a Stadium

  published May 16, 2012

  In 2005, San Francisco 49ers fans Daniel and Kathleen Sheehan objected to the team forcing patrons into a game of two-hand touch. Claiming... More >>

• Wife vs. Sheriff: 1914 Scandal Was Worse Than 2012 Version

  published May 9, 2012

  You know that deposed San Francisco sheriff whose life and career were immolated following a sordid accusation from his wife? You sure? Because... More >>

• Occupy Coit Tower: Dinner for 1 Percenters Angers Community

  published May 2, 2012

  In the most overtly political of Bernard Zakheim's Depression-era Coit Tower murals, a man reaches for a copy of Karl Marx's Das... More >>

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  COVER STORY

  The Psychic World of Stanley Krippner: A quest to document ESP

  published April 25, 2012

  Illustration by MEAR ONE. June, 1970: an interesting time.... More >>

• Rant: Entitled Freeloaders Have It Their Way at Safeway

  published April 18, 2012

  Ranters: Two thirtysomething women buying, respectively, diet soda and laundry detergent; an entitled young man eating cake and leafing... More >>

• Muni Town Hall: New Chief Meets, Confounds His Public

  published April 4, 2012

  The 30-odd folks who filed into the Main Library's Koret Auditorium for a recent "Muni Town Hall" looked exactly like you'd expect the crowd at... More >>

• Moral Mirkitude: Nixing the Sheriff's Pension Would Be a Feat

  published April 4, 2012

  After working with Willie Brown and Gavin Newsom, Mayor Ed Lee should know moral turpitude when he sees it. The same goes for "official... More >>

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  COVER STORY

  Soup to Nuts: Crazy Food Taxes Penalize the Poor, Benefit the Rich

  published April 4, 2012

  Illustration by Jesse Lefkowitz. Not so long ago, a San... More >>

• How the Sheriff Came to This: Mirkarimi's Worst Decisions

  published March 28, 2012

  Ross Mirkarimi dealt himself a bad hand, and he played it even worse. While it's hard to conceive of any scenario in which the... More >>

• America's Cup: Economic Projections Are Beyond Optimistic

  published March 7, 2012

  Sometimes it seems Ed Lee is not just the mayor but the official greeter of a city that relies, to an alarming extent, on tourist dollars. Last... More >>

• America's Cup: Deal Nearly Funded Race with Pricey Condos

  published February 29, 2012

  Due to this week's decimation of the America's Cup deal, it's uncertain when the Board of Supervisors will be voting on the ever-shifting plan... More >>

• Supes Should Rethink Kids' Free Muni Rides

  published February 22, 2012

  There's a world of difference between standing in the cold desiring a streetcar and A Streetcar Named Desire. But, thanks to San... More >>

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  COVER STORY

  The Cup Runneth Over: S.F.'s America's Cup Decision Looms

  published February 15, 2012

  Illustration by Andrew J. Nilsen, based on The Great Wave off Kanagawa by... More >>

• The Golden Age of Punting: Local Kickers Lead the Field

  published January 18, 2012

  Speaking to the press after a superlative game, 49ers punter Andy Lee tends to credit God for his on-field mastery. If the Lord does intervene... More >>

• "Linus and Lucy" and Lawsuits: Guaraldi Heirs Sue for Royalties

  published January 11, 2012

  Charles Schulz's Peanuts featured Linus Van Pelt quoting Victorian scholar and critic John Ruskin ("The best grace is the consciousness... More >>

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  COVER STORY

  Prop 13: The Building-Sized Loopholes Corporations Exploit

  published January 4, 2012

  Illustration by David Flaherty. Copper thieves are pilfering copper.... More >>