Civil Grand Jury Wants More Attention From City Leaders
By Melissa McRobbie June 26, 2008 San Francisco’s civil grand jury has released a report claiming city leaders don’t pay enough attention to its reports and recommendations. The report, posted…
Japanese Water Powered Car
June 25, 2008 Tired of paying $5 a gallon for gas? Check out this little gem of an invention. The Reuters reporter doesn’t tell us how much the technology costs,…
Sandra Lee Fewer Campaign Kick-Off
From the Campaign to Elect Sandra Lee Fewer June 25, 2008 Candidate for San Francisco School Board Sandra Lee Fewer will kick off her campaign today at the historic Cathay…
Lessons Ethics Should Have Learned
from the Carolyn Knee Case
San Franciscans for Affordable Clean Energy campaign treasurer Carolyn Knee, flanked by defense attorney David Waggoner (left) and her husband, Richard Knee, crack smiles when the Ethics Commission finds July…
Joe O’Donoghue: “Laconic Officials In Catatonic Mien,
Sleep Unperturbed, Indifferent”
By Joe O’Donoghue June 25, 2008 The late Jean-Michel Folon, a Belgian artist, illustrated brilliantly, in bright color form, the desolate voids of 20th century cities and their inhabitants. This…
Supes Urge City to Explore Transmission-Only Options
to Close Power Plant
By Ari Burack June 25, 2008 San Francisco supervisors Tuesday approved a resolution urging the city to further explore energy transmission options from outside the city in order to close…
PG&E Cable Failure Caused Vault Explosion
By Maya Strausberg June 25, 2008 A Pacific Gas and Electric Co. spokeswoman said they have determined that what fire officials called an underground vault explosion in San Francisco yesterday…