Personal Information
- First Name
- Jerold
- Last Name
- Chinn
- Public Press role
- Reporter
- Where I live
- San Francisco, CA
- Bio
Jerold is a San Francisco native who covers Muni for the San Francisco Public Press. He has written stories for The Oakland Tribune, San Mateo County Times and San Jose Mercury News. He graduated from San Francisco State University with a B.A. in journalism.
History
- Member for
- 2 years 33 weeks
- Blog
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More by Jerold Chinn
- News Notes
- Police arrest two on charges of selling Muni transfers
- Officials break ground on Transbay Transit Center
- On San Francisco’s policy menu: making Happy Meals healthy, too
- Giants World Series parade floods downtown in a sea of orange and black
- Transit officials make Market St. restrictions permanent, approve youth Fast Passes
- Muni supervisors reach tentative labor agreement with transit agency
- Safety concerns near settlement in case against San Francisco transit agency
- Muni aims to improve performance on 44-O'Shaughnessy bus route, other lines
- Heart, neuroscience buildings to boost UCSF economic impact
- Parents rally to save child development center
- CSU raises fees by 5 percent
- Silver lining amid cutbacks: Muni’s on-time performance at all-time high
- SF may soon get 2 Target stores
- Muni to restore 61 percent of service by Sept. 4
- SFMTA faces parking citation shortfall; Muni Metro delays addressed
- State Sen. Yee announces possible run for mayor next November
- State audit: local agencies not providing efficient bilingual services
- Bike sharing technologies on display in San Francisco
- Supervisors choose City Administrator Edwin Lee for interim mayor
- Muni’s on-time performance still not meeting city goal
- Muni looking to quicker system for boarding buses
- Taxi officials studying taxi app, passenger feedback
- City's transit agency faces $53 million deficit for next two years
- Muni asks drivers to hold it in while new bathrooms get approvals
- City plans to write more parking tickets, but says raising money isn’t the only reason
- S.F. controller’s audit finds meter maids need more ongoing training
- Alexandria Theater Site Could Get New Life
- Prop. B would fix emergency water system, move police command center
- Car accident sends two children, three adults to hospital
- Kellogg’s recalls cereals; Lucky Supermarkets in the city affected
- Long-planned closure of homeless shelter sparks controversy
- Treasure Island timeline
- Second earthquake in 4 weeks strikes SF
- Chiu and Newsom settle on Muni reforms
- Report says city’s mandate on local hiring for construction projects isn’t working
- Muni update: Drivers feeling the squeeze
- Muni update: Plan in the works to restore Muni service
- City assessor running for mayor next year
- Muni says it will improve practice that forces riders off trains early
- Muni: In elusive quest for 85% on-time performance, computers are displacing eyes on the street
- Reporters’ Notebook: En route: 28-19th Avenue often off schedule
- Illegal dumping costing city millions of dollars
- 3.3 quake hits San Francisco
- City takes aim at reducing fats, oils and grease clogging sewers
- Proposal to ban shark fins in California heats up
- New Muni crash comes as agency defends safety record
- Muni to start express bus to ease crowding on N-Judah
- Supervisor wants to see results of new Muni contract
- Challenges await new Muni chief Ed Reiskin
- N-Judah rush hour express bus service trimming trip times, overcrowding
- Governor signs bills to ban open carry of handguns, shark fin sales
- Muni eliminating stops on one of its worst performing bus routes
- S.F. should stop syphoning funds from transit agency: mayoral candidate Adachi on Muni
- S.F. needs to improve transit service outside downtown: mayoral candidate John Avalos on Muni
- Make S.F.'s transit system 'magnificent' to lure drivers from their cars: mayoral candidate Terry Baum on Muni
- Boost the vehicle license fee to help fund S.F. public transit: mayoral candidate David Chiu on Muni
- Giving transit workers a boost will help improve the system: mayoral candidate Bevan Dufty on Muni
- Central Subway costs have gotten out of control: mayoral candidate Dennis Herrera on Muni
- City must hit the reset button on transit: mayoral candidate Phil Ting on Muni
- Get drivers out of their cars and onto transit: mayoral candidate Leland Yee on Muni
- Muni chief optimistic despite projected budget shortfall
- Muni operators deserve payout from settlement, says Mayor Lee
- Muni riders speak out at town hall meeting
- Muni chief takes aim at swollen overtime budget
- America's Cup may be scaled-down, but transportation challenges are unchanged
- Rerouted bus through heart of Mission District hurts business, neighbors say
- Muni brings back first streetcar from 1912
- Drivers to pay for Sunday parking; low-income youth will ride Muni free
- Express bus eyed for Caltrain to mid-Market run
- After a decade-plus of planning, San Francisco finally sets 2016 date for bus rapid transit
- Muni to try quicker boarding scheme in latest effort to meet elusive performance goals
- Geary bus rapid transit project poses design challenges for city transportation planners
- Muni train switchbacks insult San Francisco riders, says watchdog panel
- Muni's all-door boarding plan sees modest improvements in waiting times
- Muni to begin replacing aging fleet of buses
- Muni Reports Low On-Time Transit Rate Remains Far Below Goal
- Muni May Use Extra Funds on Fast Passes for Low-Income Youth, Maintenance
- A Central Subway North Beach Station? Not So Easy, Planners Say
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