Articles by Joe Kukura

Planning Commission Approves Lurie’s Proposal to Let People Park In Their Own Driveways

After a media dust-up over an SF couple who got fined $1,500 just for parking in their own driveway, the SF Planning Commission just approved Mayor Lurie’s proposal to simply allow people to legally park in their own SF driveways.

Oct 23, 2025

Nordstrom Opens Its Very Small New Boutique 'Nordstrom Local’ on Upper Fillmore

Two years after Nordstrom pulled their gigantic department store out of San Francisco, the high-end retailer is back with a small shop that just opened in the Upper Fillmore, though this shop only offers pick-ups, returns, and alterations.

Oct 10, 2025

SF ‘Gay Grifters’ Scandal Gets the ‘Dateline’ Treatment In a Friday Night Two-Hour Episode

The 2008 saga of four SF and LA gay men who murdered a Palm Springs art dealer and sold off his possessions (while hiding his body for nine years!) is getting its close-up this week, as NBC’s ‘Dateline’ explores this yesteryear scandal.

Oct 8, 2025

South Lake Tahoe Mayor Admits to Embezzling Money From Church, Recent Suicide Attempt

A shocking political story out of South Lake Tahoe, as Mayor Tamara Wallace admits to stealing money from the local Presbyterian Church, and having attempted to end her own life because of it last month.

Oct 6, 2025