Howard Zinn, a Historian for the People, Dead at 87

By Ralph E. Stone and Judy Iranyi
January 28, 2010
It is with great sadness that we heard the news about the passing of Howard Zinn. He died of a heart attack at the age of 87 while he was working on a speaking tour in Santa Monica California.
This internationally known historian and author of A People’s […]

 

Human Trafficking in California

By Ralph E. Stone
January 11, 2010
By proclamation, President Obama proclaimed January 2010 as National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month. Across the country, anti-trafficking organizations are hosting activities, from film screenings to training on community response efforts.
In 1865, the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution was ratified abolishing slavery in the United States: […]

 

Street Life in San Francisco’s TL

A discarded couch rests like a parked car in San Francisco’s Tenderloin District.
Photos by Luke Thomas
By Luke Thomas
August 2, 2009
The move was only supposed to be temporary, but here I am, three years hence and still living in San Francisco’s Tenderloin District.  One of these days, I keep telling myself…
It took some getting used […]

 

Mark Sanchez on the Clean Energy Act

July 26, 2008

Board of Education President Mark Sanchez speaks at a press conference for the Clean Energy Act SF on July 22, 2008.
Video by Bob Brigham for FogCityJournal.com.

 

George Carlin: The American Dream

June 23, 2008
George Carlin’s most reverberating and lasting message…

 

Air Quality District Approves Fees
for Greenhouse Gas Pollution

By Ari Burack
May 21, 2008
The regional air quality management district approved a proposal today at a meeting in San Francisco that will impose fees on Bay Area businesses that emit greenhouse gases.
The Bay Area Air Quality Management District has proposed a “modest fee” for air pollution generated by stationary sources such as refineries, power plants […]

 

Supes Power Plant Vote Stymied Again,
Review Of Alternatives Sought

By Ari Burack
May 20, 2008
San Francisco supervisors today agreed to once again delay a vote on the contentious proposal to build new power plants in the city’s Potrero Hill neighborhood, while detractors scramble for acceptable alternatives.
Minutes before this afternoon’s scheduled vote at City Hall on the plan to build four new natural gas combustion turbines […]

 

From love to lawsuits,
expert advises against workplace romance

By Khalida Kelkar
April 24, 2008
The workplace seems a safe and reasonable environment to pursue Mr. or Ms. Right, but it’s still a bad idea that can swiftly turn from love to lawsuits, according to one San Francisco-based workplace expert.
Shanti Atkins, president and CEO of locally-based ELT Inc., a company providing workplace harassment, ethics and compliance […]

 

San Francisco cops unleash force on anti-war protestors