Newsom Allies Maneuver to Appoint Mazzola
to Golden Gate Bridge Commission
Larry Mazzola, Jr. Photo by Luke Thomas By Hope Johnson April 14, 2009 Supervisors loyal to Mayor Gavin Newsom have maneuvered to force the appointment of an unqualified and inexperienced…
Daly Sets Sights on Democratic Party Organizing Role
Supervisor Chris Daly Photo by Luke Thomas By Luke Thomas April 13, 2009 San Francisco Supervisor Chris Daly is making a move to take progressive politics inside the California Democratic…
San Francisco Giants Opening Week a Mixed Bag
Photo by Luke Thomas By Stefan Cohen April 13, 2009 After the first week of San Francisco Giants baseball, my pre-season optimism has dwindled slightly, but there’s still twenty-five baseball…
ICRC’s Damning Exposé of US Torture
By Stephen Lendman April 13, 2009 On March 12, Mark Danner, in a New York Times op-ed and The New York Review of Books, wrote about the International Committee of…
Hampton Urges Opponents Support Marijuana Legalization
From the Campaign to elect Adriel Hampton to Congress April 12, 2009 California 10th Congressional District candidate Adriel Hampton (D-Dublin) is calling on potential rivals Sen. Mark DeSaulnier (D-Concord) and…
Demonstrators Protest Obama Administration’s Bailout
of Failed Institutions
 Organizer Bruce Hartford for A New Way Forward, speaks to demonstrators outside the San Francisco Federal Reserve yesterday. The protest was held to rally opposition to the Obama administration’s…
Migden to run for D10 Supe
Former California Senator Carole Migden. Photo by Luke Thomas By Luke Thomas April 9, 2009 Former California Senator Carole Migden is “seriously looking” at throwing her hat into the 2010…