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Fear, Loathing and a Voluntary Termination Incentive Programnew
The past three weeks have offered the clearest indication yet of what life will be like within a shrinking San Francisco Chronicle: angry, confused, and ever more uneasy.
Strike at SF Chronicle Seems Unlikelynew
With labor contracts up in July, the paper's labor unions face a near-impossible task: maintaining some of the best contracts in the industry in the teeth of one of the worst newspaper slumps anywhere.
New SF Chonicle Publisher Takes On Staffing Issuesnew
Frank Vega has been cast as a villain, but he may be just what the Hearst empire needs to defeat the dark forces of the new economy.
Fight Over Ethnic Studies Dean Imperils Programnew
A bitchy academic fight within San Francisco State University's College of Ethnic Studies centers around former Dean Tomás Almaguer, who was accused of crossing the boundaries of political correctness.