Some Background on U.S.-Iran Relations

March 23, 2009 | 1 Comment

A mural on the perimeter wall of the US Embassy in Tehran speaks to anti-US sentiment in Iran. Photo via France24 By Ralph E. Stone March 23, 2009 On March 20, on the eve of…

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Adriel Hampton to Run for Congress

Adriel Hampton to Run for Congress

March 21, 2009 | 1 Comment

Adriel Hampton Photo by Luke Thomas By Luke Thomas March 21, 2009, 11:52 am San Francisco City Attorney Analyst Adriel Hampton will declare his candidacy in the race for California’s tenth congressional district, a source…

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Panelists Discuss Chronicle’s Decline, Print Journalism’s Demise

Panelists Discuss Chronicle’s Decline,
Print Journalism’s Demise

March 20, 2009 | 3 Comments

A panel of media industry professionals was convened Tuesday to discuss the San Francisco Chronicle’s financial troubles and the general decline of newspaper circulation. Photos by Luke Thomas By Fanny Dassie March 20, 2009 As…

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Poor AIG

March 19, 2009 | 3 Comments

By Ralph E. Stone March 19, 2009 Last month President Obama signed a $787 billion stimulus package into law, a short-term political victory of sorts for the President. The President at that time was, and…

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Campos Drops Support for Mazzola Appointment

Campos Drops Support for Mazzola Appointment

March 19, 2009 | 7 Comments

Supervisor David Campos Photo by Luke Thomas By Luke Thomas March 19, 2009 Supervisor David Campos provided the swing vote to upend the appointment of Local 38 business manager Larry Mazzola Jr. to the Golden…

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Are We Living in a Police State?

Are We Living in a Police State?

March 18, 2009 | 16 Comments

Your browser is not able to display this multimedia content. By Luke Thomas March 18, 2009 Watch this unedited video of a demonstration outside the Israeli embassy on Tuesday in downtown San Francisco and ask…

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Our Deadliest Export

March 17, 2009 | 7 Comments

Weapons seized in Mexico include 18 US made M-16 assault rifles, at least one equipped with an M-203 40mm grenade launcher, several M-4 carbines, 17 handguns of various calibers, over 200 magazines for different weapons,…

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