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 “both unprecedented and […]

 

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 car riddled with […]

 

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 at a very opportune […]

 

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 deal with the Lennar […]

 

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, F is for Fairness […]

 

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 pheromones have been used […]

 

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. Ann Haiden said […]

 

A Self-Inflicted Wound

By Terry Canaan
May 29, 2008
I had a uncle who was one of the, who was part of the first American troops to go into Auschwitz and liberate the concentration camps, and the story in our family was is that when he came home, he just went up into the attic and he didn’t leave the […]

 

Public Utilities Commission Asks Bay Area Residents
to Use Less Water

By Jesse Dungan
May 29, 2008
The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission and other Bay Area water agencies are asking an estimated 2.4 million customers throughout four counties to continue voluntary conservation efforts so mandatory water rationing will not be required.
The utilities commission and the Bay Area Water Supply and Conservation Agency, which represents 27 agencies that […]