Board Approves Jamestown Family Housing-Big Boost for Bayview

Posted May 27, 2004 by Randy Shaw

The Board of Supervisors has unanimously approved a landmark family housing project for the troubled Bayview-Hunters Point community. The approval paves the way for the construction of 186 two and three bedroom homes, which are projected to sell for only
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Most SRO’s Now Complying with New Sprinkler Law, but Scofflaws Remain

Posted May 27, 2004 by Jeremy Elprin

Nearly all residential hotels in the city have either installed or filed a permit to install a fire sprinkler system, but a few less cooperative owners have yet to comply with the sprinkler ordinance that went into effect over two
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Editorial: The Simpsons and Michael Moore Explain it All

Posted May 27, 2004 by

The Pew Research Center for the People and the Press released a survey of 547 local and national journalists this week that found a significant majority believing that bottom-line pressures were “seriously hurting” news coverage. The survey also found a
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Local Chess Teacher Elizabeth Shaughnessy bids for US Chess Federation Board Seat

Posted May 27, 2004 by E. "Doc" Smith

At the recently concluded Cal Chess Scholastic tournament, held in San Jose’s Convention Center, Elizabeth Shaughnessy was hurrying to yet another meeting. I watched in amazement as she stopped to tenderly console one of her many chess students along the
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“And They All Lived Happily Ever After…”

Posted May 27, 2004 by Mike Lukovich

A Mind for Murder: The Education of the Unabomber and the Origins of Modern Terrorism by Alston Chase

Posted May 27, 2004 by Joe Eskenazi

When former U.C. Berkeley professor Theodore Kaczynski was arrested in 1996 and charged with the chilling string of mail bombings that had baffled authorities for decades, every Cal student taking Math I-A thought twice about letting their instructor mail them
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Confusion Surrounds Homeownership Debate

Posted May 26, 2004 by Randy Shaw

Mayor Newsom’s proposed housing bond would have the public subsidize homeownership opportunities for families earning as much as $99,000 a year. But according to experts in the city’s real estate market, households earning $90,000 have little difficulty buying a home
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Mayor Postpones Hearing on Transfer of DBI Funds

Posted May 26, 2004 by Jeremy Elprin

At the request of the Mayor’s office, the Board of Supervisors Finance Committee will wait at least another two weeks before considering the siphoning of over a million dollars from the Department of Building Inspection to help rescue the city’s
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