San Francisco is a global center of finance, so it's no coincidence that a major class action lawsuit filed against some of the world's biggest private equity groups is targeting firms headquartered in the Bay…
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The Eel River Recovery Project (ERRP) has documented what it calls “the salmon run of a lifetime” in the lower Eel River, counting over 10,000 Chinook salmon drawn upstream as rainfall boosted flows. About 5,000…
It is important to note that privatization initiatives are NOT restricted to turning operations of parks over to for profit companies. Privatization also occurs whenever park fees (such as parking, day use, camping, boat launch…
First, an apology: At the end of a heated exchange with California State Parks Foundation President, Elizabeth Goldstein, I said under my breath, “I’ll get you.” I should have realized that the phone connection was…
The SF Giants defeated the Cincinnati Reds, 3-2 in the Divisional 5 game series last week. Interestingly, the Giants lost the first two games at home and then won all three games on the road.…
Trim, white-haired Tom Hayden gave a talk at the NORML conference in Los Angeles last week. NORML is the National Organization to Reform the Marijuana Laws. It was founded in 1970 by Keith Stroup, who…
It was 520 years ago this week that a lost Italian seaman flying the Spanish flag washed ashore on the Bahama Islands, three-quarters of a world away from where he thought he was, and became…