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Underground Trains Restored
After Woman Drives Through MUNI TunnelBy Kamala Kelkar June 11, 2008 All San Francisco Municipal Railway Agency underground trains are operating again this morning after a woman drove about 2 miles into the West Portal station tunnel, a spokesman said.…
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Federal Judge Accepts Perez Anti-PTSD Email, Senate Testimony, into Evidence
History was again in the making for two veterans advocacy groups in San Francisco yesterday after a federal judge admitted into evidence an email exposing U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs’ (VA) alleged intent to deny care to veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Supes Pass Solar Energy Incentive Programs
for Residents, BusinessesSan Francisco supervisors Tuesday approved programs offering incentive payments for city residents and business owners to install solar panels on the rooftops of their homes or businesses.
One 10-year, $3.5-million-a-year program would offer $3,000 to $6,000 for residents and up to $10,000 for businesses toward the purchase of the solar energy systems.
The Solar Energy Incentive Program ordinance, sponsored by Supervisor Bevan Dufty and Assessor-Recorder Phil Ting, and which also received the support of Mayor Gavin Newsom, passed Tuesday afternoon on an 8-3 vote.
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Schwarzenegger Announces More Than $60 Million
for Bay Area Transportation ProjectsGov. Arnold Schwarzenegger today announced $136 million in Proposition 1B funding for state transportation projects, including more than $60 million for Bay Area projects.
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A Retrospective Analysis of Livingstone’s Battle
for Affordable Housing in England’s CapitalFormer London Mayor Ken Livingstone File photo by Luke Thomas By Nicholas Olczak June 8, 2008 LONDON, England — When Ken Livingstone was elected as London’s first Mayor in 2000, the biggest challenge he faced…
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Bill Moyers: “We now know that a neo-conservative
is an arsonist who sets the house on fire”June 7, 2008 “We needed to know the truth about Iraq. The truth could have spared that country from rack and ruin, saved thousands of American lives and hundreds of thousands of Iraqi lives and…
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Dan Rather Blasts Corporate Media
Dan Rather June 7, 2008 Former CBS News anchor Dan Rather delivered a blistering critique of corporate news on Saturday night at the National Conference for Media Reform hosted by Free Press. The following are…
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