Articles Posted in 2009
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Kenyans, Party Animals, Dominate Bay to Breakers
In traditional San Francisco fashion, revelers in the in the 98th annual Bay to Breakers race let it all hang out. Photos by Luke Thomas By Luke Thomas May 18, 2009 Despite severe economic conditions…
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Can Web 2.0 Help End the Drug War?
By Adriel Hampton May 18, 2009 The rise of Web 2.0, a loosely defined collection of collaborative and social sharing technologies, seems to have the potential for radically changing our democracy. As broadband Internet becomes…
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Stay Tuned: You Are The Weakest Link
No one is questioning Supervisor Eric Mar’s integrity or his Progressive politics, or his concern for global climate change, but his refusal to allow for more analysis of an important solar energy contract with Recurrent…
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Aslan: US “War on Terror” Not About Terrorism
Iranian-born award-winning author Reza Aslan discussed his latest book Monday at the World Affairs Council in San Francisco. Photos by Luke Thomas By Fanny Dassie May 14, 2009 Pope Benedict XVI’s recent commentary suggesting religion…
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Say It Ain’t So, Chiu
Supervisor David Chiu threatened the use of a procedural motion to reject the SFMTA’s proposed fare hikes and service cuts due to a $129 million SFMTA budget shortfall, but then renegged yesterday by tabling his…
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Recurrent Energy Solar Contract
Heading Back to Committee?By Luke Thomas May 11, 2009 A proposal by Recurrent Energy to build a 5-megawatt solar energy-generating voltaic array on the Sunset Reservoir in San Francisco may be heading back to committee for further review…
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Star Trek Movie Review: The Ties that Bind
By Hope Johnson May 11, 2009 Star Trek, the latest entry in the legendary sci-fi series, collected a deserved $72.5 million in its opening weekend. The film is so unexpectedly wonderful, this Trekkie was brought…
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