San Francisco Has Front-Row Seat for Week 3 of the Michael Vick Train Wreck

Posted September 30, 2011 by Irvin Muchnick

Michael Vick medical reports tend to be fungible, like Vietnam War body counts. But as this article was being written, he was assuring one and all of the “100 percent chance” that he will start Sunday’s game at quarterback for
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Impulse! Records 50th Anniversary Exhibit Comes to SFJHC’s Lush Life Gallery

Posted September 30, 2011 by E. "Doc" Smith

Impulse! Records, a label synonymous with some of the greatest names in jazz, celebrates its 50th Anniversary with an exhibit at San Francisco’s Jazz Heritage Center’s Lush Life Gallery. This exhibition celebrates the 50th anniversary of Impulse with iconic album
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Once in a Lifetime Brings Amazing Hollywood Flavor to A.C.T.

Posted September 30, 2011 by Buzzin' Lee Hartgrave

A.C.T’S production of ‘Once in a Lifetime’ is dazzling. The show is like getting on a Hollywood treadmill that won’t let you get off. Wonderful dialogue sparkles among the brilliant sets and sensational acting. Oh, if only I could have
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Oakland Mayor Jean Quan’s House …

Posted September 30, 2011 by

To the Editor: The Mayor’s house was absolutely not in compliance with code. The Chronicle staff based their story on seeing multiple photographs that a citizen brought to City Council. Does this look like it’s in compliance? http://www.orpn.org/Quan_blight1a.htm How about
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Chronicle Promotes False Attack on Oakland Mayor Quan

Posted September 29, 2011 by Randy Shaw

It’s not just in covering progressive Asian-Americans in San Francisco that the San Francisco Chronicle gets its facts wrong; it has repeatedly called progressive Oakland Mayor Jean Quan a “Queen of Blight” despite city officials denying that Quan’s shrubs in
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Republicans – and a Majority of Teabaggers – Support Taxing Millionaires

Posted September 29, 2011 by Paul Hogarth

While GOP politicians scream about “class warfare” when Democrats talk about raising taxes for those making over $1 million a year, a new poll by Public Policy Polling shows 73% of the American public support that idea. While that result
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As Clean Water Act Approaches 40, Vital Work Still Must Be Done

Posted September 29, 2011 by Margie Alt, Environment America

We are coming up on the 40th anniversary of the Clean Water Act, and in many ways, we have made remarkable progress since Congress passed this landmark bill. Bottom line, rivers no longer light on fire like the Cuyahoga did
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School Beat: Secretary of Education Duncan “Waives” His Hands

Posted September 29, 2011 by Lisa Schiff

No matter how much the Department of Education tries to spin the message, the end result is the same – more testing and less focus on really educating kids. Continuing in this vein is the latest big announcement from Secretary
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