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The Aloha festival is well known in San Francisco today but thirteen years ago it was a difficult decision to make - and to put in place the first Aloha festival that started at Crissy Field much before the present changes one sees at Crissy Field. And for you that remember, when Crissy Field was lined with Palm trees and had a lot of tarmac and tons of parking. The Aloha festival was moved to the present destination a few years later and now remain a permanent feature, gathering so many Poly...

Friday, August 10, 2007 : “The media may not always be able to tell us what to think, but they are strikingly successful in telling us what to think about.” ~Bernard C. Cohen The corporate media often writes stories where the external factors (i.e., the real causes of the problems) have been relegated an offstage presence. Consider the San Francisco Chronicle’s coverage of last week's Board of Supervisors meeting, where Supervisor Chris Daly proposed a memorandum to temporarily stop the work ...

For all the years Lennar BVHP LLC has been working on Parcel A it has NOT reached out to the Samoan community. Nearly forty percent of the constituents living in and around Parcel A are Samoans and most of them have NO idea about the dust and Asbestos bombardment by Lennar BVHP LLC. Samoans are docile but once provoked they can be a force to be reckoned with. Many Samoans continue to suffer as a result of the adverse impacts initiated by Lennar BVHP LLC on Parcel A and the City and County of ...

Wayne Lee, from the Bay Area Air Quality Management District has always spoken with a forked tongue so have so many from the Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of Toxic and Substances Control, the SF Health Department - scum bags like Doctor Mitch Katz and Doctor Rajiv Bhatia. These officials paid by the taxpayer could have saved lives and helped the people but have chosen to participate in adverse impacts harming so many innocent people....

The Southeast Sector of San Francisco and that includes Bayview Hunters Point is the last frontier. Mayor Gavin Newsom with intent has made a pact with thugs to come in and try to develop large areas with little or no meaningful dialog with the community. He did this by working with SF Redevelopment Agency - that uses eminent domain, blight, tax increment, and stealing other people's property to take pride in such dubious actions and illegal investments....

Originally From New America Media Sunday, August 5, 2007 : The execution of Bay Area editor Chauncey Bailey was forwarned by a history of Black radical groups using violence against detractors -- the most notable case being the murder of Malcolm X. There were two frightening and glaring danger signs that veteran black news reporter and editor Chauncey Bailey was in mortal peril....

Originally From New America Media Thursday, August 2, 2007 : The New America Media family would like to extend our personal condolences to the family of Chauncey Bailey -- a consummate professional , friend, mentor and Black Media pioneer. Mr. Bailey was gunned down this morning in Oakland, California....

Bevan Dufty, Sophie Maxwell, Jake McGoldrick, Aaron Peskin, Michela Alioto-Pier, and Sean Elsbernd should be ashamed of themselves. The blood of our children in upon their hands. For once these Board of Supervisors could have done right - but they chose of their own violation to do wrong. Hence we shall remember them for a long, long, time as total sell outs....

Udall scholars are chosen and given scholarships to address environmental issues also some pertinent focus on issues related to Native American issues. On the 10th Anniversary Udall scholars have been touring the Nation in the bus on a eight week tour and nearing the end arrived in San Francisco. At the Bayview a dog and pony show was arranged and the scholars fed misinformation. Some of us were there to enlighten the organizers and nurture the scholars....

The Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC) lacks honesty and has permitted Lennar BVHP LLC to do as it pleases. Lennar BVHP LLC is fast falling flat on its face.Kofi Bonner the man behind Lennar will soon be fired or go away. San Francisco Redevelopment Agency has no leader and peons within the SFRA are trying to face the crisis - but have failed and will fail to make any headway. Many have blood on their hands....