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Update on Ranked Choice Voting in San Francisco
I am happy to report that we were able to beat back the attacks on Ranked Choice Voting in both San Francisco and Oakland. These were very serious and well-coordinated attacks by conservative forces.
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Occupy This Art Show: Yerba Buena Showcases Resistance History Through Art
Saturday evening, the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts unveiled Occupy Bay Area — an exhibit showcasing political posters, photos and videos of the movement’s guiding principles — with an opening night celebration that included live performances by local artists dedicated to social change.
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Nurses Strike Sutter Health Over Demands for Worker Concessions
For the fourth time since September, nurses across nine Sutter Health hospitals went on strike Wednesday in response to management demands for worker concessions that include reductions in healthcare coverage, increased pension contributions and changes to workplace rights and conditions. The nurses are also protesting widespread cuts by Sutter to in-patient care services.
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Bay Area May Day Protest Action Marred by Pockets of Non-Occupy Violence
But May Day was also one in which thousands attended mostly peaceful, non-violent protests in support of immigrants, workers and others who comprise the 99 percent of Americans who feel they are at the mercy of an unregulated capitalist system run amok by unfettered greed and political corruption, a system that benefits the few over the expense of the many.
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Dellums Gives Edgerly the Old Heave-Ho
Mayor of Oakland Ron Dellums placed City Administrator Deborah Edgerly on administrative leave today following allegations that she interfered with the arrest of a relative. Photo by Luke Thomas By Jeff Shuttleworth June 27, 2008…
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Reiser removed from courtroom after verdict
Hans Reiser Police photo April 28, 2008 By Jeff Shuttleworth Computer engineer Hans Reiser was convicted of first-degree murder today for the death of his estranged wife Nina even though the prosecution had no body,…
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Defense lawyer says Hans Reiser didn’t kill Nina
By Jeff Shuttleworth April 17, 2008 Hans Reiser’s defense attorney compared the computer engineer to a duckbill platypus Wednesday and said Reiser is obnoxious and self-centered but insisted that he didn’t kill his estranged wife…
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Closing arguments delayed
in Reiser trial after clash with judgeBy Jeff Shuttleworth April 15, 2008 The beleaguered judge in the marathon trial of computer engineer Hans Reiser on charges that he murdered his estranged wife Nina will make a second attempt to have the…
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Hans Reiser said he had many reasons
to be upset at NinaBy 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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Defense lawyer: Nina Reiser was “a gadabout”
By Jeff Shuttleworth March 5, 2008 The lawyer for computer engineer Hans Reiser said today that his estranged wife Nina “wasn’t a perfect mother” and instead was “a gadabout, to put it mildly.” FCJ EditorMore…
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Reiser says he had nothing to do
with wife’s disappearanceHans Reiser Police photo By Jeff Shuttleworth March 3, 2008 Computer engineer Hans Reiser calmly testified today that he had nothing to do with the disappearance of his estranged wife Nina, who disappeared on Sept.…
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Judge denies Reiser’s motion for a mistrial
Hans Reiser Police photo By Jeff Shuttleworth February 26, 2008 Murder defendant Hans Reiser lost two rulings today when a judge denied his motion for a mistrial as well as a motion to have his…
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Reiser not emotional enough to commit murder,
according to defense testimonyHans Reiser Police photo By Jeff Shuttleworth February 25, 2008 A longtime friend of Oakland computer engineer Hans Reiser said today that Reiser is less emotional than most people. Defense lawyer William DuBois called Cimarron…
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