By Luke Thomas February 27, 2009 ING Bay to Breakers and Mayor Gavin Newsom released a statement today outlining revised policies for this year’s race. The new policy requires all wheeled objects and floats to be registered for the race. Float registration is free. Participants, however, are “encouraged” to register for the race to help [...]

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From the Presidio Historical Association and Save The Presidio February 27, 2009 The Presidio Trust Historical Association, a nonprofit group that has spearheaded the effort to keep a large, contemporary art museum, hotel and theater off the historic Main Post of the Presidio of San Francisco, today objected to the latest actions of the federal [...]

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Alix Rosenthal By Alix Rosenthal, special to Fog City Journal February 27, 2009 I’m not running for District 8 Supervisor. There, I said it. And while the election is 21 months away, it’s already getting hot in here. This is going to be the biggest Supervisor race in 2010.  The district includes the Castro, Noe [...]

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By Luke Thomas February 25, 2009 Why would a supervisor whose district is directly impacted by an important transportation project not want to serve on the commission with jurisdiction over that project? That’s the question Supervisor Chris Daly raised yesterday during a meeting of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors when District 2 Supervisor Michela [...]

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