Articles Posted February 2008

  • Rep. Paul Lantos Dies at 80

    Rep. Paul Lantos Dies at 80

    Representative Tom Lantos, RIP. Photo by Luke Thomas By Ashley Wright February 11, 2008 Congressman Tom Lantos, D-San Mateo, San Francisco, died early this morning due to complications from cancer at the Bethesda Naval Medical…

  • Zoo corrects grotto safety design flaw

    Zoo corrects grotto safety design flaw

    Workers near completion of safety modifications made to the big-cat exhibit at the San Francisco Zoo in response to a fatal attack by a 250-pound Siberian tigress that managed to escape its grotto Christmas Day,…

  • Our Great Hope

    Our Great Hope

    Patrick Goggin By Patrick Goggin February 8, 2008 Watching Barack Obama’s national political ascendancy since 2004 has been both moving and personal. That same year, several colleagues and I started WeCount.org, a federal political action…

  • Overheard in Fog City

    Overheard in Fog City

    Luke Thomas FCJ Publisher and Editor Photo by Marc Salomon By Luke Thomas February 5, 2008 Daly, Bayview activists, submit affordable housing petition Affordable housing champion Supervisor Chris Daly is joined by activists at City…