Thomas Rogers

Coffee mug held up in front of Caltrain window

Goooooood morning from the choo-choo!

100 years of Grand Lake: Oakland’s favorite cinema is an epic love story How did Oakland’s favorite movie theater survive for a century? The answer includes Ryan Coogler, real butter and a theater operator who fell in love with a money pit.

“In many ways it’s a time capsule. And it will be here for another 100 years.”

For the Grand Lake’s 100th birthday 🎂🍿 I wrote about a romance between a man and architecture — and how it rescued the best theater in the Bay Area.

Gift link for The Town 🌳🎁

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“If Kamala wins, only death and destruction await because she is the candidate of endless wars. I am the candidate of peace. I am peace.” - Trump, 11/1/24

“I’m not going to start a war, I’m going to stop wars.” - Trump, 11/5/24

Ossoff: "There are some folks who are doomscrolling in the fetal position. Every day there is a new outrage. It's easy I know to fear that maybe we could lose our republic. I think what John Lewis would tell us is it's up to us. We have the power to right the ship. Nobody is gonna do it for us."

IKEA coffee mug on a placemat

Goooooood morning! I know you’ll get into it with your guest, but: WHAT IS THE DEAL WITH ANCHOR BREWING⁉️

Rain/hail on doormat and deck in San Francisco

We got a tiny bit of hail in Bernal Heights yesterday!

Helen Lovejoy wailing, “Oh, won’t somebody please think of the home equity?”

Maybe America Needs Some New Cities

As a Houston native, I am obligated to share any article featuring a scale model of The Woodlands! Also, I am ~fine~ with the idea of new towns, but never at the exclusion of infill- we need to walk and chew gum at the same time [gift link] @conordougherty.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/b...

Birds-eye view of a partially empty coffee mug

Goooooood morning! Tell the New Wheel folks that Bernal Heights misses them, but we’re excited about their new home!

The "City Family" remains undefeated! 🤦‍♂️

That never happened. Meanwhile, with the $1 million not forthcoming, Supervisor Shamann Walton held up the encroachment permit needed to finish the stairs, according to city officials involved in the discussions, who said the hold up was a response to the open space improvement money being withheld. Walton did not return a call or text seeking comment.

I might not be understanding the complexities fully, but it seems like Sup. Shamann Walton holding up a public improvement that WAS binding, in order to try and get more goodies that were promised but explicitly noted as NOT binding? Anyway, great job, San Francisco

Email from Richard Sucre at SF Planning regarding the 22nd Street stair project

I inquired/complained myself about the stalled project, but didn't get very far (admittedly, I didn't push as hard as other neighbors have)

Why this stairway that would connect S.F. neighborhoods has been unfinished for 10 years Residents blame the developer that promised the stairway that would connect Dogpatch and Potrero Hill neighborhoods. But the developer says the city’s permitting woes are the culprit.

Thank you @jkdineen.bsky.social for shining a light on this Potrero/Dogpatch stairway slog! I lived on the west side of the hill and commuted via the 22nd Street Caltrain station for many years, and this stair would have been very helpful [gift link] www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/s...

Voters Say Housing Prices Are Too High. Trump Wants Them Higher.

“Sky-high property values create their own kind of instability. Parents who find their retirement accounts flush with home equity might not feel good about it when their grandchildren can’t afford to live nearby.” @conordougherty.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/b...

one thing the trump era has made clear, i think, is that the american people themselves are far more committed to the values of our founding documents than our elites

When they decided to teach the kids (such as my 11yo) a lesson I don't think they understood the lesson was fuck ICE

S.F. has the infrastructure to be a transit utopia. What’s holding it back? Something small Urban planners call it the “8 to 80” framework: If you design a city that works for 8-year-olds as well as 80-year-olds, you serve everyone in between.

“8 to 80”: If you design a city that works for 8-year-olds as well as 80-year-olds, you’ll likely serve everyone in between. Let’s do it, @lukebornheimer.com! @aarieff.bsky.social www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/arti...

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How To Delay Affordable Senior Housing in SF, Despite a Law That Blocks Appeals Bernal Heights neighbors demanded and got a smaller building. Now they say it shouldn’t cut a private park in half. This wasn’t meant to happen.

Thanks to @thefrisc.bsky.social for featuring us in today's article on "How To Delay Affordable Senior Housing in SF, Despite a Law That Blocks Appeals" thefrisc.com/how-to-delay...

Square blocking off Valencia for some event and no signage for alternate routes

hey Square, shutting off a block of the primary N-S bike commute path, just as hundreds of parents are bringing their kids home after school, with zero indication of alternate routes, is a shitty thing to do and a great way to piss off thousands of people! @sfmta.com : just keep the bike lanes open

Coffee dregs

Goooooood morning! I’m out of practice with ROE, so I drank all my coffee before the show started 😢

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The Twins have a number of existing t-shirts that inadvertently work as "Minnesota solidarity" gear, but you really have to dig for them! Missing an opportunity here, guys 😄

i have been reading Tom Ricks’ “Fighting the Good War” which is a military analysis of the civil rights movement, and one thing that comes abundantly across is that movement leaders and ordinary people made it a practice to refuse to fall into despair and cynicism.

what you clearly see, CLEARLY, is a driver who is spooked by the agents grabbing her door, takes steps to drive away, and is immediately shot as moves her vehicle *away* from the agents.

Mayor Lurie appoints S.F. housing advocate Ruth Ferguson to City College board San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie on Monday appointed housing advocate Ruth Ferguson to the City College board, a move expected to push trustees toward tighter fiscal discipline after years of...

Congratulations to D9 Neighbors leadership team member Ruth Ferguson! Just appointed to the City College board by Mayor Daniel Lurie today! www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/l...

Congestion pricing after one year: How life has changed. (Gift Article) How life has changed in the New York area, according to data on traffic, transit and the responses of 600 readers.

The latest numbers are in: Congestion pricing cut 27M car trips in 2025.
Commutes got faster
Streets got safer
And business went up
See more exclusive analysis - and feedback from 600+readers - in our latest collab with @upshot.nytimes.com
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“Professional whiner”, says the beleaguered person who saw online content they disagreed with, and HAD TO comment about it

To Say Goodbye to the MetroCard, We Spent a Day Riding Every Transit System That Uses It

Hey, it’s @milesintransit.com in the @nytimes.com! Very cool odyssey to honor the MetroCard 🫡 www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/n...

Travel mug held up in front of Caltrain with open door

Goooooood morning from Caltrain! Shout-out to the Botanical Garden’s Lightscape, which has area parents saying “Shut up and take my money!” 😆 gggp.org/lightscape/