Bay Area News Briefs
Bay City News May 30, 2008 CDFA Issues Statement on Study by Apple Moth Spraying Opponents The California Department of Food and Agriculture issued a statement Thursday afternoon responding to…
Opponents of Apple Moth Spraying Release
Study by Marin County Doctor
By Jason Bennert May 29, 2008 Opponents of California’s plan to use aerial spraying to combat the light brown apple moth released a new study today by a Marin County…
Public Utilities Commission Asks Bay Area Residents
to Use Less Water
By Jesse Dungan May 29, 2008 The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission and other Bay Area water agencies are asking an estimated 2.4 million customers throughout four counties to continue…
Same-Sex Couples and City Ask High Court
not to Delay Gay Marriages
By Julia Cheever May 29, 2008 Same-sex couples and the city of San Francisco urged the state Supreme Court Wednesday to allow its same-sex marriage ruling to go into effect…
Bay Area News Briefs
Bay City News May 29, 2008 Court Hears Case Pitting Religious Freedom Against Civil Rights The California Supreme Court began grappling at a hearing in San Francisco Wednesday with the…
Human Rights, Environmental Activists
Assail Chevron for Alleged Abuses
Photo by Luke Thomas By Ari Burack May 28, 2008 On the eve of an annual shareholder meeting of the San Ramon-based Chevron Corp., human rights activists gathered Tuesday at…
Proposition G’s False Promises:
Lennar’s $3.3 Million Chump-Change Financing
May Yield Billions
By Patrick Monette-Shaw, special to Fog City Journal May 28, 2008 Question: What do you get when you stir into the soup $3.3 million in various campaign financing by the…