The CrackBerry Chronicles:
Spitzer escort becomes latest notorious nobody
Elaine Santore Photo by Luke Thomas By Elaine Santore March 14, 2008 Spitzer escort becomes the latest notorious nobody Whenever my dad visits his family in upstate New York, they…
Nurses, healthcare advocates rally to protest service cuts
Nurses and healthcare advocates picketed outside San Francisco General Hospital Thursday to protest cuts to public healthcare services. Photo by John Han By John Han March 14, 2008 Nurses, healthcare…
Newsom and Peskin join hands
to expand payroll tax credits
Putting political differences aside for a good cause, Mayor Gavin Newsom and Board President Aaron Peskin announced new legislation Tuesday to provide tax credits to businesses that hire disadvantaged workers.…
Committee recommends congestion pricing
By James Lanares March 13, 2008 The 13 members of the Golden Gate Bridge District’s finance committee unanimously recommended passage of a resolution that would impose higher tolls on the…
Prosecutors seek minimum six month sentence
in stock options backdating case
By Julia Cheever March 13, 2008 Prosecutors have asked a federal judge in San Francisco to send a former Silicon Valley executive to prison for at least six months and…
What if Fallon’s just the first of many?
By Terry Canaan, special to Fog City Journal March 13, 2008 The thing about news stories is that they’re artificially reduced to stand-alone sort of things. In political news, the…
Supes mandate restaurants post nutritional info
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors passed a law Tuesday requiring chain restaurants to post nutritional information in an effort to stem rising rates of obesity and Type 2 diabetes.…