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By Sara Bernard on Oct 20 2011 - 10:41am
This just in from Africa: After four decades of rule and brutal war over the past months, Libyan dictator Muammar el-Qaddafi was killed as fighters took over his hometown of Surt, according to the interim government. It's not yet clear how he died, but there is rejoicing throughout Libya......
By Julie Caine on Oct 10 2011 - 7:37pm
In local artist Brett Amory’s “Waiting” series of paintings, isolated figures inhabit washed out, spare landscapes—solitary people waiting at bus stops and crosswalks, on BART platforms or at the airport. It’s an ongoing series, focused on themes of anticipation, distraction, and the culture of...
By Audrey Dilling on Apr 27 2011 - 1:40pm
San Francisco website Change.org is under cyber attack. Pro-government hackers in China have responded to a petition to free detained Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei by bombarding the state repeated visits and messages. The attacks have nearly shut it down…
A state regulator could gain the...
By Casey Miner on Jul 22 2010 - 5:50pm
After a marathon hearing today at which more than 20 people spoke, the BART board gave its final approval to the Oakland Airport Connector project, pending a guarantee of funds from the Port of Oakland. The project stalled earlier this year when it ran afoul of federal civil rights statues and lost...
By Casey Miner on Jun 30 2010 - 3:06pm
Tomorrow is a big day for Bay Area commuters. Tolls on all but one of the seven bridges are going up to $5; on the Bay Bridge, the toll during peak commute hours -- 5am-10am and 3pm-7pm -- will rise to $6. And of course, the days of the free carpool are no more. (KALW covered this a few weeks back...
By Thandisizwe Chimurenga on May 11 2010 - 10:45pm
The May 7 hearing for Johannes Mehserle, the former transit cop who killed Oscar Grant on New Year’s Day of 2009, settled several key issues prior to the beginning of the trial scheduled for June 2010. The waters have been somewhat muddied, however, due to much of the media coverage...
By Thandisizwe Chimurenga on May 11 2010 - 10:41pm
The May 7 hearing for Johannes Mehserle, the former transit cop who killed Oscar Grant on New Year’s Day of 2009, settled several key issues prior to the beginning of the trial scheduled for June 2010. The waters have been somewhat muddied, however, due to much of the media coverage...
By Nathanael Johnson on Feb 18 2010 - 6:10pm
People are justifiably concerned about where all the federal stimulus money is going. Much of that money is borrowed, so it's not just our tax dollars at stake -- our children will be paying the interest on these projects for years to come. And the rush to create jobs increases the odds that bad...
By Martina Castro on Jan 10 2010 - 5:42pm
I was not lucky enough to have witnessed this public improv act first-hand, but if you were at the 16th street/Mission BART station today around 3pm, you probably saw hoardes of half-dressed people board the train at exactly the same time. Coincidence? No, not even in San Francisco does...
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