Former SF Public Works Director Mohammed Nuru Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud
Former San Francisco Department of Public Works director Mohammed Nuru pleaded guilty to wire fraud in federal court on Thursday, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Nuru has been at the center of a federal investigation into public corruption at City Hall since he was arrested back in January 2020.
Former DPW Head Mohammed Nuru Arrested For Allegedly Pulling Knife On Someone
The latest twist in the DPW/public corruption/Mohammed Nuru scandal literally involves a knife. Ed Lee’s handpicked SF Public Works successor Mohammed Nuru has been arrested for alleged robbery and pulling a knife on someone Wednesday morning, according to KGO. The alleged incident occurred at the SF-Marin Food Bank facility in
The November 2024 BAS Voter Guide
A Big Change to This Year’s Voter Guide We’ve been doing voter guides for a really long time. I’m pretty sure we put our first one out in like 2010 or something. And I know that thousands of you rely on our voter guides to help you make decision. But
A Prankster Has Snatched the “Mark Farrell for Mayor” Website
There’s a long history (well for the internet anyways) of pranksters nabbing what would be an ideal website for a political candidate before the candidate has a chance to buy it themselves. And usually the prankster makes the website a spoof to undermine the candidate and/or air out some dirty
Why Didn’t San Francisco’s Billionaires Save The Bay Bridge Lights?
When I first heard the news that the ‘Bay Lights’ were in danger of going dark, and that an $11 million dollar donation was needed in order to keep them on, I thought to myself “some billionaire will foot the bill, probably Marc Benioff,” but that didn’t happen. Instead, Illuminate,
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How Monkeybrains Tried to Give SF a Giant Check…and Failed
What’s not talked about enough is how much good Monkeybrains does for the community. And that brings us to the time they tried to give a giant check to the City and County of San Francisco, and nobody showed up.
London Breed Rapidly Falling out of Favor
London Breed is falling down. A recent poll conducted by the San Francisco Standard found the mayor of San Francisco’s approval rating had sunk by thirteen percent since May. From city school districts to its beleaguered police department, disapproval of London Breed’s performance is mutual among typically disparate sectors. Only
