SF News The Willie Brown Bridge Is Moving Forward Despite Growing Opposition, Common Sense Update: Sacramento's collective indifference has chosen to rename the bridge. On Monday, the Senate Transportation and Housing Committee voted 8-1 to move forward with a proposition to rename the western span of the
Arts & Entertainment Video: 'The Widow Norton,' The Documentary Given that today is officially, by city proclamation, a day of remembrance for Jose Sarria, Empress I, the Widow Norton, we bring you this ten-minute clip of a 2006 documentary by Billy Clift
SF News The Willie Brown Bridge Must Be Stopped Since we first mentioned it last month the petition to rename the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge after Emperor Norton I has accumulated roughly 2,800 signatures in support of the effort. The Sacramento-based
misc Today In San Francisco History: The Emperor's Reign Ends On the reeking pavement, in the darkness of a moonless night under the dripping rain, and surrounded by a hastily gathered crowd of wondering strangers, Norton I, by the grace of God, Emperor