Bay Area News Briefs
By Ananda Shorey April 17, 2008 Friend confesses on tape to shooting Willis-Starbuck Christopher Hollis confessed in a videotaped statement played in court today to firing the shot that killed…
Judge invalidates study finding no harm to salmon
By Julia Cheever April 17, 2008 A federal judge in Fresno Wednesday invalidated a biological study that concluded a plan to pump more water out of the Sacramento-San Joaquin River…
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…
Newsom joins officials
at emergency operations center opening
By Jesse Dungan April 17, 2008 San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom joined public safety officials Wednesday to mark the opening of the city’s newly remodeled Emergency Operations Center. The first…
No on Prop 98
By Tommi Avicolli Mecca April 17, 2008 By now you know that Prop 98 is on the ballot on June 3. It will wipe out all rent control in California.…
The Beat Goes On
The Beat Museum, located at 540 Broadway, provides Beat Generation aficionados a return to an era of bohemian hedonism and deeper spiritual understanding. Photos by Luke Thomas By John F.…
Supes unanimously adopt resolutions
against aerial spraying
By Jesse Dungan April 15, 2008 The San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted today to oppose aerial spraying to eradicate the invasive light brown apple moth, joining a growing number…