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Overheard in Fog City

By Luke Thomas

 

March 3, 2007, 2:38 p.m.

- Leno kicks off campaign for California Senate, overtures to Migden

- Derse accepts position with Obama campaign for President

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Solem & Associates mark 30th anniversary
at City Hall soiree

Still playing after all these years


Solem & Associates co-founder Don Solem delivers a speech at San Francisco City Hall, Thursday, marking the 30th anniversary of the founding of the public relations firm.
Photo(s) by Luke Thomas

March 3, 2007

San Francisco - Public relations guru Don Solem marked 30 years since he formed the award-winning public relations and public affairs firm, Solem & Associates, at a City Hall celebration on Friday.

Politicians, journalists, heads of business and labor, and community leaders gathered to celebrate one of California's consummate insiders in politics, public relations, and public policy for the anniversary.

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Newsom, Dufty, Ford, announce J-Church
on-time performance pilot program

Newsom pledges to implement
18-month Transit Effectiveness Project


Mayor Gavin Newsom (left) and SFMTA Director Nathaniel Ford (right) rode the J-Church MUNI line Friday to announce a new on-time performance pilot project. Recent SFMTA on time performance (OTP) reports have shown the J-Church line to be the city’s lowest performing rail line.
Photo(s) by Luke Thomas


March 3, 2007

SAN FRANCISCO – Joined by Supervisor Bevan Dufty and Executive Director/CEO of the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) Nathaniel Ford, Mayor Gavin Newsom today announced a new on-time performance pilot project on the J-Church light rail line.

Recent SFMTA on-time performance (OTP) reports have shown the J to be the city’s lowest performing rail line at 61.9%.

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And in other news...

- Migden to help HIV-postive men conceive

- 19-year-old man shot in head in Western Addition

- Newsom declares local emergency, seeks aid for North Beach landslide victims


FCJ Quote of the Day

"The minute you begin to put more sophisticated nuclear warheads on the existing fleet, you are essentially creating a new nuclear weapon. And it's just a matter of time before other nations do the same. This could serve to encourage the very proliferation we are trying to prevent."

- Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), 3/3/7



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