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MARINATIMES.COM CELEBRATING OUR 37TH YEAR VOLUME 37 ISSUE 3 MARCH 2021 R R Opinion Emma, Ronisha, and Latanette Three young Black mothers murdered and still no justice

BY SUSAN DYER REYNOLDS

“Basically, they’re saying my daughter was nothing, she wasn’t worth anything anyway. And that’s just not true Left to right: Alexander Calder’s La Grande Vitesse, 1969; Pablo Picasso’s Woman Seated in a Red Armchair, and I get so angry about that.” 1932. IMAGES: COURTESY OF THE FINE ARTS MUSEUMS OF SAN FRANCISCO — Sherree DeYoe, mother of murder victim Emma Hunt

    ’      , Modern giants meet at the de Young 6-year-old Emma Hunt cared for herself and her baby sister in the harsh streets of Ethiopia Exhibition explores similarities and distinctions between Calder and Picasso Afor a year. That’s when Sherree DeYoe adopted the two and brought them to Manteca in San Joaquin County. BY SHARON ANDERSON the first museum in the United States CALDER AND PICASSO In 2020 at age 32, Hunt was the mother of two chil- to explore the artists’ relationship. In Alexander Calder is perhaps best dren living in San Francisco. After battling years of      a visual conversation consisting of known as the inventor of the mobile drug addiction, she told her family she had been clean most influential artists of more than 100 paintings, sculptures, in which suspended abstract ele- for months and planned to enter a residential treatment the 20th century, Alexan- drawings, and photographs, the art- ments “drawn” in space become program on Monday, Jan. 6. But even after surviving Wder Calder and Pablo Picasso, will be ists’ innovative approaches to subject alive in a kinetic, three-dimensional Ethiopia and an addiction to drugs, Hunt could not together in comparative exhibition. matter, space, and composition rein- change event of balance and har- survive the violent streets of San Francisco’s Tenderloin Not only the first of its kind in a force their groundbreaking achieve- mony. Marcel Duchamp originally District. Around 4 a.m. on Sunday, Jan. 5, after an alter- major museum, the de Young is also ments in the realm of abstract art. ART WORLD, continued on 6 REYNOLDS RAP, continued on 4

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cable channels, and streaming ser- vices have stepped up their sci-fi Saving our small and fantasy programming to meet the demand. As a result, some truly intriguing and addictive shows have businesses found receptive audiences and, in a few cases, cult-like followings. We need to stop viewing Loyal viewers can be so numer- ous and vocal that they’ll keep their small businesses as ATMs favorites going on streaming plat- forms after broadcast and cable BY CATHERINE STEFANI TV cancellation. So the dazzling and complex hard sci-fi saga The ’         Expanse, dramatizing the possible passed since the first stay-at-home orders were geopolitical and societal repercus- issued. While I breathed a sigh of relief in January, sions of Earth’s future colonization of Iwith the inauguration of a new presidential admin- our solar system, moved from SyFy istration that is taking the pandemic and economic Elizabeth Olsen and Paul Bettany in Wandavision. PHOTO: MARVEL STUDIOS to a more receptive home at Amazon recovery seriously, Covid-19 has nevertheless claimed Prime, where it’s only gotten bet- half a million American lives and inflicted incalculable ter. Meanwhile, Fox dumped Lucifer, harm on our economy. Here in San Francisco, few have the witty mix of police procedur- felt the pandemic’s economic toll more acutely than our Portals to adventure al, supernatural morality tale, and neighborhood restaurants, shops, entertainment ven- romantic comedy based on a DC/ ues, and salons, and those who own and operate them. Vertigo comic. In short order, world- Many have closed their doors, and thousands are unem- in time and space wide fan outcry convinced Netflix to ployed, uncertain when they will be able to reopen or pick up this romp about the dapper return to work. That’s why I’m taking action to save our BY MICHAEL SNYDER receipts for the interlocked Marvel Devil himself — an expert on evil small businesses. superhero movies, the Star Wars who is so smitten with an attractive In partnership with the Department of Public Health     ,   franchise, and the Harry Potter saga homicide detective that he decides to and the Roxie Theater, I am proud to have been part thirst for escapism. That’s as good to understand the magnitude of their work as her consultant. of the successful effort to save the Sundance Film Fes- a reason as any to explain the cur- popularity. A widespread embrace A series like Snowpiercer might tival at Fort Mason. Last December, when the latest Irent proliferation of science fiction of the speculative and the extraordi- not have been made a decade ago. It’s Covid-19 surge began, the health officer shut down and fantasy movies and television. nary is just as evident when it comes a crafty TV adaptation of the dysto- DISTRICT 3 SUPERVISOR, continued on 2 One need only check the box-office to serialized television, as networks, SNYDER, continued on 7 District 3 Supervisor for them to stay open. All budget deci- continued from cover sions are reflections of our values, and, although waiving these fees will reduce drive-in movie theaters, threatening the the city’s revenue during a period of fis- film festival and its local host, the Roxie cal uncertainty, it is absolutely the right Theater. The Roxie is one of the oldest and just thing to do. continuously operating cinemas in the We need to stand up for our small busi- Since 1980 United States, and it has been an incred- nesses and our neighbors who keep them ible partner in bringing movies to Fort running, rather than continuing to view Mason for all to enjoy. them as ATMs. I was thrilled that my Outdoor Dining 5-9pm Nightly Due to San Francisco’s restrictions, legislation passed out of the Budget and however, Sundance needed a special Finance Committee unanimously and commitment from the city to allow the with five cosponsors in February. I expect film festival to go forward. After advo- it will begin to provide the economic cating on the festival’s behalf, I con- relief our small businesses so desperately vinced the Department of Public Health need as soon as possible. to amend the health order and certi- In addition to waiving unfair fees, I have fy that the festival could continue as asked the city attorney to draft legislation planned. While I was pleased to see the to preserve parklets in our community, festival go forward, our small business- because our small businesses need cer- es need systemic changes too, and I’m tainty to plan for their economic recov- focused on delivering those changes for ery. Small businesses, and restaurants in all those who keep our merchant corri- particular, have relied on parklets over dors running. the course of the Last Decem- past year — with ber, at a Board of many spending Supervisors meet- We must take every thousands of dol- ing focused on lars installing and our economy, I opportunity we can to activating them — introduced one of and they deserve the largest small champion our small more certainty that business fee-waiv- they will be permit- er packages in San businesses. ted to continue to Francisco history, use these spaces as to help businesses that were ordered to we recover. My proposal will allow our TAKE OUT AND DELIVERY close by the city. The steps we have taken small businesses to use the parklets they together to stop the spread of Covid-19 in installed in our merchant corridors for an (415) 921-7600 San Francisco have saved lives, but these additional two years after the termination DoorDash • Grubhub • Postmates • Uber Eats precautions have had severe impacts on of the Covid-19 emergency declaration. our economy as well. Small businesses With clear expectations from the city, it 3166 Buchanan at Greenwich | (415) 921-7600 employ hundreds of thousands of San will be easier for small businesses to recov- Franciscans — they are what make our er financially. @brazenheadsf | brazenheadsf.com neighborhoods so vibrant and special, While significant, these actions are just and they truly make up the backbone of first steps. During the committee hearing our local economy. It is our responsibility for my fee-waiver legislation, one small to step up and support them in any way business owner called in to share her possible. experiences. In spite of the tremendous My legislation will waive business reg- difficulties the city imposes on our local istration fees, annual license fees, and all merchants, she remained hopeful. She penalties related to those fees for small stated that, Covid-19 aside, she looks businesses with $25 million or less in forward to the day that it is easier to gross receipts that saw a reduction in run a small business in San Francisco. revenue due to local health orders, and I share that hope wholeheartedly, and I refunds any such payments that have am committed to doing everything in my already been made. power to remove obstacles to our small This is a question of fundamental fair- businesses’ success. ness, and the fees that the city would oth- As we pass the one-year pandemic Be a pioneer. Become a leader. erwise extract from our small businesses milestone, each of us must do everything during this difficult time are extraordi- we can to ensure that our neighborhoods narily unfair to begin with. Small busi- return to the vibrant places they once nesses should not be forced to pay the were. That means taking every oppor- city for the privilege of operating when tunity we can to champion our small Covid-19 has made it all but impossible businesses.

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Chinatown’s new Willie ‘Woo Woo’ Wong Playground and Clubhouse features Masks Required for All unique structures inspired by Chinese mythology. PHOTO: JIM WATKINS Showroom Constantly Sanitized A real shot in the arm Vaccination rollout expands We Buy and Sell BY JOHN ZIPPERER Originally opened in 1927 as the Chi- nese Playground, the park was renamed CITY COVID VACCINATION in 2006 in honor of Willie Wong, a Chi- Coins With the goal of vaccinating at least nese-American college basketball star. 10,000 people a day against Covid-19, San Old Gold Francisco has continued to fine-tune its MORE WIENER HOUSING BILLS vaccination distribution plans to increase State Sen. Scott Wiener (D–San Fran- Silver Jewelry the ability of residents to participate. More cisco) is bringing his total package of sites have been added to the list of avail- housing legislation to four for the current Vintage Watches able vaccination locations, ranging from legislative year. Both of the new bills — SB Moscone Center and City College to the 477 and SB 478 — reflect his longtime Giants stadium. On Feb. 19, the San Fran- commitment to getting California cities Open Now at cisco Municipal Transportation Agency to boost housing production. SB 477 pro- said it would provide free, roundtrip trans- vides for greater collection of data on the 2299 Lombard portation for people traveling to get their local implementation of the state’s housing Covid-19 vaccine. Paratransit rides are also laws. SB 478 cracks down on communities free for trips to and from vaccination loca- that use “restrictive square footage and lot tions within S.F. Paratransit’s service area. size mandates to prevent small multiunit “In addition to reaching our most vul- buildings (2–10 units) on land zoned for nerable people with a combination of multiunit,” according to Wiener. mobile vaccination teams, neighborhood These follow the previously announced sites, and community clinics, we want to SB 10, to give cities ways to quickly change make it as convenient as possible for peo- zoning to allow 10-unit buildings in cer- ple throughout San Francisco to get to our tain locations, and SB 234, which provides high-volume vaccination sites,” said Mayor funding for new housing for at-risk youth. London Breed. Vaccinations are available for people aged 65 and older, and people DOWNPAYMENT PAYMENT in the fields of health care, education, In mid-March, Mayor London Breed childcare, emergency services, and food announced that the Mayor’s Office of and agriculture. To find out more about Housing and Community Development vaccination eligibility and to set up an would release a new round of funds to appointment, visit sf.gov/getvaccinated. help first-time home buyers make down- payments. The Downpayment Assistance WILLIE ‘WOO WOO’ WONG OPENS Loan Program (DALP) will benefit up to Following a $14.5 million renovation, the 80 households out of its $27 million in Willie “Woo Woo” Wong Playground and available funding. The program offers up Clubhouse reopened in February, featuring to $375,000 in assistance to low- and mod- a larger play area, improved accessibility, erate-income homebuyers purchasing a public art, and play structures inspired by market-rate residence in the city. To be eli- Chinese mythology. gible, applicants need to attend 10 hours of The half-acre park, located at 830 Sac- homebuyer education and be preapproved ramento Street, was redesigned following from a lender accepted by DALP. Interest- input from neighborhood organizations, ed applicants can find more information at and multilingual outreach to local resi- sfmohcd.org/dalp. wittercoin.com | 415.781.5690 dents. “The incredible work of Chinatown stakeholders over the last decade to push FACTS AND FIGURES [email protected] this project over the finish line is a tes- $12.9 million: amount the city’s Grants tament to the importance of this unique for the Arts division had available for public playground and park for seniors grants in Fiscal Year 2020 . . . 81: percent- and families living in cramped conditions,” age of viewers surveyed by OnBuy.com Established 1960 said Supervisor Aaron Peskin, whose Dis- who said they would find it too awkward trict 3 includes Chinatown. “The Com- to watch Bridgerton with members of their mittee for Better Parks and Recreation in family . . . 51: percentage who said Sex 2299 Lombard St. San Francisco Chinatown led robust outreach to identify and the City was too awkward . . . Second: e old IHOP at Lombard and Pierce culturally significant design elements and ranking of California in WalletHub’s list community programming needs. As we of “2021’s Most Sinful States”; the Golden with FREE PARKING! ring in the Year of the Ox, nothing makes State’s position was derived from an aver- me happier than knowing that Chinatown age of its rankings on various categories, youth will soon be shooting hoops on a such as 12th place for “anger and hatred,” Open normal hours: new basketball court named after a Chi- second place for both “lust” and, of course, Weekdays 10-6 • Saturdays 10-3 nese American legend, seniors will have a “vanity” . . . 114: percentage by which the safe respite to practice outdoor tai chi, and number of women-owned businesses has Walk-ins & Appointments Welcome children will be able to use the clubhouse increased in the past 20 years, according to as the newest Community Learning Hub.” whattobecome.com.

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Reynolds Rap property, and car theft. While none of continued from cover her previous crimes were violent, the sheer volume of arrests was at the very cation near Larkin and O’Farrell Streets, least a cry for help. Yet Mandigo was a man pulled out a gun and shot her once released again and again. in the neck and three times in the chest. In multiple interviews, Chesa Bou- One week later, officers from the San din has said his goal as San Francisco’s Francisco Police Department’s narcotics district attorney is to enforce the law squad arrested 18-year-old Kevin Lopez- equally, fight for racial justice and equi- Figueroa and a 17-year-old juvenile, ty, and focus resources on root causes booking them both on suspicion of mur- of crime to break the revolving door der and conspiracy. Though the incident of America’s failed justice system. But was captured on videotape, San Francisco actions speak louder than words. For District Attorney Chesa Boudin declined Emma Hunt and Ronisha Cook, there is to file murder charges against the two no justice for them or for their grieving suspects, deciding instead on firearms families. Hunt’s killers are free, and one charges. “The people have the burden of Cook’s suspected killers was free to of proving beyond a reasonable doubt kill again. Latanette McDaniel died in that a defendant did not act in lawful the arms of investigators, her murder self-defense,” said then-spokesman for committed by another young woman the district attorney’s office Alex Bastian. who showed signs for nearly a decade she needed resources focused on her. BRINGING A MILK CRATE TO A Now, presumably, she will spend the GUNFIGHT rest of her life in prison. I say presum- Investigators allowed Hunt’s family to ably because you can never be sure with view the surveillance tape. They were Boudin. outraged at what they described as the careless steps made by Boudin. “Emma ‘MY FATHER SHOULD BE FREED didn’t go after them with a knife. She TOO’ hit him with the milk crate,” her adopt- On May 6, 2020, Boudin wrote an ed mother, Sherree DeYoe, told FOX40 op-ed for the Los Angeles Times titled, News. “When you’re looking at the full “I’m keeping San Francisco safer by circumstances, there’s intent there. They emptying the jail. My father should be had strong intent to come down and do freed too.” He starts by saying people some sort of harm,” said Hunt’s step- in prison “face a grave risk of falling father, David DeYoe. According to the ill, dying and spreading Covid-19” and DeYoes, Figueroa and the juvenile sus- admits the issue is personal because his pect harassed Hunt for 30 to 40 minutes 75-year-old father “lives in a prison cell.” trying to get money from her, then left Boudin has never made any bones the scene and returned with a gun. about the fact that much of his work is Police sources tell me that officers based on what happened as a result of made an undercover drug buy from the his parents’ involvement in the Weather juvenile suspect back in the Tenderloin Underground, a militant group active just a week after Hunt’s murder. When I in the ’60s and ’70s that bombed the asked about Figueroa, the Sheriff’s Office Pentagon and the United States Capitol, responded that he was “not in San Fran- A makeshift memorial to Emma Hunt in the Tenderloin near the place of her among other targets. His mother, Kathy cisco jail custody.” As Boudin is fond of murder. PHOTO: USED WITH PERMISSION Boudin, pleaded guilty to felony murder reducing charges and releasing suspects and served 22 years in prison, and his on ankle monitors, this wasn’t surprising; included Hollywood stars and the Black Huntley — with Cook’s murder. Both father, David Gilbert, was sentenced however, I was surprised that Figueroa Panthers, stepped out of his Haight Ash- men remain behind bars (still without to life for the 1981 heist of a Brinks isn’t listed in the San Francisco Superior bury home on Page Street to take pic- trial dates). Session and Flournoy were truck in New York that resulted in Court database — which means there is tures in the neighborhood. A car pulled released. After the attack on Palladino the deaths of Brink’s guard Peter Paige no trial date set for the firearms charge. up and a man jumped out, attempting made the news, Boudin told the San and two Nyack policemen, Sgt. Edward to steal Palladino’s high-priced camera. Francisco Chronicle he “filed murder O’Grady and Police Officer Waverly THREE DEATHS IN 30 DAYS Palladino held on and hit his head on charges against the people we believe we Brown. Using his newfound celebrity, Hunt was one of three Black women in the pavement as the car dragged him. can prove were the actual shooter and Boudin has been actively campaigning their 30s killed during a 30-day period Witnesses ran to his aid, but several the driver of the car. At the time of the for New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo to in San Francisco. Latanette McDaniel, days later Palladino died in the hospital arrests, we asked police to keep inves- grant his father clemency. In his op-ed, 35, was stabbed to death in Potrero Hill from his injuries. In what sounds like a tigating the two passengers in the car, Boudin describes his parents as “politi- on Dec. 14, 2019, and Ronisha Cook, movie plot, the private eye helped solve including Mr. Flournoy.” It’s convenient cal activists,” points out that they were 33, was gunned down in the Tenderloin his own case when pictures taken on for Boudin to fall back on one of his old unarmed, and that other participants on Dec. 19, 2019. Between the three his camera revealed the suspects, lead- standards by putting the onus on police; shot and killed the victims. He calls the women, a total of ing to the arrests however, California Penal Code 182 PC crime a “botched robbery” and refers to 11 children were of 24-year-old states “If two or more people conspire to his parents as “getaway drivers.” left motherless. Lawrence Thom- commit any crime, they shall be punish- Does Boudin’s understating of histo- Supervisor Matt Boudin set them free — as of Pittsburg and able in the same manner and to the same ry cloud his judgment when it comes Haney, whose dis- 23-year-old Tyjone extent as is provided for the punishment to murder cases? For example, did trict includes the and Flournoy now faces Flournoy of San of the felony.” his belief that his parents were get- Tenderloin, spoke at Francisco. In other words, there were ways of away drivers and not worthy of mur- a January 2020 press charges in the murder The name Flour- keeping Flournoy and Session in jail der charges influence his choice to set conference held noy sounded famil- while Boudin waited for “more evi- Tjone Flournoy free because he was a near a makeshift of Jack Palladino. iar, so I looked him dence.” Instead, he set them free — and passenger in the getaway car? In the memorial for Hunt. up in an arrest data- Flournoy is now facing charges in the Los Angeles Times op-ed, Boudin says “What is most important is that we listen base and discovered why: Flournoy was murder of Palladino. making decisions “about who to incar- to the leaders within our community, one of four men arrested for the 2019 cerate and for how long and who to listen to Black women in our commu- murder of Ronisha Cook. Just before IS RACIAL JUSTICE ONLY FOR release on what conditions” is “ago- nity, leaders who tell us what we should noon on Dec. 19, officers from Tender- CRIMINALS? nizing,” but he never mentions how do to prevent this in the future,” Haney loin Station on patrol in the area of Eddy Latanette McDaniel’s killer also agonizing those decisions are for the said. Shamann Walton, now president of and Leavenworth Streets heard gunfire. remains behind bars. The next hearing victims and their families. “For decades, the Board of Supervisors, also attended, At the crime scene, witnesses described is March 17, and again, no trial date criminal justice policy has been driven stating, “We want everyone to know a vehicle that fled the scene. Officers has been set. On Dec. 14, 2020, shortly by the sometimes realistic fear that that we take every violent crime seri- located a vehicle matching the descrip- before midnight, McDaniel was stabbed any person released could commit a ously, making sure that the resources to tion with damage from gunfire in the in the Potrero Hill neighborhood. As heinous crime,” he continues. “Locking address violence go to the areas and the area of Eighth and Folsom Streets. They she lay dying, she told investigators up millions of people destroys families neighborhoods, communities where we also found Cook suffering from gun- that a woman named Vernisha Man- and communities . . . ” Allowing violent see it.” But over a year later, their words shot wounds and rendered aid, but she digo killed her. The incident, along repeat offenders back out on the streets, ring hollow as Hunt’s killers are free, succumbed to her injuries at the hos- with McDaniel’s final words identifying where their victims are predominantly while one of Cook’s killers wasn’t even pital. Homicide Detail identified four Mandigo, were purportedly captured people of color in poor neighborhoods, charged — and went on to kill again. suspects — 28-year-old Derick Session, by police body cameras. Mandigo, 25 at destroys families and communities, too. 39-year-old Gary Owens, 31-year-old the time, confessed to the killing. Since Where is their justice? TRAGIC TIES Robert Huntley, and 23-year-old Tyjone 2013, Mandigo has been arrested near- This past Jan. 28 around 5 p.m., leg- Flournoy. ly 20 times in multiple jurisdictions, E-mail: [email protected]. Follow the endary private detective Jack Palladi- The district attorney’s office charged including San Francisco, for crimes Marina Times on Twitter @TheMarinaTimes no, 76, whose clients over the decades only two of the men — Owens and including prostitution, receiving stolen and like us on Facebook @MarinaTimes.

4 MARCH 2021 MARINA TIMES MARINATIMES.COM Politics as Usual Opinion Peak woke Has San Francisco reached the high tide of its progressive resurgence?

BY JOHN ZIPPERER from work and they could use her smart- overreach on crime, small business con- policy that can withstand critics; she had phone’s Internet connection), and they’re ditions, and schools. a position that can only be derived from “  F      highly unlikely to have tutors available to Last year, I interviewed a candidate talking to people you already agree with, Berkeley,” said KCBS Radio reporter help them catch up. running to replace a Democratic incum- and formulating a policy that fits ideolog- Bob Butler in a recent political dis- Instead, the school board used its time bent in Sacramento. She was a smart and ical, not human, parameters. Scussion. “Remember all the times when to insist that Dianne Feinstein is the same well-spoken candidate, but her views on we talked about how wacky Berkeley was as a slave ship captain. This stain is likely crime left me wondering how well she had THE BACKLASH for the things that they were doing? Well, to remain on San Francisco’s reputation thought them through. While discussing The blowback has already started. The San Francisco is doing that.” long after the freak flag is lowered and victims of burglaries, including her own Campaign for Better Public Schools was The “that” in question is letting your sanity returns to the school board. loss of a computer to a thief, she didn’t recently formed by the Families for San leftist freak flag fly, unhindered by con- The board has asked the public to sug- blame the thieves; she blamed the victims, Francisco PAC to explore remedies rang- siderations of compromise, common gest new names for the schools via an saying they had guilt because they had not ing from recalling members of the school sense, or if your ideas are even work- online form. I’m hoping at least one of changed a system that drove people to board to a charter amendment that would able. This was in full view recently when them is named Boaty McBoatface. commit crime. turn school board members into mayoral the city’s school board spent valuable When I politely suggested that such appointees. As for crime, District Attor- time not coming up with a plan to safe- LEFT-RIGHT, LEFT-RIGHT an approach to crime will result in an ney Chesa Boudin got elected in a low ly reopen schools but devising a plan When I brought this up to C.W. Nevi- inevitable backlash from voters who don’t turnout election and through the magical to rename 44 city public schools whose us, former Chronicle columnist and cur- like being blamed when their homes are machinations of ranked-choice voting. namesakes fell afoul of the board’s ideo- rent author of “C.W.’s Newsletter,” he burglarized and vandalized or their cars There is already an effort to recall Bou- logical stance. They devised a list that said, “One of the ironies of San Fran- stolen, I expected her to defend her point. din; but if that stalls and he makes it to a seemed tailor-made to please right-wing cisco, as ‘woke’ as San Francisco is, year And she could have. Anyone who had a reelection campaign, it will be very hard provocateurs like Tucker Carlson. The after year we elect a moderate mayor. halfway decent religious education — in I to imagine him being reelected. The latest offending names included former mayor The only progressive mayor in recent think just about any religion, but certainly news that the city is considering laying and current U.S. Senator Dianne Fein- history was Art Agnos — and he was a the one based on a Middle Eastern car- off 11 percent of its police officers is not stein, as well as Presidents George Wash- one-term mayor.” penter — would at least be familiar with Boudin’s doing, but it is unlikely to calm ington and Abraham Lincoln. That pattern has held, with current the concept of feeling compassion for the voters worried about dangerous streets. Oh, and there was still no plan to Mayor London Breed representing what offender, as well as taking responsibility There is no lane for the Republicans reopen public schools — which, if racial can probably be called the moderate wing to make a just society. As I’ve written here to use the Left’s overreach to gain power and economic reckoning was a school of the local Democratic Party. Yet today before, we are at a moment in time where in San Francisco like it was able to do in board priority, would itself have been a the Board of Supervisors is controlled by millions and millions of people are open New York City. The GOP here is too small priority. Racial minorities and econom- the left wing, the district attorney is the to making significant changes in society and the brand has been tarnished beyond ically disadvantaged children are being city’s unofficial public defender, and the to make it fairer and more just, not just immediate repair by four years of Trump- hurt the most by not being able to attend school board is made up of achingly woke for themselves but for people they have ism. But there is every reason to expect schools; many don’t have the technology members. Progressives have been eyeing never met who are suffering the effects of that the moderate wing of the Democratic to access online learning, they often don’t the mayor’s office as a sign of achieving systemic injustice. Party will ride schools, crime, and small have high-speed Internet connection (I their goal of control in the city, but I But that wasn’t the response. Instead, business to victory over the next couple remember one local expert talking about suspect they have reached peak woke, the she reiterated her point and moved on. city elections. families with no Internet connection, high point of their current resurgence, I realized she didn’t have a position that where the kids couldn’t even do their and we are likely to see a reaction at had been derived from facts and evidence Send feedback to [email protected]; homework until their mother came home the ballot box that is based on the Left’s and questioning, the better to arrive at a author email: [email protected]

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’     ject ignored the instruction and warrant for a theft violation. Both to be the same person from the the victim for half a block — recent crimes in the dis- brandished a silver handgun at were booked at County Jail. previous day. About two hours though the victim was able to tricts covered by North- the employee. The subject then later, the officers were patrolling open the passenger door. The Hern SFPD station. stole several electronic devices BANK BOMB THREAT, PART I the area of Myrtle Street and Van victim got into the vehicle and and fled the area on a scooter. Feb. 4, 4 p.m. Ness Avenue when they located a there was a physical altercation SHOTS FIRED 500 block of Golden Gate Avenue subject matching the individual over his phone. He eventually Feb. 2, 7 a.m. STEALING ELECTRONICS, they had observed on the security got his phone back and ran back 700 Block of McAllister Street PART II Responding to a report of a video from both bank robberies. to where he had left his own Feb. 4, 6:30 a.m. bank robbery, officers talked to The subject was detained without vehicle, but when he arrived he Officers responded to a report 2300 block of Lombard Street a teller who reported that a sub- incident, and he later confessed discovered that his vehicle and of shots fired. One witness was ject handed in a note demand- to the robberies. He was booked his children were no longer there. walking his dog and took cover An employee of a business told ing money and claiming to have at County Jail. Police initiated a citywide search behind a car when he heard gun officers that multiple electronic a bomb. No bomb or explosive and requested assistance from fire. Multiple residents and wit- items had been stolen from the device was seen by the victim KIDNAPPING outside law enforcement agen- nesses reported seeing a white store. Surveillance footage from or any witnesses. The teller gave Feb. 6, 8:47 p.m. cies, including an Amber Alert sedan stop in the area and several the business and from a construc- money to the subject, who fled 2100 block of Jackson Street through CHP. The entire SFPD shots being fired. The officers tion site across the street revealed on a bike. The officers reviewed night watch, including specialized found that bullets had penetrated a male with distinctive clothing video surveillance of the incident. An unknown suspect or sus- units, was held over to assist in the walls, damaged interior property, tampering with the store’s door pects stole a Honda Odyssey with search for the children. and shattered a window at the before diving through the glass to BANK BOMB THREAT, a 4-year-old girl and 2-year-old The next day at about 1 a.m., victims’ residences, though no gain entry. PART II boy inside. The victim, a driv- two police officers located the one was injured. At about 7:30 a.m., two officers Feb. 5, 3:10 p.m. er making a DoorDash delivery, van in the Bayview District. The located the subject with another 500 block of Van Ness Avenue had stepped away from his vehi- two children were inside; accord- STEALING ELECTRONICS, male on the 2100 block of Chest- cle; upon his return, he discov- ing to police reports, the children PART I nut Street. The subject attempted The same two officers who ered a subject inside his van with appeared unharmed. They were Feb. 3, 3 p.m. to discard one of the stolen items responded to the previous day’s his two children. As the victim assessed medically and reunited 500 block of Hayes Street in a trash bin, and the rest of the bank robbery responded to a sim- pulled the subject from the vehi- with their parents. stolen property was located in ilar event at another bank. How- cle, the subject stole a cell phone SFPD arrested two male Employees of a retail store met some luggage, which was seen ever, in this incident, the teller from the victim’s hand and ran suspects in their twenties and with officers and reported that a with the subject in the security observed what was believed to be into the passenger side of a wait- charged them with auto theft, known thief had entered the store. video. The subject was arrested a grenade; the teller gave money ing getaway vehicle. The victim robbery, conspiracy, battery, One of the employees approached for burglary and possession of to the subject, who fled on a bike. ran after the subject and grabbed child endangerment, aggravated the subject and told him he was stolen property; the other person The officers reviewed security the door handle as the getaway assault, aggravated kidnapping, not allowed in the store. The sub- was also arrested on an unrelated video and believed the suspect vehicle began to flee, dragging and a parole violation.

MARINATIMES.COM MARINA TIMES MARCH 2021 5 A  E Art World continued from cover coined the term “mobile” in 1931 refer- ring to both “motion” and “motive” in French. Early mobiles moved by motors whereas Calder created mobiles that responded to air currents, light, humid- ity, and human interaction. Similar to the Futurist art movement when motion translated as repetitive sweeping lines in paint onto canvas, the mobile was also influenced by industrialization and the rhythmic movements of machinery, commonplace in the world of manufac- turing. Pablo Picasso is considered one of the most influential and prolific artists of the 20th century. Working in a variety of styles and mediums throughout his life, he radically merged abstraction and rep- resentation as one of the pioneers of a new art form called Cubism. Picasso fearless- Left to right: Alexander Calder’s My Shop, 1955. Pablo Picasso’s The Studio, 1955. IMAGES: THE FINE ARTS MUSEUMS OF SAN FRANCISCO ly tackled controversial subjects relating to the human condition, including love, of art,” states Timothy Anglin Burgard, The second gallery, “Drawing in Space,” Both artists explored and discussed in sex, war, suffering, mortality, and death. distinguished senior curator and Ednah is named from a phrase coined by critics journals their ideas to expand the limits One of his most iconic works is Guerni- Root curator in charge of American for Calder’s wire sculpture in 1929. Line of volume and space in representation. In ca (1937), a painting giving depth to the Art at the Fine Arts Museums of San greets empty space or “the void,” a dynam- this exploration was a desire to strip form horrors and brokenness of war, created in Francisco. ic reminiscent of the space between musi- to its basic components as Picasso did in response to the brutal bombing of the Span- cal notes or the pauses in the motions of his bronze Bull’s Head (1942). The animal ish town of Guernica by Nazi German and A JOURNEY OF TWO PARALLEL dance in Calder’s Aztec Josephine Baker is reduced to a bicycle seat and handle- Fascist Italian air forces during the Spanish VISIONS (1930), a wire sculpture representing the bars rearranged with genius simplicity to Civil War (1936–39). Creating an instant- Conceived by the artists’ grand- charismatic African American dancer, evoke the head of the bull. ly recognizable painting style, Picasso’s sons, Alexander S.C. Rower and Ber- cabaret performer and legend of the jazz influence became nard Ruiz-Picasso, age in Paris during the 1920s. “We are delighted to share this fascinat- so great that it cata- “Calder-Picasso” ing exhibition with audiences on the West pulted him into the explores an exchange THE VOID AND THE VOLUME Coast,” said Thomas B. Campbell, direc- world of celebrity, a of works from the The play of negative space is expounded tor and CEO of the Fine Arts Museums distinction not com- Through his mobiles, mid-1920s to the upon in the remaining galleries, including of San Francisco. “It reaffirms the revo- monly experienced early 1970s. Themat- “The Void and the Volume/In Suspense.” lutionary impact of their work, as each among painters. Calder embraced ically arranged, the Picasso’s Woman Seated in a Red Armchair grappled with the representation of form, “Through his similarities and dis- (1932) minimalizes the figure into a series space and time, in art — and in doing so, mobiles, Calder chance as a crucial tinctions of their art of floating shapes, disconnected yet posi- redefined the conception of art itself.” animated sculpture, artistic element. careers are mapped tioned to suggest a female form. Similarly, embraced chance out in a journey Calder’s Little Yellow Panel (1936) explores Calder-Picasso: through May 23, 415- as a crucial artistic through the Herbst the idea of a two-dimensional painting and 750-3600, famsf.org. The exhibition will be element, and engaged the viewer in a Exhibition galleries. In the first gallery, a three dimensional element in motion. available for in-person viewing when the dynamic dialogue with the ever-evolving the visitor is greeted by Picasso’s wire Picasso’s Portrait of a Young Girl (1936) museum is able to reopen according to state artwork. Exploring the concept of meta- and sheet metal representation of the could almost be a painting of a Calder-es- guidelines. morphosis while alternating between poet Guillaume Apollinaire, titled Figure que sculpture representing a girl in front representation and abstraction, Picasso (1928). Calder’s Ball Player (ca. 1927) of water — a figure represented in tube- Sharon Anderson is an artist and writer in revealed the infinite potential inherent captures a figure reaching out into space like shapes connecting with a repeated Southern California. She can be reached at in both styles — often in the same work during a moment of action. rhythm of line and, once again, void. mindtheimage.com.

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The good news is that it worth watching from the very beginning. will continue into a third season next year, Besides offering people portals away and it will be preceded at the end of 2021 by from the mundane, the sci-fi proliferation is another Star Wars series, The Book of Boba being fueled in part by greater technical wiz- Fett, with Temuera Morrison as bounty ardry, affording productions the chance to hunter Boba and Ming-Na Wen as his mer- create imaginative, palpably realistic-look- cenary sidekick. ing imagery, regardless of how amazing or otherworldly. 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Chinese Culture Center: Women : MAJOR EVENTS From Her to Here S.F. Ballet: Digital Program 3 Daily through Aug. 28 Daily, March 4–24 Online This exhibition features the work of 11 LGBTQ+ Livestream and feminist contemporary artists and art highlights two lead couples and Symphony #9 collectives from the Bay Area, Taiwan, Hong a solo male set against a backdrop of grays Kong, and beyond who are exploring queer and and red recalling works of Socialist realism; feminist spaces in the Asian diaspora. Free, 415- Wooden Dimes features dramatic, contemporary 986-1822 ext. 025, cccsf.us choreography; and fan-favorite Swimmer brings audiences on a psychedelic multimedia journey SFAI 150: A Spirit of Disruption through loneliness, love, and 1960s pop culture. Daily, March 19–July 3 $29–$289, 415-865-2000, sfballet.org Online S.F. Opera: Ring Festival The San Francisco Art Institute celebrates its 150th anniversary with an exhibition and podcast Saturday, March 6, 13, 20, & 27, 1 p.m. series reflecting on the school’s extraordinary Livestream and on-demand and diverse legacy. Free, 415-749-4563 Tune in to moderated conversations, lectures, and streaming of Wagner’s Ring cycle in its entirely each weekend. Free–$144, 415-864-3330, sfopera.org THEATER Remote Theater: The Art of Sacrifice Saturday March 6, 4 p.m. & COMMUNITY Sunday, March 7, noon CORNER Livestream An American chess master returns home for a Chinatown Foot Patrol defining emotional match with her challenging Thursday, March 4, 11:30 a.m.–7 p.m. and unpredictable mother, who years ago Meet: Chinatown gate (480 Grant Ave.) coached her to success. A taut, true, and ultimately forgiving play about the negotiations Join this volunteer foot patrol to combat the rising we all make as parents and children, this intricate hate crimes toward Asian Americans. Come and drama beautifully delineates the complexity leave as you please. Free, eventbrite.com within the strict boundaries of a chessboard or a family. Free, donations requested, remote. theater GALAS & BENEFITS Lorraine Hansberry Theatre/S.F. Greater Bay Wish Quest Scavenger Playhouse: Hieroglyph Hunt Daily, March 13–April 3 Sat., March 6, 8 a.m.–Sun., March 7, 8 p.m. On demand Online This co-production filmed onstage at the Enjoy a weekend of fun and family-friendly Playhouse tells the story of 13-year-old Davis who competition in this interactive scavenger hunt struggles after she’s involuntarily displaced post- using the GooseChase phone/tablet app. Free, Hurricane Katrina. This raw, honest play traverses fundraising encouraged, 415-402-2765, sf.wish.org the intersection of environmental racism, sexual violence, and displacement, examining the 26th Annual Art Inspiring Hope Virtual psychological effects of a state-sanctioned man- Gala: Up in the Air made disaster on the most vulnerable members of the Katrina diaspora. Contains depictions Saturday, March 20, 6 p.m. of violence and sexual abuse, which could be Livestream disturbing to some viewers. $15–$100, 415-677- Celebrate Camp Okizu’s 40th year of supporting 9596, sfplayhouse.org Bay Area children with cancer and their families at this gala featuring a gourmet food option, 42nd Street Moon: Fourth Fridays specialty cocktails, and a raffle. $100, 415-382- Friday, March 26, 8 p.m. 9083, okizu.org Livestream “Don’t Burst My Covid Bubble” cabaret features Moon singers, and maybe some unexpected ARTS & CULTURE guests, for conversation and music. Free, 415- 255-8207, 42ndstmoon.org

ACT: Trouble in Mind Monday, March 29, 6 p.m. Livestream This reading of Alice Childress’s play-within- a-play is an unflinching examination of white fragility and liberalism in the theater industry as six actors gather in a Broadway theater to rehearse an anti-lynching play, written and directed by white artists. $5–$50, 415-749-2228, The Marsh: Women’s History Month act-sf.org

Various dates through March Livestream MUSIC: Launching the celebration is Honour: CONTEMPORARY Confessions of a Mumbai Courtesan (March 3), which continues with a collection of virtual S.F. Jazz: Fridays at Five performances by female performers, including Friday, March 5, 12, 19, & 26, 5 p.m. acclaimed mezzo-soprano Hai-Ting Chinn’s Online streaming eclectic musical science show Science Fair: Tune in to hear Laurie Anderson and Tammy Hall An Opera with Experiments (March 6). Visit (March 5); ACS Trio (March 12); Cindy Blackman website for schedule. Donation, themarsh.org COURTESY PHOTO Santana: Tony Williams Spotlight with Terence Blanchard, Bill Frisell, Joe Lovano, Kronos Quartet, Members of S.F. Jazz Collective, and Others; (March 19); and Jane Monheit (March MUSEUMS & 26). $5/monthly, 800-920-5299, sfjazz.org GALLERIES MUSIC: CLASSICAL The CJM: Levi Strauss: A History of American Style Old First Concerts: Anita Graef, Cello Daily, ongoing Sunday, March 14, 4 p.m. Online Livestream This original exhibition at the Contemporary Chicago-based cellist Anita Graef performs Jewish Museum celebrates the life of Levi David Baker’s jazz-inflected Sonata, Astor Strauss, the birth of the blue jean, and San Piazzolla’s Le Grand Tango, Schumann’s Adagio Francisco, the city where it all began. Free, 415- and Allegro, and more. Donation, 415-474-1608, 655-7800, thecjm.org oldfirstconcerts.org

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Thursdays, 7 p.m. Sunday, March 14, 10:30 a.m.–noon Museum of Modern Art, Mr. Jim reads Dancing Friday–Saturdays, 7 p.m. & 8:45 p.m. Livestream Through Fields of Color: The Story of Helen Location revealed at ticketing Join chef and cheese specialist Tracey Frankenthaler by Elizabeth Brown and illustrated Enjoy socially distanced 70-minute comedy Shepos Cenami of La Crema and James by Aimee Sicuro. Free, 415-357-4000, shows with 4–5 comics with impressive credits Beard award-winning author Laura Werlin, sfmoma.org at unique outdoor pop-up locations. $20–$25, for a three-course, cheese-focused spring eventbrite.com Consider the Oyster: SFPL: Women Building the Presidio Art, Science & Culture brunch. 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MomSense Don’t just stand there, do something Defending our city: Three things I want our kids to know

BY LIZ FARRELL meant to demonstrate what can can do anything to fix it. Our happen when we empower our children learned this firsthand    I   kids, but it is a privileged exam- when their dad ran for public about finding hope in 2021, ple because many kids are not office. It takes hard work and and I have had to remind even going to school in person. long hours to make a difference Lmyself several times about When my older son returned on a city level. They learned finding that hope. I love this to in-person school he was frus- that every vote counts, and you city, there are so many things trated with the cafeteria and felt have to work for those votes — that make it great, and we are Covid regulations were affecting they knocked on a lot of doors committed to raising our three the food quality. Every day I and hung a lot of door hangers. children here. As an optimist heard about how hungry he was, People would ask, “Why should I try to look at all sides before how no one was eating the food, I vote for your dad?” or “What forming an opinion, but it has and as a result so much was does he believe?” The kids had The times don’t just shape you, you can shape the times. become extremely difficult late- being wasted, especially when so an answer, and it wasn’t just PHOTO: SYHINSTAS ly to defend our beloved city many in our city don’t have any “Because he’s my dad.” between kidnappings, seniors food. I encouraged him to do We see so much criticism of we just have to look harder for every child should feel noticed being attacked in broad daylight, something about it if it bothered elected officials on social media, the good. I don’t want them and receive a message of love it and brazen home invasions — him that much, instead of watch- and what I struggle with is how to live in fear or think life is was then. I hope this brought as not to mention a continued delay ing it get worse. We talked about many of those people complain- all doom and gloom. So take a much joy to those kids as it did of getting thousands of students what he could do, and shortly ing voted for the same people break from social media and the for us to make the cards. safely back to their classrooms. after, he set up a meeting with a they are complaining about. news and get outside. Take the The state of our city is heart- faculty advisor who helped him Lately, it has primarily been time to remember what you love During trying times, the great- breaking, terrifying, and frustrat- coordinate a meeting with the focused on the Board of Edu- about our city and then seek it est gift we can give our kids is ing; however, I’m not giving up, food service manager. They were cation and the district attorney. out. For me, it is visiting our to remind them they are loved. and this is what I want my chil- able to brainstorm some ideas to They didn’t drastically change favorite playground or a hike to It is also especially powerful to dren to know: ensure students were eating and after being elected, but for such my favorite city vista. teach them tools to empower less food was being wasted. Later a well-educated city, it is aston- Recently, we were working themselves to make a difference. PROBLEMS DON’T FIX at dinner, I actually heard rave ishing how many people aren’t on Valentine’s cards for my This world and our city need all THEMSELVES reviews about the lunch. educated voters. If this past year son’s class and he asked how the help they can get, and I am If you don’t like how some- has taught us anything, it is who all the kids who aren’t in school constantly inspired by the resil- thing is being done, complain- WHO WE ELECT MATTERS we elect matters, and it affects would get Valentines. I told iency and curiosity of our youth. ing about it isn’t going to fix We may set out with the best everyone’s daily quality of life. him I wasn’t sure, but after a We can all help each other to it or change it, that’s the easy intentions to change the world, few phone calls I arranged to harness the bad so we can work part; actually doing something but it is important to first under- IT IS NEVER ALL BAD have some of our extra cards together for more good. about it is much harder and stand what is broken and why, I want my children to know it delivered to the learning hubs. takes courage. My example is what needs to change, and if you is never all bad, but sometimes If ever there were a time that Email: [email protected]

Feeling Good A one-year pandemic check-up A potpourri of solutions to combat pandemic fatigue

BY JULIE MITCHELL who used drugs and/or alcohol before the from Columbia University’s Department sions and acupoint tapping are effective for pandemic exhibited the highest levels of of Psychiatry sought to assess the ben- the relief of severe anxiety. Two indepen-    ’      worry and fear. The study included 160 efits of meditation and yoga on people dent investigations confirm the efficacy of since pandemic-related shut- participants between the ages of 18 and 65 with heightened anxiety brought about by traditional Chinese medicine for relieving downs and shelter-in-place and found that 6.9 percent of participants Covid-19 worries. Meditation, along with stress, especially among frontline Covid- Nbegan, we are all pretty much suffering started smoking cigarettes during the pan- yoga, has helped people manage stress 19 health care workers. There are several from what’s been termed “Covid fatigue.” demic while 8.8 percent started drinking and improve overall well-being — often acupuncture centers in San Francisco open Even the most resilient among us are alcohol, 5.0 percent started using cannabis, referred to as the mind-body connection. now, including Double Happiness Health tired of staying in, cooking and eating all and 4.4 percent started using e-cigarettes. These practices encourage being present (doublehappinesshealth.com), and San our meals at home, working and going to Approximately 5 percent of those surveyed and focusing on breath using physical Francisco Community Acupuncture (mis- school online, and trying to stay close to turned to harder drugs. postures and breathing techniques. The sionsfca.com), which offers treatments at our friends and families via Zoom, Face- San Francisco-based dispensary Eaze National Institutes of Health (NIH) points reduced rates. time, and social media. told the Associated Press (July 13, The out that yoga is often proposed as a non- Newly opened Redmint (redmint.com), But more than simply feeling grouchy New York Times) that first-time purchases pharmacological intervention for mental an “urban sanctuary” on Union Street, about pandemic restrictions and isolation, of cannabis were up more than 50 percent issues such as stress and fear. It has been offers a variety of wellness treatments, some are experiencing more serious men- at the beginning of the pandemic last found effective in reducing perceived including acupuncture, body treatments, tal health issues. Anxiety, insomnia, and March. And when the Marina’s Apoth- stress and can enhance emotional con- skincare and facials, LED light therapy, simple stress are causing people to turn to ecarium moved to curbside pickup, the trol resulting in improved self-efficiency, deep-tissue massage, and virtual services everything from alcohol and cannabis to staff noticed a change in the size of orders, self-confidence, and overall quality of life. and classes inspired by TCM or traditional yoga and meditation to cope. The Center especially gummies. “People are buying Meditation usually refers to a formal Chinese Medicine. Founded by TCM prac- for the Study of Traumatic Stress outlined them as sleep aids and anxiety,” said one. practice — either guided or practiced on titioner and entrepreneur Helina Fan, Red- quarantine stressors and their psychologi- And most high-end dispensaries sell edi- one’s own — that can calm the mind and mint focuses on the healing power of TCM, cal effects, among them: bles not only in gummy form, but also provide enhanced awareness of ourselves, which is represented by five elements: fire, THC-enhanced chocolate bars, truffles, our minds, and our environment. Medita- wood, metal, and earth and water — to • Frustration and boredom related to cookies, granola bars, and even beverages. tion has been practiced for years by people create holistic rituals to help balance the insolation and loss of one’s usual routine A study from the Journal of Addictive from diverse backgrounds, particularly in mind-body connection and help with pain along with limited social and physical con- Diseases reported in Forbes (Sept. 25, 2020) Eastern traditions, and it has now spread and inflammation, stress, insomnia, diges- tact with others that while patients are still using canna- into Western society. The term “mindful- tion, headaches, and hormone imbalances. • Lack of or delayed information from bis for chronic pain, autoimmune con- ness” is often mentioned as a benefit of According to Fan, “Redmint opens at a public health authorities and unclear guid- ditions, and other health concerns, since meditation that simply means being aware time when people are wanting to take ance from health and government officials the beginning of the pandemic there has of the present moment. Both yoga and charge of their internal health with holistic • Fears about becoming infected and/or been a 90-percent increase in cannabis meditation apps are available to download self-care rituals that help maintain a vital infecting others use among study participants with mental on smart phones or tablets. state of balance through preventative care.” • Financial loss health issues. STICK IT TO STRESS With more vaccines administered daily, WEED OUT YOUR WORRIES OHM YOUR WAY TO MINDFULNESS Another ancient form of stress relief there is light at the end of this long, strange According to a recent study in Psychi- Those who prefer a more natural form of comes in the form of acupuncture. Accord- trip we’re on. But if the stress is getting to atry Research, worry and stress is asso- pandemic-stress relief are turning to med- ing to HealthCMi, the Healthcare Medi- you, consider combatting it with an untra- ciated with substance abuse, and people itation and yoga. A January 2021 study cine Group, acupuncture treatment ses- ditional approach to feeling better.

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9 am - 4 pm 9 am - 4 pm Ages 4 to 11 Ages 9 to 12 Campers participate in This sports-focused program activities including arts and is designed with active kids crafts, field games, science in mind. Campers participate lessons, nature walks, and in conditioning exercisises, a more. Swimming, tennis, variety of sports including soccer, and other sports soccer, tennis, kickball, rotate throughout the week. swimming, kayaking, Includes spirit days, water paddleboarding, and more! Includes special events and Despite the pandemic and economic stress, single-family home prices in the city days, and special events! spirit days. have risen over the past year. PHOTO: GAREY DE MARTINI

Perseverance CIT Program Session Dates 9 am - 4 pm Session 1 June 14th - 18th Homes remain in demand despite, or Ages 12 to 15 This hands-on program Session 2 June 21st - July 2nd because of, the pandemic develops leadership and responsibility by engaging with campers. The day is Session 3 July 5th - 16th BY GAREY DE MARTINI tors, based on a rolling three months of divided into assisting younger data, the median price in January for a campers and participating in Session 4 July 19th - 30th         single-family home was $1,609,444. That’s educational activities with other CITs. CITs will practice Austin, Tex., often touted as a far bet- up 7.3 percent over last year’s January fig- Session 5 August 2nd - 16th ter place for techies to live than Cal- ure. The median price of a condo or loft public speaking, leading Pifornia. Two weeks ago that city was pelted during the same period was $1,160,000 — games & groups, and safety skills. Session 6 August 9th - 13th by heavy snow and arctic winds. That had to down 1.9 percent from the previous year. be a wakeup call for new arrivals. The law of supply and demand plays a According to a recent Wall Street Jour- big part in all of this. In San Francisco in • 1 & 2 week sessions • After care extensions - TBD nal article, many people fled their small January, there were just 319 active listings • 10 minutes from the Golden • Nature-based programming apartments this past year during the pan- for single-family homes. That was down Gate Bridge demic and scrambled to buy houses far 22.9 percent from January 2020. At the • Registration opening soon! from where they lived, spurring bidding same time, there were 687 active listings • Full day camp wars and supercharging real estate mar- for condos and lofts, up 19.3 percent over 118 E Strawberry Drive | strawberry.marin.org | (415)383-6494 kets across the country. the previous year. Consequently, prices Turns out, people were moving to plac- were up in one category of homes, and es they didn’t know. Many were surprised down in the other. by what they found. Neighbors could be The percent of properties sold over less welcoming, communities could be their listing prices was down a bit. In July Virtual Valentine’s Day Julie Mitchell on preparing food from afar. Lynette Majer celebrates the return of romancep. 6 More online Lou Barberini on city politics, with fun wines this Valentine’s Day. Michael Snyder’s Coastal p. 7 duller, and nature could be harsher than 2018, 86.2 percent of all single-family Commuter, and more.

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they imagined. As a result, some people homes sold over their asking prices. In R R Opinion District Attorney Chesa Boudin is a felt significant buyer’s remorse. contrast, in January of this year, only 62.5 man without a plan And San Francisco citizens percent of single-family homes sold over are paying the price BY SUSAN DYER REYNOLDS

  N  Y ’ E , - -   - Stanley Tucci and Colin Firth star in ee Troy McAlister was evading a robbery in a Supernova. Pick us up PHOTO: COURTESY BLEECKER STREET stolen car. He ran a red light, striking and killing PROMOTING GOOD VALUES T60-year-old Elizabeth Platt and 27-year-old Hanako Abe their listing prices — still the majority of in the crosswalk at Mission and 2nd Streets. As of April The shades of love on screen 2020, McAlister faced a three-strikes life prison term for a 2015 robbery, based on previous convictions for car- BY MICHAEL SNYDER jacking and robbery. But San Francisco District Attorney ing our hearts swell and tear ducts Chesa Boudin issued a policy last February not to pursue    leak. Over the decades, there’s been and distributors take the obvious three-strikes cases, granting McAlister credit for the five threading through projec- no shortage of feature films about route of releasing such projects on years he served. This home shopping frenzy also led single-family homes, but not to the same tors, the movie industry has couples coming together in amusing or around Valentine’s Day. After his release, McAlister was arrested several more Sbanked on exploiting our love of or stressful circumstances, travers- Movies about lovers are as de times for auto burglary, drugs, and theft. On Dec. 20, he love stories. That’s continued today ing comedic or dramatic gauntlets rigueur in mid-February as bou- was arrested on suspicion of driving a stolen vehicle and as digital code translates into sound and, more often than not, attain- quets of flowers and boxes of choco- possessing burglary tools. Rather than charge McAlister * and light for the purpose of mak- ing happy endings of one sort or lates. Director Garry Marshall actu- with new crimes, Boudin kicked the cases to state parole another. And frequently the studios ally built his 2010 ensemble comedy officers. Just 11 days later, McAlister killed Platt and Abe. The tragedy shocked San Franciscans, but having to some housing markets becoming extent as in previous years. SNYDER, continued on 9 S  REYNOLDS RAP, continued on 4 Opinion L D V anytime! Gratitude for Recipes overvalued. According to marketwatch. Nevertheless, Smit said, “Offer dates are Fish Company (440 Jefferson Street mutual aid at Hyde, 888-673-5868, crabonline. com), one of the last family-operated Recovery is a team effort fishing companies in San Francisco. You simply can’t beat crab fresh off the BY AARON PESKIN boats. Sisters Annette Traverso and Angela Cincotta are the third gener- com, Fitch Ratings recently reported that back and we all know offer dates are a sign ation operating the Alioto-Lazio Fish  . W       . S Company, a woman-owned business Francisco closed out one of the worst years in that has been located on Fisherman’s modern U.S. history with another shutdown afterW a statewide surge in Covid-19 cases, but reemerged in Wharf for more than 70 years. 2021 with a renewed sense of hope. The fishing fleet travels 25 miles or On Jan. 20, we listened to inaugural speeches filled with more past the Golden Gate Bridge. optimism and compassion from competent and engaged Only male crabs measuring 6¼ inch- Available at these es from point to point can legally around 25 percent of metropolitan statis- of strong interest. They tend to up the leaders ready to meet this moment of challenge with urgen- cy and commitment. We watched the first woman, Black Add whatever you like to your crab Louie salad. be harvested, with average weights between 1½ and 2 pounds. The fish- and South Asian American be sworn in as vice president, PHOTO: SUSAN DYER REYNOLDS my childhood friend and former classmate, Kamala Har- ermen travel back and forth into the ris. Within the first hours of taking office, President Biden Dungeness crab has harbor — it takes hours to reach the signed executive orders to rejoin the Paris Accord, halt right spot, hours of work stringing construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline, masks, and issue the pots, and hours to return. Alio- tical areas (meaning major cities) around ante when it comes to competition and federal aid to struggling Americans. to-Lazio sells their crabs live, whole nally arrived cooked, or cleaned and cracked. They SCHOOLS AND HOMES also ship their crustaceans overnight. BY SUSAN DYER REYNOLDS Here in San Francisco, we were encouraged that Presi- If you haven’t had crab from the first dent Biden signed an executive order committing to 100 because crab season was delayed. ladies of the wharf, you’re missing locations: percent FEMA reimbursement for our shelter-in-place      C Even now that crab is here it can be one of San Francisco’s greatest gastro- hotel rooms for the homeless through September, which Eve, I make my mom’s Rhode hard to find. At one store I visited nomic gifts, as well as part of its rich the United States are more than 10 per- resulting sale prices.” will keep homeless individuals safely sheltering in place Island clam chowder and a big there was a hand-drawn sign on the fishing history (that is sadly disap- Ecrab Louie with fresh, sweet Dunge- seafood case reading, “It’s out of our pearing). DISTRICT 3 SUPERVISOR, continued on 2 ness crab. This year, however, I served claws! No Dungeness crab!” With the pandemic, traditional the chowder alongside a Caesar salad, Without a doubt, the best place to crab feeds are off the table, but Alio- get Dungeness crab is to-Lazio is offering a virtual crab feed Alioto-Lazio cent overvalued. Clearly, the condo market in 2020 took LA DELIZIOSA VITA, continued on 6 Believe it or not, the most overvalued the hardest hit, but it seems like even this Marina housing markets in America are not in sector of the market is seeing some signs Corner at Divisadero ...... 2408 Chestnut St. California. of recovery. The consensus among real Crunch Fitness ...... 2324 Chestnut St. Among the 20 largest metro areas estate agents is this is the time to buy a Tacolicious ...... 1 Avila St. nationwide, Las Vegas was the most over- condo if you can afford one. Prices have Starbucks Reserved ...... 2148 Chestnut St. valued, with Fitch estimating that home come down, and this is an opportunity for The Humidor ...... 2050 Chestnut St. prices were overvalued by approximately those who have wanted to buy for years The Dorian ...... 3349 Fillmore St. 28 percent. Dallas-Ft. Worth was next, but were previously priced out. Glaze ...... 2095 Chestnut St. with Fitch projecting prices were overin- Igor Popov, chief economist at Apart- Izzy’s Steaks & Chops ...... 3345 Steiner St. flated between 20 and 24 percent. ment List, in a recent sfgate.com inter- Walgreens...... 2141 Chestnut St. Fitch also examined which states had view said, “The pendulum really swung Tri Counties Bank ...... 3298 Pierce St. the most overvalued housing markets. from cities toward suburbs last year. I Super Duper ...... 3259 Pierce St. Idaho led this list, with Fitch estimating think in 2021 — and it depends on public Lucky Brand Jeans ...... 3273 Scott St. that home prices there were overvalued health, naturally — everything will swing Walgreens...... 3201 Divisadero St. between 30 and 34 percent. Nevada was back.” He added, “Now everyone will Books Inc. (Inside) ...... 2251 Chestnut St. next. adjust back to a post-vaccine world that Marina Library (Inside) ...... 1890 Chestnut St. hopefully comes soon.” Cow Hollow MEANWHILE, IN SAN FRANCISCO . . . When that happens, homebuyers will “The market shocked everyone in Jan- likely renew their interest in San Francis- Bus Stop ...... 2837 Laguna St. uary, real estate agents and their clients co condos and lofts, just as they did after Geo Gelati ...... 1996 Union St. alike,” said Missy Wyant Smit, a top pro- the Great Recession in 2009 and 2010. See Eyewear ...... 2100 Union St. ducer with Compass San Francisco. “It Back then, in a matter of months the mar- Michaelis Wine & Spirits ...... 2198 Union St. was so much hotter than expected. We ket changed dramatically. It went from a Co ee Roastery ...... 2191 Union St. know of one home where agents prepared buyer’s market to a seller’s market very Comerica Bank...... 2001 Union St. and shared more than 100 disclosure quickly, and remained a seller’s market Wells Fargo Bank...... 1901 Union St. Octagon House ...... 2643 Gough St packages, arranged for 90 showings in for almost 10 years, until the pandemic Postal Chase (Inside) ...... 3053 Fillmore St. one week, and received as many as 30 hit and shelter in place orders were issued. Golden Gate Valley Library (Inside) ...... 1801 Green St. offers. That’s about as big as it gets.” That was one year ago this month. How *Check individual business hours for inside locations. Clearly San Francisco’s single-family fast things can change! homes remain in demand. According to For a complete list of locations please visit marinatimes.com. the San Francisco Association of Real- Send feedback to [email protected]

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