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Sanchez Elementary School, in San Francisco’s Mission District, has erected the city’s first public, off-the-grid, vertical garden. Equipped with a high-tech weather station, students will study the growth patterns of the edible, organic vegetables and measure weather patterns.
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Treasure Island, named for the imagined gold embedded in the mud dredged from the Sacramento Delta to build the manmade island, offers an oasis for some in the middle of San Francisco Bay. Yerba Buena Island, to the east, has sweeping views of the East Bay. » Read more
Don’t expect a ruling on Perry v. Schwarzenegger — the suit against California’s Proposition 8, which bans same-sex marriage — anytime soon, even though courtroom proceedings began on Jan. 11 and testimony wrapped up on Jan. 27. Closing arguments have been delayed because gay-rights opponents have been trying to get documents from the No-on-8 campaign (for marriage equality) admitted into evidence. The documents in question are being hotly contested because of their potential to jeopardize a central component of the case against Proposition 8.
As news comes out that the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency stands to earn $36 million from the state, millions of dollars have already been lost to non-paying riders. On Wednesday Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a transportation bill that gives $36 million to Muni, in state funding for this fiscal year and next. This comes at a time when some proposals call for a 10 percent cut in Muni service.
Muni spokeswoman Kristi Holland told SF Appeal that the $36 million endowment would help the agency: “The goal would be to make improvements where we can while still being respectful of these ongoing budget deficits.”
On Thursday ABC7 reported that the Muni system has lost as much as $11 million due to non-paying riders. This comes as bad news when the agency has already has a $56 million deficit.
Capping a wave of national immigration-rights actions across the country, local organizers turned this week to urging Sen. Dianne Feinstein to support comprehensive reform.
About 2,000 Bay Area immigrants and others rallied Wednesday in front of Feinstein’s San Francisco office. The nationwide effort — including a march of 200,000 in Washington, D.C. » Read more
Come to a print-raising party at Tonic on Saturday, April 3, and join the leading grassroots campaign to advance local, ad-free, public-interest journalism in San Francisco. All tips collected during the event will help SF Public Press produce, print and distribute a pilot newspaper this spring. We hope you’ll contribute.
We’ll offer chances to win one-year Public Press memberships and free copies of McSweeney’s award-winning San Francisco Panorama!
WHAT: SF Public Press Print-raising Party
WHEN: Saturday, April 3, 6-9 p.m.
WHERE: Tonic, 2360 Polk St.
Community members will have a chance to discuss their views about the local news with a dozen leading figures in journalism, education, business and politics at a town hall meeting produced by the Society of Professional Journalists on Thursday, March 25. Participants will talk about how the current crisis in the news industry creates opportunities for the public to help shape new kinds of journalism that contribute to a vibrant democracy. WHAT: “Your Views on Local News – A Town Hall Forum”
WHEN: Thursday, March 25, 5:30-7:30 p.m.
WHERE: Koret Auditorium, SF Public Library, 100 Larkin St. Admission is free. Sandip Roy and Hana Baba of public radio station KALW-FM will moderate. The program will be recorded and broadcast by SFGTV, San Francisco’s government channel. For a list of participants, please visit SPJ Northern California Chapter’s Web site at spjnorcal.org.
SEVILLE, Tulare County — One of the perks of living in the Bay Area is the wide variety of fresh, local produce we enjoy year-round. Much of that comes thanks to our proximity to the Central Valley, one of the most productive agricultural regions the world has ever seen. » Read more
Every Saturday afternoon, Maria Watanabe takes the stage in Japantown’s Peace Plaza to sing and dance as the anime character Sailor Moon despite her fear of crowds. Watanabe says the anxiety causes her to cry before performances, but she believes her shows are worth the trouble because anime is such an important part of Japanese culture — and she admits her alternate persona is “addictive.” » Read more
