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Utah Phillips has left the stage 
Listening on KVMR this morning we learned that our dear friend and pal, U. Utah Phillips has ended his struggle with his health problems and has stepped onto a broader stage. We will miss him dearly. Fare thee well Utah. Thank you for your long memory, we will carry it on from here. We love you....
Posted: Sat, May 24, 2008 4:16pm PDT
6/6 Homeless Connect, Pier 48, SF Pier 48, San Francisco...
Event Date: Fri, Jun 6, 2008 10:00am PDT
Posted: Sat, May 24, 2008 12:42pm PDT
SF Homeless Connect MOVES to Pier 48 [ new location for city outreach to homeless ]...
Posted: Sat, May 24, 2008 12:35pm PDT
Bay to Breakers Must Be Abolished The horrors of the Bay to Breakers crowd in the downtown area are minimal compared to the trashing with human waste and garbage in and near Golden Gate Park, making a mess of people's homes, yards and our public sidewalks and streets. The people doing this are just drunks who do not contribute to any charity. This whole racket must end; the taxpayers are liable for all the damage and we cannot afford this. One lawsuit will certainly end this nonsense....
Posted: Sat, May 24, 2008 9:03am PDT
City encourages U.S. Navy to cap the whole shipyard encouraging the ploys of Lennar BVHP. The U.S. Navy at a recent Restoration Advisory Board meeting - suggested capping the whole Hunters Point Naval Shipyard. This is totally wrong and goes against the mandate of the people of San Francisco - as mandated in Proposition P. Lennar has violated its Disposition and Development Agreement (DDA) on Parcel A and further revealed to the U.S. Navy the dubious ploys of Lennar and the City and County of San Francisco. In short this deal - if it goes through will adversely impact - the whole ...
Posted: Sat, May 24, 2008 7:59am PDT
1 week to Save Rent Control, No on 98/Yes on 99 There are lots of No on 98 activities to save rent control in California in this last important week before the June 3 election. This is followed by the crucial 4 days of GO-TV, Get Out the Vote. From preparing doorhangers, bagging literature, distributing literature, preparing signs, holding signs up all over town, getting food for campaign workers, phonebanking, knocking on tenant voter doors and more, there is something for everyone to do. Please help save the homes of millions of peopl...
Posted: Fri, May 23, 2008 10:59pm PDT
No on 98 Election Day Get Out The Vote Activities San Francisco: During 7-9 a.m. and 5-8 p.m. commute: 1. Visibility with No on 98 signs at key intersections, 2. Flyering BART & Muni stations and bus stops, 3. Doorhangering 200 key precincts, mostly in the Mission and the Haight. First of several actions today for 13 hours, 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.....
Event Date: Tue, Jun 3, 2008 7:00am PDT
Posted: Fri, May 23, 2008 10:41pm PDT
Disabled San Franciscan to Collect 1 Million Signatures before Olympics 
Tatiana Kostanian, founder of MHONA International, a nonprofit group for the disabled, has taken up a personal mission to collect one million signatures to end involuntary organ harvesting in China before the August Games. Her petition website is: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/petition/928204536. She also wills to hold a town-hall meeting in San Jose, inclusive of people of all disabilities and transplant patients to speak out about global and local human rights issues with a highlight on in...
Posted: Fri, May 23, 2008 10:29pm PDT
No on 98 Flyer BART & Muni & bus stops In San Francisco: Flyer every BART and Muni Metro station and popular bus stops, during morning (7-9 a.m.) and evening (5-7 p.m.) commute....
Event Date: Mon, Jun 2, 2008 7:00am PDT
Posted: Fri, May 23, 2008 10:22pm PDT
No on 98 Flyering BART & Muni stations & bus stops San Francisco, every BART and Muni Metro station and popular bus stops, flyer during morning and evening commute....
Event Date: Tue, May 27, 2008 7:00am PDT
Posted: Fri, May 23, 2008 10:19pm PDT
Johns Hopkins University Responds to Allegations Toxic Sludge Tested as Lead Poisoning Fix in Poor Black Neighborhoods Friday, May 23, 2008 :Lawmakers and the NAACP last month called for an investigation into reports that federally funded scientific experiments in 2000 spread sewage sludge on the yards in poor black neighborhoods to test if it could fight lead poisoning in children. The calls came after the Associated Press ran a story on the issue. We host a debate between Dr. Michael Klag, Dean of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and Dr. Caroline Snyder, Professor Emeritus at the Rochest...
Posted: Fri, May 23, 2008 9:11pm PDT
Australia: NSW Labor government presses ahead with electricity privatisation Friday, May 23, 2008 :The Labor government in New South Wales (NSW) pushed ahead late last week with plans to privatise the states electricity industry in open defiance of a decision of a Labor Party conference on May 3 against the sell off. Not only did the conference vote 702 to 107 against the governments plan but inserted a clause into the partys program specifically barring power privatisation....
Posted: Fri, May 23, 2008 9:07pm PDT
French workers' protests say 'No!' to pension reform Friday, May 23, 2008 :Massive strikes and protests took place May 22 throughout France against the governments decision to increase workers contributions from 40 to 41 years for a full pension. The effect will be a sharp fall in retirees incomes. The minimum state pension at present is 628 euros a month per person (1,127 for a couple)....
Posted: Fri, May 23, 2008 9:06pm PDT
Blaze in Santa Cruz Mountains expected to be contained soon 
Winds have died down and some drizzle is helping as well. The fire has scorched more than 3,100 acres and destroyed 12 structures. The cause is under investigation....
Posted: Fri, May 23, 2008 4:35pm PDT
disabled aids sufferer being threatened by a racist landlord. this is about a landlord who is renting out several rooms and harassing the hell out of the tennants.
one example is she charges $575.00 if your amarican, $275 for spanish people and it gets worse....
Posted: Fri, May 23, 2008 4:31pm PDT
Sister's Home Burned in Wild Fire!!! My Sister and her family lost everything in the mountain wild fire yesterday.
Let me know if you can help....
Posted: Fri, May 23, 2008 2:06pm PDT
SF Debate and INFORUM: Prop 98 vs Prop 99 Commonwealth Club
595 Market, 2nd Floor
SF, CA 94105
directly outside Montgomery BART...
Event Date: Tue, May 27, 2008 7:00pm PDT
Posted: Fri, May 23, 2008 1:48pm PDT
Does anyone know of a food coop in santa cruz? Does anyone know of a food coop?...
Posted: Fri, May 23, 2008 9:49am PDT
No Aerial Spraying Resolution at the SF Board of Education Meeting Irving G. Breyer Board Meeting Room
555 Franklin St, 1st Floor (McAllister & Fulton)
San Francisco...
Event Date: Tue, May 27, 2008 6:00pm PDT
Posted: Fri, May 23, 2008 9:24am PDT
Chinese leaders respond to anger over shoddy buildings and lack of help Friday, May 23, 2008 :Eleven days after the deadly earthquake hit Sichuan province on May 12, the Chinese government is turning from rescue to relief and reconstruction. Yesterday it revised the number of dead and missing to 80,000. The confirmed death toll is 51,151 and another 300,000 people have been injured. As the official three-day period of national mourning ended, the biggest issue confronting Beijing is how to cope with some 5 million homeless people and to rebuild the many flattened...
Posted: Fri, May 23, 2008 7:42am PDT
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