Over
troubled waters
Jenni Olson's meditative The Joy of Life plunges the S.F.
International Film Festival into a heated bridge debate. By Susan Gerhard
Warm heart, iron will
"She fought hard, but she also laughed and knew how to let her hair down." By Matt Gonzalez
Fighting through cynicism
Remembering Marla Ruzicka as someone who didn't let the warmongers
impede her quest for justice By Camille Taiara
Serving the urban tribe
Native Americans will walk the "red road to recovery"
in S.F.'s new Friendship House. By R.M. Arrieta
Death is no equalizer
Everyone wants to help the families of crime victims ... some
crime victims By A.C. Thompson
It's back!
A pair of reports place public power or at least its close
relative, community-choice aggregation back on S.F.'s agenda By Matthew Hirsch
Campus battlegrounds
Desperate military recruiters and a growing opposition square
off in local schools By Abigail Kramer
Web Exclusive: Upton Sinclair's California Bay Guardian editor and publisher Bruce B. Brugmann talks with Lauren Coodley, editor of The Land of Orange Groves and Jails, a collection of Upton Sinclair's writings.
Journalists under
fire
Press freedom alerts, journalists in high risk zones, digests
from the frontlines of the free press around the globe, and links
to national and international organizations working for press
freedom
Freedom of information
Alerts, news and commentary on sunshine, open government and first
amendment issues. This week from the California First Amendment
Coalition: In an era when anyone with a computer and modem can
publish information that reaches thousands, who
is a "journalist"? The answer matters like never
before.