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What did Breed’s Nuru announcement really mean?

Tim Redmond - February 16, 2020

It’s taken a couple of days, but the local news media have mostly come around to the fact that the real news Friday was...

News + Politics

Breed took $5,600 gift from Nuru; may be illegal

Tim Redmond - February 14, 2020

Nearly every local news outlet led the latest story on former Public Works Director Mohammed Nuru with some version of this: BREAKING: Mayor Breed just...

Campaign Trail

‘Families first’ public defender enters D7 race

Tim Redmond - February 13, 2020

UPDATED: A public defender who coaches girls' basketball at a Catholic school announced today that’s he’s running for supervisor. With about 100 supporters lined up in...

News + Politics

Mohammed Nuru’s worst offense

Sam Lew - February 4, 2020

A $2,070 bottle of wine from a Chinese billionaire, a $5,000 bribe to an SFO airport commissioner, and a John Deer tractor for his...

News + Politics

A culture of corruption at City Hall

Tim Redmond - January 30, 2020

I was in a taxi the night that the feds announced they had arrested DPW director Mohammed Nuru, and the driver wanted to talk...

News + Politics

FBI complaint alleges widespread corruption by DPW chief

Sam Lew and Tim Redmond - January 28, 2020

The criminal complaint against Mohammed Nuru and Nick Bovis, and information from an FBI press conference, allege that the director of the Department of...

News + Politics

FBI arrests DPW director in corruption case

Tim Redmond - January 28, 2020

The director of the Department of Public Works, Mohammed Nuru, has been arrested in a federal corruption probe, numerous sources confirmed. The Chron reports...

Housing

Terence Hallinan, rebel and advocate for the oppressed

Tim Redmond - January 21, 2020

Terence Hallinan died Jan. 17, and in death got a lot more positive press than he ever did in life. The Chron ran a nice...

Foreign Correspondent

Foreign correspondent: Trump backs down, but Iran conflict continues

Reese Erlich - January 10, 2020

Trump blinked. After threatening to bomb military and cultural sites in Iran, President Donald Trump has apparently backed down on further escalation in his quasi-war...

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: New year, death row

Dennis Harvey - January 8, 2020

January is generally considered a dumping ground for unloved movies, squeezed in to fill any space remaining by Christmas and awards-bait major releases still...

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What did Breed’s Nuru announcement really mean?

Breed took $5,600 gift from Nuru; may be illegal

‘Families first’ public defender enters D7 race

Mohammed Nuru’s worst offense

A culture of corruption at City Hall

FBI complaint alleges widespread corruption by DPW chief

FBI arrests DPW director in corruption case

Terence Hallinan, rebel and advocate for the oppressed

Foreign correspondent: Trump backs down, but Iran conflict continues

Screen Grabs: New year, death row

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