SF News Modern Times Books Needs Your Help Modern Times Books, the Valencia Street bookstore that carries a wide variety of new and used books on "globalization, politics and media, as well as an array of graphic novels, fiction, and criticism"
SF News Unemployed Homeowners to Receive Federal Aid According to Associated Press, "The Obama administration is providing $3 billion to unemployed homeowners facing foreclosure in the nation's toughest job markets with the largest chunk coming to California." The Golden State will
misc Seven Bay Area Planned Parenthoods Lose Name We mentioned this briefly in yesterday's Day Around the Bay, but a whopping seven Bay Area Planned Parenthoods will lose their name. Citing fiscal and administrative problems, SFGate reports that, while the clinics
SF News Need a Little Extra Money? Grow Pot. Young, twentysomething Californians with advanced degrees are figuring out what Nancy Botwin has known since her husband died: growing and selling marijuana on the black market in a down economy is a swell
SF News Target Community Meeting Held "If they don't approve the Target, my wife might go on a killing spree," jokes @laughinghyena13. "Watch out SF!" This is the whimsical sentiment of many San Franciscans who, bombarded with tasty-yet-pricey artisan
SF News Viz Media Snips Staff Viz Media, one of the biggest publishers of creepy manga in the U.S., pruned some of its staff on Wednesday. Publishers Weekly reports that "as many as 55 people were laid off
misc Don't Forget to File a Schedule M With Your Taxes! Heard about that new Schedule M form that will give you a $400 break on your taxes if you qualify? Neither had we, but luckily CBS Money Watch posted a reminder today. Single-payers
SF News Air America Media, Green 960 Affiliate, To Close Rich Lieberman has word that Air America Media, affiliate to the eco-tinged Green 960, will shutdown operations immediately. "Air America Media CEO Charlie Kireker tells staff the liberal radio network will cease live
SF News State Correctional Officers' Furloughs Illegal, Judge Rules California prison guards forced to take unpaid leave days came out victorious today as an Alameda Superior Court judge ruled the furloughs illegal, SacBee reports. In their March court filing, the California Correctional
misc City to Launch Pay Day Loan Service Today Are you a poor who has a hard time stretching your American dollars from paycheck to paycheck? Have you been forced to run out of your hip Mission pad to stand in a
SF News Students, Workers Strike Against the Economy Affecting UC Bubble Your Kaja Silvermans and Teresa De Laurentises aren't going to save you now, UC ilk. The economy knows no bounds, it knows no AP scores, it known no misguided acceptance of one's own
SF News Sun Microsystems Cutting Up To 3,000 Jobs Over the next year, and due to Oracle's takeover, Sun Microsystems plans on eradicating over 3,000 jobs. According to CBS 5/BCN, "They are the latest in a series of job cuts
SF News Hiring & Company Perks Are Back, Says Google Heads In a sign that the recession might -- might! -- be over, Google CEO Eric Schmidy and the lovely/talented/benevolent Sergey Brin told reports this morning that the company is partying like
SF News Jesse Jackson Scheduled to Attend Foreclosure Rally at Noon Today A prayer vigil and rally is scheduled to begin at noon at the Federal Reserve at 101 Market St. today, calling for solutions to widespread foreclosures. Rev. Jesse Jackson, who is currently on
misc Depressing Empty Union Street Storefront Collage Curbed featured this photo montage sent in by reader Ben of storefronts that are empty or for lease along Union Street from Gough to Fillmore. Check out the larger version.
SF News Schwarzenegger Signs Budget, Adds More Cuts That Are Expected to Close 100 State Parks Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger finally signed California's budget today, making additional cuts to fill a $1.1 billion gap left by legislators in their approved package. An additional $6.2 million was cut from
SF News Calif. Jobless Rate Breaks Record In some not-so-cheery Friday news, California's unemployment rate skyrocketed to 11.5 percent in May, making it "the highest in modern record-keeping," according to the U.S. Department of Labor. NBC Bay Area
SF News Gay Marriage Will Benefit Ailing Economy Gay marriage as an attack on small businesses? Because said small businesses would have to pay healthcare? Not even close, Michael Steel, chairperson of the Republican National Committee. That is a lie. What
SF News Layoff 5,000 State Workers By Friday, Says Schwarzenegger Sad news, California state employees. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has asked his administration to "send 5,000 layoff notices to state workers Friday," according to an unnamed source close to Arnold's budget plan. The
SF News Sign of the Times: Print Publishing Where The Onion used to be on Cortland in Bernal Heights. The Onion, as SFist pointed out last week, ceased print editions in San Francisco and Los Angeles.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink San Francisco's Nonstaurant Trend, Where to Find One Near You Lessley Anderson (senior editor at CHOW and our former colleague back in the day) sent us this map denoting the sports where you can find the current "nonstaurant" trend in the Bay Area.
SF News MyOpenBar.com to Shutdown SF, LA Operations This post will be the most difficult one your editor has had to write. We type these words as we head to the Golden Gate Bridge, ready to jump over the railing, prepared
SF News 'Time for Debate' On Legal Marijuana, Says Schwarzenegger While not all out advocating the legalization of marijuana, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger said it's time for California to "study whether to legalize and tax marijuana for recreational use." today, according to the Sacramento
SF News Techies File For Bankruptcy, Too Area bankruptcy filings have gone up 50% in the first quarter of 2009, compared to last year, the San Jose Mercury News reports. Records at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in San Jose
SF News Help One Woman and Her Family Find a Home While Gavin Newsom tours California to tout his successes as mayor of San Francisco -- not to mention spending the weekend at the insider-baseball-y Democratic Convention in Sacramento, along with practically every other
