June 2004 - Beyond Chron

Steve Zeltzer: District 9’s Labor Candidate

Posted June 30, 2004 by Lorraine Sanders

Everywhere he looks, Steve Zeltzer sees big problems with big business. There’s the 15-year battle against Home Depot moving into the city. And then there’s Comcast’s monopoly on city cable services. Small businesses face impossibly high rents while public spaces Read More »

“Puppet Government”

Posted June 30, 2004 by Mike Luckovich

World Chess Championship Final Four

Posted June 30, 2004 by E. "Doc" Smith

There are just four players remaining in the 2004 World Chess Championship, being held in Tripoli, Libya, including England’s Michael Adams. Joining Adams are former Soviet republic players, Veselin Topolov, Teimour Radjabov, and Rustam Kasimdzhanov. After England’s loss to Croatia Read More »

Biotech Virus Infects Silly Hall: Newsom’s Subsidy For The Big Pharmaceutical Companies

Posted June 29, 2004 by Marc Norton

(Where’s the Money? Part Six) The promoters who put on BIO 2004, the big biotech convention held in San Francisco at the beginning of June, made several million bucks in profits for themselves. But that hasn’t prevented the biotech lobbyists Read More »

Hundreds Denounce ‘Politics as Usual’ at Housing Bond Rally

Posted June 29, 2004 by Jeremy Elprin

Hoping to put pressure on the mayor and the Board of Supervisors to reconcile their differences and agree on a comprehensive housing bond for the fall ballot, tenant organizers and housing advocates joined forces at the steps of City Hall Read More »

Guest Commentary: SF Officials Need to Speak Out Against the CLEAR Act

Posted June 29, 2004 by Dean Preston

San Francisco passed an important law in 1989 prohibiting local law enforcement officers from assisting in the enforcement of federal immigration laws. This law is now under direct attack by the proposed “CLEAR Act,” a Republican-sponsored bill currently making its Read More »

Nakamura Eliminated in World Chess Championship

Posted June 28, 2004 by E. "Doc" Smith

7th ranked U.S. chess player Hikaru Nakamura was eliminated by one of England’s best Grandmasters, Michael Adams, in the knockout formula of the 2004 World Chess Championship, being held in Libya. Nakamura amazingly made it to the “sweet sixteen”, an Read More »

What Is Happening to United States Track and Field?

Posted June 28, 2004 by George Wright

Revelations of alleged drug use by United States Track and Field athletes lead to the prediction that the BALCO scandal will devastate this year’s Olympic team. With the Olympic Games just two months away, the scandal has certainly raised the Read More »