Controversial Foie Gras Resolution Sets Up Food Fight
A resolution passed by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors Tuesday commends restaurants that voluntarily remove foie gras from their menus ahead of California statewide ban in 2012. By Fanny…
Hollis’ Story, Our Story:
A Tale of Immense Riches During Hard Times
Hollis Hawthorne By Cat Rauschuber, special to FogCityJournal.com March 17, 2009 Last Thursday, March 12 a benefit was held at Slim’s in San Francisco for Hollis Hawthorne, a friend and…
David Korten: “Agenda for a New Economy:
From Phantom Wealth to Real Wealth”
By Steven Chapman “Korten argues that we must abandon our current narratives of Empire and domination, and embrace new narratives which would situate humanity in its proper ecological context, and…
Medicine for Melancholy
By Luke Thomas March 10, 2009 Armed with a $4,000 camera, a four-person crew, and a production budget that might pay for a new Nissan Sentra, writer/director Barry Jenkins demonstrates…
No Better Time to End Cannabis Prohibition
Commentary by Patrick Goggin March 2, 2009 After staring down the barrel at California’s $43 billion budget deficit for the past several months, rookie San Francisco Assemblyman Tom Ammiano last…
Mayor Newsom, Bay to Breakers
Announce Revised Policies for 2009 Race
By Luke Thomas February 27, 2009 ING Bay to Breakers and Mayor Gavin Newsom released a statement today outlining revised policies for this year’s race. The new policy requires all…
The CrackBerry Chronicles: The Big Reveal
Elaine Santore, aka Crackberry Lascivious Carriage, getting ready to perform with the Burlesqueteers at the Uptown Club in Oakland, Feb. 16. Photos by Luke Thomas By Elaine Santore February 19,…