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Norouz: San Francisco celebrates Persian New
Year
Sal-e no mobarak!
San Francisco City Hall was transformed Friday as several hundred
Bay Area Iranian-Americans came to celebrate the Persian New Year,
Norouz (year 1386). The event lineup included performances by
Ballet Asfaneh, Ostad Nejad of the Nejad World Music Center, Nejad
Daf Ensemble, Seemorgh Choral Ensemble, and Bazem Music Ensemble.
Photo(s) by
Luke Thomas
By Nevena
Predolac
March 25, 2007
SAN FRANCISCO - Several hundred well dressed Bay Area
Iranian-Americans attended the 2nd annual celebration of the Persian
New Year, Friday, matching the equally well-adorned rotunda of
San Francisco City Hall.
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COURT JESTERINGS
With h brown
Photo(s) by
Luke Thomas
Court Jester reviews Chronicle's chronic fear
of blogosphere
March 25, 2007
Chronicle Death Watch goes 24/7
(barefoot bloggers overrun food critics)
"David Lazarus makes too much money."
(Hearst stockholder)
Wall Street likes blogger model
("What's not to like?")
They work for free. They don't need a parking space. They don't
mind sleeping on the floor, or the humiliation of peeing in the
sink of a Tenderloin SRO. They don't need high priced editors.
They rarely have the funds to use soap or toothpaste, and they
rarely sleep. Best of all, they work for free. Did I already mention
that?
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San Francisco prosecutors file hate crime charges
in triple murder case
By Brent Begin, Bay City News Service
March 23, 2007
SAN FRANCISCO (BCN) - The San Francisco
district attorney's office has added hate crime allegations
to a triple-murder case involving a white defendant and three
Asian victims.
Joseph Melcher, 25, is accused of killing two
people on Oct. 21, one inside a Japantown bar and another outside
near Peace Plaza in Japantown.
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Winners announced
in annual press photography awards
Bay City News Service
March 25, 2007
The San Francisco
Bay Area Press Photographers Association presented awards
this evening to the winners of its 33th Annual Newspaper and
Television News Photography Competition at an awards ceremony
in Oakland's Jack London Square.
About 150 news photographers as well as photojournalism
students in the greater San Francisco Bay Area from every major
newspaper, wire service and television station entered the competition
for their photography in 2006.
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And in other news...
- Oracle
sues rival SAP over alleged document theft
- Bottled
water controversy on World Water Day
FCJ Quotes of the Day
"I believe the agreement reached between Sinn Fein and
the DUP - including the unequivocal commitment made by their
party executive and reiterated today - to the restoration of
political institutions on 8 May marks the beginning of a new
era of politics on this island."
-Gerry Adams, Sinn Fein Party, 3/26/7
"After a long and difficult time in our province, I believe
that enormous opportunities lie ahead for our province. We must
not allow our justified loathing of the horrors and tragedies
of the past to become a barrier to creating a better and more
stable future for our children."
- Ian Paisley, Democratic Unionist Party, 3/26/7
Letters, letters, letters
- Bay Area Press Photographer Awards
- Giant token move for Gavin and PG&E risks
real solar policy
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