Crime Wave Back Story Residents Nervous, City Plans More Police
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10 Community 30 Real Estate 18 Calendar Supervisor: Mark Dreamhouse: A July Events: July is a month Farrell unveils the city’s Divisadero classic 25 for the Marina and all of the Bay next budgets 7 Area to shine. Find out about Pet Pages the concerts, food events, film Food & Wine Political Animal: festivals, children’s activities, The Tablehopper: Say America’s Dog’ and more that make summer goodbye to La Boulange 10 adoption event 30 so enjoyable in S.F. 18 MARINATIMES.COM CELEBRATING OUR 31ST YEAR VOLUME 31 ISSUE 07 JULY 2015 Reynolds Rap City business Bureaucracy Inc. If you think getting around the city is tough, try working with them BY SUSAN DYER REYNOLDS ou hear a lot these days about how hard it is just getting around San Francisco between the construction, the traffic, and the congestion. The Ybottom line is that San Francisco is a small city, with just 47.355 square miles of land (if you include the water, it’s nearly 232 square miles), and for many years, left-leaning activists and legislators kept new residential building at a minimum. Then Mayor Ed Lee decided to welcome (or more accurately, bribe) the Silicon Valley with enormous Mary Chapin Carpenter will perform on Aug. 2. PHOTO: COURTESY MARY CHAPIN CARPENTER tax breaks. The problem is that Silicon Valley is much larger, much more spread out, and made up mostly of single-family homes with two-car garages and plenty of Summer Sundays at Stern Grove free parking everywhere else. San Francisco had a dotcom boom once before, which BY LYNETTE MAJER quartet DakhaBrakha (July 19). A per- All concerts begin at 2 p.m. didn’t end well. There are plenty of pundits who believe formance by the San Francisco Ballet As many know, the weather at the dotcom boom 2.0 won’t end well, either, predicting that two he Stern Grove Festival (July 26) closes the month. outdoor amphitheater at 19th Avenue to five years from now, many of the latest Internet darlings kicked off its 78th year of free Heading up August is Grammy Award- and Sloat Boulevard can be unpre- struggling to make a profit will go the way of Pets.com, or concerts last month to a picnick- winner Mary Chapin Carpenter and dictable, from sunshine to fog and get swallowed up by bigger, more established companies Ter-packed performance of the Doobie Sri Lankan-American folk-rock artist wind, to a combination of all, so it’s like Apple and Google with working business models and Brothers and The California Honeydrops. Bhi Bhiman (August 2), followed by the always a good idea to throw an extra real piles of cash. I’m in that camp, having gone through July brings the San Francisco R&B-soul-funk sounds of Morris Day layer or blanket in the picnic basket. the first one and now witnessing the same mistakes being Symphony (July 5); Hawaiian perfor- and The Time and Con Brio (Aug. 9). Also, parking is challenging, so either made. But for now, the influx of new residents is over- mances by Amy Hanaiali’i and Halau Talib Kweli and Zakiya Harris featur- biking or Muni are recommended. whelming every resource, especially the housing supply, ’oKeikiali’i (July 12); and the folk-pop- ing Elephantine (Aug. 16) are slated to Visit sterngrove.org for additional which Mayor Lee obviously didn’t think about when he was R&B of Tune-Yards and the Ukraine close the festival with hip-hop and soul. information. BUREAUCRACY, continued on 4 Crime wave Back Story Residents nervous, city plans more police BY JOHN ZIPPERER of 2 cases, but they hadn’t read online; even if the post- heard of 15. Nervousness ing of rumors was done with he e-mail was for- about crime appears to have the best of intentions, it can warded to about a inflated reports, which in actually hinder the promo- dozen recipients, turn were shared in the tion of safety. Tincluding the Marina Times. rumor mill. For residents looking It related an attempted “I would really encour- for information on actu- assault in the stairway of age … you [to] report al crimes, they can get it a Cow Hollow building. things to us,” San Francisco directly from the SFPD. If The unnamed writer said Police Department Captain those 15 assaults didn’t all the same thing hap- happen, there is still pened to a female plenty of crime tak- friend just a few days Police told residents ing place in the city to earlier and that police make people wary, and At the first Monterey Jazz Festival in 1958, Jimmy Lyons (right) is seen backstage officers had said there reports of a wave of in particular, burglar- with Dave Brubeck. PHOTO: JERRY STOLL, COURTESY MONTEREY JAZZ FESTIVAL had been 15 assaults ies and car thefts are in the past week in the assaults were false. on the rise. For exam- same area. ple, just in the Central Remembering Jimmy Lyons Fearful residents packed Simon Silverman told the District police reports for an early June community neighbors at the June meet- the day of March 13, there BY ERNEST BEYL Jazz Festival. Jimmy was the he was responsible for add- meeting with law enforce- ing. “Don’t just report it were eight thefts (mostly founder and general man- ing an important dimension ment officials, where they on Nextdoor.com to your from vehicles), a vehicle his Back Story is ager of this premiere jazz — a starburst of focus — to were told that the reports of a neighbors, because we need vandalized, the arrest of a paean to an old event, and my best buddy my life. wave of assaults in the neigh- to be able to do something someone on an outstanding friend, Jimmy Lyons. until he died in 1994. He If it weren’t for Jimmy borhood — first reported on about it.” Silverman also warrant, a commercial bur- THis name may not resonate deserves remembering. He Lyons, my Telegraph Hill the Nextdoor.com website cautioned people against glary, and a narcotics arrest. with some of you unless you was a giant in this city that neighbor many blue moons — weren’t real. Police knew believing everything they CRIME WAVE, continued on 6 have attended the Monterey has had many giants. And JIMMY LYONS, continued on 16 MARINATIMES.COM MARINA TIMES JULY 2015 1 Contents In This Issue 26 10 25 News Calendar Around the Northside July events News briefs on more help for the home- Summer is in full blossom this month, and less, calls for whistleblower protection there’s plenty for the family to do and plenty expansion, The Dailey Method’s method, of places to bring out-of-town visitors. 18 and plans to improve the city’s car fleet management. 3 At Home Community Picking a paint color Julia Strzesieski finds shopping near home A matter of money pays off. 22 Supervisor Mark Farrell lays out spend- ing priorities for the city’s new budget. 7 Real Estate Hometime Street Beat Stephanie Saunders Ahlberg writes that Northside news making your landscaping drought-proof Christine Roher finds earth-friendly retail; is good for conservation and good for and Ernest Beyl tells us which street is your resale; real estate news briefs high- named after a notorious felon. 8 light a bevy of affordable housing initia- tives; Carole Isaacs responds to a call for Food & Wine buyer consolation; and the Dreamhouse Showcase is a Divisadero classic beauty. 23 Summer eats The Tablehopper has the inside scoop on Sports openings and closings in the Marina and beyond; Susan Dyer Reynolds remem- Coaching little leaguers bers GraceAnn Walden, the brassy pio- Steve Hermanos shares his wisdom for neer of food gossip; and you won’t believe teaching youngsters to play team sports. 26 what fed Ernest Beyl’s Appetites and Afterthoughts. 10 Wellness and Family Screentime Travel Liz Farrell on ways to break the lure of the screen The near afar for your kids this summer; and Julie Mitchell 28 Michael Snyder finds plenty worth see- offers tips for dealing with sports injuries. ing right at home in San Francisco and in his second home, Los Angeles; and Pet Pages Patty Burness takes a local’s eye view of Skylar’s sixth sense and San Francisco’s historic waterfront. 14 America’s Dog adoption month Skylar Grey takes care of Kickie; plus ACC Arts & Entertainment celebrates “America’s Dog” with free pittie It’s a matter of bandwidth adoptions and the chance to win a trip any- Film reviewer Michael Snyder watches where in the country. 30 the remastered classic The Third Man and the new biopic Greg Proops; plus ONLINE SPECIALS the Marina best sellers. 16 marinatimes.com marinatimes.com | 3053 Fillmore Street #104, San Francisco, CA 94123 Editorial: (415) 931-0515 | Fax: (415) 931-0987 | Letters to the Editor: [email protected] Advertising: (415) 815-8081 [email protected] Calendar submissions due by the 15th of the month to [email protected] Publisher Managing Editor Social Media Earl Adkins John Zipperer Shelia Fox [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Editor in Chief Senior Editor Designer Steven Fromtling Susan Dyer Reynolds Lynette Majer Web Designer Joe Bachman [email protected] [email protected] MARINA TIMES IS A TRADE MARK OF JASMINE BLUE MEDIA LLC. 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