Out-of-work San Franciscans descend upon City Hall with a special holiday...
San Francisco workers and advocates deliver 1,000 Christmas cards asking Mayor Newsom to sign community’s local hiring law by Christmas Eve by Brightline Defense Project Josh Arce of Brightline Defense...
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Momentum builds as new law goes into effect at the end of March by Brightline Defense Project Supervisors John Avalos and Ross Mirkarimi are flanked by James Bryant (far left), Terry Anders and Joshua...
View ArticleJudge hands out tough sentences in post-Katrina killing by police
by A.C. Thompson This is the burnt car in which the remains of Henry Glover were found. – Photo: ProPublica On March 31, a federal judge sentenced two former New Orleans police officers for killing...
View ArticleMayoral campaigns ask the Justice Department to protect San Franciscans from...
by Ann Garrison Interim Mayor Ed Lee was sworn in after being appointed by outgoing San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, right, with the support of former Mayor Willie Brown, center, behind Lee, and...
View ArticleLack of local services limits prison mom release program
by Joshua Emerson Smith Free the mothers! Why continue to punish their children? Thousands of mothers currently incarcerated in the California state prison system are now eligible to serve out the end...
View ArticleBringing stop and frisk to SF?
by Alex Schmaus and Sid Patel A rainbow of San Franciscans packed the steps of City Hall July 17 to protest Mayor Ed Lee’s proposal to bring stop and frisk to the City. Yet that same afternoon, Lee...
View ArticleSFPD brutally beat Black bicyclist D’Paris Williams and Valencia Gardens...
by Davey D Last Friday the eyes of the world were on San Francisco, California when thousands of people came together to transform the City by the Bay into Gotham City, home to the Caped Crusader...
View ArticleLegendary ‘Queen of Fillmore’ Leola King leaves proud legacy of struggle...
Funeral is Friday, Feb. 13, 11 a.m., at Third Baptist Church, 1399 McAllister, the repast 4-7 p.m. at West Bay Conference Center, 1290 Fillmore St., San Francisco by Lance Burton Leola King Leola King...
View Article‘The Emperor Jones,’ starring Carl Lumbly in the Paul Robeson role, is...
Carl Lumbly stars in a tour de force performance of “The Emperor Jones.” New City Company presents a unique original production of “The Emperor Jones” by Eugene O’Neill starring stage and screen star...
View Article15 tenants face unusual eviction in Bayview
City crackdown on illegal units could cost vulnerable veterans their homes by Tim Redmond and Sana Saleem John Brown in his living room: He didn’t break the law, but he could wind up losing his home. –...
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