In a row of hotel rooms atop the Stud gay club South of Market, reporters are clacking swiftly at computer desks where beds used to be. One is writing a story on a gay politician running for the state Assembly in Los Angeles. An editor is designing a page for "The Best of the Gays," [...]
Correa's four years have resulted in slower GDP growth despite higher oil prices and political stability. An Ecuadorian presidential term is meant to last four years, even though no president has managed to spend that time in office since the mid 1990s. Rafael Correa, beneficiary of an extra two years, has however now ruled for [...]
CPMC’s proposed plans to build two new hospitals at Van Ness Avenue and Geary Boulevard and St. Luke’s should be applauded by San Franciscans, not criticized. In the midst of the approvals process, we must not forget that our city relies on CPMC as a primary provider of culturally competent health care and services. For [...]
The wide-open field. Ranked-choice voting. Public financing. The push for interim Mayor Ed Lee to run for a four-year term despite his vow not to. Whether the field of declared candidates could be any more boring. There are plenty of unknowns about November's mayor's race, and here's another wrinkle: how the state's redistricting process could [...]
The ballot for the Bay Area Radio Hall of Fame is out, and about the only person missing is Mayor Ed Lee. For the Class of 2011, the Hall of Fame has listed 91 nominees in seven categories. Voters are asked to select one for each category, although more than one may be inducted. Last [...]
Here's another side effect of the recession: With people buying less, garbage cans in California are emptier these days. The amount of trash hauled to landfills has dropped to its lowest level since the state began keeping track in 1989, according to preliminary figures compiled by the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery. California now [...]
Earthquake Retrofit plans by Stanford Hospital & Clinics and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital receive approval from Palo Alto.
Continued and growing evidence of fraud by the plaintiffs in the Ecuador case against Chevron are revealed in this fascinating piece in Fortune Magazine by editor Roger Parloff
The truth is starting to be known in the Chevron Ecuador case: "Legal hedge funds" are secretly backing the fraudulent lawsuit against Chevron
Although trial lawyers frequently have the upper hand in litigation built around environmental charges, they are taking a beating at the hands of Chevron Corp., which has been on a roll in U.S. federal courts.
