aggregated from: San Francisco Sentinel

The city of Kassel in the German state of Hesse has issued a ban on the display of an Israeli flag at an information stand planned on Saturday by the group Alliance Against Anti-Semitism (AAAS).According to a report Friday on the Web site of German n...

topics: book, demonstrators, political, san-francisco

aggregated from: San Francisco Sentinel

By Peter HendersonReutersThe California governor s race is on track to be the most expensive nonpresidential election in U.S. history, sparking a debate over money and influence that could become the campaign s defining issue.Republican front-runner ...

topics: attorney-general, business, camp, campaign, candidate

aggregated from: Civic Center

On Wednesday the 17th, protestors assembled at noon in front of the California Public Utilities Commission building at the corner of Van Ness and McAllister.This was in anticipation of a public hearing that afternoon about Pacific Gas & Electric Corp...

topics: fashion, mayor, political, politician, protestors

aggregated from: Civic Center

On Wednesday the 17th, protestors assembled at noon in front of the California Public Utilities Commission building at the corner of Van Ness and McAllister.This was in anticipation of a public hearing that afternoon about Pacific Gas & Electric Corp...

topics: fashion, mayor, political, politician, protestors

aggregated from: San Francisco Sentinel

The AtlanticOn a typical Saturday in spring, members of the House of Representatives would be home in their districts, spending elusive time with families, and meeting with aides to prepare for their summer reelection races.Not today.Instead, the Hou...

topics: committee, democrats, health-care, nancy-pelosi, obama

aggregated from: Political Blotter

Those internal memos leaked by campaigns, ostensibly to give a glimpse of strategic discussions among top operatives, are beginning to take on the look of glorified press releases. Take the one that Meg Whitman s campaign sent to Jon Fleischman o...

topics: attorney-general, campaign, candidate, conservative, democrats

aggregated from: Bay Area Reporter Weblogs

During a recent appearance in San Francisco gay former Dutch Member of Parliament Boris O. Dittrich told the Bay Area Reporter that for many people in the Netherlands, which has allowed gay soldiers to serve openly for years, the current fight over t...

topics: political, san-francisco

aggregated from: San Francisco Sentinel

By Paul LungenThe Canadian Jewish NewsDiaspora Jews are calling on the government of Israel to kill a bill they say would strengthen haredi Judaism at the expense of other Judaic streams and widen the gap between them and Israelis. The bill now befor...

topics: campaign, committee, conservative, government, liberal

aggregated from: SF FYI Net

March 20, 2010 - SaturdayFirst day of spring*Labor's Stake in ending the warsWhen: March 20, 3010 - Saturday10 a.m. to noonWhere: Plumbers Hall, 1621 Market Street (near Franklin Street) San FranciscoWhat: Why are we in Afghanistan? US. involvement i...

topics: aaron-peskin, attorney-general, bayview, campaign, candidate

aggregated from: Beyond Chron

So much hype surrounds art openings these days that truly momentous exhibitions can be unfairly bunched with far less stellar shows. Let's hope this fate does not befall the Berkeley Art Museum's newly opened, What's It All Mean: William T. Wiley ...

topics: berkeley, political