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Newspapers and civic pride stand or fall together

By Steven T. Jones In his cover essay for this month’s Harper’s Magazine, “Final Edition: Twilight of the American newspaper ,” writer Richard Rodriguez (an editor at New American Media here in SF) describes the demise of newspapers as a...

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SF leaders blew it on taxes

By Steven T. Jones San Francisco missed an important opportunity to pass new taxes yesterday, and it was an opportunity missed because of a lack of political leadership in this city, which failed to put any tax measures on the...

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Same sex marriage in trouble in Maine

By Steven T. Jones The referendum in Maine challenging same-sex marriage is starting to look like it's going to pass, dealing another blow to the national marriage equality movement that San Francisco played such a key role in. It's still...

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SF seeks green power alternatives to PG&E

By Steven T. Jones and Rebecca Bowe With a unanimous vote by the Board of Supervisors today, San Francisco took a big step into the clean energy business, approving the issuance of a Request for Proposals for projects that will...

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SF's bike injunction becomes absurd

By Steven T. Jones The three-year-old injunction against any bicycle-related improvements in San Francisco has gotten downright surreal. There was a court hearing yesterday before Judge Peter Busch, at which city officials and bike advocates hoped the unusually broad injunction...

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The cops are killing SF's public parties

Story and photos by Steven T. Jones Cops immediately shut down the street party outside the Ferry Building... While there are some good things about the engaged style of new Police Chief George Gascon, it’s been a major disappointment to...