A candidate for Superior Court judge accused by her opponents of violating campaigning regulations shot back yesterday, calling for her accusers to come forward with proof of their allegations.Deputy District Attorney Susan Etezadi, who is vying to replace Superior Court Judge John Schwartz in the November election, disputed allegations by opponent Lisa Maguire’s campaign that she used the county’s intra-office mail system to distribute campaign literature.
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By Adam MartinStaff WriterWith two legal victories behind them, officials with the state's stem cell agency Monday began deciding how to distribute more than $3 billion in government funding over the next decade.At the first meeting of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine's Strategic Planning Advisory Committee, a group of institute officials and experts began the process of deciding how to disburse the $300 million per year the state of California has pledged toward stem cell research over the next 10 years.
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Nothing will drive Americans to the polls or politicians into crisis management faster than rising fuel prices.The rhetoric in the nation’s capital over whom to blame or how to deal with soaring gas prices reached a new level of absurdity in the past few days when Senate GOP leader Bill Frist announced his intention to provide taxpayers with a $100 rebate this year. That might get a few Hummer owners a day of relief at the gas pump but won’t help the average consumer grapple with the growing sticker shock.
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California will need an additional 2 million college graduates to fill all its job openings in 2022, a 48 percent increase. And many highly profitable businesses are likely to depart California if they face a shortage of professional, scientific, technical and managerial employees.This warning comes from a new study by the California Business Roundtable and the Campaign for College Opportunity. If existing trends continue, not enough Californians will graduate from college to supply a growing job market that must soon replace millions of well-educated Baby Boomer retirees.
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The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission is preparing to drill more wells between Daly City and San Bruno to provide additional water during a drought or emergency.The SFPUC plans to drill 10 new wells into what is known as the Westside Basin aquiferto get access to the water, a $39 million project budgeted as part of the SFPUC’s Water System Improvement Program. The commission will issue a call for bids at the end of this month for a consultant to plan where the wells should be located, SFPUC project manager Greg Bartow said.
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The number of underground storage tanks leaking pollutants into the county’s groundwater and soil has been slashed by half over the last decade, according to a report released last month.As much as 85 percent of the leaks contaminate the aquifer, which lies 10 to 30 feet below the surface throughout much of the county, said Dean Peterson, county Director of Environmental Health. Typically buried 10 to 15 feet below the ground, the storage tanks are primarily used by fueling stations to store gasoline, he said.
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An estimated 4,000 people turned out to Crissy Field on Sunday afternoon to protest the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Sudan’s Darfur region, joining rallies in Washington, D.C., and cities throughout the U.S.The scale of the killings in Darfur, where more than 180,000 people have died and 2 million been displaced, has drawn international attention.
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The online advertising industry is young and healthy and apparently so are those who work in it. Last week’s ad:tech conference Wednesday through Friday at the Moscone Center overflowed with fresh young faces eager to make their mark in the digital advertising world. Ad:tech did not release the average age of the conference participants but it couldn’t have been over 35.
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San Francisco officials and business executives may be sporting "I ? NY" T-shirts next week after spending five days in The Big Apple. The San Francisco Chamber of Commerce’s eighth annual CityTrip leaves Tuesday for New York City with 48 delegates eager to learn from New York VIPs. CityTrip is essentially a field trip for adults organized by the chamber. The trip is open to anyone who works in San Francisco. Travelers include public officials, nonprofit community leaders and business executives.
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Regardless of what anybody might think of Democratic gubernatorial candidate Phil Angelides’ "soak the rich" tax pronouncements, he deserves some points for at least bringing a controversial issue into a California state campaign, which has become all too rare in this era of play-it-safe electioneering.However, The Examiner disagrees with Angelides that raising taxes on any Californian is a good or even necessary solution for ending the state’s yearly deficit spending and $25 billion debt drain.
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The staff member gunned down inside a Western Addition community center Thursday was a convicted felon who had not cleared a background check, authorities said Friday.Dante White, 22, was shot on the basketball court in the gym at Ella Hill Hutch Community Center while he supervised and played hoops with children.Roughly 45 children were signed into the center, which is often viewed as a safe haven in a neighborhood plagued by gun violence.
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A citywide master plan is underway to make walking an attractive option to San Franciscans and to get people to leave their cars at home.San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency planners Thursday presented their progress as they work to create a citywide Pedestrian Master Plan to guide the city toward more pedestrian-friendly streetsMTA Planning Director William Lieberman said he hopes the plan will help improve pedestrian safety and access for disabled people. "Walking is the glue that binds the city together," he said.
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San Mateo — The San Mateo Union High School District has hired a political consultant to gauge the will of voters to support what would be the second capital-improvement bond measure in the district this decade.District officials have not said they are pursuing a new bond, but signs point in that direction.In January, the district’s board of trustees hired consultant Janis Hahn to create a mailer that showed the accomplishments of Measure D, the $137.5 million bond measure passed in 2000 after two previous bond measures failed.
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Daly City — Northern San Mateo County children will have access to expanded athletic offerings soon with the completion of two new middle school gymnasiums and a new athletic field, school and municipal officials said Thursday.
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Daly City political consultant Margaret "Peg" Collier was sentenced to one year of misdemeanor court probation and 120 hours of community service in San Mateo County Superior Court Thursday after admitting she submitted false invoices to the South County Fire Protection Authority.Collier, 68, could have received up to 30 days in jail and two years probation, but Judge John Runde said he was inclined to give her a lighter sentence because of her "long record of positive community service."
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