Thursday, May 2, 2024

Tagged with: SF General

The bizarre case of Josh Arce’s gumshoes

If the San Francisco election wasn’t strange enough already, it just took a dive off the political deep end. Check this out: In District 9,...

No room for the homeless mentally ill

  I first met Sarah when I was working overnight in the psychiatric emergency room. She was brought in by the police, the usual route...

Homelessness: the media’s big problem

These are some of the headlines we saw in the San Francisco Chronicle this past year: “San Francisco’s summer of urine and drug-addicted homeless.” “Amid rising...

SF responds to Orlando horror with dignity, resolve, and numbers

The worst mass shooting in US history took place at a gay nightclub in Orlando, a place that catered to many Latino patrons. Many Republicans,...

The problem with Zuckerberg/Wells Fargo Hospital

I just spent an hour with the nurses and their allies at a rally in front of Zuckerberg General Hospital, near Wells Fargo Plaza....

Major HIV success reported in SF — but what about the people who were kicked out?

As many as 20 percent of HIV-positive people have left SF in the past five years. Is the housing crisis skewing the numbers?   By...

The Agenda, July 13-19: Should SF Build a new jail?

That's a real issue; the Mirkarimi pile-on is not. Plus: Stopping business displacement in the Mission and making tech dorms pay for affordable housing By...

New SF General Hospital name to be decided at the ballot

Mark Zuckerberg agrees that the San Franciscans who paid for the hospital with their tax dollars should decide its name; maybe "Empress Hospital" after...

The Agenda: Feb. 9-14

 Clean Power, the CIA, Hedge Funds ... and are we really punishing the rich?   By Tim Redmond FEBRUARY 9, 2015 – Question Time, the brilliant creation...

How the Chron missed the point on the Nieto autopsy

By Tim Redmond SEPTEMBER 15, 2014 -- The autopsy report on Alex Nieto was full of news; we reported some of it last week. There...