aggregated from: CBS Eye on Blogs

Is a Chron writer purposefully obfuscating a political candidates sexual orientation? Bay Area Reporters Weblog asks aloud:San Francisco Chronicle columnist Chip Johnson, who covers the East Bay political scene in his twice weekly columns, turned his...

topics: candidate, elected, mayor, oakland, political

aggregated from: SF Weekly: The Snitch

Mayor Gavin Newsom fired off a mass e-mail this morning that touted his fairly impressive list of endorsements thus far for lieutenant governor. There was just one small problem: United Farm Work... Continue reading Spell Check, Gavin! Ma...

topics: gavin-newsom, mayor

aggregated from: Bay Area Reporter Weblogs

San Francisco Chronicle columnist Chip Johnson, who covers the East Bay political scene in his twice weekly columns, turned his attention today to Oakland City Councilwoman Rebecca Kaplan. As the Bay Area Reporter reported last month, Kaplan is mulli...

topics: bart, campaign, candidate, city-council, elected

aggregated from: Fog City Journal

San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom attached a bronze plaqueto the historic Ambassador Hotel, Wednesday, as part of a new initiativethat creates an historic preservation district in the Tenderloin.Photos by Luke ThomasBy Luke ThomasMarch 12, 2010The lur...

topics: activist, board-of-supervisors, chris-daly, design, development

aggregated from: San Francisco Sentinel

By Se n MartinfieldSentinel Editor and PublisherPhoto by Lynn ImanakaWitness the talent of Cameron Carpenter, who is intent on bringing the organ into the 21st century. Juilliard-trained and Grammy -nominated organist Carpenter mixes musicianship w...

topics: artist, arts, ballet, castro, development

aggregated from: SF FYI Net

Thursday night I attended monthly meeting of the Haight Ashbury Neighborhood Council at The Urban School on Page Street. HANC held a discussion MUNI: As The Crisis Turns . Meeting was chaired by Pi Ra with the following speakers:Irwin Lum - Presiden...

topics: aaron-peskin, board-of-supervisors, campaign, candidate, carmen-chu

aggregated from: Bay Area Reporter Weblogs

The announcement today that San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom is indeed running for lieutenant governor of California is hardly a surprise. It has been clear for weeks that the termed-out Newsom, whose bid to run for governor flamed out last year, was...

topics: aaron-peskin, bevan-dufty, board-of-supervisors, campaign, candidate

aggregated from: Political Blotter

Rolling into this weekend's California Republican Party convention, it seemed this was a much better week for Steve Poizner than for Meg Whitman in the Republican gubernatorial primary. He got endorsements from the California Republican Assembly and ...

topics: alameda, attorney-general, board-of-supervisors, campaign, candidate

aggregated from: SFist

Photo by Tom Andrews/LAist Has California ever seen a race for Lt. Governor that has gotten so much coverage? The race for a practically unknown office is getting its due as San Francisco Mayor and former gubernatorial candidate Gavin Newsom face...

topics: campaign, candidate, city-council, economy, environment

aggregated from: SF Weekly: The Snitch

If you were penning an article for the Chronicle about whether Willie Brown was a viable candidate to serve as San Francisco's interim mayor, you'd think the following quote from Hizzoner himsel... Continue reading Why Does Chron Ignore ...

topics: candidate, mayor, san-francisco