There was a public hearing in Berkeley Friday hosted by State Assembly members discussed the future role of California’s higher education in light of possible budget cuts. Over 40 years ago Clark Kerr reshaped higher education in California. His “master
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Finally, cocktails, jazz and Ethiopian food have a safe home in the Divisadero. After a four-year fight to serve late-night beverages other than beer and wine at Club Waziema, owner Giday Beshue, backed by a stream of support from local
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Distractions, a store in the city’s Haight-Ashbury district, recently turned its front window into a powerful statement on President Bush and the Iraq War with a display of protest t-shirts – one of which got a passenger ejected from an
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Two Million California Working Families Rely on Safety Net Programs to Make Ends MeetFor many California workers, according to a UC Berkeley study released today, a full-time low-wage paycheck is simply not enough to make ends meet. As a consequence,
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The San Francisco Green Party voted last night to eschew an early endorsement of any candidate for Board of Supervisors representative for District 5. The decision came on the heels of an early endorsement forum held Tuesday to grant party
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The Mayor’s proposed $185 million housing bond is unacceptable to many of us. Here is why: Mayor Newsom’s original proposal of $150 million for supportive housing was one to which those of us who work with homeless people and/or on
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“The California budget deficit of nearly 15 billion should not fall onto the backs of the State Universities, UC system, and community colleges,” argue members of the San Francisco State University’s Labors Militant. “While the budget cuts force Universities to
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