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2003 Stories by Ron Russell

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  • Secret Rivera

    published December 17, 2003

    In the spring of 1940, thugs stormed the suburban Mexico City home of Leon Trotsky, in a failed attempt to assassinate the exiled Russian... More >>

  • Plugged

    published December 3, 2003

    San Francisco's beleaguered Elections Commission, ridiculed as ineffectual in advancing instant runoff voting, once again has been hit by... More >>

  • Making Nice

    published November 26, 2003

    After months of foot-dragging and finger-pointing, San Francisco elections officials – with a boost from California Secretary of State Kevi... More >>

  • Toothless Wonder

    published November 12, 2003

    When it comes to civilian oversight of the police, few cities in the United States enjoy a more stellar reputation than San Francisco. Having just... More >>

  • Blowing It

    published September 17, 2003

    In March 2002 local voters approved a system of instant runoff voting that supporters and detractors alike insisted would forever alter the way... More >>

  • Archbishop's Thorn

    published August 27, 2003

    A Roman Catholic priest who openly resisted San Francisco Archbishop William J. Levada's order that he step aside as pastor of a Belmont church... More >>

  • Holy War on the Peninsula

    published July 30, 2003

    A Roman Catholic priest accused of sexual impropriety is openly resisting San Francisco Archbishop William J. Levada's order that he step aside as... More >>

  • Hidden Treasure

    published July 23, 2003

    Vernell Crittenden remembers the phone call. The man's voice was shaky and it was hard to make out what he was saying. Crittenden had just gone to... More >>

  • Nailed?

    published June 25, 2003

    With absolutely no fanfare, Gov. Gray Davis a year ago signed into law a measure almost certain to have profound financial implications for the... More >>

  • Prosecutors' Patience Wears Thin With Levada, Mahony

    published June 25, 2003

    California's two most powerful Roman Catholic leaders are longtime close friends who attended the same Ventura County seminary in the 1960s and... More >>

  • 'Scuse Us, Folks

    published June 4, 2003

    As San Francisco Archbishop William J. Levada prepares to preside over a June 14 "ceremony of apology" for Catholics sexually abused by priests,... More >>

  • See No Evil

    published May 21, 2003

    At a momentous gathering of U.S. Catholic bishops last June -- the first such conclave after the clergy sex-abuse scandal erupted in Boston and... More >>

  • San Quentin Blues

    published April 2, 2003

    It has been nearly two months since officials at San Quentin State Prison threw open the doors for a day and let a select few media... More >>

  • Help From Their Friends

    published March 26, 2003

    The two men have had the hell beaten out of them. Jade Santoro's nose is broken in three places. There's a gash on the side of his head that... More >>

  • Bishop Bad Boy

    published March 19, 2003

    After he was caught exploiting a subordinate priest for sex, G. Patrick Ziemann could have been consigned to a life of ignominy upon stepping down... More >>

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