Killing Streets
Tuesday, September 9th, 2008 Posted in MediaWatch, Politics, San Francisco | 2 Comments »
[As always, click on a thumbnail image to see it more clearly.] A headline in today’s San Francisco Chronicle reads Shooting victim dies --- another Mission fatality That makes seven in the past ... Read more..Summer in the City: Beginnings
Friday, June 13th, 2008 Posted in Fine Arts, MediaWatch, Politics, San Francisco, The Arts | No Comments »
Sumer is icumen in, the old song says. And quite a summer it promises to be. In addition to the usual games at City Hall, there will be June weddings, lots ... Read more..It’s a Cat’s Life
Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008 Posted in Environment, San Francisco, Stories | 1 Comment »
Just across Cesar Chavez from the "gritty Mission," Bernal Hill rises 433 feet into the sky. Perhaps because it has more than the city's usual allotment of open space, it's ... Read more..Two Faces of SF
Friday, May 30th, 2008 Posted in Economics, MediaWatch, Politics, San Francisco | 3 Comments »
When I was growing up, my father had a career in mind for me. Let me put this in context. My father was weird. He also traveled a lot. And he ... Read more..A Tale of Two Shipyards
Friday, May 23rd, 2008 Posted in Politics, San Francisco | 2 Comments »
Somebody --- I think it was Jon Carroll --- said once that a good column contained an idea and a half. Here’s the idea. Sometime, just once, it would be nice ... Read more..Man on a Tightrope
Friday, May 16th, 2008 Posted in Environment, MediaWatch, Politics, San Francisco | No Comments »
A jubilant Gavin Newsom stood beneath the great rotunda of San Francisco City Hall yesterday, surrounded by happy people celebrating the State Supreme Court's support for same-sex marriage. His reasons ... Read more..The Nature of the City
Monday, May 5th, 2008 Posted in Environment, MediaWatch, San Francisco | 2 Comments »
Dunes. One of my favorite mental exercises is to stand on a hilltop in San Francisco and try to imagine what the area looked like two hundred years ago. Erase ... Read more..MediaWatch — “Divisadero Street overhaul planned”
Friday, February 29th, 2008 Posted in MediaWatch, San Francisco | No Comments »
Don't reporters read what they write? Today's complaint is directed toward an old story, but it's been bothering me ever I read it. On January 7, the Examiner ran a piece ... Read more..Berkeley Meets Hip-Hop Hoch
Monday, February 25th, 2008 Posted in The Arts, Theater | No Comments »
Danny Hoch. Founder and director of the Hip-Hop Theater Festival. Centerpiece of Jails, Hospitals, and Hip-Hop. Man of a thousand voices and a thousand personae. For about six weeks beginning in ... Read more..