After several months of work, the mural at 1100 Broadway in downtown Oakland is finished.  The work of Oakland artist Rocky Rische-Baird, ...

Republicans tanking ratings - Real Clear Politics : “Republicans in Congress have a lower approval rating than President Bush, according to ...

Liza Zimmerman, my friend who's based in San Francisco and locally  known as " Liza The WIne Chic " just sent this email: D...

Iraq shoe-throwing supporters unite Worldwide - Inside Bay Area : “Anti-war activists from the group Code Pink marched at a Marine recruitin...

Back when I had more time on my hands I was a daily consumer of the blog of law professor Larry Lessig . Lessig's known for his path-br...

OPEC move will raise oil prices From AP and AJC: “ORAN, Algeria — OPEC on Wednesday agreed to slash a record 2.2 million barrels from its d...

More local fallout from Madoff collapse From SFGate: “With reference to the unfolding $50 billion alleged Ponzi scheme perpetrated by Berna...

Nation's first face transplant done in Cleveland | ajc.com From AP and AJC : “CLEVELAND — A woman so horribly disfigured she was willin...

  President-elect Barack H. Obama has been named Time magazine's "Person of the Year" for 2008. The magazine has named Treas...

I got an email that was supposedly from Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr's Chief of Staff Kenneth A. Edmonds. In checking online to learn mo...

Report: Small online news sites more proven than large ones » VentureBeat : “The report uses long tail economics to show how small sites can...

Apple Announces Its Last Year at Macworld From Apple's website: “CUPERTINO, California—December 16, 2008—Apple® today announced that thi...