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Local Rabbis Sign on to Middle East Peace Effort
By Aaron Glantz, New America Media
Five Bay Area rabbis are among 60 Jewish clerics nationwide who signed an open letter in support of the newly launched Middle East peace efforts, reports j., Northern California's Jewish weekly. The letter states that the signers support a "peace process...
 

SF Candidates Use Chinese Names on Ballot
By Vivian Po, New America Media
In order to win Chinese-American votes, candidates in San Francisco are putting their "Chinese names" on the November ballot. But it’s not just the Chinese candidates, reports Jane Xiao for the Sing Tao Daily. Candidates are printing their names...
 

Tweeting the Chez Panisse Way (Slideshow)
By Tracey Taylor, Berkeleyside
Last month, Chez Panisse succumbed to social media madness and joined Twitter. But, rather than bombard its 2,431 followers with promotional messages or daily menu updates, the Alice Waters-owned restaurant is playing it cool and tweeting with the understated...
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This Story Pressed Many Buttons
By Katharine Mieszkowski
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As a reporter, I usually prefer to ask the questions myself, thanks, but last Wednesday, I appeared as a guest on “Forum with Michael Krasny,” KQED’s live call-in program. The topic: Planned Parenthood Golden Gate losing its affiliation with the national organization, a change that took effect today, September 3. The organization, which has suffered a financial crisis, is now known as Golden Gate Community Health. I’ve been reporting about the ...

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Log Cabin Ranch Turns a Corner

Infamous San Mateo center for troubled youth is reforming itself, too It almost seems too perfect. A dozen high-level juvenile offenders sit at new computers in an immaculate,
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Latest Advance in Robotics – Folding Towels!

Humans can fold complex origami, but for a UC Berkeley robot, folding laundry is revolutionary In a massive breakthrough, a UC Berkeley scientist has built a robot that can … fold a dish towel. Since
Scott James

Without Cash, Sit/Lie Won’t Share Santa Cruz Program’s Success

Santa Cruz has cut street crime, but only with an investment — one that San Francisco stakeholders aren't willing to make Call it the miracle on Pacific Avenue — witnessed firsthand. In downtown Santa Cruz, a young man
Jonathan Weber

Non-Economic Factors Handicap the Economy

Immigration and high-quality public services are crucial to any economic recovery in the Bay Area San Francisco's chief economist, Ted Egan, gave a pretty downbeat assessment of the region's economic

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An Experiment in Content Categorization: Human Judgment Still Best, For Now

Guest blogger: Zoe Corneli. I’m an online news editor at The Bay Citizen, but I also have a little

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Slideshow: Pics from Craigslist Foundation Boot Camp

Check out our slideshow of pics from the Craigslist Foundation Boot Camp, a daylong workshop help at

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This Story Pressed Many Buttons

As a reporter, I usually prefer to ask the questions myself, thanks, but last Wednesday, I appeared as

Pulse of the Bay

Local Rabbis Sign on to Middle East Peace Effort

Five Bay Area rabbis are among 60 Jewish clerics nationwide who signed an open letter in support of the

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On Paper- [vs] e- Viability

In the last few days I've gotten e-word about 2 large web-portals that will be closing down: 1. The

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