Susie Cagle
@suze.bsky.social
writing THE END OF THE WEST for Random House / enterprise editor @sfstandard.com / Signal: susiecagle.24
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November 9, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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The whole series is worth your time:
The family court trap: sfstandard.com/2025/08/28/s...
Broken promises of free legal help: sfstandard.com/2025/09/09/s...
A withering police unit: sfstandard.com/2025/09/30/s...
The gutting of women’s rights: sfstandard.com/2025/10/14/k...
The family court trap: sfstandard.com/2025/08/28/s...
Broken promises of free legal help: sfstandard.com/2025/09/09/s...
A withering police unit: sfstandard.com/2025/09/30/s...
The gutting of women’s rights: sfstandard.com/2025/10/14/k...
Survivors tethered to their abusers: An SF court’s lockdown on lives
“The more Mr. Jones screams at the judge, the more visitation time he gets.”
In SF, domestic violence survivors seeking safety find themselves trapped in family court for years, co-parenting with th...
sfstandard.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:46 PM
The whole series is worth your time:
The family court trap: sfstandard.com/2025/08/28/s...
Broken promises of free legal help: sfstandard.com/2025/09/09/s...
A withering police unit: sfstandard.com/2025/09/30/s...
The gutting of women’s rights: sfstandard.com/2025/10/14/k...
The family court trap: sfstandard.com/2025/08/28/s...
Broken promises of free legal help: sfstandard.com/2025/09/09/s...
A withering police unit: sfstandard.com/2025/09/30/s...
The gutting of women’s rights: sfstandard.com/2025/10/14/k...
Family court judges decide cases alone, with no juries and often no attorneys. But ppl familiar with the bench call it a judicial "dumping ground" for those without seniority. These judges have tremendous power -- and they receive the most complaints of any CA court. sfstandard.com/2025/11/09/s...
How one judge’s decision led to a child’s abduction — and exposed a broken system
A toddler was abducted after a court ruling that allowed one of his parents to take him out of the country. Our investigation reveals how SF family court’s secrecy and lack of oversight puts families ...
sfstandard.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Family court judges decide cases alone, with no juries and often no attorneys. But ppl familiar with the bench call it a judicial "dumping ground" for those without seniority. These judges have tremendous power -- and they receive the most complaints of any CA court. sfstandard.com/2025/11/09/s...
There are confused and distressed phone calls — and also some boost to business?
“Some guy came in last night and was really confused that it wasn’t a Spirit Halloween. But then he sat down and had four beers.”
“Some guy came in last night and was really confused that it wasn’t a Spirit Halloween. But then he sat down and had four beers.”
October 30, 2025 at 2:01 AM
There are confused and distressed phone calls — and also some boost to business?
“Some guy came in last night and was really confused that it wasn’t a Spirit Halloween. But then he sat down and had four beers.”
“Some guy came in last night and was really confused that it wasn’t a Spirit Halloween. But then he sat down and had four beers.”
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Journalist Anas al-Sharif with his daughter Sham and son Salah.
Today's assassination of al-Sharif and four other Al Jazeera staff brings the number of journalists killed by Israel to 237.
www.middleeasteye.net/news/al-jaze...
Today's assassination of al-Sharif and four other Al Jazeera staff brings the number of journalists killed by Israel to 237.
www.middleeasteye.net/news/al-jaze...
August 10, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Journalist Anas al-Sharif with his daughter Sham and son Salah.
Today's assassination of al-Sharif and four other Al Jazeera staff brings the number of journalists killed by Israel to 237.
www.middleeasteye.net/news/al-jaze...
Today's assassination of al-Sharif and four other Al Jazeera staff brings the number of journalists killed by Israel to 237.
www.middleeasteye.net/news/al-jaze...
Of all the houses to be quickly reassessed. I'll take what I can get.
August 4, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Of all the houses to be quickly reassessed. I'll take what I can get.
These are the kinds of places that need temporary refuge areas and education around them. Studies showed those zones saved between 1,000 to 3,000 people in the Camp Fire. But it’s a difficult policy to sell to the public.
My story from 2023: www.technologyreview.com/2023/04/18/1...
My story from 2023: www.technologyreview.com/2023/04/18/1...
The quest to build wildfire-resistant homes
With climate change making more communities vulnerable to fire across the world, adaptation may require more social change than materials engineering.
www.technologyreview.com
July 22, 2025 at 7:50 PM
These are the kinds of places that need temporary refuge areas and education around them. Studies showed those zones saved between 1,000 to 3,000 people in the Camp Fire. But it’s a difficult policy to sell to the public.
My story from 2023: www.technologyreview.com/2023/04/18/1...
My story from 2023: www.technologyreview.com/2023/04/18/1...