If BART remains idle on Monday morning and the yawning gap of the bay separates you from work, it may be time to pull out the bike. We’ve run an experiment on how long the journey will take you and what you will see.
Soon after Dorothy M. Atkins moved to the Bay Area, she met an artist painting a heroin-themed scene in one of the Mission’s mural alleys. The artist explained that despite the city’s high number of drug users, it lacks an effective needle exchange program. Dorothy hopes to explore the complexity of such policies and their impact on the Mission through her political reporting.
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Greedy unions are just as bad as the tea-baggers in congress — holding us all hostage while making unreasonable demands. They suck. Who knew that unions and the tea-party were just like each other.
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