Email Author John Geluardi

Awards

• 2009 - Peninsula Press Club Awards, published December 10, 2008

  "Drama Mia"

• 2009 - Peninsula Press Club Awards, published September 10, 2008

  "Stiffed"

• 2009 - Peninsula Press Club Awards, published April 30, 2008

  "Party Crashers 08"

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2008 Stories by John Geluardi

• The fight for the bohemian soul of North Beach's Caffe Trieste

  published December 10, 2008

  The regular Saturday concert at Caffe Trieste in North Beach was already under way when the cafe's founder, Giovanni Giotta — known to... More >>

• White Lies

  published December 3, 2008

  Ex-supervisor Dan White's former campaign manager, Ray Sloan, was the first person to take his seat at the Castro Theatre last week for a... More >>

• The Class of 2000

  published October 29, 2008

  On Jan. 9, 2001, a ragtag group of neighborhood activists arrived in San Francisco's historic, oak-paneled Legislative Chamber to be sworn in... More >>

• Checkin' It Out

  published October 22, 2008

  Not too long ago, the San Francisco Coalition for Responsible Growth announced its plans to "put an end to the ideological approach that exists... More >>

• Will black neighborhoods in S.F. support the gay marriage ban — again?

  published October 8, 2008

  San Francisco may be the spiritual homeland of the gay-rights movement, but that doesn't mean all its residents are of the same mind when it... More >>

• Channel 29 producer Ace Washington's shows canceled

  published September 17, 2008

  Free speech has always been a cherished aspect of San Francisco's political and cultural life, but apparently speaking your mind goes only so... More >>

• Stiffed

  published September 10, 2008

  Sometime past midnight on Labor Day of last year, 22-year-old John "Daniel" Schirra was running nude along an Ingleside District street,... More >>

• Newsrack fee hike could create more empty boxes

  published August 13, 2008

  Looking down the barrel of a $338 million budget shortfall, the mayor and board of supervisors moved last month to double the permit fees from... More >>

• How renters work the system to live for free in one of America's most expensive cities

  published July 30, 2008

  In September, rental agent Lynne Hubbard sat in a cafe across from Dr. John Getzow, whom she was considering as a potential tenant for a room... More >>

• Subway Daze

  published July 23, 2008

  There's more trouble on the tracks for the city's proposed $1.3 billion Central Subway project. BART officials are hopping mad because San... More >>

• Who You Gonna Call?

  published June 18, 2008

  As the city looks down the barrel of a $338 million budget deficit that will cost hundreds of city jobs and make bone-deep cuts to city... More >>

• A Time to Kill

  published June 11, 2008

  When feral kittens are put up for adoption at the San Francisco Society for... More >>

• SF Military Vets Go to War With Each Other

  published May 14, 2008

  The San Francisco Veterans Affairs Commission has declared war, but the field of battle is not on foreign shores. Rather, the commission is... More >>

• SuperHustle

  published May 14, 2008

  San Francisco politicians harp on about the need to stop big business from spoiling the city's character, and they have enacted some of the... More >>

• Party Crashers 08

  published April 30, 2008

  Independent vice-presidential candidate Matt Gonzalez sits attentively in the front row of UC Berkeley's Wheeler Auditorium, waiting for an... More >>

• S.F. Taxicab Commission Spends $100K to Keep Cabbie Away from Staff

  published April 2, 2008

  Over the past 15 months, administrators for San Francisco's Taxicab Commission have made longtime cabbie Jacob Brettholz public enemy number... More >>

• Bay Area News Group asks staff to devise a 'NewPaper'

  published March 19, 2008

  Leave it to the cost-cutters at MediaNews to try to sell their East Bay readerships a newspaper makeover that will improve the quality of... More >>

• SF Supervisor Aaron Peskin's Message to Newsom: Quit Attacking Me!

  published March 5, 2008

  Aaron Peskin walks into North Beach's legendary Caffe Trieste, wearing a natty olive suit and acting like he owns the place. Seven years after... More >>

• Staph Infection Coverage Generates Gay Health Hysteria

  published February 6, 2008

  After an outcry by gay activists and a pointed editorial in the Bay Area Reporter, a queer weekly newspaper, UCSF apologized for a... More >>

• Dan White's Motive More About Betrayal Than Homophobia

  published January 30, 2008

  Political consultant Ray Sloan took a deep drink of white wine, returned his glass to the bar, and began to reminisce about the political... More >>

• Burning Atlanta

  published January 2, 2008

  Things have been going well for Municipal Transportation Agency executive director Nathaniel "Nat" Ford since he came to San Francisco. Last... More >>