Bay Area News Briefs

Bay Area News Briefs

May 20, 2008 | No Comments

Bay City News May 20, 2008 City’s Plastic Bag Ban Extends Tuesday To Chain Pharmacies San Francisco’s first-in-the-nation ban on plastic bags broadens today from large supermarkets to chain pharmacies, in an environmental initiative that…

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The CrackBerry Chronicles

The CrackBerry Chronicles

May 19, 2008 | 1 Comment

Elaine Santore Photos by Luke Thomas By Elaine Santore May 19, 2008 Marriage for everyone! Political consultant, blogger, and h. Brown hanger-on Bob Brigham told me in April that if the California Supreme Court overturned…

Appeasing the Neocons

Appeasing the Neocons

May 19, 2008 | No Comments

By Terry Canaan May 19, 2008 It’s typical of George W. Bush. He goes to Saudi Arabia to get their help in our energy mess and it doesn’t go so well. In fact, the headline…

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Affordable Housing ActivistsPrepare for Final Stand Against Proposition G

Affordable Housing Activists
Prepare for Final Stand Against Proposition G

May 18, 2008 | 1 Comment

San Francisco affordable housing activists and advocates attended a ‘Yes on Proposition F’ and ‘No on Proposition G’ campaign rally held Friday at the Balazo Gallery in the Mission District. Photos by Luke Thomas By…

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Whose War?

Whose War?

May 18, 2008 | No Comments

Cindy Sheehan Photos by Luke Thomas By Cindy Sheehan “I am tired and sick of war. Its glory is all moonshine. It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks…

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Peter Magowan Announces His Retirement

Peter Magowan Announces His Retirement

May 17, 2008 | No Comments

San Francisco Giants Managing General Partner Peter Magowan yesterday announced his retirement. Photo by Luke Thomas By Maya Strausberg May 17, 2008 The San Francisco Giants will be losing one of their own at the…

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