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Letter From Paris: Travels with My Daughter

Beth Arnold | Posted 06.08.2009 | Living

Read More: Marshall Store, Blair Graves, Marshall California, Sea Ranch Lodge, Tony's Seafood Restaurant, Expatriates, BBQ Oysters, Bodega BAy California, San Francisco, Expat, Pacific Ocean, Barabecued Oysters, Living News

What we've realized is that our home is wherever we are together, no matter where in the world that is. No matter where our lives take us. Those are the happiest mother's days for me.

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Let Us Rejoice (And Rock Out): The Jews On Vinyl Revue

Tony Sachs | Posted 06.07.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Miami Beach, Idelsohn Society, Sammy Davis Jr., Los Angeles Dodgers, Ron Cey, Roger Bennett, Lincoln Center, Jews on Vinyl Revue, Burton Sisters, Johnny Yune, Reboot Stereophonic, Irving Fields, They Call Me Bruce?, Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco, Hava Nagilah, Josh Kun, Bagels and Bongos, Entertainment News

As the 93-year-old pianist and the Korean singer launched into a high-octane take on "Hava Nagilah," the sold-out crowd went wild, swaying, shimmying and stomping to the beat.

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Bicing: Barcelona's Communal Bicycle Program Has Transformed The City (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Elizabeth Khuri Chandler | Posted 06.06.2009 | World

Read More: Barcelona Bicing, New York, France, Bikes, Washington DC, Bicing, Bicycling, Spain, Cycling, Us Public Transportation, Bicycles, Barcelona, Public Transportation, Bicycle, Shared Bikes, Europe, Bike, San Francisco, Shared Bicycles, Video, World News

By Elizabeth Khuri Chandler and video content by Kirsten Dirksen of faircompanies.com On an unusually hot afternoon this spring, the streets of Barce...

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2,870 Mayors for Peace: Does Yours Belong?

Jim Luce | Posted 06.04.2009 | World

Read More: Nuclear Disarmament, Nuclear Weaponry, Atomic Bomb Dome, Delhi, Atlanta, Chicago, Washington, United Nations, Takeshi Araki, Sri Lanka, Boston, World Peace, Thought Leaders, Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, Hiroshima, Denver, Global Citizens, Seattle, Nagasaki, 2020 Vision Campaign, Prague, Mayors for Peace, Tanzania, Tadatoshi Akiba, Aaron Tovish, Philadelphia, Total Abolition of Nuclear Weapons, Santo Domingo, Mathew Luce, Los Angeles, Barack Obama, Haiti, Japan, New York, Hiroshima Peace Park., Federation of the American Scientists, Tipping Point, Thousand Origami Cranes, San Francisco, Hiroshima-Nagasaki Protocol, Orphans International Worldwide, Senbazru, Lome, Galle, Moshi, Manado, Jacmel, World News

It is possible to disarm all nuclear weaponry by 2020. It is do-able. For the sake of our orphans, for the sake of your own families' children, let us commit ourselves to believing this.

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Portland Mayor To SF Mayor: We're Better At Electric Cars

gas2.org, Huffington Post | Dave Burdick | Posted 06.01.2009 | Green

Read More: Sam Adams, Green Cars, Gavin Newsom, Green Technology, Electric Cars, Cars, Poll, Portland, San Francisco, Green News

The electric vehicle smackdown has begun in earnest. Portland Mayor Sam Adams is responding to the perhaps higher-profile San Francisco Mayor Gavin...

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The Race to an EV Future: Being First to an Electric Vehicle Grid

Gavin Newsom | Posted 05.30.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Gavin Newsom, Green Jobs, Portland, President Obama, Electric Cars, Green, Environment, Jobs, Cars, San Francisco, Mayor Newsom, California, Video, Green News

Portland and San Francisco have been battling for the title of the most sustainable city for years. We welcome Portland's latest challenge and hope that this EV competition will spread across the country.

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Hate-talk Radio's Michael Savage's Real-life "Streets of San Francisco" Encounter with SFPD, Film Crew

Bill Mann | Posted 05.28.2009 | Media

Read More: Cops,, San Francisco, Right Wing Talk Radio, Michael Krasny, Kgo, Michael Savage, Sfpd, Herb Caen, San Francisco-California, Media News

I've had the sad journalistic duty of writing about this pathetic-but-popular hatemonger longer than anyone, ever since this braying bigot first surfaced on San Francisco's top-rated radio station.

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The Republican Choice: React or Modernize

William Bradley | Posted 05.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tea Parties, John McCain, Proposition 8, Log Cabin Republicans, Secession, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Texas, Newt Gingrich, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Same-Sex Marriage, California, Dick Cheney, Gavin Newsom, Barack Obama, Iowa, San Francisco, Rick Perry, Steve Schmidt, Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, Margaret Thatcher, David Cameron, New Labour, Democratic Party, Britain, Tories, Labour Party, Conservative Party, Republican Party, Politics News

It's been a strange week for the Republican Party, with noisy events pushing the old-time religion, a speech urging a new moderation, and back-to-the-future reactions to Obama's friendly gestures to Chavez.

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It's Official...I am Running for Governor of California

Gavin Newsom | Posted 05.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gavin Newsom, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Green Jobs, 2010 Elections, Health, Environment, Jobs, San Francisco, Green Living, Green Energy, Mayor Newsom, Health Care, California, Gavin Newsom Governor, San Francisco-California, Politics News

In San Francisco, we're showing what can be accomplished when we stop looking back and start looking for solutions. We can't keep returning to the same old, tired ideas and expect a different result.

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Power America With Ocean Energy

Gavin Newsom | Posted 05.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, President Obama, Gavin Newsom, Economy, Green, Wind, Jobs, San Francisco, Green Living, Mayor Newsom, Barack Obama, Wave, California, Video, Wave Energy, Ocean Energy, Green News

We need to invest in the technology to make America the world leader in renewable energy. Offshore wind power is one promising source of energy that is commercially viable today.

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The Art of Duplicity

Geri Spieler | Posted 05.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Sara-Jane-Moore, Art, Assassination, San Francisco, U.S. Parole Commission, Jail, Living News

I got an E-mail from her new lawyer two months ago. He told me that unless I return her art immediately, which is rightfully her property, he said, he was authorized to sue me.

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Some Hard Truth About Hard Times

Jeffrey Shaffer | Posted 05.16.2009 | Politics

Using the Depression as a baseline for discussions of national prosperity ignores an important historical truth: for millions of average citizens, money was tight prior to the 1930s.

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The Bay vs. the Bag: Only One Side Can Win

David Lewis | Posted 05.14.2009 | Green

Read More: Waste, San Francisco Bay, Plastic Bag Ban, Plastic Bag Tax, Plastic Bags, San Francisco, Save the Bay, Bay Area, Green News

Plastic bag pollution is growing, and its impact on our rivers, bays and oceans is well documented. The answer to "paper or plastic?" is "neither -- here's my reusable bag!"

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Gay Marriage in Iowa? Come on, San Francisco!

Nato Green | Posted 05.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Iowa, California Gay Marriage, Ballot Initiative, Humor, Satire, Vermont Gay Marriage, Mormons, San Francisco, Comedy, Gay Marriage, Harvey Milk, Politics News

If it's not worth it to win marriage equality, to unite to spite the right, it's definitely worth it to stop the insurgent Iowan and Vermontian hubris and salvage our street cred among freaks.

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BBQ. Oysters. Happiness.

Robert Rosenthal | Posted 05.10.2009 | Style

Read More: Sauvignon Blanc, Oysters, Food, Dining, San Francisco, Restaurants, Barbeque, Style News

Oysters at Tony's bring together completely distinct, but brilliant ends of the food spectrum to produce something that is immeasurably better than the sum of its parts.

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A Conversation About Expanding Health Care Access

Gavin Newsom | Posted 05.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gavin Newsom, Economy, Health, President Obama, San Francisco, Jobs, Universal Health Care, Mayor Newsom, Health Care, Health Reform, Healthcare, California, Politics News

The need for bold programs addressing the health care crisis was brought into focus by a new report showing that more than 500,000 Californians have lost their health care since the start of the recession.

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Being a Woman Veteran

Kayla Williams | Posted 04.25.2009 | Living

Read More: Women's Rights, Iraq Veterans, US Soldiers, Army, Women's Issues, San Francisco, Veterans, Living News

Last Wednesday, I was honored and proud to be invited to the SHOUT! Art by Women Veterans show put on in San Francisco by Swords to Plowshares.

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Obama's California: The Arnold Alliance and More

William Bradley | Posted 04.20.2009 | Politics

President Barack Obama is back in the east after a whirlwind visit to California which pointed up his strengths and suggested some things he can do differently.

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Greening Buildings to Create Jobs

Gavin Newsom | Posted 04.19.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Green Jobs, Solar, Gavin Newsom, Academy of Sciences, Economy, President Obama, Environment, Green Building, Green, San Francisco, Jobs, Mayor Newsom, California, Green News

New construction typically represents less than one percent of San Francisco's built environment in any given year. Greening existing buildings is more challenging than new construction.

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Everyone Goes to Washington but Gavin "Waldo" Newsom -- Here's What He Missed...

Phil Bronstein | Posted 04.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Politics, Economic Stimulus Package, Gavin Newsom, Phil Bronstein, San Francisco, Politics News

Where was Waldo? Campaigning for governor in Oakland and applying for an upgrade on his high profile tech credentials by visiting Twitter. Stuff like that.

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San Francisco Chronicle Reaches Tentative Deal With Union

San Francisco Chronicle | Posted 04.10.2009 | Media

Read More: Newspaper Industry, San Francisco, Newspapers, San Francisco Chronicle, California Media Workers Guild, Media News

(03-09) 18:57 PDT SAN FRANCISCO -- The San Francisco Chronicle and its largest union have reached a tentative agreement on contract concessions that t...

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Who is Mr. Larkin?

Hillary Newman | Posted 04.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Mr. Larkin, Clothing, Fashion, Green Living, Eco Fashion, San Francisco, Green News

I recently dropped by one of my favorite eco boutiques in LA, Visionary, for the Mr. Larkin Trunk show- nearly knocked me out of my heels.

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Gay Marriage Protestors Crowd the Steps of CA Supreme Court

Natasha Chen | Posted 04.09.2009 | Home

Read More: Mormon Church, California Gay Marriage, Prop 8, California Supreme Court, Civil Rights, Join the Impact, San Francisco, Gay Marriage, Home News

On Thursday, the California Supreme Court heard arguments for three cases filed in relation to Proposition 8.

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Milk Money for School

Sylvia Sukop | Posted 03.30.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Costume Design, Gay Rights, Milk, Castro-Clone, The Oscars, San Francisco, Harvey Milk, Civil Rights, San Francisco-California, Entertainment News

I recently sat down with Danny Glicker, the costume designer for Milk to talk about his work on the film that's inspiring a new generation of civil rights activists.

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Worst Week Ever: Republicans Unhinged

Paul Jenkins | Posted 03.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Citizenship, Congress, Hiv, Tony Perkins, Al Franken, 9/11, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Clarence Thomas, Same-Sex Marriage, John Sununu, Rnc, Kenneth the Page, Norm Coleman, Nancy Pelosi, Republican Party, Michael Steele, Bobby Jindal, Michael Bloomberg, Mitt Romney, Alabama, Newt Gingrich, Stormy Daniels, Minnesota, Barack Obama, Christian Issues, Susan Collins, Olympia Snow, Jon Huntsman, 30 Rock, Tom Delay, Helicopters, Christianity, Utah, Senate, David Vitter, Family Research Council, Ronald Reagan, Vermont, Democratic Party, California, Bob Smith, Charlie Crist, Nrsc, Hip Hop, New Hampshire, Sara Palin, Richard Shelby, Stimulus Package, Northeast, Arlen Specter, John McCain, Florida, Louisiana, Rush Limbaugh, Kentucky, Porn, Marine One, New York City, John Cornyn, Stuart Rothenberg, Rudy Giuliani, Jim Bunning, Presidential Campaign, Columbine, San Francisco, Fox News, Evolution, Gay Issues, Republicans Unhinged, Socialists, Politics News

This week, just like the stock market (funny how that goes), Republicans hit yet a new low.

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