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Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jerry Brown, Bill Clinton and That Crazy California Governorship

William Bradley | Posted 10.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: John Emerson, Bill Clinton, Steve Westly, John McCain, Ronald Reagan, Tom Campbell, Antonio Villaraigosa, Pat Brown, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Barack Obama, California, Meg Whitman, 1992 Presidential Race, Gavin Newsom, Warren Beatty, Jerry Brown, Steve Poizner, 2010 Gubernatorial Race, Hillary Clinton, Tom McClintock, Bill Lockyer, Tonight Show, Biltmore Hotel, Century Plaza Hotel, Don Sipple, 2003 California Recall, Dot-Com Boom, Field Poll, John Garamendi, Enron, Pete Wilson, Oakland, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Sacramento, Politics News

California's next governor is likely someone who's already won a landslide election as governor, albeit 30 years ago. That's Jerry Brown, who won his latest landslide for Attorney General in 2006.

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Saving Public Resources and Protecting Our Most Important Resource: Children

Kamala D. Harris | Posted 10.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Education, California Dropout Research Project, Economy, San Francisco, Public Safety, UC Santa Barbara, California, High School Graduation Rates, Truancy, Politics News

By doing what it takes to keep kids in school in every corner of California, we can save literally billions of dollars in public resources and greatly improve public safety.

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Did the NRCC Really Say Nancy Pelosi Should Be Put in Her Place?

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 10.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: President Obama, Military, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, San Francisco, Speaker of the House, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Afghanistan, General Mcchrystal, Democratic Party, Nrcc, Al Quada, Afghanistan War, Politics News

The specific language used by the NRCC in its latest statement reveals the contempt with which it holds not just Speaker Pelosi, but also some of the basic ideas on which our democracy rests.

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Developers Need Community Support, Communities Need Affordable Housing

John Petro | Posted 10.08.2009 | New York

Read More: Coney Island, Mayor Bloomberg, Williamsburg Brooklyn, Greenpoint Brooklyn, Credit Crisis, Inclusionary Zoning, San Francisco, Housing Crisis, New York City, Affordable Housing, Developers, New York News

People are still moving to New York -- despite the recession -- and hundreds of thousands of new housing units will need to be built before supply catches up with demand.

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Litquake Festival Pairs Reading With Spanking

The San Francisco Chronicle | Julian Guthrie | Posted 10.07.2009 | Books

Read More: Literary Festival, Litquake Festival, Reading, Author Readings, San Francisco, Books, Author Events, Litquake, Books News

The Litquake meeting opened with gin and tonics - before talk quickly turned to one of the literary festival's more unusual offerings....

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Twitter Co-Founder Evan Williams Selling $1.5 Million Penthouse (PHOTOS)

Posted 10.02.2009 | Technology

Read More: Williams Penthouse, San Francisco, Evan Williams, Williams Apartment, Heublein Building, Twitter Co-Founder, Slideshow, Evan Williams Sell Home, Twitter Founder Selling Apartment, Twitter Founder Apartment, Technology News

SEE PHOTOS BELOW Twitter co-founder Evan Williams has just listed his San Francisco penthouse loft on the market, asking $1,498,000 for the two-bedro...

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Bay Area News Project: Room for All

Geri Spieler | Posted 09.30.2009 | Media

Read More: Propublica, San Francisco Chronicle, Non-Profit, Bay Area News Project, New York Times, San Francisco, Kqed, F. Warren Hellman, Journalism, Future of Newspapers, Non-Profit Journalism, Media News

Is it possible that the future of real journalism is in the form of a non-profit entity?

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Donald Fisher Dead: Gap Co-Founder, 81, Dies

AP | SARAH SKIDMORE | Posted 09.27.2009 | Style

Read More: Gap Inc., Cancer, Fisher Dies, Retail, Gap, Donald Fisher, Philanthropy, Gap Founder Dies, Fisher Dead, Donald Fisher Dies, Gap Founder, California, Jeans, Clothing, Old Navy, The Gap, Don Fisher Dead, 1969, Gavin Newsom, Style, San Fran, San Francisco, Kipp, Newsom, Gap Founder Dead, Don Fisher, Banana Republic, Piperlime, Athleta, Style News

PORTLAND, Ore. — Donald G. Fisher, who co-founded apparel giant Gap Inc., has died at age 81 after a long battle with cancer. The company said ...

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Meg Whitman Voting Record: Ex-eBay CEO's Voting Record Questioned At GOP Meeting

AP / Huffington Post | By JULIET WILLIAMS | Posted 09.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Voter Registration, Gop, Voting Record, Tom Campbell, Voter Registration Records, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Los Angeles, California, Meg Whitman, California Republican Party Convention, GOP Delegates, Palm Springs, Steve Poizner, Governor's Race, San Francisco, Carly Fiorina, Ebay, Politics News

INDIAN WELLS, Calif. -- Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman sought to redirect attention from her spotty voting record Saturday as she prom...

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Serious Civics Apps a Big Deal in San Francisco

Craig Newmark | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Transparency, Gavin Newsome, Datasf, San Francisco, Politics News

People are using the Net for civic purposes in increasing numbers for all sorts of useful stuff. Now, the City of San Francisco has a civic apps store.

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The Pepsi Generation: Fat, Poorer and Diabetic

Joel Epstein | Posted 11.25.2009 | Living

Read More: Soda, Central Valley, Gavin Newsom, Personal Health, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Pepsi, Coke, Politics, Health Care Reform, Sacramento, Obesity, San Francisco, Health Care, California, Living News

With the link between soda and obesity now conclusive, consider the damage being done to our children. There should be a fee on soda and other sweetened beverages.

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Gavin Newsom: San Francisco Mayor Launches DataSF City App Store

mashable.com | Posted 11.25.2009 | Technology

Read More: Gavin Newsom, DataSF App, DataSF.Org, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, San Francisco, San Francisco City App Store, SF City App Store, Mayor Gavin Newsom, San Francisco-California, Datasf, Technology News

Last month, at WordPress headquarters with leaders from the technology community, we launched DataSF.org. This new web site is designed to improve tra...

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He's Indiana Jones With a Scintillation Vial and He May Be Close to Discovering a Vaccine for AIDS

Leslie Griffith | Posted 11.24.2009 | World

Read More: HIV/AIDS, AIDS Vaccine, Global Solutions for Infectious Diseases, The Band Played On, Don-Francis, San Francisco, Gay Issues, Global Solutions, World News

Dr. Don Francis of San Francisco's Global Solutions for Infectious Diseases is getting ever closer to finding the 21st Century's Holy Grail.

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Let's Get Our Priorities Straight

Gavin Newsom | Posted 11.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Politics News, University of California, Gavin Newsom, State University, Education, Gavin Newsom Education, San Francisco Education, Rainy Day Fund, San Francisco, College, Mayor Newsom, California, Politics News

Cannibalizing our state's future through cuts to education is the exact opposite of the kind of reform and long-term thinking we need from our leaders in Sacramento.

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Ford's Lucky Day Revisited

Geri Spieler | Posted 11.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Dublin, Gerald Ford, Judge, Sara-Jane-Moore, Sarah Jane Kahn, West Virginia, Prison, Secret Service, Charleston, St Francis Hotel, Assassination, Attempt, Fbi, New Jersey, San Francisco, Samuel Conti, Politics News

Thirty-four years later, the Secret Service is still trying to understand the mind of that 45 year old woman, mother and doctor's wife who aimed and shot at Gerald Ford.

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The Most Expensive Housing Markets In The United States: Coldwell Banker (PHOTOS)

Posted 11.23.2009 | Business

Read More: Most Expensive Real Estate, Boston, San Mateo, Slidehuge, Home Prices, Greenwhich, Beverly Hills, Business, San Francisco, La Jolla, Most Expensive Housing Markets, Business News

Today, Coldwell Banker released its list of the most expensive housing markets in the United States. If you're lucky enough to own property in one of ...

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Human Tetris Video: Skateboarders In SF Play Life-Sized Game

Posted 11.23.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Human Tetris, Video, Human Tetris San Francisco, Human Tetris Video, San Francisco, Pranks, Tetris, Comedy News

In an amazing feat of prankery, a group of skateboarding Tetris fans took over the streets of San Francisco to play a life-sized game complete with sp...

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Women in Hip-Hop: The B-girl Be Festival

Lauri Lyons | Posted 11.18.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Afrika Bambaataa, Tommy Boy Records, Rapper's Delight, Spray Paint, Urban Culture, South Bronx, Salt -N- Pepa, Female Rappers, Music, Mc's, 1970's, Spinderella, Angie Stone, Planet Rock, Aerosol Paint, Africa, Graffiti, Soul Music, Martial Arts, African-American, Women, Sugar Hill Gang, Rap, Brazil, Sugar Hill Records, Hip-Hop, Mc Lyte, Jazzy Joyce, Dancing, 1981, Microphone, Breakdancing, Soul Sonic Force, Capoiera, Dj, The Sequence, 1979, Monica Lynch, Sylvia Robinson, Turntables, Costumes, Black Women, Clothing, Harris Publications, Whitney Museum of Art, Business, Vh1, Stylist, Hip Hop Records, The Oscars, Photographers, Spotlight, Image Makers, Editors, DJ Beverly Bond, Publicist, Behind the Scenes, Magazines, Music Careers, Queen Latifah, Bet, Hip-Hop Films, Fox Network, Denise Dee Barnes, Wendy Williams, Female Graffiti Artists, Fetish, Art, Mtv, Choreographers, Subways, Living Single, Pump It Up!, Hot 97, Multi-Tasking, The Source Magazine, The Wendy Williams Show, Photography, Guidence, Murals, Mentoring, 1990's, Cover Girl, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Flip Mode Squad, Images, Apparel, Wild Style, Lady Pink, Sarah A. Friedman, Eve, New York City, Music Videos, Dancers, Black Girls Rock Inc!, XXL Magazine, Costume Design, Entrepreneurers, Vibe Magazine, Art Museums, Viacom, June Ambrose, Leadership, Alumni, Jennifer Lopez, Elements, Michelle Spaise, Minneapolis, TV Shows, Curator, J-Lo, Exhibitions, Rosie Perez, Making the Band, Future, Past, B-Girl Be, Living Color, Festivals, B-Girl, Painting, Tv, Fly Girls, Unleash, Theresa Sweetland, Politics, Video, Political Activism, Female Artists, Art Festival, Laurie Ann Gibson, Education, Tv Sitcoms, Spike Lee, Midwest, Deanna Cummings, Minnesota, Expression, Mama, Television, Activism, Mama Said Knock U Out, Brewing, Do the Right Thing, Concerts, Lauri Lyons, Social Activism, Visual Art, Women in Hip-Hop, Mother, Communication, Intermedia Arts, Sculpture, Commissions, faith47, Sound, Cinema, Music Downloads, Arts Education, Installations, Mixed Media, Art Commistions, Roxanne Shante, Martha Cooper, Marketplace, Fashion, Museums, Art World, Block Parties, Albums, Textiles, October, Youth, Film, Streets, Records, September, Girls, Youth Programs, Cd's, Recording Technology, History, Technology, College, Balls, Music History, Belle, Music School, Universities, Money, Comeback, Scholarship, Undergraduate, School, Diploma, Language, Hip-Hop Studies, Fellowship, Mcnally Smith School of Music, Recording, Music Business, Author, Fab Five Freddie, Flag International, Video Music Box, Yo! Mtv Raps, Flag an American Story, The Bridge, Ralph Mcdaniels, Vinyl Records, Prince, Juxtaposition Arts, Stefskills, Sarah White, Jennifer Rasinski, Corinne Santiago, C-Rocka, Keegan Xavi, Jessica Kitzman, Janelle Olson, Toofly, Tiffany Smith, Niz, Lichiban, Katrina Knutson, Jamel Shabbaz, Tamiko Mitchel, Erotica 67, Motel 7, Ladykfever, Monica Kelly, Amanda Lopez, Abeni Garrett, Desdamona, Catiesha Pierson, B-Fresh, Wendy Williams Show, Alice Mizrachi, Niz Graphics, Kanye West, Chanel Kennebrew, Shannon Joyce, Manifesto Festival, VH-1 Hip-Hop Honors, MTV VMA, Michaela Angela Davis, Essence Magazine, Dream Hampton, Amsterdam, London, South Africa, Charlie Ahearn, Henry Chalfant, Japan, Jamaica, Walker Art Center, Toronto, France, Cuba, In the Frame, Harvard, Rhode Island School of Design, Zimbabwe, Barcelona, Argentina, San Francisco, Represent Inc., International Center of Photography, Berlin, Germany, Belgium, Spraycan Art, James Prigoff, Puerto Rico, Powerhouse, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Mexico, Sao Paulo, Norway, Paris, Star Tribune, Kulture Klub, Tokyo, Mexico City, Bronx, Zulu Nation, Hip-Hop Degree, Kimora Lee Simmon, Baby Phat, U.K., Russell Simmons, Phat Farm, Getty Images, Icp, Somalia, Somalis, Bling a Planet Rock, Raquel Cepeda, Entertainment News

When it comes to women in hip-hop, don't call it a comeback. Women have been here for years.

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Airport Carbon Offset Kiosks Coming To A City Near You?

treehugger.com | Posted 11.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Airports, Reducing Carbon Emissions, Gavin Newsom, Carbon Emissions, Carbon Offsets, Air Travel, San Francisco, San Francisco-California, Green News

Personally, while carbon offsets may not be an ideal solution in the long-term, nor a substitute for developing ways to avoid the carbon emissions bei...

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U.S. Spy Strategy Released; Intel Chief Dennis Blair Comments On 9/11

AP / Huffington Post | Posted 11.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Spy Efforts, , Intelligence, Cia, Terrorism, Spy, 9/11, Obama, Spy Agencies, Counter Intelligence, Nsa, Counterterrorism, Dennis Blair, Military, San Francisco, Spies, Fbi, National Intelligence Strategy, Nis, Politics News

WASHINGTON - The Sept. 11 terrorist attacks would not have happened had U.S. intelligence agencies been organized then the way they are now, the top U...

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My Adventures in Urban Foraging

Tara Lohan | Posted 11.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Wildman-Steve-Brill, Urban Foraging, Local Food, Foraging, Iso Rabins, Steve Brill, Toddlers, San Francisco, Green News

Iso Rabins is among a growing band of urban foragers who have been sprouting through sidewalk cracks all across the country as the economy contracts and local-food movements gain popularity.

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New York Times, Wall Street Journal Both Planning San Francisco Regional Editions

New York Times | RICHARD PÉREZ | Posted 10.21.2009 | Media

Read More: New York Times San Francisco Edition, San Francisco, New York Times, Wall Street Journal San Francisco Edition, Newspapers, Regional Newspapers, Wall Street Journal, Media News

Both The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times are planning to introduce San Francisco Bay Area editions, hoping to win new readers and advertise...

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