As most people who have tried it know: Catching a cab in San Francisco is not simple. There is no centralized dispatch service and far too few taxi stands, and wildly waving one’s arm for taxis on the street is hardly useful — although often good exercise. Read More

“San Francisco DA George Gascón unhappy with cellphone industry approach to thefts,” Local News, Wednesday Read More

They held an election in California’s largest city last week, more or less. Just 16 percent of Los Angeles’ registered voters cast ballots, and neither of the two leading candidates for mayor received even a third of that vote. So City Councilman Eric Garcetti and City Controller Wendy Greuel, each claiming the allegiance of just 4 percent to 5 percent of the city’s voters (and only a couple of percentage points of its 3.8 million residents) will face each other in a May 21 runoff election for the very dubious honor of governing a city that’s flirting with insolvency. Read More

Online advertising is about so much more than pop-up ads and clever image gimmicks in your browser. And it’s not simply a multibillion-dollar industry controlled primarily by large agencies. Take a moment to consider the facts and you will find that it’s the lifeblood of a thriving Internet economy that serves as a growing incubator of talent, innovation and revenue for our larger national economy. Read More