Stories in our December 2006 issue:
Woman on the Verge of Solving a Major Health Crisis
PBS introduced her to us this fall. Brenda Watson, N.D. (meaning she's a naturopath) believes a lot of chronic illness starts in the gut. By adding four handy ingredients to your daily diet, you may be able to beat back irritable bowel syndrome, headaches, and a host of other digestive maladies without having to pop a single pill.
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New Director at the World Health Organization
Dr. Margaret Chan was the point person in Hong Kong when SARS broke out a couple years ago. Now she's got avian flu and a host of other medical crises around the world to address.
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washingtonpost.com
Images of Darfur flashed on a wall at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum
EDITORIAL: (PDF file)
Now in its third year, the genocide in Darfur goes on unchecked. And neither the United States Government nor the United Nations has any intention of stopping it.
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Ghirardelli Square Goes Club Med (PDF file)
The new owners of the national historic landmark are converting part of the old brick factory into a private residence club with timeshares. Many commercial tenants have quietly moved out to make room, while the companies have announced two new businesses opening soon.
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Eclectic Thrift Shop has Good Connections (PDF file)
The donations of top designers, like Wilkes Bashford, make Ghiradelli's world-renown thrift shop the place to go for a bargain. Since 1966, Helpers Bazarre has featured handmade crafts created by the mentally retarded, and if you're looking for a slightly over-dressed mouse, you'll find her in the special museum case.
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Stolen Life (2005)
Global Film Initiative Relocates to San Francisco (PDF file)
Nonprofit film organization helps filmmakers in foreign countries finish their projects and also sponsors the annual Global Lens Tour. Eight new grantees were recently announced.
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Columbia Pictures/Sony Entertainment
Winona Ryder Goes to the Wall for Little Women (PDF file)
Shockingly good Holiday flick got overlooked in a year deluged by great films. Read the story behind the making of this cozy turn-of-the-century tale featuring Clare Danes, Gabriel Byrne, Susan Sarandon, Kirsten Dunst and Christian Bale (above), and directed by Gillian Armstrong.
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"Fountain of Delight" Uncovered in the Civic Center
Affordable vegetarian cuisine and fascinating photo gallery make Ananda Fuara a lunch spot every weekday, but lots of other folks stop in for the tasty baked goods at the cash counter. (Important: no credit cards are accepted.)
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Non-Fiction
Sarah Orne Jewett (1849-1909) crisscrossed her native Maine on horseback - that is, when she wasn't driving a wagon. We've reprinted the story of one of those trips in this issue.
Stories in our November 2006 issue:
COVER STORY: Stairway to Heaven
Rep. Nancy Pelosi is vying to become Speaker of the House, but the way she's gone about it leads some to question her loyalties. Follow her sensational rise to power since San Francisco's hotly contested 8th congressional district in 1987.
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Woman in the Shadow of The DaVinci Code (PDF file)
Mentioned in the recent copyright lawsuit against Dan Brown is the the theologian Margaret Starbird, pictured above at an October lecture in San Francisco. It turns out that her books about Mary Magdalene and Tarot symbols influenced the writing of the blockbuster novel. Now you can hear the story of how this astute researcher and wife of a West Point graduate stumbled upon one of the greatest cover-ups in the history of organized religion.
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A popular Russian journalist was shot to death at her apartment in Moscow on October 7th. It wasn't the first attempt on her life, either, which is why everyone suspects the Kremlin had a hand in it.
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The Nurse in Charge (PDF file)
Top-ranked UCSF School of Nursing celebrates its centennial. Take a rare, closer look with us at the profession and how it's changed since the days of Florence Nightingale and the Crimean War.
NLRB Ruling Deprives Charge Nurses of Union Rights
Local reaction to the NLRB Kentucky River decision and how the new contracts with Kaiser and UC have shaped up in its wake.
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Bitch Magazine Celebrates Ten Years
Andi Zeisler and Lisa Jervis are still getting flak about the title, but they've got 50,000 reasons to stick with it.
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Getting Up Close and Personal at The Ferry Building
When the leaves are swirling, the caffeine levels are dropping, and the fruit bowl is empty, this is the definitely place to go in SF.
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Polk Street establishment attracts business from far and wide despite ineffectual house greeter.
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Fiction..
The classic one-act murder mystery by Susan Glaspell, a founder of the Provincetown Players.
