San Pablo

Gambling Mecca
San Pablo used to be a kind of wide-open gambling area. It wasn’t a “town” but an unincorporated area in Contra Costa County. San Pablo Avenue running north between El Cerrito and the bottom of the old Tank Farm Hill was lined with drinking establishments and each establishment had it’s room in the back, [...]

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Rehab and Other Tales From the Grave

First we had Ruby Tourk entering rehab and then Gavie Guy gave it a shot. Now, we have a doctor in Florida checking himself in. Seems he attended a gathering in a local bar dressed as Captain America with a burrito stuffed in his tight tights where his male equipment is situated.
That was only the [...]

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The Newsom-Tourk Enigma

The Newsom Tourk Enigma hasn’t received much coverage since the SF city attorney released his “final” report, absolving Newsom and everyone connected to the Newsom administration except Ruby Rippey-Tourk. The report neither outright absolved nor outright accused her of any wrong doing. The [...]

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International Settlement 1943

Taken in the International Settlement in 1943. This is my mother and her first cousin. He was in the Army and waiting to be sent to the South Pacific. My mother worked as a waitress in a restaurant on 7th Street between Market and Mission. At the time, we were living on Mission in Daly [...]

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Kezar Stadium

How many of you remember Kezar Stadium when the Niners Played there? You actually felt like you were sitting on top of the players. You could clearly see their faces and hear the quarterback as he counted down. The quarterback when I used to walk there from 7th and Market (lots of energy in those [...]

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Good Blogs

SFist and SFBG are a couple of good sites. Both are all-inclusive, but SFBG’s Politics blog is quite good. A couple of others are Fog City Journal and Beyond Chron. Very good sites.

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