Herrera Plans to File Opposition
to Bid by 10 States for Marriage Stay

By Julia Cheever May 31, 2008 San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera plans to file opposition next week to a request by 10 state attorneys general for a delay in the California Supreme Court’s same-sex marriage ruling. Herrera announced his plan Friday to file opposition papers with the court next week, saying it would be [...]

 

Woman Dead, Man and Child Injured
in Shooting on Highway 101 Off-Ramp

By Laura Dudnick May 31, 2008 A shooting possibly prompted by road rage left a woman dead and a man and 3-year-old boy injured in San Francisco’s Mission District tonight, according to the Police Department. Officers responded around 7:15 p.m. to the U.S. Highway 101 off-ramp at Mission Street and Duboce Avenue and found a [...]

 

Regularly Scheduled Programming

By Terry Canaan May 30, 2008 The big news today is that the Rules Committee for the Democratic Convention will meet today and tomorrow and bang out a some sort of compromise on the delegates from Florida and Michigan. Except, it’s not. In a completely unrelated and totally coincidental revelation that was probably not orchestrated [...]

 

Sugarcoated Shit

District 6 Supervisor Chris Daly Photos by Luke Thomas By Chris Daly May 30, 2008 It Still Stinks You can sugarcoat shit, but that doesn’t make it ice cream… It’s one of the best lines from one of the sharpest organizers in San Francisco, and pretty much sums up Tim Paulson’s apologist column on labor’s [...]

 

Deafening Silence:
Carmen Policy and Lennar Ignoring Requests
to Debate, Face Community

From the Proposition F Campaign May 30, 2008 F is for Fairness Moving Forward with Opportunity for Both Sides to Face the Bayview/Hunters Point Concerns are rising that Lennar consultant Carmen Policy may continue ignoring calls for a debate before the Bayview/Hunters Point community. Since issuing an open invitation to Policy on Wednesday May 28, [...]

 

Bay Area News Briefs

Bay City News May 30, 2008 CDFA Issues Statement on Study by Apple Moth Spraying Opponents The California Department of Food and Agriculture issued a statement Thursday afternoon responding to a report authored by a Marin County doctor released earlier Thursday by opponents of aerial spraying to combat the light brown apple moth. “Aerially-applied moth [...]

 

Opponents of Apple Moth Spraying Release
Study by Marin County Doctor

By Jason Bennert May 29, 2008 Opponents of California’s plan to use aerial spraying to combat the light brown apple moth released a new study today by a Marin County doctor that concluded that not enough information is known about the possible adverse health effects of the spraying. In a conference call with reporters, Dr. [...]