Posts Tagged ‘News’

San Francisco Airline Memorabilia Show

Tuesday, March 9, 2010 14:49 No Comments

The 12th semiannual “San Francisco Airline Memorabilia Show and Sale” will be held at the Grosvenor Best Western.
Aviation aficionados will be hoping to find advertising paraphernalia, posters, playing cards, timetables, pamphlets, postcards, pins, china, flatware, and glass.
Grosvenor Best Western
380 S. Airport Blvd. South San Francisco.
March 13, 2010
Hours: 9am to 3pm
Admission: $5.
Details: 650-281-4486.
Elsie said that parking [...]

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Education rallies planned today

Thursday, March 4, 2010 13:18 No Comments

This morning, I was greeted by news cameras at my kid’s school. There was a podium set up near the drop off location with people giving speeches about the $18 billion cut in education funding by Sacramento. This was all a lead-in for today’s planned statewide rallies protesting these cuts.
There are many rallies happening throughout [...]

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Boo to the City of Orange!

Tuesday, March 2, 2010 9:46 No Comments

For actually taking to court a couple who is trying to reduce their water consumption.  They tore out their lawn and replaced it with fencing and drought-tolerant plants, but that didn’t appease the city.  Who (because I can’t believe it and I have to repeat it to myself) is now prosecuting them for not having [...]

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Let’s (Vegan Food) Party!

Saturday, February 27, 2010 17:29 No Comments

Bay Area Vegetarians are having a party for vegans. It will be a community event, rather like a potluck.
Where: Pacifica
When: Sun. 2/28 @ 12noon
Location: Sharp Park Library, 104 Hilton Way at Palmetto, Pacifica (15 minutes south of SF)
Parking: Free Lot and Ample Free street parking.
Cost: A vegan dish to share. (a real dish not [...]

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Torture maven John Yoo to appear on KQED Monday

Sunday, February 21, 2010 22:51 No Comments

UC Berkeley law professor and former Bush administration lawyer John Yoo will appear on San Francisco’s KQED radio Monday at 11:06 a.m. on Michael Krasny’s Forum program.
Yoo was one of three lawyers responsible for drafting memoranda to the Bush administration suggesting legal justifications for “enhanced interrogation techniques” to be used on terror suspects. An internal [...]

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