Supes reject costly ramp in board chambers,Alioto-Pier vows to sue City

Supes reject costly ramp in board chambers,
Alioto-Pier vows to sue City

March 05, 2008 | 4 Comments

Supervisor Michela Alioto-Pier, a paraplegic who relies on a self-powered wheelchair, argues for support of a wheelchair accessible ramp in Board Chambers at yesterday’s weekly Board of Supervisors meeting. The $1.1 million project, estimated to…

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Quarters for the Magdalene Laundries

Quarters for the Magdalene Laundries

March 05, 2008 | 4 Comments

Adrian Jenkins By Adrian L. Jenkins, Special to Fog City Journal March 5, 2008 Every night in an Iranian cemetery a parliament of blackbirds gathers to blackly flower the kingdom of the dead. One midnight…

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Bay Area News Briefs

Bay Area News Briefs

March 05, 2008 | No Comments

By Caitlin Cassady March 5, 2008 Man dies in hospital after his truck collides with J-Church line A man in his 60s died at an area hospital Tuesday afternoon after the pickup truck he was…

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Commission approves cuts in city health services

Commission approves cuts in city health services

March 05, 2008 | 1 Comment

By Ari Burack March 5, 2008 The San Francisco Health Commission yesterday approved budget cuts to city health services, in an effort to trim down the city’s estimated $233 million budget deficit.

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SF Entertainment Listings: March 7 – 16

SF Entertainment Listings: March 7 – 16

March 05, 2008 | No Comments

By Khalida Sarwari March 5, 2008 Music Listings THE INDEPENDENT The Heavenly States, Citay, The Botticellis, March 7. $12. Crystal Castles, HEALTH, March 8. $16. Gavin DeGraw, Landon Pigg, March 10, 8 p.m. $25. Papa…

California high court appears divided on marriage equality

California high court appears divided on marriage equality

March 04, 2008 | No Comments

Marriage equality activists and religious groups convened on the California Supreme Court in San Francisco today ahead of an historic hearing on the constitutionality of same-sex marriage as it relates to a constitutional guarantee of…

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Matt Gonzalez leaves Green Party

Matt Gonzalez leaves Green Party

March 04, 2008 | 7 Comments

Independent vice-presidential candidate Matt Gonzalez announced today he has left the Green Party. Photo by Luke Thomas By Luke Thomas March 4, 2008, 6:15 a.m Vice-presidential candidate Matt Gonzalez ended weeks of speculation about his…

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