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By Jude Joffe-Block on Feb 3 2010 - 3:02pm
Today, we’re bringing you the final installment in our three-part series about immigration court. In the first two reports, we heard about how immigrants’ need for free legal services exceeds what local non profits can provide. And even those who can afford to hire private attorneys sometimes fall...
By Rebecca Solnit on Jan 24 2010 - 10:00am
Just before Haiti was devastated by the most powerful earthquake to hit the island in more than 200 years, when, that is, it was only devastated by the hemisphere’s worst poverty, there were but one or two full-time foreign correspondents in the country. No longer....
By Martina Castro on Jan 10 2010 - 5:42pm
I was not lucky enough to have witnessed this public improv act first-hand, but if you were at the 16th street/Mission BART station today around 3pm, you probably saw hoardes of half-dressed people board the train at exactly the same time. Coincidence? No, not even in San Francisco does...
By Hana Baba on Oct 12 2009 - 4:45pm
Area parks have been hit hard by funding cuts this year. In San Jose, the most recent budget at the Parks, Recreation and Neighborhood Services Department eliminated 10 management positions. That’s because the City government cut its parks budget by 12 million dollars. This new reality has...
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