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3-Minute Interview: Edward Reiskin
- The director of the Department of Public Works has more than 17 years of experience in the private, academic, nonprofit and public sectors.
- The director of the Department of Public Works has more than 17 years of experience in the private, academic, nonprofit and public sectors.
3-Minute Interview: Jan Null
- The California Highway Patrol has affixed ribbons to the antennas of its vehicles this month to warn about the dangers of leaving children unattended in cars. Null, a San Francisco State University professor, is one of the nation’s leading experts on the death of children left in unventilated vehicles.
- The California Highway Patrol has affixed ribbons to the antennas of its vehicles this month to warn about the dangers of leaving children unattended in cars. Null, a San Francisco State University professor, is one of the nation’s leading experts on the death of children left in unventilated vehicles.
3-Minute Interview: Gianrico Pierucci
- The San Francisco Police Department inspector is on the board of directors at the Italian Athletic Club and has been instrumental in organizing the 90th anniversary of the center, which will take place Aug. 16 in North Beach.
- The San Francisco Police Department inspector is on the board of directors at the Italian Athletic Club and has been instrumental in organizing the 90th anniversary of the center, which will take place Aug. 16 in North Beach.
3-Minute Interview: Tamim Ansary
- The 60-year-old Bernal Heights resident grew up in Afghanistan but moved to America at 16. His memoir “West of Kabul, East of New York” is this year’s pick for The City’s “One City, One Book” citywide reading program.
- The 60-year-old Bernal Heights resident grew up in Afghanistan but moved to America at 16. His memoir “West of Kabul, East of New York” is this year’s pick for The City’s “One City, One Book” citywide reading program.
3-Minute Interview: Barry Fasbender
- Couldn’t swing a ticket to Beijing? Next year, you’ll get another chance to see some of our nation’s best athletes when the 2009 Summer National Senior Games come to Palo Alto. The multisport event will bring together 12,750 athletes, including Fasbender, 71, who holds several world records in masters swimming from Palo Alto.
- Couldn’t swing a ticket to Beijing? Next year, you’ll get another chance to see some of our nation’s best athletes when the 2009 Summer National Senior Games come to Palo Alto. The multisport event will bring together 12,750 athletes, including Fasbender, 71, who holds several world records in masters swimming from Palo Alto.
3-Minute Interview: Maximillion Cooper
- The founder of the Gumball 3000 will be in town for the 10th annual car rally, which starts in San Francisco and ends in China. The opening is at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Fairmont Hotel. Participating cars will be on view at Sacramento and Taylor streets; the rally officially begins at 1 p.m.
- The founder of the Gumball 3000 will be in town for the 10th annual car rally, which starts in San Francisco and ends in China. The opening is at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Fairmont Hotel. Participating cars will be on view at Sacramento and Taylor streets; the rally officially begins at 1 p.m.
3-Minute Interview: Gary Gates
- The demographer and senior research fellow at the Williams Institute, a think-tank at UCLA School of Law that focuses on sexual orientation, talks about the recent news that the U.S. Census will list same-sex marriages in California and Massachusetts — where they are legal — as “unmarried partners.”
- The demographer and senior research fellow at the Williams Institute, a think-tank at UCLA School of Law that focuses on sexual orientation, talks about the recent news that the U.S. Census will list same-sex marriages in California and Massachusetts — where they are legal — as “unmarried partners.”
3-Minute Interview: Judy Koch
- The founder of the Bay Area-based Bring Me a Book organization provides parents with books to read to their children.
- The founder of the Bay Area-based Bring Me a Book organization provides parents with books to read to their children.
3-Minute Interview: Wendy Abrams
- Cool Globes Founder Wendy Abrams, of Chicago, brings her public art exhibit — featuring 40 larger-than-life custom-designed globes that depict solutions to global warming — to the Crissy Field Promenade on Aug. 5.
- Cool Globes Founder Wendy Abrams, of Chicago, brings her public art exhibit — featuring 40 larger-than-life custom-designed globes that depict solutions to global warming — to the Crissy Field Promenade on Aug. 5.
3-Minute Interview: Glenda Hamilton
- Glenda Hamilton, 42, runs the Newborn Connections center at California Pacific Medical Center. She, along with the center, will host a picnic Sunday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Eureka Valley Recreation Center where women can learn more about breastfeeding, in conjunction with World Breastfeeding Week. RSVP at (415) 291-9506.
- Glenda Hamilton, 42, runs the Newborn Connections center at California Pacific Medical Center. She, along with the center, will host a picnic Sunday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Eureka Valley Recreation Center where women can learn more about breastfeeding, in conjunction with World Breastfeeding Week. RSVP at (415) 291-9506.
3-Minute Interview: Glenn Wilson
- Glenn Wilson is the founder and chief instructor of GoldenEye Martial Arts and Self Defense in Silver Spring. He has more than 20 years of experience in personal protection.
3-Minute Interview: Rachel Margaret
- The singer-songwriter from the Fillmore district has become the surprise favorite of the PopMontreal/Sirius Satellite Radio Fan Choice Awards contest, having had the top two ranked songs out of 800 bands and 6,000 songs.
- The singer-songwriter from the Fillmore district has become the surprise favorite of the PopMontreal/Sirius Satellite Radio Fan Choice Awards contest, having had the top two ranked songs out of 800 bands and 6,000 songs.
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