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Evidence released in 1971 San Francisco police death

SFPD spokesperson Neville Gittens stands beside a poster
of slain SFPD officer Sgt. John Young who was murdered in cold blood
during a politcally motivated attack on the Ingleside police station in 1971.
Photo(s) by Luke Thomas

By Brent Begin, Bay City News Service

January 26, 2007

SAN FRANCISCO (BCN) - The keys to arrests earlier this week in the 1971 slaying of a San Francisco police sergeant include a fingerprint found on a cigarette lighter and a match of shotgun shells from the lost murder weapon.

Authorities earlier this week were reluctant to offer details into what prompted them to refocus their energy on the decades-old investigation into the death of San Francisco police Sgt. John Young. Eight former members of the Black Liberation Movement were arrested Tuesday.

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California Public Utilities Commission
issues new regulations for clean power generation

Supported by Governor

By Jason Bennert, Bay City News Service

January 26, 2007

The California Public Utilities Commission on Thursday approved new regulations that ban state utilities from purchasing power from high-polluting power plants, including most coal fired power plants.

The new regulations are in response to last year's legislation signed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger that seeks to limit California's contribution to global warming. Schwarzenegger applauded Thursday's PUC action.

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COURT JESTERINGS

With h brown

Photo(s) by Luke Thomas

Court Jester bestows 6th Annual Bulldog Awards

By h. brown

January 25, 2007

Wanna hear mixed emotions? Yesterday, I heard a rooster crow to greet the morning from U.N. Plaza. God, there's something so grounding about hearing a rooster in the morning. But here, obviously, this particular rooster was not in the right place to joyfully announce the morn. I instantly named him, 'Saddam'.

So, my number one award for bravery, art and chutzpah in the face of certain death goes to the rooster in the back of the truck in U.N. Plaza who called to wake me up and tell me that as of now, the ball is in my court.

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