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Playing Chess In the Dark: BART Police and the NYE Killing Fields

Don’t make any hasty judgments. So says BART Police Chief Gary Gee. Bay Area Rapid Transit is our (crappy, inconvenient and overpriced) version of the NYC subway that serves San Francisco, Alameda and Contra Costa counties. If you live in the city of San Francisco you will most likely use MUNI – which is [...]

Update: 4 Suspects Have Been Arrested In Rape Case

Well this would have to be one of the quickest solved rape cases. All four suspects in the gang assault of a lesbian resident of the SF Bay area from December 13th have been taken into custody. One of the suspects turned himself in – and get this – he has a girlfriend. I guess [...]

When Isn’t Rape & Violence About Hate?

Update: the 4 suspects have been apprehended! I had to sit on this story for a while because I found it doubly even triply upsetting. Also it hit so close to home because it occurred just over the bridge in the city of Richmond, CA. This is an area known to be ‘troubled’. Lots of [...]

A California Carol for Our Gov

T’was the day before Xmas and all through the state, disgruntled citizens are sharpening their stakes. Is that Morgan Freeman I hear or a really good impersonator? Yup, it’s him. I am so relieved to know I’m not *crazy* about my outrage over the Governator’s failure to lead. He tried blatant right-wing tactics when [...]

Will Day W/O A Gay Be a Boom or a Bust?

Today is the official “Gay” Strike civic protest for those fighting the passage of Prop 8. Day Without A Gay is the call for action for LGBTs and activists to call in “gay” instead of sick ostensibly to impact the workplace and show how vital a certain population is. The question is, will people use [...]

Do We Create or Regurgitate News As Bloggers?

This ongoing investigation regarding the racist attacks against Dr. Yolanda Pierce at Princeton Seminary begs the question how blogs – especially those hosted by female bloggers with empowerment themes – have evaluated their processes for generating posts and in discussing this. What do we consider newsworthy? Who do we use as sources for stories? Why [...]