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CIVICS FREE LIFELONG LEARNING CLASSES MAY BE VICTIM OF CITY COLLEGE OF SAN FRANCISCO’S BUDGET WOES PAGE A3
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HOW PG&E USES DEFERRED MAINTENANCE TO PICK YOUR POCKETS, WITH STATE HELP
David Cay Johnston: Utility asks for rate hike to replace power poles — on a leisurely 346-year cycle PAGE B8
WINTER 2012-2013
MEGA INDEX
FOOD BANK RELYING ON LOCAL DONORS AFTER MISSING OUT ON FEDERAL FUNDS PAGE A3 ASIAN-AMERICANS ARE FLEXING POLITICAL MUSCLE LIKE NEVER BEFORE BY SEEKING ELECTIVE OFFICE PAGE A4 NOT ALL THINK LOSING A PARKING LOT FOR A PARK WOULD BE A GOOD SWAP PAGE A4
BRACING FOR THE BIG ONE: A SPECIAL REPORT
EARTHQUAKE RETROFIT DELAYS LEAVE THOUSANDS AT RISK
It will take at least seven years to secure older wood buildings dangerously p perched above windows or ggarages. g Meanwhile,, offi fficials aren’t anxious to say where tthey hey all are. PAGE PAGES G S B1-B5
CROSSWORD PUZZLE PAGE A4
STREET THE CURTAIN IS GOING UP ON A NEW PLAN TO REVAMP LONG-DERELICT ALEXANDRIA THEATER INTO SHOPS, APARTMENTS PAGE A5 FRUSTRATION OVER SAN FRANCISCO TAXICABS AND TRANSIT OPTIONS GIVING A BOOST TO LOCAL RIDESHARING PAGE A5
GREEN YOU CAN FILL UP YOUR GAS TANK IN THE BAY AREA WITH FUEL MADE FROM ALGAE — BUT SHOULD YOU? PAGE A7
HANDS-ON WORK REQUIRED FOR SAN FRANCISCO’S GOAL — KEEPING GARBAGE OUT OF LANDFILLS PAGE A8
PARKING LOT TO BECOME POCKET PARK, BUT NOT QUIETLY IN THE MISSION
NEW NETWORK OF SENSORS QUANTIFIES THE AMOUNT OF GREENHOUSE GASES IN THE ATMOSPHERE PAGE A8
BRACING FOR THE BIG ONE SAN FRANCISCO LAGS BEHIND OTHER CITIES IN PURSUING EARTHQUAKE RETROFITS FOR CERTAIN BUILDINGS PAGE B1
PROPERTY OWNERS JOCKEY FOR LAST PLACE IN RETROFIT ORDER B5
GAINING CLOUT, MORE ASIANS RUN FOR OFFICE
‘Lifelong learning’ could wither PAGE A3
RESTORED MARSHY AREAS NEAR HUNTERS POINT NOW PROVIDING HABITAT FOR PLANTS AND ANIMALS PAGE A7
IS YOUR HOME ON CITY’S LIST OF POTENTIAL PROBLEM STRUCTURES? PAGE B4
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CITY COLLEGE WEIGHS COST OF FREE CLASSES
PHOTO ESSAY: HOMELESS PEOPLE CARVE OUT SPACES OF THEIR OWN PAGE A6
WHAT SHOULD YOU HAVE IN YOUR EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS KIT? PAGE B3
Freed from Iran, seeing parallels
New voters boosted Democrats PAGE A4
HOMELESS PEOPLE IN SAN FRANCISCO SPEAK OUT ABOUT CHALLENGES THEY FACE DAILY AND CITY POLICY PAGE A5
WHAT KINDS OF BUILDINGS ARE AT RISK, AND WHY PAGE B2
CALIFORNIA’S SOLITARY CELLS UNIMAGINABLE
SEPARATING YOUR TRASH FROM RECYCLING: MESSY
Neighborhood activists rejoice, as merchants say car hatred goes too far PAGE A4
D.A. TO EXAMINE RECORD ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
Gascón troubled by low prosecution rate compared with other Bay Area counties PAGE B6
City pays workers $20 an hour to do dirty work PAGE A8
JUSTICE JOURNALIST SHANE BAUER, WHO SPENT MONTHS IN SOLITARY CONFINEMENT IN IRAN, DECRIES CALIFORNIA’S VERSION PAGE B6 SAN FRANCISCO DISTRICT ATTORNEY TO RE-EXAMINE CITY’S LOW RATE OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PROSECUTIONS PAGE B6 NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS: TIMID AUTO BURGLARY VICTIMS; RISING PARCEL THEFTS; AN OVERNIGHT PARKING BAN PAGE B6 POLICE TOLD THAT ALL RESIDENTS, INCLUDING THOSE IN SRO HOTELS, HAVE SAME PRIVACY RIGHTS PAGE B7 CIVIL LIBERTIES GROUPS CONCERNED ABOUT WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY THAT CAN DETERMINE USERS’ WHEREABOUTS PAGE B7
ECONOMY PULITZER PRIZE–WINNING REPORTER DAVID CAY JOHNSTON: HOW THE STATE IS HELPING PG&E INCREASE ITS PROFITS PAGE B8
NEIGHBORHOOD SENSORS MAP CARBON DIOXIDE
Berkeley researchers measure local greenhouse emissions, fight climate change PAGE A8
RESIDENTIAL HOTELS CAN’T JUST LET POLICE IN
Deadly 2010 confrontation leads to new rules affirming right to privacy PAGE B7
HOMELESS MAKE OWN ARCHITECTURE IN MARGINS
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Photo essay: Life on the street requires wits, design sense PAGE A6 S F P P