Willie Brown - SFist - San Francisco News, Restaurants, Events, & Sports (Page 7)

Willie L. Brown Jr. Blvd.?

Gavin Newsom wants to give former Mayor Willie Brown's a choice gift for his 75th birthday. He wants to rename a street in his honor. And not just any street, mind you; he

Willie Brown Kicked It at the Contemporary Jewish Museum, What About You?

While we work on a meaty and insanely brilliant review of the recently opened JewMu -- which is, in fact, kind of way awesome, complete with numerous, noted artists responding to the Book

Olympic Torchbearers Revealed, Da (Former) Mayor to Run

Photo credit: Jim Herd At 74 years young, today former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown was named a torchbearer for the controversial Olympic flame's San Francisco tour. The tireless--yes, tireless!-- advocate for

Willie's Book Tour for <i>Basic Brown: My Life and Our Times</i>

He makes an unusual attack on his successor as mayor of San Francisco, Gavin Newsom, all but accusing him of racism in appointments. " What do you think of that? Other reviews are here

SFist Blotter

Bad series of news items for the SFPD -- the rookie cop who accidentally shot himself at a party earlier this month when trying to demonstrate tips on gun safety was legally drunk

Arts & Entertainment

Presidio Terrace Update: Street View Screenshot

More seriously, this isn't the only neighborhood with houses that have/had racial covenants of course. But the sentry gate and the covenants are tied up with each other so that's why Presidio

SFist Blotter

Hey kid. An SFist editor would like to have some words with you. A 16-year-old from Belmont was arrested for planting those bombs around SF General yesterday. He was caught with another explosive

Don't Hate Esther Because She's Beautiful

Hwang claims that she was outside the North Beach bar Dolce last week, celebrating the end of her law school finals and waiting for her boyfriend when she saw some police officers. She

Steer for Their Heads

Can no force stand up to power of Critical Mass? Willie Brown was no match for the monster .. but Willie didn't have a WALKING HORDE OF UNDEAD. Preliminary reports from local Zomboligists predict

Asian-American Embarrassment: An Update

Okay, first up -- what's the latest with Gavin Newsom's stalker, Mr. Purple Gloves? Well, persistent reporters at the Chronicle managed to get Han Shin on the phone last night, where they had

I Saw Gavin Newsom

It seems like the trick for getting something into this column is to hang out at Tosca's -- check out the following story we got passed along. Thanks, gentle reader! Last night our

Can Someone Explain The Significance Of This To Us?

Breaking news on a Friday afternoon -- Gavin Newsom's chief of staff Steve Kawa has resigned. Stated reason: "I want to spend more time with my amazing family." Okay, an announcement made at

Amos and Arnie

Strangely enough, word is also getting out there that Amos is on the payroll of the Governor as a political consultant. Hmmmm...you wouldn't think...no, not even possible. Brown is saying that

Arts & Entertainment

The Chron Kicks Michelin's Michelin Ass.

Point taken, we will scrupulous a lot more, indeed. Picture of former mayor Willie Brown with Bibendum, from SF environment, because where there's controversy, there's Willie

But It's the Haight Man.....

The urchins in Haight Street sure are in the news a lot these days. First there was the super-excellent story in this week's SF Weekly. But of even more significance is that Gavin,

Unskinny Bop

This is actually part of a long standing battle in the city over the private booths. Critics have called them exploitive as club owners make it so the women who work in the

Two Wheels Are Better Than Four

Today's Bike To Work Day, and Gavin Newsom, poised on his bike at the Ferry Building, good-naturedly joked to KCBS that "I'm a pathetic politician that only does this once a year. . . . I

Aftershocks

Well, it's April 19, 2006, and the goodwill created by celebrating disaster disaster has now officially dissipated. The Chronicle reports that numerous public officials are disgruntled at various protocol lapses that left them

This Week On CSI: Plumpjack

Let's check in with San Francisco couple of the moment, CSI: Plumpjack -- how's the love blossoming between Mayor Gavin Newsom and actress/Scientology activist Sofia Milos? Leah Garchik reports that CSI: Plumpjack

Assembly Required?

You know what we haven't had in awhile? Some fercockt plan to reform politics in this state. Well, get ready, cause a new one is headed our way! And, actually, it's not half

SchwarzenWatcher Does Some Party Crashing

Arnie decided to go at the behest of BFF Willie Brown, despite the fact a labor-sponsored event in SF isn't exactly a locale for Team Arnie. Why? Nothing like speaking in front of

No-Host Bar

If this were an Evite, a bunch of people in San Francisco would be frantically changing their responses from "yes" to "unfortunately, something's come up," for Memphis, TN Democratic representative Harold Ford Jr.

Arts & Entertainment

Prince For A Day

The media orgasmatron following Prince Charles and Duchess Camilla through their edge-free trip to San Francisco practically peed itself the other night as the royals on-deck chortled their way through that old chestnut,

I Make This Look Good

Seriously, is the only good Sucker Free City entertainment gossip coming to us via KRON-courting mayors past and present? When Gavin isn't giving Phil Matier the scoop on , Willie Brown is confiding to

Political Junkie: Let's Never Fight Again!

So best is back!!! And do we see..... a Kimberly Guilfoyle-Newsom- in the future?? Matier and Ross report that Gav and Kim went together to dinner at Enrico's and then out for drinks