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By Ron Russell Antjuan Taswell, whose paperwork to join the San Francisco Patrol Special Police was held up by SFPD for what is believed to be a record 14 years, has finally won his badge. Police Chief Heather Fong quietly…
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by Ron Russell
July 2, 2008 @ 1:04 pm
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Rene Medina, the San Francisco entrepreneur whose most lucrative enterprise over the years has been Lucky Chances Casino in Colma, may be a convicted felon, but apparently he has bluffed state gambling regulators into keeping his prize business in the…
by Ron Russell
April 16, 2008
Tags: Sucka Free City, Columns, Rene Medina, James Butler, Rommel Medina, Ruell Medina
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In a cafe near his Pacific Heights home, David Kessler — who weighs maybe 160 pounds soaking wet — is expounding in a scholarly fashion on the causes of obesity, the subject of the book he is writing, while he…
by Ron Russell
April 9, 2008
Tags: Feature, Featured Stories, David Kessler, Dean Kessler, Paulette Kessler, University of California-San Francisco
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Back in November, Jonathan Rodgers was fresh off the streets and living in a single-room-occupancy hotel near Civic Center, courtesy of a city-sponsored program for the homeless. Although he says he always paid his rent, he ran afoul of the…
by Ron Russell
March 5, 2008
Tags: Sucka Free City, Columns, Jonathan Rodgers, San Francisco Police Department, Jane Warner, San Francisco
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Apparently not even Dr. Phil can help KRON-TV (Channel 4). More than a year has passed since the financially ailing station's owner, New York–based Young Broadcasting, announced plans to revolutionize local TV news by turning its on-air reporters into camera-toting…
by Ron Russell
January 23, 2008
Tags: Sucka Free City, Columns, Young Broadcasting Inc., Phil McGraw, NBC Universal Inc., Greg Lyon