An Air Force JROTC student attends the Eyes Wide Open exhibit in Orlando, FL, October 2004.
Photo courtesy Herb Snitzer/AFSC
By Richard Stone, special to Fog City Journal
20 July 2008
In late June I attended a San Francisco Unified School District Board of Education hearing on the abolition of the Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC) as a […]
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Officiated by Mayor Gavin Newsom, Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon became
the first same-sex couple to wed in San Francisco yesterday
following the state Supreme Court’s decision last month
to legalize same-sex marriage.
Photos by John Han and Stephen Dorian Miner
By Jesse Dungan
June 17, 2008
Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon wed at San Francisco City Hall yesterday, 55 years into […]
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Bo Diddley, December 30, 1928 – June 2, 2008, RIP.
Photo courtesy Chess Records
By John Hoctor
June 7, 2008
As an inquisitive 7-year-old during the lazy crazy summer of 1962, two years before Beatlemania, seemingly out of nowhere, was unleashed upon our shores, I habitually would roam my Father’s giant depression-era 12-room Yonkers house alone, desperately trying to […]
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A sign of the times: As gas prices continue to rise,
a record number of San Francisco bicyclists opted for eco-friendly pedal power
to healthily commute to work on Bike to Work Day.
Photos by Adam Aufdencamp
By Laura Dudnick
May 15, 2008
Twice as many bicycles than cars traveled on Market Street in San Francisco this morning for the Bay […]
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Standing room only: Bay Area reggae fans attended a much anticipated
book-signing event held Saturday at Babylon Falling bookstore in San Francisco.
Photos by Shaun Roberts, special to Fog City Journal
By Shivu Rao
May 15, 2008
Reggae fans, historians and aficionados alike were treated Saturday to a book signing of “The Reggae Scrapbook,” by renowned documentarian Roger Steffens and […]
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Lisa Moresco
Photo by Luke Thomas
By Lisa Moresco
May 13, 2008
With dance, they say, you can make romance, you can feed the soul, and you can even show-up your partner by gliding through all your steps backwards in a tight-fitting ball gown on high heels.
But can you change the future of disadvantaged youth? Can you join together […]
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