A group of South of Market residents, activists, and city-wide allies joined together yesterday for a protest outside the office of Mayor Gavin Newsom. Charging the Mayor with trying to steal money from the poor, the group demanded Newsom support
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BANG, CLANG, DING, SWEEP, RING-A-LING, NOISE, GARBAGE CANS DANCING. AND WHAT COMES OUT? THE EXPLOSIVE SOUNDS OF ‘STOMP’. I have to admit. The first two times that I saw “Stomp” on the stage – I was less than thrilled. I
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Cas Lucas’ new songwriter series continues at the Epic Arts in Berkeley on August 5th, and he will be performing alongside special guest, Richard Linley of the Palm Wine Boys. His first show there featured Garrin Benfield. This latest acoustic
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Culminating a grueling eight-hour session, the Planning Commission approved an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) that strongly advances Home Depot’s bid to build a store on the border of Bayview/Hunter’s Point and Bernal Heights.The 4-2 vote followed several hours of public
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While death by four legs gets big ink, death by four wheels rolls beneath the radar. The fact that pedestrian fatalities in San Francisco alone outnumber the entire country’s annual dog attack deaths appears nowhere in the local press or
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On July 19th, California ACORN announced victories on demands to equal language access in local government. The Tenant’s United Chapter in Oakland received confirmation from the City Administrator’s office that the City will be putting a multi-lingual message on the
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Public education advocates, like all social change activists, have a lot of work in front of us. Because of this, we need to harness whatever resources we can to use in our analytical and organizing efforts. Reports and studies abound
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