Articles Posted April 2008

  • Newsom joins officialsat emergency operations center opening

    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 floor of the facility, located…

  • No on Prop 98

    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. It will probably destroy all…

  • Newsom set-aside resolution headed for showdown

    Newsom set-aside resolution headed for showdown

    Promo photo courtesy www.theshowdownmovie.com By Luke Thomas April 16, 2008 A resolution introduced by Mayor Gavin Newsom yesterday is headed for a political showdown, Fog City Journal has learned. Luke ThomasLuke Thomas is a former…

  • The Beat Goes On

    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. Hoctor April 16, 2008 They…

  • Supes unanimously adopt resolutionsagainst aerial spraying

    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 of Bay Area cities that…

  • Newsom moves to restrict budget set-asides

    Newsom moves to restrict budget set-asides

    Mayor Gavin Newsom File photo by Luke Thomas From the Mayor’s Office of Communications April 15, 2008 Today, I submitted to the Board of Supervisors a Resolution declaring it to be official City policy that…

  • Bay Area News Briefs

    Bay Area News Briefs

    By Aimee Strain April 15, 2008 Prosecutor asks jurors to convict Reiser of murder Hans Reiser Police Photo A prosecutor told jurors today that the only reasonable conclusion they can draw from the mountain of…