Friday, May 3, 2024

Tagged with: NFL

Crashing the Super Bowl party

The national news media got a look at San Francisco beyond the (boring) glitz of Super Bowl City and stage-managed press conferences tonight as...

Super Bowl City is utterly stupid and boring

I went to Super Bowl City, and now you don’t need to. There’s nothing there. Nothing, that is, unless you like to pay $8 for...

The Agenda, Feb. 1- Feb. 7: Super Bowl protests and affordable housing

The Super Bowl City display is now live at the foot of Market Street, and the protests are going live, too. We already saw...

Scenes from a bizarre police response to a peaceful protest

It’s Saturday, January 31, and protesters are gathered at Union Square to demand justice for Mario Woods, following a call from Justice for Mario...

Mayor ducks questions on campaign scandal

Mayor Ed Lee declined to answer a simple question at the Board of Supes meeting – and then ducked my question about his connections...

The problem with the Google bus program

On Tuesday, Jan. 26, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors will hear an environmental appeal of the permanent commuter shuttle program. That program, now...

The Airbnb law is failing. Here’s how

JANUARY 12, 2016 – Nobody from Airbnb or any of the other short-term rental platforms showed up at yesterday’s hearing on enforcing the city’s...

In Oakland, Loveable winners and assholes

By L.E. Leone JULY 14, 2014 – Last week I read (on ESPN.com, if you must know) that Raiders new running back Maurice Jones-Drew thinks...

City Beat: On Michael Sam’s “lifestyle”

By Tim Redmond Most of everything written in the local press about Michael Sam has been supportive, wonderful, just what Bay Area media coverage of...