SF News Six State Parks May Go to Federal Control Temporarily It seems the National Park Service doesn't want to take control of state parks, but will take six of them, including the nearby Angel Island, if Gov. Schwarzenegger's proposal to close 80%, or
SF News <i>Russia Today</i> Has a Chuckle Over CA's Budget Crisis, IOUs In this clip from Russia Today, an English-language news program based in Moscow, the suave and accented anchorman speaks with an American correspondent about the fiscal crisis in California and the "meaningless pieces
SF News Ta-Da: Results of a Very (Un)Special Election Not sure how much this budget-by-ballot blitz just cost us, but with 17% of precincts reporting, five of the six ballot measures in today's special election appear to have failed, with 60%+ of
SF News The (Un)Special Election: What Happens If Everyone Votes 'No' John Myers at KQED's California Report did a report about this very unspecial Special Election we're having today, in which some TBD tiny percentage of the state's population is going to arrive at
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 Schwarzenegger Declares Swine Flu Emergency in California What with the swine flu breaking out in Sacramento, Marin County, and "the possibility that a California man may have died from the disease" (which, actually, wasn't the case) California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger
SF News Your Official California State Worker Layoff Notice "In the face of a $42 billion budget shortfall, and still no budget, measures are needed to preserve the State’s cash." And with that begins the official layoff letter sent out to
SF News Schwarzenegger set to send layoff notices on Tuesday Budget or not, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is all set to send layoff notices (warnings) to 20,000 state workers. According to the Sacramento Bee, "those with the least seniority among the approximately 100,
SF News Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger Recall Underway, Says "Powerful" Union Today the "powerful and well-heeled" correctional officers' union today set their lasers on Schwarzenegger for a recall. Lance Corcoran, spokespeson of the California Correctional Peace Officers Association, says the reason for the recall
SF News Your Gay Marriage Update: Herrera None Too Pleased Dennis Herrera blasted the oddly-titled Campaign for California Families today for their latest, useless court of appeal tactic to get the gays to stop all of this damn marriage nonsense. The CCF, it
SF News Lesbians to Kickoff Same-Sex Weddings The Sapphic set will be the first to get legally married (and, believe us, the first to get legal divorce after divorce after divorce) in San Francisco. Longtime queer activists Del Martin (87)
SF News California Supreme Court Denies Gay Marriage Ruling Delay The 10 attorneys general who has asked the California Supreme Court for a delay in their decision to let the gay marry until after November has been denied. CBS 5 announces that "the
SF News Gay Marriage: Shoved Down Your Hot Throat? it seems like every other hour there's a new same-sex marriage angle on the local news. Today, we have two big homosexual wedded bliss items that Gay Town is eating up. (Oh wait,
misc Call Arnold To Tell Him You Totally Support Gay Marriage, Or Else It seems every queer we've ever come across in our lifetime has clogged your Editor's inbox this weekend with the following urgent request to call Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. It seems we need to
SF News Governor Gavin Newsom? It looks like Mayor Gavin Newsom will take a stab at running for Governor of California in 2010. In addition to the gaggle of Democratic hopefuls looking to succeed Gov. Schwarzenegger after his
SF News Layoffs Greet San Francisco School Teachers Today 535 San Francisco Unified School District teachers will receive layoff notices this morning due to state cuts in education funding. Today's pink slip handouts stem from Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's budget '09, which will
SF News Melanie Morgan Gets the Boot Politically-correct, conservative KSFO talk show host Melanie Morgan annonced yesterday that her contract would not be renewed due to financial issues over at KSFO's corporate parent, Citadel Broadcasting Corp. Co-host of the Lee
SF News Doubling Fines Along 19th Avenue Might Somehow Solve Everything State Senator Leland Yee introduced a bill in the State Legislature this morning that, if passed, would see traffic fines double for violations occurring along the deadly strip of San Francisco road known
misc First Lady Maria Shriver Graces S.F. for WeConnect.net Tonight's event at prestigious UC Hastings law school is history but you might know somebody who could benefit from the issues that were discussed. For example, many San Franciscans don't take advantage of
SF News Speier To Fill Lantos' Seat Making her move at juuust the right time, Jackie Speier is a shoo-in to fill Tom Lantos' seat by April 8 if she gathers a majority of votes in a special, pre-primary election.
misc Day Around the Bay Ed Jew resigns today. [Examiner] Miraculous reservations at French Laundry. [Chowhound] Protecting the Presidio from Don Fisher. [FCJ] Dede, will you buy us this house, then? Come on! [Curbed] Tiger victim claims, " 'We
misc Public Park Closures Needed, Says the Gov Nature lovers will be peeved. Under the budget proposed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger today - dear God, just how did we get here? starting off a sentence like that? - nine local state
Arts & Entertainment Photo du Jour 09 Just because we haven't seen him around these parts of the Internets lately, here's an ancient shot of Gov. (oy) Arnold Schwarzenegger taking some time to curl a dumbbell he found wildfire remains
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Clarify That Butter: Crab Season Begins Update: Gale Force winds and a small craft advisory will keep crabbers fisher(people?) off of the Bay. Clearly, God hates us. Bastard. After the Cosco Busan fuel spill brouhaha, tasty crabmeat and
Arts & Entertainment SFist Photo: Conan the Deployer Visits S.F. Again Arnold stated that "obviously some human error" was involved. It seems there will be more than enough blame to go around after all the recriminations and senate hearings and all. Good thing we