June 22, 2010, volume 1
On June 22, the Public Press printed a pilot newspaper! It’s 28 pages, with two sections, three investigative reports, a full-page graphic novel and 50 other articles by our staff and an array of public media and civic organizations, including KALW, KQED, Commonwealth Club, World Affairs Council, California Watch and Consumers Union. Buy a copy at one of 35 retail locations ($2). Or mail-order a paper via PayPal ($5). Read select articles from the print edition.
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 Front page
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  Page 2, 3 and 4
Mid-Market Mogul
Reforms aim at saving shelter beds
Muni drivers try to shift the bulls-eye
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  Page 5
Run down? Pay up - a list of San Francisco blighted properties
University of California invests $53 million in two diploma mills owned by a regent
Texas Oil Company pumps more cash into delay of global warming law by Timothy Sandoval of California Watch
Mental health budget takes a hit by Heather Smith of Mission Loc@l
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  Page 6 and 7
Athletes vie with birds in Golden Gate Park's environmental turf war
S.F. Pride at 40 by Tehea Robie of Oakland Local
‘Queer the census’ efforts building in 2020... coming soon
New crackdown checks fake ID vending by Rosa Ramirez of KALW news
Why I'm worried about this census by Stephen Robert Morse of MyTwoCensus.com
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 Page 8 and 9
HIV, AIDS gap widens between blacks and other ethnic groups in East Bay
Ask an environmentalist... coming soon
Bayview sewer plant raises billion-dollar question... coming soon
Berkeley scientists’ next green energy alternative: stomach bug to biofuel... coming soon
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  Page 10 and 11
Getting schooled in ‘post-racial’ America
Journalist spins riveting tale of murder and intrigue along the California coast
Playwright Octavio Solis: ‘shake these people up’
Amid budget cuts and institutional neglect, San Quentin’s art education volunteers keep working
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What if? By David Iverson and Peter Borg of KQED
Stranded: One man’s fight to re-establish safe haven for Haitian street kids
Gulf spill puts conservation in spotlight. Excerpts from the Commonwealth Club panel discussion.
Of course banks resist reform, MIT professor says
News you might have missed from newsdesk.org
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In central San Francisco, ultra-cheap dining by Tom Carter of Central City Extra
At Amybelle’s Wash & Dry, clean your clothes and work history
Neighborhoods: What’s up where. A selection of stories from the San Francisco Neighborhood Newspaper Association.
Like the neighborhood, homeless slow to waken on 6th Street.
Education cuts hit poorest schools by Mayra Martinez of Newswire21.
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Better ways to measure tough times by Annette Fuentes and Aaron Glantz from New America Media
Socially responsible outsourcing’ takes tech jobs to developing world
Cheap phone calls hang in the balance in tug-of-war between FCC, cable giants
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Macy’s sells rubies ‘filled’ with glass
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 Page 20
Sit, lie, get deported?
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       Special Report: Treasure Island
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