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City Asks for Public Comment On Funds for Mental Health Thursday, August 9, 2007 : The city of Berkeley is looking for additional public input and opinions after learning that the city will be receiving $330,000 more than expected toward mental health services....
Posted: Sat, Aug 11, 2007 9:23am PDT
Former D.C. Mayor Calls New Mayor 'Crazy' Originally From New America Media
Saturday, August 11, 2007: In Washington, D.C., certain communities have received far more assistance than others. Ward 8, which sits east of the Anacostia River, a branch of the Potomac, has been waiting its turn at rebirth -- a tightrope dance between development and gentrification....
Posted: Sat, Aug 11, 2007 9:15am PDT
This Week's Street Actions for SF8 and against Blue Shield of CA Kiilu Nyasha of the Committee for Defense of Human Rights and Michael Lyon of the San Francisco Gray Panthers report on this week's street rallies for the San Francisco 8 and against Blue Shield of California and other health insurance companies who are working to block passage of CA SB840 for Universal, Single-Payer Healthcare. Kiilu and Michael also report on this week's bail hearings for some members of the SF8....
Posted: Fri, Aug 10, 2007 10:34pm PDT
Lennar BVHP LLC and the SF Redvelopment Agency - DDA and now Fred Blackwell Marcia Rosen resigned from the SF Redevelopment Agency (SFRA) because she lied and was the head of a very corrupt organization. That position has now been filled by Fred Blackwell and if he knows better he should not be doing Mayor Gavin Newsom's bidding. SFRA is the most corrupt agency and has never been audited in a long, long time. Lennar BVHP LLC has been able to do so much damage because it is in bed with SFRA and continues to use its dubious ploys to this day. Fred Blackwell will fail s...
Posted: Fri, Aug 10, 2007 7:59am PDT
While Miners Wait 1,500 Feet Beneath Solid Rock, Owner Blasts Mine Safety Friday, August 10, 2007 : The owner of the Utah mine, where six coal miners remain trapped following a mine collapse Monday morning, spoke out against mine safety improvements proposed following 2006's Sago Mine disaster that killed a dozen miners. As of Thursday afternoon, rescuers continued to drill a two-and-a-half-inch hole from above to communicate with the mines and deliver food and water if the six are still alive....
Posted: Fri, Aug 10, 2007 7:40am PDT
Britain: government site responsible for foot and mouth outbreak Friday, August 10, 2007 :A British government-controlled laboratory site has been confirmed as the source of an outbreak of foot and mouth, which affects farm animals. In addition to the government being faced with the prospect of huge compensation claims, the confirmation more broadly raises fundamental issues as to public health safety—a fact underscored by the latest news that a worker at the facility has contracted Legionnaires’ disease, with the laboratory a possible source of contaminat...
Posted: Fri, Aug 10, 2007 7:21am PDT
Bridges, not bombs, Minnesotans say Friday, August 10, 2007 : Steve Share, editor of the Minneapolis Labor Review, was in his office the evening of Aug. 1 when he heard the sirens wailing, a din that grew so loud he stepped out to see what was the matter. In a steady stream, police cars, ambulances and fire engines were racing toward the I-35W bridge that spans the Mississippi....
Posted: Fri, Aug 10, 2007 7:20am PDT
China Chided, U.S. Conducts Business As Usual Originally From New America Media
Friday, August 10, 2007 : China has been in the news lately for its contaminated exports, but the U.S. is also producing products that contain hazardous chemicals, reports NAM writer, Donal Brown. Brow is a former journalism teacher. The recent flurry of news reports over the Chinese exports of contaminated consumer products raises the specter of dangerous U.S. products long marketed in the U.S. and around the world....
Posted: Fri, Aug 10, 2007 7:07am PDT
Diabetic Kids Win School Settlement Originally From New America Media
Friday, August 10, 2007 : There are more than 15,000 school-age children in California with diabetes, but only about 30 percent of California’s schools have a school nurse on campus on any given day. All that’s about to change, reports NAM healthcare editor Viji Sundaram....
Posted: Fri, Aug 10, 2007 7:06am PDT
Chronicle Frames Dispute to Protect Lennar 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 ...
Posted: Fri, Aug 10, 2007 7:02am PDT
Memorials for Elena Castaneda, Killed on San Pablo in West Oakland 8/9/07 
Memorials were set up for cyclist Elena Castaneda, who was run over by a dump truck at the intersection of West, Isabella, and San Pablo on the morning of August 9th, 2007....
Posted: Fri, Aug 10, 2007 12:51am PDT
Is Sacramento the Next Katrina? Guild Theatre
2828 35th St.
Sacramento, CA
(916) 732-4673...
Event Date: Sat, Aug 11, 2007 2:00pm PDT
Posted: Thu, Aug 9, 2007 8:53pm PDT
Legionnaire's disease at lab releasing Foot&Mouth A probe into a reported Legionnaires' disease case at the Pirbright lab site linked to the Surrey foot-and-mouth outbreak is being carried out.
The Health Protection Agency (HPA) said the probe related to the Institute for Animal Health (IAH) on the site....
Posted: Thu, Aug 9, 2007 8:07pm PDT
In Loving Memory of Mr. Myslin 
On August 9th, I cautiously rode my bicycle to the intersection of Bay and Mission Streets. I was at this intersection two days ago for a memorial to John Myslin, however those of us there were unaware of his identity at that time. We now know that Mr. Myslin was loved by his students at Pacific Collegiate School in Santa Cruz where he was a devoted teacher of history, his favorite subject. John Myslin's younger brother Robert commented online that he will remember John as "a teacher, a bro...
Posted: Thu, Aug 9, 2007 7:51pm PDT
Photographs of bike fatality memorial 
There was a bike fatality on Mission street and the accompanying article contained pictures that were very disrespectful to the person who died. Here are some photographs of the flowers people left, and of the ghost bike....
Posted: Thu, Aug 9, 2007 6:04pm PDT
Oakland sued for not including disabled people in disaster plannning Landmark lawsuit filed against the City of Oakland for failure to include people with disabilities in its disaster planning...
Posted: Thu, Aug 9, 2007 11:40am PDT
S Africa Aids sacking condemned Thursday, August 9, 2007 : President Mbeki is criticised for sacking his deputy health minister, after she went to a Spanish Aids meeting....
Posted: Thu, Aug 9, 2007 8:55am PDT
Crossing the Border to Sell Blood Originally From New America Media
Thursday, August 9, 2007 : MCALLEN, Texas – Olga García, 33, is one of hundreds of Mexicans who cross the border into the United States to donate their blood in exchange for a few dollars. Working eight hour days in the textile factories of Piedras Negras, Coahuila, García earns 620 pesos per week, the equivalent of $56....
Posted: Thu, Aug 9, 2007 8:49am PDT
The Great L.A. Healthcare Rally this Saturday - HUGE Rally for Single Payer Healthcare Wednesday, August 8, 2007 : A coalition of registered nurses, physicians and consumer groups will rally this Saturday in Los Angeles in support of Sen. Sheila Kuehl's ground-breaking bill, SB840, which proposes guaranteed healthcare on a single-payer model. The L.A. event is the culmination of 365 local events held around the state this year, in support of single payer healthcare, one held every day....
Posted: Thu, Aug 9, 2007 8:46am PDT
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