Joe Eskenazi

Over the course of the prior year, non-political, non-journalist San Franciscans have reached out to me with grave concerns about Mayor Daniel Lurie. They are, in short, alarmed by his caffeine intake. The general public has no idea how much coffee Mayor ... See more

PG&E, the utility company that last week reintroduced one third of San Franciscans to the Dickensian joys of wearing coats indoors and tabulating the losses of spoiled food by candlelight, is not popular. Last night, in a move that would be on the nos... See more

On the one hand, a 25-story, nearly 800-unit megadevelopment replacing the “Tales of the City” cruising spot Safeway would be a jarring addition to the northern waterfront. On the other hand, it’d be big, garish, ostentatious and loud — just like every gu... See more

Mayor Daniel Lurie on Wednesday praised a new contract with a tech company to overhaul San Francisco’s embattled permitting system, despite reports this morning that revealed one of Lurie’s deputies overruled staff recommendations in awarding the contract... See more

San Francisco General Hospital’s Ward 86 derived its name by being sited on the sixth floor of Building 80, an aging red brick tower on the north end of the sprawling hospital campus. It was the first HIV/AIDS outpatient clinic in the nation, opening its ... See more