New Chronicle Publisher Frank Vega has been cast as a villain, but he may be just what the Hearst empireneeds to defeat the dark forces of the new economy
Who should I snub? Ballard! My magic eight-ball!If you were Gavin Newsom -- and, odds are, you weren't -- these were your choices: Head to last weekend's U.S. Conference of Mayor's in Providence, R.I. and talk about your treasurer's innovative economic plan and a former supervisor's innovative health care plan -- or skip the conference and keep your top adviser happy by giving the cold shoulder to America's only openly gay mayor of a state capital. Wow -- no one said being a politician is easy (
See you on the waterfrontThis Sunday, July 5, San Francisco's International Longshore and Warehouse Union will hold a procession to commemorate the 75th Anniversary of Bloody Thursday, the clash between police and striking longshoremen during the city's 1934 General Strike that led to a permanent local rift between cops and stevedores.The San Francisco Labor Council is also going to be joining in the festivities, and is spreading the word about the event through its e-mail list. When we got one
Will HarperIf ever you were looking to keep Gavin Newsom away, scare up a picket line Employees of the University of California vociferously protesting proposed fee hikes and furlough days had an unforeseen consequence on the plans of one Mayor Gavin Newsom -- who may or may not have a Santa Clara University bumper sticker on the back of his hybrid SUV. The protesters this morning moved their picket line a few steps down the road to the headquarters of FibroGen, Inc., where the mayor was s
When one juxtaposes the terms "union negotiations" and "BART," images of men and women in jumpsuits driving or fixing trains come to mind. You don't think of spokespeople or anyone with the term "multi-media" in his or her job. But you should. Of the five employees in BART's communications department, two are union-represented and would head out on strike with their brothers and sisters if it comes to that in ... nine hours or so.
The eminently quotable Nathan Ballard!Top five Nathan Ballard quotes. [Sweet Melissa]Quick, where did you stash your slutty Santa costume last year???? [Laughing Squid]Local booksellers not carrying Palin book: ""We're a small store and it would probably gross us all out." [SFgate]The best new buildings in S.F. [Curbed]Want a Micheal Mina Google theme? [Grubstreet]"Crossed the picket lines. In order to get my fucking education." Your Berkeley strike update. [Daily Clog]
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