SF News Ex-Convict With Obvious Anger Issues Gets 12 Years, No Third Strike, For February Mayhem A 32-year-old man with a long rap-sheet and clear problems with authority, and following the law, got a reprieve from a liberal Superior Court judge who could have given him a 40-year "three
SF News Poor Planning Delays Opening Of Homeless 'Navigation Center' Though it was set to open today, The Navigation Center — San Francisco's newest project to curb homelessness by relocating entire encampments of people with pets, tents, and all — has been delayed for two
SF News Evil Elmo Makes Violent Threat Against Fisherman's Wharf Merchant, Lands In Jail Again The saga of Evil Elmo, a.k.a. aggressive panhandler Adam Sandler, continues as the Chron's mustache twins report that he's landed in the clink once again. This time he faces the serious
SF News Report: Batkid Wish Cost S.F. $105,000 As the city comes down from the high of the year, The Chronicle's City Hall watchdog duo Matier & Ross have dug into what Miles' wish cost the city of San Francisco. According
SF News The Mysterious Google Barge Is Now The Fancy Google Sailboat In the latest news surrounding the mysterious Google Barge floating on the bay near Treasure Island, the Chronicle's mustachioed duo have finally cracked the story wide open. (We always knew you had it
Arts & Entertainment Uh Oh: Bay Lights Already Malfunctioning This is not good, kids. Matier & Ross are reporting today on "hundreds" of those little LED lights that are part of the Bay Lights display that are stuck in either the on
SF News Gascon Is Not Going to Let Mirkarimi Off Without a Fight Chomping at the bit to get Ross Mirkarimi to stand trial for domestic abuse, apparently, District Attorney George Gascon has some more fighting words for the sheriff, who pleaded guilty Monday to a
SF News New BART Cars Will Be Expensive, Built Offshore As you may know, BART is getting set to lay out an enormous amount of cash on a new fleet of 775 rail cars, and the price tag keeps going up. Matier &
SF News Tonga Room Gets Another Reprieve as Fairmont Condo Project Falls Apart For Real Matier & Ross reported this morning on the demise of the planned condo tower on the Fairmont Hotel property -- essentially because they wanted to raze the existing hotel tower, built in the
SF News BART Spending Oodles of Money On Semi-Useless Public Meetings Remember when BART effed themselves out of that $70 million in federal stimulus money because they failed to document how higher fares and a possible "major service change" would affect low-income and minority
SF News Four Jobs Opening Up in Planning Dept. Following Porn Probe Matier and Ross share some juicy gossip today about the possible firing of veteran zoning administrator Larry Badiner and three other higher-ups in the planning department over the circulating of porn in inter-office
