The doctor will be seeing you ... sometimeTo many, the city's aggressive adoption of the Healthy San Francisco universal health care plan while simultaneously applying draconian cuts to the Department of Public Health's workforce and budget feels a bit like giving everyone a free pass to the amusement park -- and shutting down all the rides. Dave Fleming, a 20-year nurse at General Hospital, feared that, even as Mayor Gavin Newsom and DPH Director Dr. Mitch Katz speak boldly of San Francisco's s
I'm not sure how I wound up on the listserv of the San Francisco Bay Guardian's Web news (I certainly didn't sign up), but it comes every day -- and occasionally I read it. Last week, I was particularly drawn to a news item by editor Tim Redmond entitled, Why Homicides Are Down (Hint: It's Not All The Police).
Redmond begins his editorial item claiming to have been fascinated by the idea that homicide numbers in San Francisco have decreased while what he calls "near-fatal" s
Heather ThomasIs SFGate picking on Heather Thomas? (You know! Heather Thomas! From the Fall Guy! Anyway.) She seems to think so. [Politics Blog]Is a Walnut Creek public school using teen's sex appeal to raise money? [SFist]Late-night bicycle burrito delivery? Goodbye, waistline. [Mission Mission]Is gay divorce a good thing? [Sweet Melissa]It's not just the critics. EMT's hate Trauma, too. [SF Citizen]"More than half of recent immigrants surveyed in the Mission District keep their money under
