Committee sets tone for a bloody budget season

Committee sets tone for a bloody budget season

March 06, 2008 | No Comments

Heads down: A newly appointed Budget and Finance Committee convened yesterday to begin the unenviable task of reconciling a $251 million 2008/2009 budget shortfall. Photos by Luke Thomas By Nicholas Olczak March 6, 2008 The…

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Bay Area News Briefs

Bay Area News Briefs

March 06, 2008 | No Comments

By Ananda Shorey March 6, 2008 Hans Reiser continues attacking Nina’s character Computer scientist Hans Reiser continued attacking the character of his missing wife Nina in his third day on the witness stand today, telling…

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Cover-Up: Chevron lied to City about plansto switch to dirtier crude oil

Cover-Up: Chevron lied to City about plans
to switch to dirtier crude oil

March 06, 2008 | No Comments

By Caitilin McAdoo March 6, 2008 Officials at the Chevron refinery in Richmond lied to the city about their plans to switch to refining dirtier, cheaper crude oil that could result in five to 50…

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55 Laguna Project makes progress

55 Laguna Project makes progress

March 06, 2008 | No Comments

An artist’s impression of the proposed 55 Laguna Project development. By Nicholas Olczak The Board of Supervisors approved an Environmental Impact Review of the 55 Laguna Project this week, moving plans for residential and community…

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Hans Reiser said he had many reasonsto be upset at Nina

Hans Reiser said he had many reasons
to be upset at Nina

March 06, 2008 | No Comments

By Jeff Shuttleworth March 6, 2007 Computer engineer and murder defendant Hans Reiser told jurors yesterday he had a long list of reasons to be upset at his estranged wife Nina, who was last seen…

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SFMTA approves $21 million settlementfor 2003 fatal accident

SFMTA approves $21 million settlement
for 2003 fatal accident

March 06, 2008 | 1 Comment

By Jesse Dungan March 6, 2008 The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency Board of Directors voted Tuesday to approve a $21 million settlement with family and friends of a 4-year-old girl killed in 2003 in…

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Defense lawyer: Nina Reiser was “a gadabout”

Defense lawyer: Nina Reiser was “a gadabout”

March 05, 2008 | No Comments

By Jeff Shuttleworth March 5, 2008 The lawyer for computer engineer Hans Reiser said today that his estranged wife Nina “wasn’t a perfect mother” and instead was “a gadabout, to put it mildly.”

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