Tears and Smiles – Mothers Day at the SF County Jail
May 17, 2013 | No Comments
At the women’s county jail on Mother’s Day, San Francisco Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi announced the department’s doula program for pregnant inmates, a humanitarian program which aims to improve family-based services for inmates, formerly incarcerated men and women, and their families.
Marketing 101 for Activists
May 16, 2013 | 3 Comments
If you have ever been to Bourbon Street in New Orleans, there is one thing that you would have noticed for sure. No, I am not talking about the babes and the beads. I am referring to a bunch of guys holding signs like “Repent” and “Trust Jesus, He Hates Sin.” Millions of drunk guys and gals have walked by these sincere advocates, but how many people do you think instantly dropped their shots and accepted Jesus into their hearts?
Climate Change Ushers In Early California Fire Season
May 13, 2013 | 5 Comments
California’s wildfire season began early this year as nearly a dozen fires fueled by record high temperatures and extremely low water levels broke out across the state during the first week of May.
Groups Allege California Prison Policies Amount to State-Sanctioned Torture
May 02, 2013 | 1 Comment
Earlier this month during Oakland’s monthly First Fridays/Art Murmur event, a candlelit vigil was held by a couple dozen protesters – many wearing T-shirts with the message “Stop Torture CA” – to bring attention to California state prison solitary confinement policies which they say amounts to state-sanctioned torture.
Syria and Chemical Weapons of Mass Destruction
May 01, 2013 | 1 Comment
Evidence of alleged sarin gas use has supposedly come from human tissue samples. A few dozen Syrians are said to have been killed. If true, did Assad forces or the opposition forces use these chemical weapons and why was only a small amount of sarin used?
‘Dead Man Walking’ Author to Speak in SF
April 29, 2013 | No Comments
Author and anti-death penalty activist Sister Helen Prejean, whose bond with a condemned man inspired the Oscar winning film Dead Man Walking, will speak in San Francisco May 9 in a free, community event presented by the San Francisco Public Defender’s office.
The CrackBerry Chronicles
Norouzetan Mobarak!
March 10, 2008 | 3 Comments
Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi, Sasaneh Solaimani, Composer Anoushirvan Rohani, Dr. Elahe Ensani, and Elaine Santore. Photos by Luke Thomas By Elaine Santore March 10, 2008 Norouzetan Mobarak! (Happy New Year) If you’re Catholic, right now you’re…
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In focus: Meet Joe Nation
March 10, 2008 | 4 Comments
Senate District 3 candidate Joseph Nation Photos by Luke Thomas By Luke Thomas March 10, 2008 Fog City Journal returned to Marin Saturday to attend the Novato Democratic Club Senate District 3 debate with incumbent…
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Hit and run suspect turns himself in to police
March 10, 2008 | No Comments
By Jesse Dungan and Ashley Wright March 10, 2008 A 40-year-old man turned himself in to authorities after he struck a bicyclist at the intersection of Market and Octavia streets late Sunday night and allegedly…
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Grade School Politics
March 10, 2008 | 2 Comments
Bollocks to the rules! Senator Hillary Clinton, who trails Senator Barack Obama in total delegates, number of states won, and the popular vote, now wants to change the rules to cheat a path to the…
Teenager dies after shooting in Bayview District
March 10, 2008 | No Comments
By Jesse Dungan March 10, 2008 A 17-year-old boy died at an area hospital after being shot Sunday in Bayview-Hunters Point District, San Francisco police said. The shooting occurred in the area of Silver and…
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Vandalism prompts officials to pull hybrid buses
from Bayview-Hunters Point lines
March 08, 2008 | 2 Comments
By Ashley Wright and Jesse Dungan March 8, 2008 Hybrid buses running through San Francisco’s Bayview-Hunters Point District were removed Thursday to preserve driver and passenger safety, San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency officials said Friday.
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Alioto-Veronese ends Senate District 3 campaign
March 07, 2008 | 4 Comments
Joe Alioto-Veronese has withdrawn his candidacy from the Senate District 3 race. Photo by Luke Thomas By Luke Thomas March 7, 2008 5:45 p.m. San Francisco Police Commissioner Joe Alioto-Veronese has pulled out of the…
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Campaign of the Living Dead
March 07, 2008 | 5 Comments
By Terry Canaan, special to Fog City Journal March 7, 2008 Welcome to what is very likely to be the screwiest Democratic primary process of your life. You’ve got the undemocratic superdelegates, you’ve got the…
Reality Check: The true cost of the Iraq war,
three trillion and counting
March 07, 2008 | 2 Comments
US budgeting expert Linda Bilmes and Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz spoke at UCSF School of Medicine earlier this week about the “true cost” of the U.S. occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan. Photos by John Han…
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Woman pulled over by questionable motorcycle officer
March 07, 2008 | No Comments
By James Lanaras March 7, 2008 Novato police are keeping an eye out today for a man on a motorcycle who pulled over a 19 year-old woman Wednesday night.
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Grassroots affordable housing petition
passes muster for June ballot
March 06, 2008 | No Comments
By Luke Thomas March 6, 2008 A grassroots ballot initiative requiring half the housing constructed by Lennar at Hunters Point and Candlestick Point to be affordable, has qualified for the June ballot.
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Committee sets tone for a bloody budget season
March 06, 2008 | No Comments
Heads down: A newly appointed Budget and Finance Committee convened yesterday to begin the unenviable task of reconciling a $251 million 2008/2009 budget shortfall. Photos by Luke Thomas By Nicholas Olczak March 6, 2008 The…
Bay Area News Briefs
March 06, 2008 | No Comments
By Ananda Shorey March 6, 2008 Hans Reiser continues attacking Nina’s character Computer scientist Hans Reiser continued attacking the character of his missing wife Nina in his third day on the witness stand today, telling…
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Cover-Up: Chevron lied to City about plans
to switch to dirtier crude oil
March 06, 2008 | No Comments
By Caitilin McAdoo March 6, 2008 Officials at the Chevron refinery in Richmond lied to the city about their plans to switch to refining dirtier, cheaper crude oil that could result in five to 50…
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55 Laguna Project makes progress
March 06, 2008 | No Comments
An artist’s impression of the proposed 55 Laguna Project development. By Nicholas Olczak The Board of Supervisors approved an Environmental Impact Review of the 55 Laguna Project this week, moving plans for residential and community…
Hans Reiser said he had many reasons
to be upset at Nina
March 06, 2008 | No Comments
By Jeff Shuttleworth March 6, 2007 Computer engineer and murder defendant Hans Reiser told jurors yesterday he had a long list of reasons to be upset at his estranged wife Nina, who was last seen…
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SFMTA approves $21 million settlement
for 2003 fatal accident
March 06, 2008 | 1 Comment
By Jesse Dungan March 6, 2008 The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency Board of Directors voted Tuesday to approve a $21 million settlement with family and friends of a 4-year-old girl killed in 2003 in…
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