AltWeeklies Wire
Todd Pelman's Household Energy Turbinesnew
The 34-year-old engineer has pioneered San Francisco's first permitted micro–wind project, and now his company, Blue Green Pacific, is working to put the wind-power turbines on the market in the next year.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Rachel Stern |
07-11-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
The Truth About Housing Moneynew
Care Not Cash was supposed to pay for itself.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Calvin Welch |
07-05-2007 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
The City College Shell Gamenew
How city college plays fast and loose with $130 million in bond money.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
G.W. Schulz |
07-05-2007 |
Education
Tags: Education
Turning the Tidesnew
Have Mayor Gavin Newsom and PG&E teamed up to steal San Francisco's tidal power from the public?
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Amanda Witherell |
06-27-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
This is Nutsnew
A bizarre tale of the insanity that is San Francisco's mental health system.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
JB Powell |
06-27-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
The Future of Papernew
Post-print media, paper will survive -- but will print journalists?
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Annalee Newitz |
06-27-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
Pot Clubs Can't Get a Breaknew
San Francisco's new rules would force many to close.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Rachel Stern |
06-27-2007 |
Drugs
Tags: Drugs
Jailhouse Justicenew
A group of sheriff's deputies is accused in civil court of beating jail inmates.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
GW Schulz |
06-21-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Cab It Forwardnew
Green Cab leads a push to make San Francisco's taxis more environmentally friendly.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Rachel Stern |
06-06-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Guilty Verdict Clouds Pot Picturenew
Marijuana activist Ed Rosenthal fears his conviction will be used to punish other growers and users.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Sarah Acker |
06-06-2007 |
Drugs
Tags: Drugs
The SPCA's Pet Projectsnew
Can San Francisco's Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals overcome recent setbacks and regain its position as a leader in the national no-kill movement?
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
G.W. Schulz |
06-06-2007 |
Animal Issues
Tags: animal issues
Nuclear Greenwashingnew
Global warming has suddenly put nuclear power back on the agenda -- but there's a lot the industry isn't telling you.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Amanda Witherell |
05-30-2007 |
Environment
The Drug War Soldiers On in San Francisconew
Why Tom Ammiano's well-meaning marijuana ordinance directing the police to make cannabis busts its lowest possible priority hasn't tamed the cops.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
G.W. Schulz |
05-23-2007 |
Drugs
Tags: Drugs
San Francisco's Stationary Bikingnew
Bike to Work Day creates new cyclists, but the city still can't make them safer.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Steven T. Jones |
05-16-2007 |
Transportation
Tags: transportation
Mexico is Milking its Northern Deserts Drynew

Mexico's arid north -- 54 percent of the nation's land surface -- is drying out and blowing away in the wind at an alarming rate as desertification transforms this always-hardscrabble terrain into an American Sahara.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
John Ross |
05-16-2007 |
International
Tags: international