Nurses, healthcare advocates rally to protest service cuts

Nurses, healthcare advocates rally to protest service cuts

March 14, 2008 | No Comments

Nurses and healthcare advocates picketed outside San Francisco General Hospital Thursday to protest cuts to public healthcare services. Photo by John Han By John Han March 14, 2008 Nurses, healthcare advocates and elected officials held…

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Newsom and Peskin join handsto expand payroll tax credits

Newsom and Peskin join hands
to expand payroll tax credits

March 13, 2008 | 1 Comment

Putting political differences aside for a good cause, Mayor Gavin Newsom and Board President Aaron Peskin announced new legislation Tuesday to provide tax credits to businesses that hire disadvantaged workers. File photo by Luke Thomas…

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Committee recommends congestion pricing

Committee recommends congestion pricing

March 13, 2008 | No Comments

By James Lanares March 13, 2008 The 13 members of the Golden Gate Bridge District’s finance committee unanimously recommended passage of a resolution that would impose higher tolls on the bridge during periods of high…

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Prosecutors seek minimum six month sentencein stock options backdating case

Prosecutors seek minimum six month sentence
in stock options backdating case

March 13, 2008 | No Comments

  By Julia Cheever March 13, 2008 Prosecutors have asked a federal judge in San Francisco to send a former Silicon Valley executive to prison for at least six months and fine her $5.25 million…

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What if Fallon’s just the first of many?

What if Fallon’s just the first of many?

March 13, 2008 | No Comments

By Terry Canaan, special to Fog City Journal March 13, 2008 The thing about news stories is that they’re artificially reduced to stand-alone sort of things. In political news, the whole story is wider in…

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Supes mandate restaurants post nutritional info

Supes mandate restaurants post nutritional info

March 13, 2008 | 2 Comments

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors passed a law Tuesday requiring chain restaurants to post nutritional information in an effort to stem rising rates of obesity and Type 2 diabetes. Photo by Stephen Dorian Miner…

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SF Entertainment Listings: March 14 -23

SF Entertainment Listings: March 14 -23

March 12, 2008 | No Comments

Music and Event Listings

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