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02.09.10 - 1:49 pm | Paula Connelly |

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THURSDAY, FEB. 11

Let BART know

Protest the upcoming BART Board meeting, which follows BART attorney Dale Allen's announcement that BART intends to "vigorously fight [a lawsuit brought by friends of Oscar Grant] based on their contributing actions to the tragic accident." Ex-BART police officer Johannes Mehserle is being tried for murder in the case.

9 a.m., free

Kaiser Center

20th St. Mall, third floor

344 20th St., Oakl.

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02.03.10 - 11:15 am | Paula Connelly |

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WEDNESDAY, FEB. 3

No time to let up

Help raise money for the earthquake victims in Haiti at this fundraiser lunch and dinner where 100 percent of the proceeds go to the 3 million people in need of aid. Sen. Leland Yee (D-SF, San Mateo), SF Assemblywoman Fiona Ma, and Betty Yee, chair of the state Board of Equalization will be on hand.

Lunch 11 a.m.–3 p.m.;

dinner 5 p.m.–9 p.m.; $20 minimum

Moonstar Buffet Restaurant

383 Gellert, Daly City

(650) 992-2888Read more »

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12.15.09 - 7:23 pm | Paula Connelly |

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WEDNESDAY, DEC. 16

SF Carbon Collaborative

Attend this panel discussion on justice, equity, and sufficiency in climate negotiations and the role these values play in national and local climate action. Read more »

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12.08.09 - 9:07 pm | Paula Connelly |

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12.02.09 - 1:33 am |

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Inauguration parties!

Our list of the hottest (and often charitable) Obama-fests on Tuesday, January 20

01.13.09 - 11:15 pm | Cheryl Eddy, Steven T. Jones, Anna Rendall, and Meghann Myers |

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TUESDAY, JAN. 20

The inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th president of the United States is a historic event, with the rise of the first African American president coinciding with the end of perhaps the worst presidency in US history. So it's time to celebrate, and here's where you can do so on Jan. 20.

Sock it to me

NextArts has reserved the space outside City Hall for a simulcast of the inaugural proceedings and what it's calling a Sock It To Me Concert. Read more »

Letters

Pelosi's wrong on Georgia

08.26.08 - 10:24 pm |

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PELOSI'S WRONG ON GEORGIA

This message is a reply to an editorial appearing in the Guardian, "Pelosi can't duck the next Bush war," (8/20/08). In the editorial Rep. Nancy Pelosi sides with Republican and "bipartisan" House leaders to state that "in the strongest possible terms" that "the US is committed to Georgia's absolute sovereignty [in that region of the world]."

Now, I always thought Pelosi had the common sensibility of a good San Fransisco liberal, but to side with Republican Reps. Read more »

Letters

07.22.08 - 11:24 pm |

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PARTY PROMOTERS

The following two comments appeared with a July 21 posting to SFBG's Politics blog, "DCCC vote: Does Peskin have it?"

We need a strong leader in our local Democratic Party that will call out our elected leaders on their BS. For example, [Nancy] Pelosi and her continued "do nothing but throw more monies at the war" approach. I have sat by and watched the DCCC leaders do nothing but carry the party line toward the right. Read more »

PG&E vs. Greenaction

Two press releases present a very different picture of what's going on at the Hunters Point power plant

04.07.06 - 12:04 pm |

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Pacific Gas and Electric Company has been promising for years to shut down its filty, dangerous Hunters Point power plant. Now state regulators have signed off on the plan, and it should be happening any day. But PG&E and Greenaction -- which has been the group leading the charge to close the plant -- have very different ideas about the timeframe.

Here's PG&E's claim:

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