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By Crosscurrents Producer on October 17, 2011 - 11:48am
Exactly 22 years ago at 5:04pm, the Loma Prieta earthquake hit San Francisco. Maybe you remember what it was like when the shaking started, right before Game 3 of that year’s World Series, between the San Francisco Giants and the Oakland A’s. We all know that another quake could strike the Bay Area...
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By Nina Morente on Dec 14 2011 - 10:42am
Occupy protesters contributed to a loss of $4-8 million for the Port of Oakland last Monday after attempting to shut down shipping activity. The port generates about $8.5 million per day, and the losses could cause a ripple effect in companies around the world... PG&E is finally...
Connecting the Dots
By Alexandra Muller on Dec 13 2011 - 10:46am
Newly-elected mayor Ed Lee wants to eliminate homelessness in San Francisco, and he says the magic number to do it is three million -- dollars, that is. $500,000 of those dollars come from a Dave Matthews Band fundraising concert in 2005... 65% of California adults support Governor Jerry Brown's...
By Nina Morente on Dec 12 2011 - 8:32am
Today, Occupy L.A. will form a picket line at the Port of Long Beach. It's a decision influenced by the Occupy Oakland movement which managed to shut down the Port of Oakland in November. The day of action is not supported by the International Longshore and Warehouse Union, though there are similar...
Connecting the Dots
By Joaquin Palomino on Dec 7 2011 - 9:43am
Early this morning police took down San Francisco’s Occupy encampment – the last large Occupy camp in the Bay Area. Seventy people were arrested, a few on felony charges of assaulting an officer… Meanwhile, anti-tax groups filed a ballot measure today in response to...
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