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If you grew up in Los Angeles in the 1960s, or followed Chicano politics of the era, you knew how much Ruben Salazar contributed to the movement. And many believe that’s why the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department killed him. Ruben<br> Read More »

In Big Soda’s world, the negative health impact of sugary beverages is limited to just obesity. As if obesity were the only consequence of drinking too many sugary drinks, or even the most important one. In the real world, it’s<br> Read More »

My image, photographed by Lea Suzuki, was used to accompany an article published on April 17, by John Wildermuth on SFGate.com. Unfortunately, the photographs and its captions do not accurately reflect my disappointment in the new BART car designs. In<br> Read More »

From the perspective of most Latino voters, the actions of the House Republicans have made a bad situation worse. House Republicans will bear the blunt of the blame if comprehensive immigration reform does not pass. Their dithering also creates an<br> Read More »

Agnes Varda’s five part French television mini-series, “Agnes Varda: From Here To There,” shows that age has not dimmed the filmmaker’s love for people and discovering unique visual experiences. Like the backyard tree trimmed of branches at the beginning of<br> Read More »

Public officials face a double standard when addressing housing and homelessness: “success” is evaluated not by those helped by programs and policies, but by those not assisted. On April 21, the San Francisco Chronicle’s Matier & Ross wrote yet another<br> Read More »

Under the radar of heightened attention on Ellis Act reform, a bill is making its way through the State legislature that could seriously weaken tenant’s rights. AB 1513, described as an anti-squatter law and introduced by Assemblymember Steve Fox, would<br> Read More »

Young people want to live in cities that give them a variety of transportation options and make it easy to get around without a car. That’s the key finding from a new survey of more than 700 young adults by<br> Read More »