Death Penalty System “Close to Collapse”

By Julia Cheever
June 30, 2008
A commission created by the California Senate four years ago released a report today saying the state’s death penalty system is broken and “close to collapse.”
The California Commission on the Fair Administration of Justice said the state’s death row of 670 inmates is the largest in the nation and that appeals […]

 

Moyers on Big Oil

June 30, 2008

 

Newsom: “We will fight back” against the NRA

June 30, 2008

Part 1

Part 2

 

Dancing With the One Who Brung Ya


District 6 Supervisor Chris Daly
Photos by Luke Thomas
By Chris Daly
June 30, 2008
Because of you, tonight I can stand here and say that I will be the Democratic nominee for the president of the United States of America.
On the same evening that Barack Obama, a former community organizer, captured the Democratic nomination for president and […]

 

Herrera Vows to Seek Sanctions Against NRA

San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera
Photo by Luke Thomas
From the Office of City Attorney Dennis Herrera
June 30, 2008
Gun Advocates’ ‘Factually Slipshod’ Legal Challenge Improperly Names S.F., Asserts Facts Contradicted By Their Own Exhibits
SAN-FRANCISCO - City Attorney Dennis Herrera today vowed to seek sanctions in Federal Court for a “factually slipshod” and frivolous lawsuit filed Friday […]

 

Open Letter to Supervisor Jake McGoldrick

By Pat Monk
June 30, 2008
Dear Jake,
Good morning.
I have to confess that sometimes the positions you take leave me totally bewitched, bothered and bewildered. You are frequently a strong voice for humane, progressive principles and policies, but then you unaccountably fall prey to the darker forces that lurk within us all, much though we try to […]

 

A Legacy of Pain

By Mike Lynberg
June 30, 2008
After they made hundreds of people sick on the Central Coast, and nearly killed at least two children, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and Secretary A. G. Kawamura of the CDFA are changing tactics and no longer aerial spraying highly populated cities with untested pesticides. For that, residents of Northern and Central California […]

 

Dub-ble Take: An Extraordinary Machine
With Kamala and Gavin

By Elaine Santore
June 30, 2008
Here’s a new feature at Fog City Journal where we take one really boring speech, set it to music, and see if the added music can make a video more interesting.
This week: San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom and District Attorney Kamala Harris listen to Police Chief Heather Fong drone on about […]

 

CrackBerry Meets Perez Hilton

Perez Hilton (aka Mario Armando Lavandeira Jr.) poses for a picture with Elaine Santore
during his appearance at Hot Topic at the Westfield Centre Saturday.
Photos by Luke Thomas
By Elaine Santore
June 30, 2008
Now I Can Die
Celebrity gossip blogger Perez Hilton was in town Saturday to sign autographs, promote his clothing line at Hot Topic, and appear […]