Pacifica Radio: Don’t Slay the Messenger
Here’s the scene:Two children are fighting. They are fighting because the elder child has taken a toy from the younger one. The younger one protests and insists: “I want my…
Senator Leno, Mayor Lee Announce Legislation to Arrest Speculative Evictions in San Francisco
Senator Mark Leno today joined San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee, other elected officials, tenant advocates, labor groups and business leaders to introduce legislation closing a loophole in the Ellis Act…
City of San Bruno Sues CPUC Over Refusal to Release Public Records
The City of San Bruno filed a lawsuit in Superior Court against the California Public Utilities Commission yesterday demanding the release of public records related to the September 2010 PG&E…
It’s Ok to Hate the Super Rich
There are times when hatred is a needed, logical and moral stance to take. Evil, injustice and corruption, are fine examples of what to appropriately hate.
Hemorrhage: An Ablution of Hope and Despair is Keefer’s Magnum Opus
Two years off hip-replacement surgery and just beginning her 7th decade, Dance Brigade's Krissy Keefer has reached a pinnacle with her latest tour de force: Hemorrhage: An Ablution of Hope…
Keeping Firearms from the Mentally Ill
The Obama administration announced January 3 executive actions intended to keep guns out of the hands of the mentally ill. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is…
Spike in San Francisco Pedestrian Fatalities Sparks City Response
A special joint meeting of the Board of Supervisors and the Police Commission was held Thursday at City Hall to address an alarming spike in pedestrian and cyclist fatalities in…