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SFist Interviews Gabriela Lena Frank

Published Oct. 30, 2009 at 7:01 p.m.
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Your compositions Jungle Jaunt and the Mestizo Waltz from the Three Latin American Dances are being performed as part of the San Francisco Symphony's Dia de los Muertos Family Concert this Sunday. Was your orchestral work designed for a family purpose? ... The work was actually designed for everyone to enjoy -- adults and children alike ... It's a very colorful work with sounds traveling around the orchestra quickly, and there are many things that keep coming back, such as the opening

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Bag Lady: PACT Underwear

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Published Oct. 29, 2009 at 7:00 p.m.
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SFist: What is PACT? ... PACT: We're an online apparel company offering design-driven, responsibly manufactured, premium organic cotton underwear connected to powerful social and environmental causes. At PACT, the motto is “change starts with your underwear.” The purchase of PACT underwear is more than a transaction. It turns commerce into a social movement, in support of the belief that everyday essentials communicate personal values ... SF: In your words, what do you sell? ... PT: The best

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14 Arrested During UC Regent Protest at Mission Bay Campus

Published Sept. 16, 2009 at 4:30 p.m.
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Skyler Reid/Daily Cal ... It has begun. Today, a day after a mass walkout was planned for the UC system, 14 protesters were arrested "after they briefly shut down a regents meeting this morning in San Francisco where a proposed tuition hike was being discussed," reports SFGate ... "Whose university? Our university! "Lay off Yudof!" was the chant students, faculty and other assorted staff members yelled at the UCSF's Mission Bay campus. (Yudof was none too please. One of his Twitter messages

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CSU fee hike may be halted, but not right now

Published Aug. 31, 2009 at 6:50 p.m.
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A San Francisco judge refused Monday to stop California State University from raising student fees by 20 percent to help offset losses in state funding, but said students at some campuses may eventually get refunds. Superior Court Judge Peter Busch denied a ...

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Lombard To Turn Into Giant Candyland Game

Published Aug. 17, 2009 at 12:33 p.m.
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In honor of the board game's 60th anniversary, San Francisco's Lombard Street will get a sweet makeover on Wednesday. (Heh.) The crooked street will transform into a giant Candyland board ... According to SF Appeal, "The street will be closed to traffic as children from the University of California, San Francisco Children's Hospital participate in the game as colored game pieces and interact with life-sized game characters, according to organizers." (Why do only children get to play?! Bah.

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California Health Department Issues Penality to UCSF

Published May 20, 2009 at 12:41 p.m.
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The California Department of Public Health announced today that 13 California hospitals were slammed with "administrative penalties of $25,000 per violation" due to said hospitals failed to comply with licensing requirements that caused serious injury or death to patients. According to a CDPH report, the University of California, San Francisco Medical Centerwas fined after "[t]he hospital failed to ensure the safety of a patient by not establishing a safe and effective system for the

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A Sea Change Documentary at SF Int'l Film Festival Saturday

Published April 20, 2009 at 11:53 a.m.
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A Sea Change is the first documentary about ocean acidification, "the underbelly of climate change, a little-known but potentially devastating threat to ocean life." The film is making its West Coast premiere at the San Francisco International Film Festival this Saturday ... A Sea Change follows grandfather and environmentalist Sven Huseby as he travels from upstate New York and California to Alaska and Norway to interview scientists, professors, fishermen, entrepreneurs, journalists and

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