In the Mission Today
6 A.M. At daybreak, a raw, damp but surprisingly clear 46°. A single bird tries to get some singing in before the rains start again – expected around noon, though not much and not long.
Once we get past today, it looks like nothing but sun. What’s to hate about that? As previously noted, this week is National Hate Week, so we’ll find something. It’s also National Public Health Week – maybe for that’s why.
Liquid Days Cello Nights
Sick of watching basketball on tv/laptop/phone/tablet? It could have been you, but it’s not; so why not ditch the sweaty boys and girls on the screen and take in cellist Alisa Weilerstein – live at the Capp Street Concert Hall. Hailed as one of her generation’s foremost chambermusicians, Weilerstein has played for the Obummers in the White House and with the Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra in Venezuela .
Sex, Jobs and Public Transportation
So pumped by the news of more jobs, X/Missionaria Rachel Maddow displayed what she called a “Bikini Graph” purporting to show impressive gains racked up under Morgan, Goldman, Geithner and Co. But a piece was missing: even as employment figures rose in March, blacks and latinos lost jobs again. New American Media points to a recent study showing one in five latinos over 45 have lost their jobs in the Great Recession, double the general population, and one third of those who remain have seen their work hours or wages
reduced. Some analysts point to the role that cuts in public services, particularly public transportation, play in fostering unemployment among minorities and youth.
The Protest Bar has been Raised
According to La Opinion, Mexicans are not taking the Great Recession lightly; they are taking to the street. With plenty of cutbacks in services, layoffs and widespread corruption, Mexicans are protesting at what must be a record rate: during the first three months of 2010, there have been over 740 demonstrations in Mexico city, an average of 8.5 a day! True, some profess faith in this or that deity, but it appears most people are plain pissed off.
Una Caja Grande?
Rumor has it another faux Big Box coming our way, possibly to the old Joseph Schmidt site on Folsom. Uggh? Of course, but they say this won’t insult your working class sensibilities; not another Trader Joe’s or Whole Earth, this market, sez the SF Business Times, will be a “mercado.”