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Mirkarimi's Wife And Gascon's Wife To Star In SF Production Of 'The Vagina Monologues'

What's this? It appears that the wives of two sworn enemies in SF politics, District Attorney George Gascon and former Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi, are going to share a stage this weekend in a

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Eliana Lopez Comedy Opens This Week, Looks As Embarrassing As Expected

Sherriff Ross Mirkarimi's actress wife Eliana Lopez will be debuting her all-in-Spanish one-woman comedy this coming weekend, chronicling the year-long 2012 domestic violence scandal that nearly cost Mirkarimi his job. Lopez maintained throughout

Ross Mirkarimi Got His Domestic Violence Conviction Expunged

In a symbolic and expected turn of legal events, Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi has gotten his 2012 misdemeanor conviction on a false imprisonment charge involving his wife, expunged from his permanent record. He did

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Not A Joke: Eliana Lopez Is Doing A Comedic Play, In Spanish, About The Mirkarimi Domestic Abuse Scandal

Well, who saw this coming? Venezuelan-born actress Eliana Lopez, who remains married to Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi and is the mother of his child, is now putting on a play, in Spanish, titled "Cuál

Sheriff Mirkarimi Might Actually Be Worried About That Recall Effort

During the lengthy proceedings that led up to Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi's official misconduct hearing, the now-reinstated Sheriff and his supporters repeatedly claimed that the proper way to remove an elected official from office

More D5 Drama: Eliana Lopez Weighs In On 'Olague Bullies'

In case you haven't heard, about 900 people are running for Supervisor in District 5, the district recently supervised by Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi, and temporarily covered the past eleven months by Christine Olague.

Live-Blogging Ross Mirkarimi's Judgment Day

As promised, we're live in City Hall where Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi's official misconduct hearing will get underway in a little under an hour at 2 p.m sharp. We'll be updating throughout. You

Mirkarimi Update: Final Ethics Commission Hearing Is On

The final hearing in Ross Mirkarimi's ersatz trial before the Ethics Commission is going on this morning. If you have the stamina, and absolutely nothing useful to do with your morning, you can

The Mirkarimi Saga May Not End Until October

We're sorry to inform you, ladies and gentlemen, that suspended sheriff Ross Mirkarimi will still be making headlines well into the fall. Also, in the latest news surrounding his Ethics Commission hearing, the

Mirkarimi Stay-Away Order Lifted, Couple Smooches For The Cameras

A judge lifted the protective order placed on embattled San Francisco Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi and Eliana Lopez. In response, the two gave each other a little sugar in front of media. (Best viewed

Eliana Lopez A 'Bundle of Character' On Witness Stand

In the end, the Venezuelan telenovela actress who remains married to suspended Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi did fly back to San Francisco to be a witness in his Ethics Commission hearing on Wednesday. Did

Watch Ross Mirkarimi Ethics Commission Panel Live

The ethics commission panel for embattled San Francisco Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi is going down right now. Among other topics touched upon, a video was screened of Mirkarimi allegedly joking about domestic violence during

Eliana Lopez Willing To Give Testimony In Exchange For Airfare

In Ross Mirkarimi's misconduct hearings, the sidelined Sheriff's wife is apparently ready to give her own testimony before the city's Ethics Commission — but only if the City agrees to fly her back from

Mirkarimi Hearing Begins; Ivory Madison Lashes Back Via Written Testimony

Followers of the Ross Mirkarimi domestic abuse saga will be familiar with the name Ivory Madison the neighbor who consoled Mirkarimi's wife Eliana Lopez after the New Year's Eve incident that spurred this

Eliana Lopez Goes After Mayor Lee, City Attorney Accuses False Martyrdom

Here we go: Eliana Lopez has been condemning the District Attorney's office for publicly releasing cellphone video of her displaying a bruise and talking about her marriage to Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi ever since

Mirkarimi Wants City To Pay For His Legal Bills

You can bet that City Attorney Dennis Herrera laughed when he heard the latest request from embattled Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi and his lawyers. Mirkarimi's lawyers (who may or may not be working pro

ABC 7 Chases Down Eliana Lopez in Venezuela

Not satisfied with having only heard from her via that open letter to the Chronicle, ABC 7's Dan Noyes flew down to Caracas, Venezuela to tape an interview with Eliana Lopez, the wife

Mirkarimi Case Now Officially 'A Circus' (Say His Lawyers)

First Team Mirkarimi tried every legal maneuver in the book (not to mention crying on radio) to get out of the misconduct hearing, currently before the Ethics Commission. Then Mayor Lee fired back

Mirkarimi Update: Video Release Delayed, Attorneys Call Suspension Absurd

We know that you've all been dying, since yesterday, for an update on embattled and suspended Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi and his plight to keep his job amidst an Ethics Commission hearing. Well, here

Mirkarimi Update: Lopez Still Fighting To Keep Video From Mayor

Though she's in exile (or, from another perspective, back home) in Venezuela, Eliana Lopez is still fighting, through her attorney, to keep Mayor Ed Lee from using the video she and neighbor Ivory

Mayor's Office Calls Mirkarimi Case An 'Attempted Cover-Up'

In the latest news surrounding sidelined Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi's misconduct trial, it is the Mayor's turn to start lobbing out the pointed language and conspiracy theories. In an opening brief for the trial,

Mirkarimi Update: Lopez Staying In Venezuela Until June; Cell Phone Records May Not Be Subpoenaed

At least for now, a judge has ruled that the cell phone records of Ross Mirkarimi's former campaign manager can not be subpoenaed in the Mayor's Ethics Commission investigation of the suspended sheriff.

Mirkarimi's Ethics Commission 'Trial' Begins With Much Procedural Brouhaha

It's looking more and more like the Ethics Commission hearing for suspended Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi is going to be an ersatz trial for the domestic abuse charges for which he almost but wasn't

Mirkarimi Tells His Side, Cries on 'Forum'

Embattled Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi finally went public today with his entire side of the story on KQED's 'Forum.' He explained how wife Eliana Lopez's arm got bruised on New Year's Eve, and

Eliana Lopez Pens Open Letter To The Chronicle, Says Husband Was Victim Of Coup d'Etat

Oh boy. Eliana Lopez writes in to the Chronicle from Venezuela, where she is staying with son Theo until the end of April, and she's now comparing what's happened to husband Ross Mirkarimi