'Meeting time, guys.' The strangely nostalgic odor of stale beer wafts through the streets of Potrero Hill as a handful of familiar figures converge on a designated corner. It's the Progressive Apologists, a group of lefty media movers and shakers who have been summoned to a top secret meeting by Bay Guardian publisher Bruce Brugmann.
They are assembled at their haunt of choice -- the taco truck down the road from the Anchor Steam brewery. There's Brugmann and his executive editor Tim
In his illustrious National Basketball Association career, Kevin Johnson racked up 1,082 steals. Now a San Francisco miscreant has registered a steal at Johnson's expense. In his blog, Johnson, now mayor of Sacramento, wrote that his weekend trip to San Francisco was highlighted by someone swiping his suit bag -- while Johnson assisted a struggling elderly pedestrian. "I didn't expect to be a crime victim on the streets of San
Francisco. Nobody does. But it happened, on a beautiful evening th