SF Politics Willie Brown Says Kamala Should Have Run For Governor; Other Dems Not Thrilled About Her Possible 2028 Run Former Vice President Kamala Harris could have a serious uphill climb, even within her own party and among Democratic donors, should she decide to run for president once again in 2028.
Arts & Entertainment ‘Daily Show’ Star Roy Wood, Jr. Says Willie Brown Crashed His Show Without Ticket, Stole From His Merch Table Standup comic and cable TV personality Roy Wood Jr just shared a tale of a run-in with former SF Mayor Willie Brown, and says Da Mayor waltzed into one of his shows without paying, and swiped a CD from the merchandise booth.
SF Politics Willie Brown Says He'll Sue Trump If He Continues to Tell False Helicopter Story Former SF Mayor Willie Brown is now threatening legal action against Donald Trump over a story he told, involving alleged comments about Kamala Harris, and involving a helicopter having mechanical problems.
SF Politics Actually, Trump May Have Confused Willie Brown With Another Black Politician From California In Helicopter Story This story about Trump's memory of an apparently harrowing helicopter ride just keeps getting funnier, and it sounds like we now have a good explanation for Trump's insistence that this helicopter ride did happen — only it still wasn't Willie Brown he was riding with.
SF Politics Trump Mixes Up Willie Brown and Jerry Brown In Helicopter Story, Newsom Says Willie Brown calls bullshit on Trump's story about sharing a bumpy helicopter ride, but it turns out Trump did ride in a helicopter once with a California politician named Brown.
SF Politics Trump Claims In Bizarre Press Conference That Willie Brown Said ‘Terrible Things’ About Kamala Harris When he wasn’t claiming that he drew bigger crowds than Dr. Martin Luther King at his meandering Thursday press conference, Donald Trump also claimed that Kamala Harris’s mentor Willie Brown said “terrible things” about her, without elaborating about what these things were.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Tadich Grill 175th Anniversary Party Draws Willie Brown, Mayor Breed, and Aaron Peskin (Who Were Very Nice to Each Other) The oldest restaurant in California, Tadich Grill, celebrated its 175th anniversary on Sunday, bringing many local luminaries, with political foes Mayor London Breed and Supervisor Aaron Peskin burying their hatchets for one brief afternoon over cioppino and crab cakes.
SF Politics Hold on to Your Hat, It’s Willie Brown’s 90th Birthday Today Former SF mayor, ex-California Assembly Speaker, and longtime political string-puller Willie Brown turns 90 years old today, and the tributes are pouring in for the man whose SF political machine may still be as strong as ever.
SF Politics Willie Brown’s Old Clothes Now On Sale Through Goodwill In the ‘Willie Brown Collection’ We kid you not, former SF mayor Willie Brown is now selling his clothes on Goodwill, and you can own Da Mayor’s old clothes. There aren't any fedoras on sale, but you can buy one of his puffy Patagonia vests, and… his old coat hangers?
Arts & Entertainment 90s Nostalgia Mousses Up as 'Nash Bridges’ Reboot Premieres Saturday The trailer for the ‘Nash Bridges’ reunion just dropped before Saturday’s premiere, and it might be worth tuning in just to see Willie Brown in a pot dispensary.
SF Politics Willie Brown's Chronicle Column Is Ending After 12 Years Former SF mayor Willie Brown will no longer be lending his gossip and opinions to the Chronicle as of next month. The controversial — and many would say highly problematic — "Willie's World" column is coming to an end after 12 years, and it sounds like it was not Willie's choice.
SF Politics Willie Brown Doesn't Get the Drama With the City Hall Scandal, Feels Bad For Friends Facing Federal Charges Former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown, who is often credited with wielding influence over city government and development long after his tenure as mayor ended in the early 2000s, has weighed in on the latest corruption scandal at City Hall in a new interview.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: Willie Brown Mistakenly Listed as Dead The first red-flag warning of this fire season came last night in the North Bay, Pelosi says the revelation about Trump and the Russian bounties on US soldiers is "as bad as it gets," and the BET Awards mistakenly put Willie Brown in an "In Memoriam" montage last night.
Arts & Entertainment SFist To-Do List: 12 Cool Things To Check Out This Week Willie Brown appears twice on the list this week, once directly and once with a cameo in The Princess Diaries. Not a Brown fan? Not to worry. We've also got Carnaval,
SF News Venture Capitalist Sam Altman Is Thinking About Running For CA Governor Against Gavin Newsom Willie Brown offered up some rare, not-rumor-based political intel in his Sunday Chronicle column this week, announcing that 32-year-old Y Combinator president Sam Altman approached him for advice on
SF News Conservatory Of Flowers Seeks City Hall-Style Lighting Scheme The oldest building in Golden Gate Park, a wood-and-glass greenhouse first constructed in 1879 in an elaborate Victorian style, has plans to step into the spotlight. The SF Parks Alliance is
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Scenes From Willie Brown's 'Free' Election Day Lunch At John's Grill San Francisco's political elite set aside campaign squabbles for free food and drink at John's Grill once again Tuesday, and with a crowd of more than 2,000 packed
SF News Rigged Election? San Francisco's Greatest Vote Fraud Cases Through the Years This year’s election has not yet even taken place yet, but we already have a chorus conspiracy theories claiming that the process will be rigged and a presidential candidate who’s threatening
SF News Willie Brown Appears To Defend Donald Trump In Chronicle Column In his latest Chronicle column under the innocuous headline "Trump could drag the Republican Congress down with him," former San Francisco mayor Willie Brown appears to defend republican presidential hopeful Donald
SF News Rose Pak Mourned, Celebrated At Big Wake And Funeral #RosePak It is a Chinatown holiday. Streets closed for Rose Pak funeral. pic.twitter.com/wtArf8ZtV2 — C.W. Nevius (@cwnevius) September 24, 2016 The late Chinatown powerhouse Rose Pak, who died last weekend
SF News Willie Brown: George Clooney Might Take On Gavin In 2018 Governor's Race Willie Brown has floated rumors in his Chronicle column before that have not had any legs remember when he claimed within a week that both Ed Lee and Dianne Feinstein might become ambassador
Arts & Entertainment As Tony Bennett Statue Unveiled On Nob Hill, Willie Brown Says 'I Hope It's Not Trump!' Ex-Mayor Willie Brown jokes to crowd before unveiling of Tony Bennett statue on Nob Hill: "It better not be Trump!" pic.twitter.com/uNnvgb4FmW — Doug Sovern (@SovernNation) August 19, 2016
SF News Video: Willie Brown Talks 56 Years Of Democratic National Conventions Willie Brown is front and center on the New York Times' homepage today in a Times-produced video all about his roles at the Democratic National Conventions going back six decades. Brown,
SF News Former Mayors Jordan, Feinstein, Brown, And Newsom Warn Against Creation Of Public Advocate Position Former mayors of San Francisco Dianne Feinstien, Frank Jordan, Willie Brown, and Gavin Newsom have joined forces in opposition to the creation of a new position that might sap the powers of the
SF News Half Of City Hall, Gavin Newsom, And Academy Of Art's Elisa Stephens Show Up To Celebrate Rose Pak's Return As noted Monday, the scheduled return of Rose Pak to San Francisco following an extended medical stay in China was expected to draw a crowd of at least 100 well-wishers and a
