Eater SF (Free subscription) | 11/18/2008
Sure he might not "make sense," but we welcome a world that sees Willie Brown opine on restaurants more often: "I went to a great dinner at Farina ... It's a three-star restaurant with five-star food, and the place has...
LAist (Free subscription) | 11/15/2008
Last Tuesday, local blues/rock duo HoneyHoney ( MySpace ) -- previously mentioned here -- celebrated the release of their debut full-length album First Rodeo at the Hotel Cafe ( MySpace ) in Hollywood, with openers The Sweet Hurt ( MySpace ) and Miss Willie Brown ( MySpace ). Accompanying HoneyHoney for two songs was their Ironworks labelmate Rocco De Luca ( MySpace ). As for upcoming...
Don Surber (Free subscription) | 10/21/2008
Willie Brown: ACORN thinks it is entitled to break the rules.
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 10/18/2008
Colin Powell Endorsement: Did Willie Call it'The big buzz is about that ''Meet the Press'' appearance Sunday starring former Secretary of State Colin Powell -- and whether he'll drop a big announcement just two weeks before the election.So may we remind you here of by former San Francisco Mayor -- and now Chronicle colleague -- Willie Brown last summer?His take: ''Here's a prediction:...
The Remote Viewer (Free subscription) | 11/14/2008
Posted Nov. 13, 2008 By Steven L. (age 16) 5/15/08 In 1978, a man, respected and honored by major Democrats including Willie Brown, Jerry Brown, Mervyn Dymally, Rosalyn Carter, Walter Mondale, Harvey Milk, George Moscone and others, led a group of his followers into a mass suicide in Guyana. Jim Jones was about…
Politics (Free subscription) | 11/05/2008
Former Mayor Willie Brown, with luncheon co-host Alex Clemens (behind to left). By Steven T. Jones I ran into Willie Brown as we were both headed into today’s Election Day luncheon at the California Culinary Academy – a two-decade-long...
Eater SF (Free subscription) | 10/31/2008
Ever since the Barleycorn memorial was erected earlier this week, quite the discussion has been taking place in the comments section. The latest: "Aaron Peskin, Willie Brown, the Board of Supervisors and the Mayor's office all tried to prevail on...
Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 11/02/2008
Speaking out recently against Proposition 8, the proposed amendment to the California constitution that would ban gay marriage, former San Francisco mayor Willie Brown made an appeal for the importance of protecting the rights of same-sex couples. Then he urged his audience to vote "yes" on the proposition.
LA Times (Free subscription) | 10/31/2008
Some voters are uncertain whether yes means no or no means yes on the proposed constitutional amendment that would ban gay marriage means. Speaking out recently against Proposition 8, the proposed constitutional amendment that would ban gay marriage, former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown made an appeal for the importance of protecting the rights of same-sex couples. And then he urged...
Indybay newswire (Free subscription) | 11/08/2008
... the country’s most historic campaign. “I first met Barack Obama in March 2004, when former Mayor Willie Brown threw a reception at the Waterfront Restaurant in San Francisco. Obama was preparing to run for the Senate. I took one look at him and knew he was destined for greatness,” says Dewson. Not everyone thought so. Back in early 2007, Senator Hillary Clinton was the all-but-nomination-clinched...
Crocodile Caucus (Free subscription) | 11/05/2008
... good at framing and feeding the media sound bites. The last time I was so pleased by an election, Willie Brown ’s crew were voted out in San Francisco. It’s a good feeling.
Politics (Free subscription) | 11/05/2008
By Tim Redmond The amazing thing tonight is that district elections -- celebrated in the Harvey Milk movie, brought back by Tom Ammiano -- continues to work. I ran into Republican consultant Chris Bowman early this evening, and he told me that he thought the 2000 election, which brought a progressive majority to the Board of Supervisors, was an unusal event, driven by anger at then-Mayor WIllie...
findingDulcinea (Free subscription) | 11/05/2008
... in a that has taken several curious detours along the way.”San Francisco Chronicle blogger Willie Brown , the first African-American baseball player to play in the Major Leagues. Obama “hardly brought up race at all” during the campaign, Brown says, arguing that his candidacy had nothing to do with being black. “Jackie Robinson didn’t get into the majors because he was black—he...
Rod 2.0:Beta (Free subscription) | 11/05/2008
... marriage equality and restrict marriage to "one man and one woman" is . Former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown tells CNN several million early/absentee ballots are still outstanding, so, there is some hope. It's a slim chance. Posted by Rod at 10:05 in , , , | | CommentsThis is sad indeed, and, I'm still waiting until the last vote is counted. And, wondering what the next step will...
Curbed SF (Free subscription) | 10/27/2008
The Fillmore Center's once-bland, now pastel renovated plaza was welcomed with relatively open arms this weekend in the project's official celebratory unveiling. Willie Brown dedicated the plaza, saying it "represents a new, emerging community"-- one which is more a...
