AltWeeklies Wire
Don't Book 'Emnew
A new San Francisco library program tries to gently ease the homeless problem out the door.
SF Weekly |
Eliza Strickland |
12-28-2006 |
Policy Issues
Tags: public policy issues
Green Like Menew
Is PG&E's new ad campaign in San Francisco just more greenwashing?
SF Weekly |
Eliza Strickland |
12-22-2006 |
Environment
Tags: environment
What Lies Beneathnew
Brain and stomach cancer ... asthma and bronchitis ... miscarriages and stillbirths -- all are health problems suffered by residents of a Bay Area housing project. So why won't authorities close it down?
SF Weekly |
Martin Kuz |
12-22-2006 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
Allegation 101new
When there is a suspected date rape, you don't want the accusation looked into by administrators at New College.
SF Weekly |
Matt Smith |
12-15-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Bad Bloodnew
Too many shootings in San Francisco have this in common: escalating anger over an old grudge soon leads to murder. But did a 2-year-old boy have to die?
SF Weekly |
A.C. Thompson |
12-15-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Mother's Worknew
Some working moms face job discrimination, while others encounter barriers to success -- they're all potential activists for the new grass-roots group, MomsRising.
SF Weekly |
Eliza Strickland |
12-11-2006 |
The War on Women
Tags: women's issues
Chron 2.0new
Six years after San Francisco's two dailies merged, the Chronicle has cut back on its ambitious suburban coverage strategy, shrunk its news hole, reduced its newsroom by scores of reporters and editors, and seen its circulation plunge.
Tags: media
Who's A Terrorist?new
The Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act would put activists in jail for hurting a company's bottom line.
SF Weekly |
Matt Smith |
12-01-2006 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
Fall Galnew
A money-laundering scandal may have helped bring down former Secretary of State Kevin Shelley, indicted political maven Julie Lee stands to pay the ultimate price.
SF Weekly |
Ron Russell |
11-22-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Echoes of the Revolutionnew
The struggle between Bay Area law enforcement and the Black Panthers is still going on after 35 years.
SF Weekly |
Martin Kuz |
11-17-2006 |
Race & Class
Tags: race relations
Amazonian Quagmirenew
Big Oil, the rainforest and sticky legal issues are mired in a San Francisco courtroom.
SF Weekly |
Eliza Strickland |
11-17-2006 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Rent to Evictnew
For years, many low-income renters called the building their home -- until a developer, who told the government it would be affordable, raised the rents.
SF Weekly |
A.C. Thompson |
11-09-2006 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
The Double Life of John Learynew
The New College should openly admit that its Jesuit priest founder was a pedophile.
SF Weekly |
Matt Smith |
10-27-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Hot Airnew
Clinton's Global Initiative clambake represents a longtime specialty of the ex-president: the grandiose yet misleading PR announcement.
SF Weekly |
Matt Smith |
10-16-2006 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
