Sadly Majority Says Torture OK

June 05, 2009 | 5 Comments

One of the infamous images documented by soldiers at Abu Ghraib shows a hooded man standing  on a box. The detainee’s hands were attached to wires. He was told that he if he stepped off…

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PG&E Vault Fire Rages, 4500 Without Power

PG&E Vault Fire Rages, 4500 Without Power

June 05, 2009 | 4 Comments

A PG&E electrical fire rages at the intersection of O’Farrell and Polk streets in San Francisco. Photos by Luke Thomas By Luke Thomas June 5, 2009 2:30 pm Forty-five hundred San Francisco residents are without…

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Federal Judge Issues Mixed Rulings
in Warrantless Wiretapping Cases

June 05, 2009 | No Comments

A secret room in the offices of AT&T in San Francisco where internet and phone data is allegedly being surveiled by the NSA without warrants or subpoenas. By Susan Vaughan June 5, 2009 A federal…

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Crime, Coercion and the CJC

Crime, Coercion and the CJC

June 04, 2009 | 16 Comments

San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi. Photo by Luke Thomas By Jeff Adachi June 5, 2009 One of the ongoing debates of late surrounding the Community Justice Center (CJC) court concerns the question of how…

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Walker Kicks Off Early Fundraising Campaign for D6 Supervisor

Walker Kicks Off Early Fundraising Campaign
for D6 Supervisor

June 04, 2009 | 9 Comments

  Flanked by friends Erich Pearson and Bill Barnes, Building Inspections Commissioner Debra Walker yesterday kicked off her fundraising campaign for the 2010 race for District 6 Supervisor. Photos by Luke Thomas By Luke Thomas…

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US Navy, Electeds, Dragging Feet Over Hunters Point Shipyard Toxic Cleanup?

US Navy, Electeds, Dragging Feet
Over Hunters Point Shipyard Toxic Cleanup?

June 03, 2009 | No Comments

By Eric Smith and Arthur Feinstein, special to FogCityJournal.com June 3, 2009 Last year, San Francisco voters approved Proposition G to allow the City to set forth on the largest development project that San Franciscans…

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Goodbye, GM

Goodbye, GM

June 01, 2009 | 2 Comments

Michael Moore Photo by Luke Thomas By Michael Moore June 1, 2009 I write this on the morning of the end of the once-mighty General Motors. By high noon, the President of the United States…

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