SAN FRANCISCO
Lee Heidhues 5.9.2026
The Iranian government has done more than hold its own on the battlefield.
The Iran propaganda machine is showing it is expert practitioners in the field of media mastery.
SAN FRANCISCO
Lee Heidhues 5.8.2026
The San Francisco Chronicle poll reports Scott Wiener is a shoo-in to replace Nancy Pelosi in Congress next year.
The November runoff, presuming the front runner fails to garner 50% in June, will be a contest with the runner up.
June’s runner up will be a candidate The Chronicle rhetorically labels a sacrificial lamb standing between Wiener and Washington.
Connie Chan is no Lamb. She’s a 🦁 Lioness.
There are several reasons why Connie Chan, the District Supervisor, should get the nod.
For Connie it would be five months of local and national media exposure. It would be a boon for Connie Chan and the Asian Chinese community in San Francisco.
This exposure will propel Connie Chan to the Presidency of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors next January. Her Board mates would be remiss in not selecting Connie Chan for the second most important and influential elected position in San Francisco.
SAN FRANCISCO
Lee Heidhues 4.26.2026
The blogger set out on a shopping trip to the Arizmendi Bakery and tossed himself into the Sunday human melee.
A day of the week when the Muni service is truncated, the buses are crowded and the streets are packed with shoppers and folks looking for something to eat and drink.
Happily, the Arizmendi Bakery is the destination where the blogger fills his shopping bag with an assortment of tasty muffins, scones and a big piece of coffee cake. Baked only on Sunday. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arizmendi_Bakery
Leaving Arizmendi the Sunday shopper is immediately gob smacked by the crowded traffic and buses.
The crowded 44 line on Sunday
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SAN FRANCISCO OUTER RICHMOND DISTRICT
Lee Heidhues 4.24.2026
The blogger never truly realized how difficult a task it is to find decent food\ in his San Francisco neighborhood.
The past several days the blogger has walked the streets, taken public transit and discovered some amazing eateries that fill the belly.
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SAN FRANCISCO
Lee Heidhues 4.8.2026
Next week marks the 100th anniversary of a genuine San Francisco cinema landmark.
The Balboa Cinema, nestled in the outer Richmond District less than a mile from the Pacific Ocean, has been entertaining movie goers for the past century.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balboa_Theater_(San_Francisco)
To celebrate this event the week of April 13-17 a number of classic films are on the agenda.
On April 17 two memorable movies and blogger favorites will be screened. ‘The Conversation’ (1974) filmed entirely in San Francisco. Along with ‘The Fugitive’ (1993). Harrison Ford has the lead role in ‘The Fugitive’. A younger Harrison Ford has a role in ‘The Conversation’.
‘The Conversation’ cinemaphotography of the City over 50 years ago is memorable. Never to be forgotten. Particularly is the iconic opening scene in Union Square.
SAN FRANCISCO
Lee Heidhues 4.3.2026
The real Civil War is being waged within Trump’s White House.
Who would have thought two years ago when the dystopian film “Civil War” hit the big screen that two years later there would be a Civil War.
Fortunately, save for the ICE exploitation of immigrants and random violence against America, the real Civil War would be within Trump’s own Administration.
As he begins to play his favorite role as President of “The Apprentice” and says “You’re fired!!!” to two members of his cabinet. The Trump administration meltdown is just beginning.
TOP PHOTO – SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE PAGE ONE 1.21.2025
SAN FRANCISCO
Lee Heidhues 4.4.2026 UPDATED
Donald Trump is burning down the house.
First it was Kristi Noem as DHS Secretary. Now it’s Pam Bondi.
In his typical mysogynist sexist manner, Trump is exiling women as a way to save his floundering assault on immigrants, attacks on the media and war mongering Administration.
Now ousted Pam Bondi acted as the most servile Attorney General in American history. Doing her master’s bidding.
In the end it didn’t matter.
“You’re fired!!!!”
Texas Rep Slams Trump Over Sexist Mysogynist Eyebrow-Raising Pattern in His Firings
SAN FRANCISCO
Lee Heidhues 3.30.2026
How quickly time passes.
It was six years ago today the blogger took a walk through the outer Richmond District.
The neighborhood was quiet, desolated and subdued as people sheltered in place and wore their masks.
The positive which came out of the Pandemic was the movement which resulted in the now permanently car free 1.2 mile strip in Golden Gate Park which is JFK Promenade.
Top photo: The scene in Golden Gate Park. All quiet and the museums shuttered. – photo Lee Heidhues
SAN FRANCISCO
Lee Heidhues 3.30.2026
Just in time for Passover.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is a war making, some would say, ‘war criminal’.
It makes perverse sense that this thuggish politician would push through a death penalty measure aimed at the Palestinians.
Netanyahu is already responsible for the slaughter of tens of thousands in Palestine, Lebanon and Iran already. The death penalty statute just adds to his list criminal and inhumane activity.
Excerpted from Deutsche Welle 3.30.2026
Israel‘s parliament, the Knesset, on Monday passed legislation making the death penalty by hanging the default punishment for West Bank Palestinians found guilty of murdering Israeli citizens.
“The State of Israel is changing the rules of the game today,” said Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir, a West Bank settler whose ultranationalist party introduced the bill and who has popularized the measure with a noose pinned to his lapel.
Israeli media outlets showed images of Ben-Gvir celebrating with his fellow Knesset members in Israel’s parliament.
Critics also say it is unlikely to deter attacks by Palestinian attackers and that Israel has no sovereign jurisdiction over the occupied Palestinian territories.
It stressed that “such laws and measures will not break the will of the Palestinian people or undermine their steadfastness, nor will they deter them from continuing their legitimate struggle for freedom, independence, and the establishment of an independent Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital.”
The Palestinian presidency strongly condemned the law, saying it “amounts to a war crime,” in a statement carried by the Palestinian Wafa news agency.
A total of 62 of 120 lawmakers backed the bill, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, whose ruling coalition is reliant on the support of far-right parties, for whom the adoption of the law marks a major victory.
“Those who murder Jews will not continue to breathe and enjoy conditions in prison,” he said. “This is a day of justice for the murdered, a day of deterrence for enemies,” Ben-Gvir said after the Knesset vote.
https://www.dw.com/en/israel-knesset-approves-death-penalty-for-palestinians/a-76599313
Top photo: Netanyahu and Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir, a West Bank settler whose ultranationalist party introduced the bill and who has popularized the measure with a noose pinned to his lapel celebrate passage of Palestinian death penalty bill in Israeli Knesset
SAN FRANCISCO
Lee Heidhues 3.28.2026
The sweet tooth run amok.
I think ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’ needs to come to the rescue and make life sweet again for the lovers of chocolate
Deutsche Welle 3.28.2026
“We’ve always encouraged people to have a break with KitKat,” a spokesperson for the brand said, referring to the product’s advertising slogan. “But it seems thieves have taken the message too literally and made a break with more than 12 tons of our chocolate.”
Swiss food giant Nestle said on Saturday a huge shipment of KitKat chocolate, weighing around 12 tons, had been stolen last week. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kit_Kat
The company also sounded the alarm over the rise in cargo theft incidents.
“Whilst we appreciate the criminals’ exceptional taste, the fact remains that cargo theft is an escalating issue for businesses of all sizes,” KitKat said.
“With more sophisticated schemes being deployed on a regular basis, we have chosen to go public with our own experience in the hope that it raises awareness of an increasingly common criminal trend.”
The company said the truck carrying 413,793 bars of its new chocolate range set off from its production facility in central Italy and was on its way to Poland when it disappeared.
Nestle did not reveal where exactly the truck was lost.
As of afternoon Saturday, the whereabouts of the vehicle and the merchandise remain unknown.
The firm said the heist could result in shortages of the crunchy bars — made of waffles covered with chocolate — on supermarket shelves in some European countries.
It also warned that the missing chocolate bars “could enter unofficial sales channels.” But Nestle said if that happens, it would be possible to trace the stolen goods by scanning the unique batch codes found on each bar.
“If a match is found, the scanner will be given clear instructions on how to alert KitKat who will then share the evidence appropriately,” it said.
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