Articles Tagged “San Francisco”
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Fong offers explanation for Olympic torch relay rerouting
Police Chief Heather Fong today defended a decision made to alter the Olympic torch route and cancel the offical ceremonies at Justin Herman Plaza. File photo by Luke Thomas By Ari Burack April 10, 2008 San…
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Protest 2.0: Chasing The Flame
By Tanene Allison April 10, 2008 I wasn’t in San Francisco for the Olympic Torch protest. Aside from a severely decreased likelihood of my being arrested Wednesday, that fact almost didn’t make any sort of…
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Overheard in Fog City:
Chinese officials involved
in “we” decision to alter torch routeBy Luke Thomas April 10, 2008 It’s all about the money, honey Board of Supervisors President Aaron Peskin yesterday fired off a scathing criticism of Mayor Gavin Newsom’s “we” decision to alter the torch route…
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After wild goose chase,
Olympic torch relay ends ambiguouslyProtesters engulf an Olympic torch event coach as it makes a turn off of Embarcadero. The driver of the bus refused to stop almost running over the protesters. Photos by Luke Thomas By Kamala Kelkar…
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San Francisco to Chinese government: “Free Tibet!”
Fifty doves representing 50 years of Chinese government occupation of Tibet were released yesterday during a Tibetan Freedom Torch rally at UN Plaza. Photos by Luke Thomas and John Han Bay City News April 9,…
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Committee opposes state plan
to conduct aerial chemical spraying
over San FranciscoA resolution opposing a state plan to conduct aerial chemical spraying over San Francisco to eradicate Light Brown Apple Moth was forwarded to the full board yesterday. The resolution was authored by Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi.…
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The CrackBerry Chronicles: Flame war!
Elaine Santore Photos by Luke Thomas By Elaine Santore April 7, 2008 The Olympic torch has, historically, commemorated Prometheus’ theft of fire from Zeus. But the 2008 Olympic Torch Relay from Athens to Beijing has…
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