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In recent days, at least three supervisorial candidates for District 8 reached out to former Mayor Art Agnos, hoping for his political benediction. They were all...
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Last month, BART's board of directors awarded part of a multimillion-dollar lighting contract to Nedar Bey — who, earlier this year, had accused that very same board of...
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Gavin Newsom is a handsome and charismatic enough speaker that he could grab a microphone and spend 10 minutes detailing the meteorological conditions affecting British...
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Everyone remembers the curt dismissal given to Ralphie, the protagonist of the 1983 film A Christmas Story, when he expressed his deep desire to obtain an Official Red Ryder...
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A recent San Francisco Examiner article about BART's lost-and-found policy somehow managed to avoid asking the massive, throbbing question one simply must ask of the person...
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With polling figures showing Gavin Newsom trailing badly in his bid for governor, pundits say he will have to spend more time wooing voters in Southern California. How can he...
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As the Examiner reported last week, lobbyists paid hundreds of thousands of dollars by the city in recent years haven't bothered to file required reports with the Ethics...
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Even though he isn't in office anymore, it looks like Willie Brown is still making surprises for the Board of Supervisors. Da Former Mayor is sponsoring a bill in the state...
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Not long ago, Charles Esler's Chihuahua, Tita, chased a woman clear across Dolores Park. The dog "just gets fixated," he says nonchalantly. "It's only with females that she'll...
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The truly insidious Us Weekly has a nifty little photo feature titled "Just like us!" featuring famous people caught in the act of jogging, ordering at Del Taco, buying...
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When Supervisor Chris Daly tossed his hat into the ring for the low-profile, unpaid position of Democratic Party regional director last week, much of the ensuing media...
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If ever you needed another reason to despise Paris Hilton — utter vapidity, being famous despite having no discernible talent, overuse of the teeth in her sole...
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If few of the elected officials who signed a law into existence can be bothered to follow it, and the government commission charged with implementing that law opts not to...
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Last week an eye-catching ad appeared on the San Francisco Chronicle's home page; clicking on it led to the Web site www.saveourfirehouses.com. You won't find out who wants...
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In early February, Supervisor Michela Alioto-Pier met City Attorney Dennis Herrera for a cup of coffee. She was hoping to get him to reconsider a ruling from his office...
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Barack Obama campaigned — and won — largely on a message of hope. And, on surveying the masses present for his inauguration last week, one group of Americans has...
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Political etiquette in the state capitol dictates that you don't take on an incumbent in your own party. Even if said incumbent re-enacts scenes from Mad Max on the freeway;...
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San Francisco is a city that enjoys being scratched behind the ears by an adoring world. And the city was certainly purring a little more than a year ago when it banned...
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Anyone with cable television or an Internet hookup knows all too well that this is the dawning of the age of the douchebag. While the term for a feminine hygiene implement...
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What's that really long tome everyone says they've read but no one does? No, not Ulysses. In San Francisco government, it's often an Environmental Impact Report — and...
