Casey Miner's blog

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  plan to raise sales and income taxes on people that earn over $250,000 a year...

Police raided the Occupy Oakland encampment early this morning. Rubber bullets, flash grenades, and shoves in the face are reportedly what many protesters received as a wake up call..

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San Francisco boasts a wealth of talented writers, at least one of whom writes children's books. The thing I really love about Daniel Handler – a.k.a. Lemony Snicket – is his gift for taking complicated subjects and simplifying them in an entertaining way, so children (and adults, for that matter) can understand. That skill, and a tremendous wit, are what drive the popularity of "A Series of Unfortunate Events," Snicket's dark chronology of the fictional Baudelaire children.

Should civil unions in one state have standing in another? A court in Indiana may decide that question soon: A woman from Illinois is suing for damages following the death of her partner due to a stage collapse at an outdoor concert...

Simple yet effective. Photo by Max Jacobs.

Buried Treasure is the Crosscurrents staff blog, showcasing our daily favorites: headlines, radio stories, internet errata, and anything else we come across and think is cool.

The September 2nd arrest on embezzlement charges of campaign treasurer Kinde Durkee has Democrats feeling strapped for cash as they prepare to ramp up their political campaigns for 2012. This scandal could put candidates at a serious disadvantage as they scramble to raise funds…

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Buried Treasure is the Crosscurrents staff blog, showcasing our daily favorites: headlines, radio stories, internet errata, and anything else we come across and think is cool. Today's post is by transpo editor Casey Miner. Enjoy!

This interview between Maurice Sendak and Terry Gross brought me to tears. Sending this out to anyone who's ever been in love with the world... or just wanted to write a poem about a nose.

The head of California Common Cause has said that a Republican-backed referendum to overturn new Senate districts is the work of "partisan insiders." Those insiders, he says, are attacking a plan that reflects the will of voters who approved an independent redistricting process...