John Martin

The San Francisco Airport Wants To Crush Small Businesses

Air Heads

SFO officials deserve some blame for an air disaster in Honduras. By Matt Smith

Our Money Flies Out of SFO

A new audit shows bureaucrats spent public money on a failed private business in Honduras

Noir You See It, Noir You Don't

Naming one of the masterminds of the SFO Enterprises scandal as a "watchdog" over billions in public investment: city government or pulp fiction?

Tsunami Politics

Why will the city receive no money from the sale of SFO Enterprises?

The High Life

Breathing in sleaziness at the rarefied and urbane levels of San Francisco political life

Killing You Slowly

A new Manson Family movie is a bloody, gutless affair

Lee Way

The public career path of Andrew Lee explains a lot about what's wrong with Willie Brown's style of politics and governance

A Glimmer of Hope

In the city of sleaze, someone's finally doing something about SFO's shady little side business

Making Scents at SFO

Bad stuff's hitting the fan out at the airport. Can mayoral confidante Eleanor Johns help keep the smell down?

SFO My God

Airport officials have bungled their international business efforts so badly, the city attorney has to investigate

Life Is Change

Even a headstrong columnist can meet his match -- and have to move on

Pinocchio and SFO

Once upon a time, there were airport officials who wanted to spin tall tales, spend $745,000 on Honduran boondoggling, and not explain very much

Now That's Amore

In S.F., spring is the season for romance. And pig coitus. And mouse erections. And ...

Brownout at SFO

Mayor's attempt to end-run city voters on runways-in-bay reflects dimming of his political star

Flight Capital

How SFO officials used city employees and money -- in apparent violation of state and federal law -- in a very odd attempt to privatize the airports of Honduras

The Art of the Deal

The Academy of Art College may be questionable as a school, but it's a hell of a business

San Francisco International Airpork

How the SFO construction program went $1 billion over budget. Yes, billion. With a B.

Chronicle of a Theft Foretold

It's shoplifting season, and book dealers know what thieves are after

Sutter's Giant Sucking Sound

Sutter Health, which owns one of California's largest hospital empires, is a nonprofit, tax-exempt charity. Critics wonder why Sutter dispenses so little charity, and vacuums so much profit, from the hospitals it acquires.

Stage

Sutter Health, which owns one of California's largest hospital empires, is a nonprofit, tax-exempt charity. Critics wonder why Sutter dispenses so little charity, and vacuums so much profit, from the hospitals it acquires.

Affirmative Action Derailed

With Prop. 209 looming, an airport contract battle shows how S.F. has failed to keep faith with minority business

The Grid

With Prop. 209 looming, an airport contract battle shows how S.F. has failed to keep faith with minority business

Letters

With Prop. 209 looming, an airport contract battle shows how S.F. has failed to keep faith with minority business

Two Airport Chiefs Divert Assets Offshore. One Gets Fired, the Other -- SFO Chief John Martin -- Stays Put.

According to news reports, starting in 2000 and up to the near-present, Houston Airport Chief Richard Vacar oversaw the diversion of  a reported $1.9 million worth of employee time to a private corporation set up to operate the airport in Quito, Ecuador.According to an SF Weekly investigation, ... More >>

Distressed Properties

The state's quick budget fix of selling off public buildings is a horrible idea.

How airport officials let Hertz drive off with nearly $1 million

The state's quick budget fix of selling off public buildings is a horrible idea.

New California Law Gives Brewery Tasting Rooms a Break

Jason HenryDrake's Barrel House in San Leandro was built expensively under the old law​You walk into a brewery tasting room and order a sample. The beer is delicious, but you can't help noticing that the brewery doesn't have washable tile flooring and the cashier isn't far from the dishwasher. ... More >>