Today's update regarding the plight of embattled sheriff Ross Mirkarimi is that a judge has reversed an earlier decision and is allowing Mirkarimi back in his own house this week. He had been barred from going home, by court order, since January, but now that wife Eliana Lopez and their young son are in Venezuela until the end of the month, Mirkarimi can return to their Western Addition home with one caveat: stay away from the neighbors. more ›

At least one person at the Chronicle has had enough with the Mirkarimi debacle and doesn't care to see the guy publicly flogged any further, and shockingly, it's Chuck Nevius. The man of many opinions writes today, "I don't think Mayor Ed Lee should start the process to remove Mirkarimi as sheriff," and "enough is enough." more ›

Resident Chron curmudgeon Chuck Nevius, who's never been shy when it comes to carping about hot-button topics like off-leash laws and hobo feces, returned to another favorite beat last week: pissing off cyclists. His focus in a pair of columns has been The Wiggle, which he's taken to cycling himself a few days a week, and while he once found it charming — this zig-zagging route that takes one from Market Street to the Haight and Richmond without any terrible hills — he now finds a "crash course" in which speeding bicyclists who blow through stop signs are threatening each others lives, and those of pedestrians. more ›

This from today's column by C.W. Nevius, ever the faithful chronicler of "Only in S.F." moments: more ›

Local curmudgeon columnist C.W. Nevius weighs in on the recent BART protests today, and and it should come as no surprise to anyone who's ever read him that he finds all these shenanigans annoying and stupid. He has beef with the protesters themselves for their muddied message ("First their complaint was about BART police, and then it was outrage about cutting cell phone coverage. But protesters' main target has become a bunch of weary commuters who just want to go home."), and he has beef with the local media for continuing to cover what he sees as a fizzling cause. more ›

Chuck Nevius continues his tour of the slowly gentrifying corners of the city this week, now focusing on the Haight. He devoted his Saturday column to acting shocked that there were any decent, "high-end," foodie-type establishments in the Tenderloin, and sounding uncharacteristically optimistic about the trend. Now he turns his attention to the Upper Haight, where miracle of miracles, the Sit/Lie law appears to be doing some good, by God! more ›

On the subject of Sit/Lie and Stand/Snack [Hat tip: Demogreen], Chuck Nevius for one is *very encouraged* by a recent shift he's seeing in cracking down on chronic inebriates, repeatedly offending urchins, and minor-infraction-type criminals who drain the city of resources. "There isn't any question what the majority of San Franciscans would choose," he writes. "The city's urine-soaked streets, aggressive panhandlers and sidewalk campers have appalled tourists and neighborhood residents for years." more ›

The SFPD is giving these electric, stand-up, three-wheel scooter things a two-week trial, and our buddy Chuck Nevius (speaking of him) caught up with a couple of officers who were giving those bad boys a spin around the Mission, dorky helmets and all. "It takes $62 a day to run a black and white cruiser," says Officer Richard Lee. "These run six to eight hours on 44 cents." But do they command any respect? [SF Gate] more ›

San Francisco critic C.W. Nevius moves to San Francisco. more ›

SFoodie dug up some dirt on Friday about leases not being renewed at the Ferry Building for places like Lulu Petite and Mastrelli's Deli, and found out that a few other tenants are only hanging on through threats of legal action. Over the weekend, the Chron delved further into the story, which has to do with the FB getting too cool for some of its original tenants, whose leases were based on percentages of sales. The waiting list to snag a stall in the indoor market is apparently long enough that the building managers, Equity Office Property Trust, don't have to worry much and it's all a matter of picking and choosing the best vendors who'll also be the most profitable. more ›

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After last week's dueling press conferences and memo-leakage, the Homeless issue is becoming the Issue du Jour, leading to a full-fledged reporter dogpile. First came CW Nevius who weighed in with yet another story on the issue, this time saying that even in liberal, tolerant, San Francisco, residents might not be feeling so liberal and tolerant when it comes to dealing with the homeless. As evidence, he points to one of those online polls SFGate ran about the issue in which 90% of the people said they wanted something to be done. We, as a rule, hate those "polls" because it's actual scientific value is nil as it's all determined by people who were motivated enough to play along and doesn’t factor in those who were too lazy to. more ›

We were on the 7 a few days ago and four gutterpunk types were complaining about how the city had taken their stuff from camps in Golden Gate Park. One of them, a long-haired fellow with a small backpack and very large pants, went on and on about how he was going to get a grant to put GPS chips in all of his things so he could get them back. Who, exactly, would pay for this grant was unclear. The conversation then descended into an irony-free discussion about restaurants on 6th Street that accept food stamps. more ›

-- The al fresco SF Mayoral race debate, featuring full frontal. Gosh. What madcap wackiness will they unload on us next? [SFBG] more ›