Protest 2.0: Chasing The Flame
By Tanene Allison April 10, 2008 I wasn’t in San Francisco for the Olympic Torch protest. Aside from a severely decreased likelihood of my being arrested Wednesday, that fact almost…
This is NOT America Torchbearer ejection tells you so
Majora Carter, Executive Director of Sustainable South Bronx, was forcefully removed as an Olympic torchbearer yesterday when she raised a Tibetan flag in solidarity with the people of Tibet. Photo…
Overheard in Fog City:
Chinese officials involved
in “we” decision to alter torch route
By Luke Thomas April 10, 2008 It’s all about the money, honey Board of Supervisors President Aaron Peskin yesterday fired off a scathing criticism of Mayor Gavin Newsom’s “we” decision…
Fatal highway shooting victim had two children in car
By Maya Strausberg April 10, 2009 The victim of a fatal shooting on Interstate Highway 280 in San Francisco yestereve had two children in the vehicle during the incident, according…
After wild goose chase,
Olympic torch relay ends ambiguously
Protesters engulf an Olympic torch event coach as it makes a turn off of Embarcadero. The driver of the bus refused to stop almost running over the protesters. Photos by…
San Francisco to Chinese government: “Free Tibet!”
Fifty doves representing 50 years of Chinese government occupation of Tibet were released yesterday during a Tibetan Freedom Torch rally at UN Plaza. Photos by Luke Thomas and John Han…
D.A. to charge Golden Gate Bridge protesters
with misdemeanors
Protesters who risked life and limb Monday to unfurl a massive “Free Tibet” banner on the Golden Gate Bridge will be charged with misdemeanors. Photo courtesy Jim Herd, SFCitizen.com By…