From April 9-15, thousands of Occupy activists got direct action training in preparation for the “99% Spring.” The goal is recapturing Occupy’s momentum, with a greater focus on targeting specific corporate wrongdoing. But getting large turnouts may not be easy.
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The SFMTA began converting several blocks of Ellis and Eddy to two-way streets in the Tenderloin two weeks ago. The conversion is expected to calm motor traffic on the former multi-lane, one-way arterial streets designed to rush car traffic through
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“We want to fundamentally change perceptions about Downtown.” The speaker, Downtown Berkeley Association Executive Director John Caner, was addressing the 300 or so people crowded in the Shattuck Hotel’s Crystal Ballroom on the morning of April 3 to celebrate the
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After a hearing that began on April 26 at 10:00 am and continued until 8:00pm, the Planning Commission approved CPMC’s new hospital and medical office building project at Cathedral Hill and its rebuild of St. Luke’s Hospital. On the key
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Like the jungle crow, John Haptas and Kristine Samuelson’s beautiful documentary “Tokyo Waka” swoops and gleans pretty images from daily life in Tokyo. The cumulative results create a beautiful ode to one of Asia’s major metropolises. How can a documentary
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