When Johnny and Joan Come Marching Home
How We Treat Our Veterans
Says Much About America’s Character
By John Hoctor June 17, 2008 Vet Déjà Vu: Parades, Forgotten, Again? How America treats returning soldiers once the confetti is swept off the streets, long after the ubiquitous “Support…
Supes May Seek New Approach to Closing Mirant Plant
Supervisor Sophie Maxwell is backing a plan to move San Francisco towards public power generation by replacing the aging and polluting Mirant power plant with four City-owned natural gas-burning power…
Well-known Same-Sex Couple
First to Wed in San Francisco, Again
Officiated by Mayor Gavin Newsom, Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon became the first same-sex couple to wed in San Francisco yesterday following the state Supreme Court’s decision last month to…
Gore Endorses Obama
Former Vice President Al Gore File photo by Luke Thomas From the Barack Obama Campaign June 16, 2008 “A few hours from now I will step on stage in Detroit,…
Community Unites to Tell Health Insurance Industy:
Health Care Yes, Insurance Companies No!
From Senior Action Network June 16, 2008 Who: A Coalition of health care reform activists What: Rally at the AHIP Convention Where: 4th and Howard Street, Moscone West When: Thursday,…
Probe Continues Into Muni Train Collision
By Ari Burack June 16, 2008 San Francisco Municipal Railway officials have yet to determine the cause of Saturday’s collision of two Muni trains near AT&T Park that sent a…
John Cusack: The Bush-McCain Challenge
June 16, 2008 Betcha Can’t Tell Them Apart. John Cusack stars in a new TV ad that challenges voters to try to tell the difference between George Bush and John…