The initiative, which includes $15 thousand to fund the design, purchase and installation of historic building plaques, is aimed at revitalizing and restoring the Tenderloin’s historic identity. The program funds will be used to create an historic museum as well as neighborhood banners and brochures with guides to historic buildings and restaurants in the area.
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Concerned citizens watch a February 26 meeting
of the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency
which met to discuss Muni service cuts and fare increases
to close a $12.1 million budget shortfall in the current fiscal year.
Photos by Luke Thomas
By Sue Vaughan
March 10, 2010
On Friday, February 26, facing yet another in an ongoing series of deficits, the seven members […]
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The groups seek records related to domestic intelligence practices including the use of informants and infiltrators (such as those reportedly used in gyms, community centers and mosques), the FBI Junior Agent Program’s recruitment of Muslim and Arab American children, and investigations of Muslim leaders and imams in northern California.
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Swiss-born artiste Mona Caron was honored Saturday
during an official unveiling of her mural entitled “Windows into the Tenderloin.”
Photos by Luke Thomas
By Luke Thomas
March 8, 2010
A recently completed mural in the Tenderloin by acclaimed artiste Mona Caron was officially unveiled Saturday with much fanfare, enthusiasm and celebration.
Located on the corner of Golden Gate Ave and Jones […]
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By Cindy Sheehan
March 6, 2010
My request to interview President Hugo Chavez Frias of Venezuela was finally granted March 2nd while we were down in Montevideo, Uruguay with President Chavez for the inauguration of the new left-ish president and freedom fighter, Jose Mujica.
The reasons I went down to Venezuela with my team of two cameramen […]
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From the Office of Mayor Gavin Newsom
Editor’s Note: We welcome and laud Mayor Newsom’s renewed efforts to close an unprecedented $522 million budget shortfall while preserving jobs and services. However, we believe more can be done to save all jobs and preserve all services whole. Missing from his shared sacrifice approach are cuts to all […]
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By Luke Thomas
March 5, 2010
As many as ten thousand students, parents, school faculty and union members took to the streets of San Francisco yesterday as part of a coordinated day of action to protest cuts to education.
Dubbed “The Strike and Day of Action to Defend Public Education,” the largely peaceful statewide rallies […]
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Charles Washington’s wife and his Australian-born 13-year-old stepson (not pictured)
won a 60-day reprieve yesterday from deportation proceedings following a reexamination
by federal immigration authorities of the family’s legal status.
Photos by Luke Thomas
By Hope Johnson and Luke Thomas
March 4, 2010
By now, most of us are aware of the plight of the Washington family. Until yesterday, native […]
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Cartoon by Jose Luis Pavon
By Luke Thomas
March 2, 2010
In a letter addressed to Board President David Chiu, Supervisors David Campos, Ross Mirkarimi and John Avalos, District 6 Supervisor Chris Daly today urged continued support of a June ballot measure proposal that aims to provide tenants most impacted by the recession temporary relief from rent increases.
According […]
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