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Shared Sacrifice Budget Proposal
Would Save All City Jobs and ServicesBy Luke Thomas May 21, 2009 While the City and County of San Francisco faces an unprecedented $438 million budget deficit in the next fiscal year that begins July 1, a new “shared sacrifice” budget…
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Kenyans, Party Animals, Dominate Bay to Breakers
In traditional San Francisco fashion, revelers in the in the 98th annual Bay to Breakers race let it all hang out. Photos by Luke Thomas By Luke Thomas May 18, 2009 Despite severe economic conditions…
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Aslan: US “War on Terror” Not About Terrorism
Iranian-born award-winning author Reza Aslan discussed his latest book Monday at the World Affairs Council in San Francisco. Photos by Luke Thomas By Fanny Dassie May 14, 2009 Pope Benedict XVI’s recent commentary suggesting religion…
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Recurrent Energy Solar Contract
Heading Back to Committee?By Luke Thomas May 11, 2009 A proposal by Recurrent Energy to build a 5-megawatt solar energy-generating voltaic array on the Sunset Reservoir in San Francisco may be heading back to committee for further review…
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American Workers Urge Feinstein
to Support Employee Free Choice ActA rally was held Wednesday outside the San Francisco Federal Building to urge Senator Dianne Feinstein’s support of the Employee Free Choice Act. Photos by Luke Thomas By Fanny Dassie May 8, 2009 Bay Area…
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Stay Tuned: Tourk It Up a Notch
Tourking it up a notch, hired gun Alex Tourk rubs shoulders with the new Billy Whiz kid on the block, BOS Prez David Chiu, following Chiu’s soliloquy to the building tradesters Tuesday. Photos by Luke…
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Weapons of Mass Destruction
By Nicholas Olczak May 5, 2009 When Suraj Ghulam Habib was six years old, she saw what she thought was a can of food buried in the ground near her home in Afghanistan. The can…
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