SF News Day Around the Bay: Maya Angelou Monument Unveiled at SF Public Library Some very gross illegal vending problems are plaguing Chinatown; a Fremont teen won a national award for the best mullet haircut in the US; and the long-awaited Dr. Maya Angelou monument was unveiled at the SF Public Library Main Branch.
SF News U.S. Mint Now Rolling Out Quarters That Have Maya Angelou On Them Change is coming, as Maya Angelou is now officially the first Black woman to be featured on a U.S. quarter, and the first batch of her 25-cent pieces rolled out of the U.S. Mint Monday.
Arts & Entertainment Previously Selected Maya Angelou Monument Reinstated, Planned For Civic Center Installation A tedious battle at City Hall over the selection of an appropriate monument to poet, author, and onetime San Francisco resident Maya Angelou has seemingly been resolved, and a monument that was selected by committee over a year ago and then rejected has been reinstated.
SF News Op-Ed: Changing Dispatching Practices In Law Enforcement Can Save Lives The decision of when and how to dispatch patrol officers is critical and has proven itself to be the trigger of a chain of events that all too often can lead to a tragic outcome.
SF News Entire Board of Supervisors Wants To Rename Justin Herman Plaza There is not much suspense to this afternoon’s San Francisco Board of Supervisors Land Use and Transportation Committee vote on whether to rename the Embarcadero’s Justin Herman Plaza. Considering that every
Arts & Entertainment Watch The Trailer For This Maya Angelou Documentary That Premieres Tonight On KQED A documentary that's been on the festival circuit but hasn't yet premiered to the general public, Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise might, as the New York Times points out, "seem redundant to
SF News Pilloried By Fox News For Proposal To Rename SF Schools, Board Of Ed President Backs Down Pretty much immediately after new-ish Board of Education President Matt Haney, who is also running for re-election in November, floated the idea of re-naming local schools in San Francisco for local figures of
SF News Video: Maya Angelou Memorialized In Public Service In San Francisco In her will, Dr. Maya Angelou had requested that her public memorial service be held at a church, and in a city, that she loved: Glide Memorial in San Francisco. The service happened
SF News How Maya Angelou Became San Francisco's First African-American Female Streetcar Conductor In 1944, at the age of 16, Maya Angelou walked into Muni's personnel department to ask for an application to become a streetcar conductor. She had moved to San Francisco from St. Louis
misc Kenneth Eng Around The Web Also: why did the Chronicle's editorial page call him "Richard" Eng in the hard copy of the paper (corrected online)? At least Bad Reporter got Eng's name right. --- Okay, okay, we know
SF News American Football Spectacular: Fleeing Father Time, The Police, And Derrick Burgess * Green Bay vs. San Francisco Sunday, December 10, 2006. 1:15 PM, PST. Week 14 The Battle Of Brett's Retirement Tour It doesn't matter that QB Brett Favre is a hero, plays like
