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5 Things: March 11, 2011
Did you make it into Street Thread's new photo book compilation? >>SHE WANTS TO BE WHERE THE PEOPLE ARE For years Ariel Soto has been documenting her fashion finds found while hitting the...
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The craziest local tsunami video you're likely to see
PHOTO BY ALLEN DAVID So that duffel bag you packed at five this morning when your aunt from Maryland woke you up heaving with the news from Japan ended up staying in your vestibule. Man, does San...
View ArticleDick Meister: Teachers Need Strong Unions
Like many people, I'm sure, Washington Post writer Matt Miller is confused about, "where to come down on the question of who should 'win''" in the struggle of public employees against attempts to...
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A meeting of Mayor Lee and Bloomberg's minds
Mayor Ed Lee described New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg as “a model of mine” as the two men exchanged gifts in the Mayor's Office, and reporters unsuccessfully tried to figure out which of the two men...
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Do the leprechaun swing
An ounce of Irish whiskey contains 69 calories -- swing off the bulge this Saturday PHOTO BY ZATPHOTO Does the standard set of St. Patrick’s Day festivities leaving you feeling a little bit like...
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There are better ways to respond to Japan disaster
A water pipe spews water into the frosty morning air after being damaged by a tsunami, triggered by the 8.9-magnitude quake. Photo by Daniel Sanford, via Wikimedia A disaster of epic proportions has...
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Local efforts to help Japan
Several prominent international charities are accepting donations for Japan's earthquake relief efforts, but many local organizations have stepped up to the plate too. Here's a roundup of Bay Area...
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SFBG Radio: What is NPR afraid of?
Today we discuss why everyone seems to be afraid of a few right-wing nuts and why an undercover videographer whose work is consistently shown to be shoddy keeps getting all this attention. Listen...
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Nuclear meltdown: It could happen here
Where PG&E made the mistake of our lives The death toll from the earthquake and tsunami in Japan is horrible, and it's going to get worse. In fact, it could get a whole lot worse, if one of the...
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Delhi 2 Dublin brings the St. Paddy's bhangra
Delhi 2 Dublin: "We don't really philosophize about it, we just play what sounds good." PHOTO BY REINER DE SMIT It's St. Patrick's Day and everyone is Irish. Truly -- the West coast brand of ethnic...
View ArticleThe madness of nuclear power
By Norman Solomon Norman Solomon is president of the Institute for Public Accuracy and a senior fellow at RootsAction. His books include “Killing Our Own: The Disaster of America’s Experience with...
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Looky-loos and show ponies: A day in the life at the BNP Paribas Open
On one side of the main stadium at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden, white picket fences separate the players, their entourages, and assorted tour types from the fans. There's a small plot of green...
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5 Things: March 14, 2011
Plunging into the past PHOTO BY DAVID SCHNUR >>1. DEVIL'S FOOD Well, why the hell not overlay a map of Mission cupcakeries with one of Mission gangs? Either it's a statement on encroaching...
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The net: Young victory and top-ranked tennis musings at the BNP Paribas Open
The process of parking and getting to the Indian Wells Tennis Garden is a bit of a roundabout involving dusty lots and a bus ride. On the morning of March 11, day five of the two-week BNP Paribas...
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Eating green, gay crow
The lemon wedge really sets off the contrite tanginess Well it looks like our St. Patrick's Day coverage included more disreprencies than just last week's nomenclature kerfuffle. As Rob Blackwell,...
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Twitter tax: It's not all about Jane Kim
Randy Shaw's latest piece announcing that (duh) the Small Business Commission supports the Twitter tax break makes it seem as if the entire opposition to the deal is based on dislike for Sup. Jane...
View ArticleEditorial: The Willie Brown loophole
As the stories in this issue show, open government laws are critical to democracy. Without the city’s sunshine law, we wouldn’t know how the proposal to give Twitter a tax break ballooned into a major...
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Board considers extra $75.4 million for Mission Bay redevelopment
UPDATE: An earlier version of this post reported that the Board was meeting in closed session. This was incorrect. The Board is meeting today to consider amending the San Francisco Redevelopment...
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How taxes on millionaires could save the NBA
March is heaven for basketball junkies. The NCAA tournament goes full-tilt boogie and for fans of the pro game, playoff jockeying intensifies into overdrive. As a member of the latter camp whose team...
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SF health food stores selling out of potassium iodide **UPDATED**
***UPDATE*** OK, we've got some new information here, which is different from what the California Department of Public Health told us a little while ago: U.S. Surgeon General Regina Benjamin told...
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