NY TIMES– In 2008, church leaders from Oakland were on the front lines of the campaign to ban same-sex marriage. Two years later, some of those same leaders are surprisingly backing Rebecca Kaplan, a City Council member who would become the first openly gay mayor of a major Bay Area city. A former rabbinical student, Ms. Kaplan makes campaign stops with her … Read More
MEDIA ROOTS- Taxpayers in Sonoma County will pay $2 billion for war spending in Iraq and Afghanistan since 2001, according to the National Priorities Project. Combine those figures with the loss of more than 5,500 American soldiers and countless others abroad, and a line of questioning is likely to arise. For one SRJC political science professor, two questions are necessary … Read More
The Kent State Truth Tribunal visited San Francisco to collect stories from those who witnessed the murder of student protesters on the Kent State campus in Ohio on May 4, 1970. Sabrina Jacobs filed this report on with KPFA – Pacifica Radio, in Berkeley, California. http://www.truthtribunal.org/
KPFA- Mayor Gavin Newsom and other city leaders joined with the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition this afternoon to celebrate the painting of the city’s first new bike lane since the Bike Plan Injunction 4 years ago. The Injunction, lifted by the Superior Court on Friday, was the result of a lawsuit contesting the environmental review of the city’s Bike Plan … Read More
CBS– After weathering the fear of federal prosecution and competition from drug cartels, California’s medical marijuana growers see a new threat to their tenuous existence: the “Wal-Marting” of weed. The Oakland City Council on Tuesday will look at licensing four production plants where pot would be grown, packaged and processed into items ranging from baked goods to body oil. Winning … Read More
