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Tag Archives: Scott Shafer
KQED's Scott Shafer on Anderson Cooper's Coming Out
I’d just finished posting a blog item about Anderson Cooper’s coming out on my Facebook page when the phone rang. It was George Osterkamp, a producer in the CBS News Bureau in San Francisco. I'd met George in my previous … Continue reading
Former SF Mayor Art Agnos: Mirkarimi Prosecution is Political; Legal Analyst: Gascon Had No Choice
The trial of Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi on three misdemeanor charges related to an alleged incident of domestic violence against his wife, Eliana Lopez, is plodding along. A jury has not yet been seated, with a couple of hundred people already … Continue reading
AIDS at 30: Interview - What Were the Earliest Days of the Epidemic Like?
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Part 2 of Scott Shafer's series of interviews surrounding the 30th anniversary of HIV/AIDS is with San Francisco community activist Paul Boneberg, who lived through the epidemic when it first struck in the early 1980s. The interview is summarized directly … Continue reading
AIDS at 30: Interview With Chief of HIV/AIDS at SF General - Treatment Past, Present and Future
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As part of KQED's coverage of the 30th anniversary of the first official report of what later came to be known as HIV, The California Report's Scott Shafer interviewed San Francisco activists and caregivers who experienced the epidemic during its … Continue reading
Prop. 8 Backers: "Judge was biased"
Some are calling it a "hail Mary" legal move, but backers of Proposition 8 filed a motion in federal court Monday calling on the Chief Judge who replaced Vaughn Walker to throw out Walker's sweeping 2010 decision striking down the … Continue reading
Media Pushes for Release of Proposition 8 Trial Video
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A coalition of media, including the Los Angeles Times, CNN and KQED, is joining the legal fray over the Prop. 8 video tapes. In papers filed April 18th attorneys for the coalition indicate they want to join the motion of … Continue reading
Judge Vaughn Walker's Use of Trial Video Under Fire From Prop 8 Supporters
Eight months after his decision striking down Prop. 8, Vaughn Walker is once again infuriating the ballot measure's backers. Walker, who retired from the bench in February, is under fire for using a 3-minute video clip from last year's trial … Continue reading
California Supreme Court Says Prop 8 Case Already Being Fast-Tracked
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A response to yesterday's post about the California Supreme Court rejecting a request by attorneys fighting Prop. 8 to speed up its timeline for deciding a key legal question: State Supreme Court spokeswoman Lynn Holton points out that although the … Continue reading
California Supreme Court Won't Speed Up Timeline For Prop 8 Case
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Without comment, the State Supreme Court is rejecting a request by attorneys fighting Prop. 8 to speed up its timeline for deciding a key legal question. When the Supreme Court agreed last month to answer the 9th Circuit Court … Continue reading
When It Comes to Best Picture, Academy Votes Oakland-Style
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The California Report's Scott Shafer recently interviewed blogger Steve Pond, who writes extensively about The Academy Awards for The Wrap. Among other things, Pond talked about the ranked-choice voting system that the expanded best-picture category now employs. Who knew! Some … Continue reading
