Opinion: Crime issue requires careful balancing act by California Democrats

Police officers stand watch outside the Gucci store in Union Square in San Francisco in November. Rising concerns over crime pose a political challenge for California Democrats. (Jason Henry/The New York Times)

Despite low crime rates, Democrats face a major challenge in 2022 elections

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Workers at an ExxonMobil refinery in Bayton, Texas, Feb. 17, 2020. Eight California cities and counties have accused Exxon and other oil firms of breaking state laws by misrepresenting and burying evidence, including from its own scientists, of the threat posed by rising temperatures. (Tamir Kalifa/The New York TImes)

Exxon aims to leverage Texas courts to silence San Francisco and CA climate critics

Oil firm claims its history of publicly denying the climate crisis is protected by First Amendment

By Chris McGreal Special to The Examiner
Experts predict the current COVID-19 crisis in California will last 4-6 more weeks. (Shutterstock)

California hospitals predict COVID-19 surge will last 4-6 weeks

By Kristen Hwang

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Former San Francisco Public Works Director Mohammed Nuru speaks at an event in 2018. Nuru pleaded guilty to federal fraud charges earlier this month, the latest in a saga of corruption that harkens back to corruption cases of the past. (Kevin N. Hume/The Examiner)

Opinion: How to avoid going to prison for public corruption in San Francisco

To avoid hard time in the future, SF officials must learn lessons of corrupt past

By Gil Duran
Visiting the JFK memorial in Dallas on MLK weekend shed light on the complex relationship the two icons had with one another. (Shutterstock)

A letter from Dallas: JFK, MLK, and chicken fried steak

The Examiner went to Texas for the Niners-Cowboys matchup

By Al Saracevic

SF Examiner, 1/16/2022

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JFK Drive in Golden Gate Park has been closed to cars throughout the pandemic. But whether it and the Upper Great Highway will remain that way is uncertain, as the debate has become a political minefield. (Kevin N. Hume/The Examiner)

Closed streets have polarized San Francisco

Neighborhoods divided, residents frustrated and city supervisors trepidatious

By Carly Graf Examiner staff writer
An SFMTA parking enforcement officer issues a ticket for a vehicle. The transit agency has launched an initiative that will text drivers whose vehicles are about to be towed for four different violations.

San Francisco drivers to get text alert before being towed

In a first for a major metro, it’s about clearing the streets and giving drivers a break

By Carly Graf Examiner staff writer
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Glendrick Pettigrew, left, and DeMarcus Moody, both from Forth Worth, have been Niners fans since the early 1990s, despite living in the heart of Cowboys country. (Al Saracevic/The Examiner)

Niners fans from Texas? Apparently it’s a thing

Rooting for San Francisco isn’t easy when you live in the Lone Star state, but many do

By Al Saracevic
Janet Dacal and Sasson Gabay in “The Band’s Visit” at at the Golden Gate Theatre. (Photo by Evan Zimmerman)

Being able to put on a live show is a gift these days — always has been

January theater notes in the time of omicron

By Jean Schiffman
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Tamara Rojo will join S.F. Ballet at the end of 2022, when Helgi Tomasson retires after 37 years of leading the company, the country’s oldest major ballet, founded in 1933. (Kalpesh Lathigra/The New York Times)

Tamara Rojo named artistic director of S.F. Ballet

Two of The City’s major performing arts organizations are now headed by women

By Janos Gereben
David Miles Jr. visits the Skatin’ Place in Golden Gate with one of his favorite books. (David Miles Jr.)

David Miles Jr., the ‘Godfather of Skate,’ brings a new mural to Golden Gate Park

With backing of the S.F. roller skating community and Rec & Park, Skatin’ Place seeks beautification

By Paolo Bicchieri Special to The Examiner
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