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OK Boomer: C.W. Nevius Is Back, Now at the Examiner

The new Clint Reilly Examiner continues to add fresh, new voices from the 1990s, as the Chronicle’s former get-off-my-lawn shooer C.W. Nevius has a weekly column in that paper.

Chronicle Columnist Heather Knight Is Basically at War With Progressive Supervisors

Knight has been taking on the Board of Supervisors on various issues, and things have been escalating in recent weeks.

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SF Chronicle Columnist David Talbot Quits Over Low Pay

Like all things, we knew at the get-go that it was destined to end...but still, we're a little surprised. After a six-month run, SF Chronicle columnist David Talbot has hung up his

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C.W. Nevius Resurfaces As Sports Writer For Santa Rosa Press-Democrat

When he departed his post as a thrice-weekly columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle last fall, it wasn't clear if Nevius was planning for a semi-retirement, perhaps kicking back to write a memoir

David Talbot Reveals Notable Bernal Neighbors In First Chronicle Column

As announced the other week, noted local scribe David Talbot of Season of the Witch fame is temporarily taking over columnist duties for now retired Chronicle curmudgeon C.W. Nevius. And, as expected,

Day Around The Bay: Brace For More Rain

Follow SFist on Twitter and Instagram, and like us on Facebook. You can also get the top stories mailed to you—sign up here. Dungeness crab season north of Point Reyes and up

Small Group Stages One-Day 'Tent-In' Outside City Hall To Protest Treatment Of Homeless, Encampments

Demonstrators Pitch Tents Outside San Francisco City Hall « CBS ... - CBS Local https://t.co/Y1XyTA96bZ— San Francisco (@SanFrancisco361) October 18, 2016 A group going by the moniker Civil Disgrace, led by Mission

Veteran Fist-Shaking Chronicle Columnist CW Nevius Announces He's Leaving The Paper After 36 Years

In the latest in a series of high-profile departures at the San Francisco Chronicle, longtime resident curmudgeon, SFist punching bag, and ostensible common-sense columnist C.W. Nevius has announced his departure from the

Rose Pak Back At Work: Protesting Against Lee Recall, Angling To Get Cindy Wu On Board Of Supes

If you're into the intrigue that happens at City Hall especially where Chinatown power player Rose Pak is concerned, then get this: You know how Pak had her whole falling out with Ed

Nevius Attacks Avalos's Homeless Tent Protection Plan

As you know, there have been various small battles being waged following the mayor's announced plan to tackle "hot spots" among homeless encampments citywide and systematically "clear" them, which typically just leads to

Nevius Thinks You Should Stop Buying Tents For The Homeless

Here at SFist we can sometimes go months without paying much attention to the thrice weekly rantings of prickly local character and Chronicle columnist C.W. Nevius. But between the Mario Woods case,

SFMTA Investigation Into Nevius Fare Evasion Complete, Preferential Treatment Confirmed

A SFMTA investigation into Chronicle columnist C.W. Nevius's bizarre article detailing his Muni fare evasion and subsequent getting off scot-free was completed last week, and today we learn the results. It seems

Nevius: Protesters Need To Stay On Message And Stop Blocking Traffic

Black.Seed demonstrators have been arrested on the Bay Bridge. #96Hours #Oakland #ReclaimMLK #shutitdown pic.twitter.com/uIwCACqJBl— shanelle (@TheShanelleM) January 19, 2016 The inevitable reaction to the MLK weekend protests from Chronicle

Nevius Paints Chief Suhr As Victim

Amid the ongoing outcry over the SFPD's actions in the shooting of Mario Woods last month, and the subsequent attempted justification of those actions by police chief Greg Suhr, Chronicle columnist C.W.

SFMTA Chief Says Nevius Fare Evasion To Be Investigated

Welp, it sounds like Chronicle columnist C.W. Nevius's choice to write about a recent incident in which he failed to pay for his Muni ride, got busted, and then didn't get a

The Ten Best Things Gavin Newsom Said To The Chronicle (This Week)

With a successful primary race behind him, Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom has a lot to be happy about: it looks like he'll be keeping his job (the one he says should be abolished!

Rights Are Wrong?

Writing in SFGate yesterday, CW Nevius tells us that the "Rights of Mentally Ill Street People Thwart Efforts to Prevent Harm." Those pesky rights! What happened was that the "Sign Guy" of Justin

It's a Motherf------ Column-Off

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

Homeless Kerfuffle, One Month In

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

Day Around the Bay

-- The al fresco SF Mayoral race debate, featuring full frontal. Gosh. What madcap wackiness will they unload on us next? [SFBG] -- "Not guilty," says Ed Jew. [Examiner] -- CW Nevius on