Jerry Brown
By Audrey Dilling on Jan 20 2011 - 1:20pm
Schools around the state are trying to figure out how to implement a controversial new law this week. The ‘parent trigger’ law, passed last year, allows parents to swoop in and demand changes if their children’s schools aren’t up to snuff. They can call for teachers to be fired, force the...
By Crosscurrents Producer on Jan 18 2011 - 5:35pm
KUSF goes off the airwaves, Jerry Brown's poposed budget solutions, digitizing health records, the online virtual socializing game SFZero, reshaping the aging brain, and local musician The Family Crest.
By Crosscurrents Producer on Jan 18 2011 - 5:26pm
Governor Jerry Brown is talking up his proposed budget around the state. It’s a compromise proposal, including more than $12 billion in cuts to state-funded programs and an extension of taxes – currently due to expire this summer – that would bring in more than $12 billion in revenue. The governor...
By R.M. Arrieta on Jan 18 2011 - 5:03pm
Cuentos Inmigrantes is a weekly collection of immigration news and views from there to here and back
John Ross, prolific journalist, poet, and activist died Monday in the village of Tepizo, in the western state of Michoacan, Mexico where he lived on and off for the past 50 years in between his...
By Judy Silber on Jan 13 2011 - 5:27pm
Federally subsidized school lunches may soon become a lot healthier. featuring more whole grains, fruits and vegetables and way less salt. The Agriculture Department put forward a proposal on Thursday that would cut sodium levels in half, and limit servings of starchy vegetables to one cup per week...
By Casey Miner on Jan 12 2011 - 4:29pm
Find out what’s moving and shaking in the world of planes, trains and automobiles in this check-in with transportation reporter Casey Miner.
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BEN TREFNY: We’re joined now by transportation reporter Casey Miner for a look at what’s going on with...
By Audrey Dilling on Jan 12 2011 - 1:51pm
San Francisco made history today by opening the country’s first lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender history museum. It’s three doors down from Harvey’s and houses memorabilia from that restaurant’s namesake, California’s first openly gay politician Harvey Milk…
A current California politician,...
By Casey Miner on Jan 11 2011 - 12:28pm
Governor Jerry Brown’s budget proposal is devastating to many services across the state. But it would bring funding for transportation back to about what it was last year – and on balance, transportation advocates say that’s all they could ask for.
“We don’t love it, but it sets a baseline,” said...
By Audrey Dilling on Jan 5 2011 - 3:11pm
Two of California's more controversial ballot propositions are populating headlines. Federal judges rejected a requestby Proposition 8 proponents to defend the gay marriage ban in court; meanwhile, Governor Jerry Brown promised to tackle problematic Proposition 13…
San Francisco legislation is...
By Max Jacobs on Jan 4 2011 - 12:07pm
It’s one day into Governor Jerry Brown’s term and Californians already have plenty to grumble about. The California Department of Fish and Game implemented a new touch screen computer system for same-day fishing license registration. The only problem is that fishermen must buy the expensive...
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