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    January 17, 2012

    Ross Mirkarimi to Appear in Court This Week

    Luke Thomas​Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi was supposed to appear in court today, but his attorney is now telling reporters he will be arraigned Thursday on domestic violence charges. Mirkarimi was booked into his own county jail on Friday on three misdemeanor counts of battery, child endangerment, and at ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2012

    Ross Mirkarimi's Wife Attends Anti-Ross Mirkarimi Rally

    ​A hastily assembled press conference pairing members of the media with greater numbers of anti-domestic violence advocates calling for the resignation of Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi was graced by an odd visitation -- Mirkarimi's wife. Eliana Lopez stood, literally, on the steps of City Hall with membe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 9, 2012

    Ross Mirkarimi Update: Allegations of Abuse "Out of Context." Say What?

    Luke Thomas, Fog City JournalLa famille Mirkarimi​There was, understandably, much talk about the awkwardness of Ross Mirkarimi's Sunday inauguration as San Francisco sheriff. The progressive stalwart and former supervisor is facing allegations of domestic abuse; if things go badly for him he could ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2011

    Election Money -- Who Gave What in San Francisco

    Invest, young man. Invest in politics! ​As of last night, San Francisco's election season is all over except for the shoutin' -- and recriminatin' and fulminatin' and tabulatin' who bought what. Assuming Mayor Ed Lee does pull it out, a number of observers will note he did so in spite of the actio ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2011

    Guardian Newsroom Hit with Layoffs

    Luke ThomasSarah Phelan, seen here with husband Khalil Abu-Saba, has been abruptly let go by the Guardian in a purported cost-cutting move​Veteran reporter Sarah Phelan was last night shown the door along with several others in a round of layoffs at the San Francisco Bay Guardian.Guardian executiv ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 20, 2011

    Dave Schwartz, "Hero" of Nevada's Pot Movement, to Take Over Michela Alioto-Pier's Mayoral Campaign

    Luke ThomasMichela's marijuana man​The days when "gambling" with marijuana on a Las Vegas' Strip could result in lifetime imprisonment are long gone. Reefer now mixes with roulette in the nation's Sin City -- where, it should be noted, one has never needed a medical recommendation to use prostitut ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 17, 2010

    Harvey Milk's Chair -- Can It Be Given Away?

    Won't anyone take Harvey's chair?​You'd think snagging Harvey Milk's old chair in the Board of Supervisors chambers would be an honor his political heirs would stand up for to sit down in.But you'd be wrong -- three times wrong. Supervisor Sean Elsbernd should know. He's been sitting there five ye ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 15, 2010

    Axis of Love, 'Medical Cannabis Community Center', Faces Eviction

    ​When is a pot club not a pot club? When you walk in the establishment in question but cannot buy medical cannabis, that could be a clue. When you can't walk in at all, that says something, too. That's what Shona Gochenaur thinks: The proprietor of Axis of Love, a "medical cannabis community ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 1, 2010

    Earthquake Fails to Level L.A. -- Man Now Claims It'll Happen Today

    There's a 100 percent chance San Francisco will be hit by a quake -- in 1906​The proprietor of a pseudoscientific quake prediction website who claimed a 98 percent chance Los Angeles would be hit with a 7.0 magnitude quake yesterday -- which didn't happen -- is now pledging a 97 percent chance it' ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 30, 2010

    Will Bizarre Quake Prediction Come True?

    Our past ... and future?​A self-anointed earthquake predicter's bizarre claim that Los Angeles would be rattled by a 6.0 to 7.0 temblor today has nine-odd hours to come true. At the strike of midnight, Luke Thomas of QuakePredictions.com will either become an object of reverence or revulsion. The ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 29, 2010

    Frantic Tweets About 7.0 Earthquake -- Tomorrow

    ​A much-retweeted "warning" of a 7.0 earthquake that will ostensibly hit Southern California tomorrow has earned a stern tweet of its own from the United States Geological Survey. You can't predict earthquakes, notes the USGS. And there's no Easter Bunny, either. Dire warnings of a massive quake a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 22, 2010

    Nathaniel Ford to D.C. Metro Story No Surprise for Muni Insiders

    Luke Thomas, Fog City JournalGavin Newsom and Nat Ford 'are not buds,' SF Weekly is told. This photo could be Exhibit A. ​The D.C. Metro Transit Authority's placing of San Francisco Muni boss Nathaniel Ford on its list of potential leaders did not surprise several of Ford's colleagues SF Weekly sp ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 15, 2010

    Theresa Sparks and Jane Kim, Sisters of Secrecy

    Photo of Jane Kim | Luke ThomasTheresa Sparks and Jane Kim would rather not receive your birthday greetings, it would seem​We weren't the only ones to notice something a bit odd in the most recent edition of the Central City Extra. In a two-page spread, a dozen would-be successors to District ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 7, 2010

    Alcohol Fee on Supes' Menu Today

    Luke ThomasDon't count on support for the 'Alcohol Mitigation Fee' from Mayor Gavin Newsom​After several weeks of vacation, one of the first items on the Board of Supervisors' schedule: a drink. The supes will today vote on Supervisor John Avalos' contentious alcohol fee, a charge placed on the ci ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 1, 2010

    Supreme Court Kills Michela Alioto-Pier's Campaign to Run for Supe Again

    Luke ThomasThe wheels of justice have not turned in Michela Alioto-Pier's favor​The California Supreme Court denied to hear a petition from Michela Alioto-Pier, killing her chances to run once more for District 2 supervisor. While Superior Court Judge Peter Busch ruled that Alioto-Pier was eligibl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 24, 2010

    Michela Alioto-Pier Ruled Ineligible By Court of Appeal

    Luke ThomasThe city has shaken its Alioto-Pier Magic Eight Ball once more...​The city's Brett Favre-like quandary over whether Supervisor Michela Alioto-Pier is eligible to run for another term swerved once again today. The state court of appeal this afternoon overruled superior court Judge Pe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 28, 2010

    City Attorney Dennis Herrera Appeals Ruling, Fights to Keep Michela Alioto-Pier off Ballot

    Luke Thomas, Fog City JournalIt's not over yet, Michela...​City Attorney Dennis Herrera will this morning file an appeal of Judge Peter Busch's ruling that Michela Alioto-Pier is eligible to run again for District 2 supervisor. Herrera told KTVU-TV he was compelled to make this move on behalf of " ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 23, 2010

    Michela Alioto-Pier's $50,000 Legal Bill May Be Paid By City

    Luke Thomas, Fog City Journal Michela Alioto-Pier: This won't be cheap, Mr. Herrera...​After beating the city in court yesterday to win the right to run again as District 2 supervisor, Michela Alioto-Pier treated her staff and supporters to a nice lunch. The city isn't on the hook&nbs ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2010

    Guardian Attacks Jane Kim for Defying Lefty Political Machine, Denies Existence of Lefty Political Machine

    S.F.'s progressive machine wants to spread its wings​The San Francisco Bay Guardian, an organ of the far political left, is not pleased with Jane Kim. The Stanford-educated president of the San Francisco school board has thrown her hat into the crowded race for the District 6 supervisor's seat, ch ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 1, 2010

    Ex-Muni Brass Linked to $200 Million in Private Central Subway Contracts

    Meet the new boss...​On Tuesday, the Board of Supervisors will vote on a contract that would send tens of millions of dollars in Central Subway project funds to a firm employing the former director of the Municipal Transportation Agency. If approved, the contract will push the total amount of fund ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2010

    Theresa Sparks' Campaign Manager: That Shit's Not Mine!

    That's a Snickers bar. We guarantee it. ​District 6 Supervisorial candidate Theresa Sparks may only have declared her official intention to run yesterday, but she's been publicly deliberating her run for quite some time. In fact, her unofficial -- but soon to be paid and official -- campaign manag ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 24, 2009

    Progressive Apologists' Secret Meeting to Spin Daly's Move to 'Burbs -- Exclusive!

    '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 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 16, 2009

    S.F. Supes Discover The Internet Is a Series of Tubes for Sending Pennies to Your Cronies

    'We don't bid, or go in for these city contracts, and we don't intend to do it now.'If one attends any meeting, at any time of day or night, at San Francisco's City Hall, one's likely to find buzz-cut shutterbug Luke Thomas taking photographs for his Web site Fogcityjournal.com. His 10,000 monthly r ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 16, 2009

    Update: City Money Going To Media Outlets That Print Public Notices Isn't Chump Change After All

    There's gold in them thar public notices...A previous post about a resolution under consideration Wednesday by the Board of Supervisors to hand out public notice money to news Web sites closely allied with the board's progressive wing wrongly conveyed the idea that we're talking about chump change. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 25, 2008

    John Burton’s Murky Role in Perata Probe

    There's gold in them thar public notices...A previous post about a resolution under consideration Wednesday by the Board of Supervisors to hand out public notice money to news Web sites closely allied with the board's progressive wing wrongly conveyed the idea that we're talking about chump change. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 30, 2007

    Playing Chicken

    There's gold in them thar public notices...A previous post about a resolution under consideration Wednesday by the Board of Supervisors to hand out public notice money to news Web sites closely allied with the board's progressive wing wrongly conveyed the idea that we're talking about chump change. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 25, 2007

    Ghetto Grand Piano: SF Weekly Vids

    There's gold in them thar public notices...A previous post about a resolution under consideration Wednesday by the Board of Supervisors to hand out public notice money to news Web sites closely allied with the board's progressive wing wrongly conveyed the idea that we're talking about chump change. ... More >>

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