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: San Francisco Sentinel

A GlaxoSmithKline laboratory in Dresden, Germany. With government contracts already signed, worldwide, with pharmaceutical firms like GSK, the WHO s pandemic declaration triggered massive sales of the H1N1 vaccine.Der SpiegelSwine flu kept the world...

topics: activist, campaign, committee, conservative, democrat

aggregated from: San Francisco Sentinel

By Mark DiCamillo and Mervin FieldThe Field PollIn the Republican U.S. Senate contest Congressman Tom Campbell is running ahead of businesswoman Carly Fiorina by six points and leads Assemblyman Chuck DeVore by nineteen points among likely GOP primar...

topics: congressman, democrat, election, primary, race

aggregated from: San Francisco Sentinel

Senator Eric CantorBy Natasha MozgovayaHaaretz Eric Cantor, a leading Republican official in the U.S. House of Representatives, on Monday lashed out at the Obama administration s recent criticism of Israel over its announcement that it would construc...

topics: clinton, committee, congressman, design, fashion

aggregated from: San Francisco Sentinel

US President Barack Obama s Middle East policy has been hesitant and indecisive. Whereas he first demanded a freeze in the construction of Israeli settlements, he has since backed away from that position. This image comes from a visit to Jerusalemi...

topics: camp, campaign, candidate, climate-change, clinton

aggregated from: Beyond Chron

Two years ago, progressives swept the Democratic County Central Committee (DCCC) and then endorsed candidates that helped them keep their majority on the Board of Supervisors. They did this by running a slate that included big-name elected offic...

topics: board-of-supervisors, carole-migden, committee, elected, gavin-newsom

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: 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: San Francisco Sentinel

After dropping out of the gubernatorial race last year, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom is now running for lieutenant governor.Newsom s announcement Friday morning is not a surprise. He filed papers on Feb. 17 with the secretary of state s office, t...

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

aggregated from: San Francisco Sentinel

By Herb KeinonThe Jerusalem PostVice President Joe Biden tried to put the furor over announcement of plans to build 1,600 units in Ramat Shlomo behind him, saying during a speech Thursday at Tel Aviv University that he condemned the move because as a...

topics: housing, obama, san-francisco, senator