Nikki Haley to Keynote San Francisco Republican Party Dinner
South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley will be the keynote speaker Mar. 20 at the San Francisco Republican Party’s annual Lincoln Reagan dinner. Haley – the nation’s first Indian American woman governor – was elected to office in 2010. She announced her bid for re-election last...
Pelosi Challenger John Dennis Has Bigger Goals
Mounting his third straight bid to unseat Democratic House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, John Dennis likes to jest that if he and his fellow San Francisco Republicans were a species, they would be on the endangered list. “If there were so few Republicans in nature...
Punished for politics: viewpoint discrimination
Venezuelan-American actress Maria Conchita Alonso stepped into a firestorm of controversy - and employment law issues - earlier this month agter endorsing Tea Party darling Assemblyman Tim Donnelly for governor of California. Alonso's endorsement took the form of a tongue-in-cheek campaign video in which she...
Free Crack Pipes Urged To Slow Spread Of HIV In SF, Leaders Balk At Idea
Brows were raised and eyes rolled back when needle exchange programs were first implemented to stop the spread of disease. Giving away free and clean syringes to heroin users seemed preposterous to many. Now it is a common practice and almost universally accepted as a...
Sold-Out SALDEF Gala Celebrates Community Achievements
SALDEF held its National Gala “United We Stand” here Oct. 12. Past awardees, government officials, and guests joined supporters from across the country to recognize the progress that the Indian American community makes when it stands together. Fauja Singh, the 102-year old marathon runner from...
Californians protesting cuts to food stamp program
One in seven Americans receives food stamps and on Friday, those benefits will drop. A small protest outside the federal building in Oakland Thursday highlighted a major crisis looming for more than 47 million Americans. They called it a trick-or-treat protest, saying Congress is up...