Articles Posted April 2008

  • Event: Press conference and rallyto stop Light Brown Apple Moth spray

    Event: Press conference and rally
    to stop Light Brown Apple Moth spray

    From City of Albany Integrated Pest Management Task Force April 14, 2008 It’s not safe! It’s not effective! It’s not necessary! The general public and environmental perception is that the State has not proven that…

  • Dissolution or Disillusioned?

    Dissolution or Disillusioned?

    SFPD Officer Andrew Cohen By Andrew Cohen April 14, 2008 Below is an email that I received from Inspector Joe Engler. It is poignant, informative and of absolute importance to the members of our Union.…

  • Daly for Delegate

    Daly for Delegate

    Daly family portrait: Chris, Sarah, Jack, and Grace Eolen Daly. Photo by Luke Thomas By Chris Daly April 11, 2008 Sunday, April 13, 2pm-3pm SEIU Local 1021, 350 Rhode Island, Suite 100 This Sunday, California’s…

  • Governor praises Bay Bridge West Approach Project

    Governor praises Bay Bridge West Approach Project

    Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger used a welders torch today to cut open a chain to the new Interstate Highway 80 San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge West Approach span, scheduled to open this weekend ahead of schedule. Photos…

  • Calls for Beijing boycott, appropriate

    Calls for Beijing boycott, appropriate

    By John Han April 11, 2008 Hours before the Olympic Torch Relay opening ceremony began at McCovey Cove Wednesday, I interviewed Chinese-American Xiao Tan who supports the Tibetan struggle for independence. Like thousands of Olympic…

  • A Beautiful Disaster

    A Beautiful Disaster

    By Terry Canaan April 11, 2008 Like anyone who appreciates film and, especially, photography in film, I have a love/hate relationship with documentary filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl. A visionary fimmaker, Riefenstahl created what many consider to…

  • Fong offers explanation for Olympic torch relay rerouting

    Fong offers explanation for Olympic torch relay rerouting

    Police Chief Heather Fong today defended a decision made to alter the Olympic torch route and cancel the offical ceremonies at Justin Herman Plaza. File photo by Luke Thomas By Ari Burack April 10, 2008 San…