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Jay Barmann

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266
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Oct 1, 2026
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  1. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · Jay Barmann

    Another Large SF Nonprofit, Embroiled In Scandal, Is Shutting Down (opens the original)

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    HomeRise, which is one of San Francisco's largest providers of services to the homeless or recently homeless, is calling it quits two years after the city auditor found evidence of wild fiscal mismanagement, and months after an employee was accused of sexually abusing clients. It's been open season on SF's so-called "nonprofit industrial complex" the last couple of years, with the web of largely city-funded nonprofit serving the homeless sometimes referred to as the "homeless industrial complex.

  2. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · Jay Barmann

    SF Chronicle Brings Back Starred Restaurant Reviews; First Up Is House of Prime Rib (opens the original)

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    Chronicle restaurant critic MacKenzie Chung Fegan revealed at an event Wednesday night, on stage with predecessor Michael Bauer, that the newspaper was bringing back the star system for reviews, which went away with Bauer. And the first starred review in eight years is of House of Prime Rib. According to Michael Bauer, who retired after 30 years as the Chronicle's restaurant critic and overall food editor in 2018, the star-rating system that the paper employed during his tenure kept him "honest,

  3. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · Jay Barmann

    Lurie, Others Pull Endorsements of Manny Yekutiel After New Groping Allegation (opens the original)

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    Cafe owner Manny Yekutiel, whose political ambitions in San Francisco date back years now, has again been accused of aggressive groping and is facing a mass retreat among his endorsers for District 8 Supervisor. It had seemed like it would be smooth sailing for Manny Yekutiel going into the November election for District 8 supervisor, after he had gained the endorsement of the mayor, multiple city supervisors, and the local Democratic committee — the latter by two votes with 10 abstentions. This

  4. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · Jay Barmann

    Underground Electrical Vault Fires In SF Follow Power Outage at Ferry Building (opens the original)

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    PG&E had another major problem on its hands Thursday, 24 hours after it was dealing with an unplanned power outage that impacted the entire Ferry Building. A few blocks away from the Ferry Building, on the 100, 200, and 300 blocks of California Street, and the 100, 200, and 300 blocks of Front Street, smoke was reported coming out of underground vaults Thursday morning around 6 am. A shelter-in-place order was subsequently issued for the area. As the Chronicle reports, four manhole covers blew o

  5. Article · Sep 30, 2026 · Jay Barmann

    FBI Says Former Alameda County Firefighter Likely Faked His Own Death Following Child Porn Charge (opens the original)

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    The Federal Bureau of Investigation in San Francisco has issued an update on a man who remains wanted on charges of possession of child pornography, who failed to appear in court in 2023 after charges were filed because, his brother says, he drowned while fishing in Suisun Bay. Former Alameda County firefighter Charles Jonathen Harris, who would now be 46 years old, surrendered to federal authorities on March 7, 2023 and was later released on bond after being indicted by a federal grand jury on

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