Ibrahim Mohammad Bahr al-Ulloum served as the Iraqi Minister of Oil from May 2005 until December 2005, while he was a member of the Islamic Virtue Party. He had also previously served in this position as part of the cabinet appointed by the Interim Iraq Governing Council in September 2003 until June 2004. A Shia Muslim, Ibrahim is the son of Shia Sayed Mohammad Baharalaloom. Bahr al-Ulloum is an Iraqi from Holy City of Najaf.
Westmob, a gang in San Francisco, California, has fought a brutal gang war since 1999 against Big Block and its various factions. Westmob is sometimes known to associate with Oakdale Mob and Sunnydale gangsters. Its rivalry with Big Block was the subject of the 2002 documentary Straight Outta Hunter's Point and is linked to rap and drugs. They claim territory from West Point to Middle Point in San Francisco's notoriously dangerous Hunters Point projects.
Robert Carr Dynes is a Canadian-American physicist, researcher, and academic administrator, and professor of physics at the University of California, Berkeley, and the former President of the University of California system, and former Chancellor of the University of California San Diego.
Zak Keasey is a former professional fullback and linebacker in the National Football League. Keasey played collegiate football for Princeton, and professional football for the Washington Redskins, San Francisco 49ers, and the New Orleans Saints.
Armando Ríos is a left-handed outfielder who played in Major League Baseball from 1998 through 2003.
Tim Biskup is an American artist.
Franklin Clark Miller was a professional American football player in the National Football League who played defensive end for nine seasons for the San Francisco 49ers, the Washington Redskins, and the Los Angeles Rams. He played college football at Utah State University and was drafted in the fifth round of the 1961 NFL Draft. Miller was also selected in the fourteenth round of the 1961 AFL Draft by the Oakland Raiders.
Norman C. Stone is a psychotherapist, philanthropist, vintner and major American collector of modern and contemporary art.
The Berkeley Digital Film Institute is a San Francisco Bay Area film school founded in early 2007 by Patrick Kriwanek, Dean of Education. The program is a 16-month program with emphasis on Producing and Directing for Motion Pictures, Television, Commercials and Music Videos. Kriwanek, who was the head of the Academy of Art's Motion Picture division was instrumental in growing the program from 79 to 900 students.
Ulrich Schmid-Maybach is a philanthropist, real estate developer, and entrepreneur. He is the great-grandson and grandson of Wilhelm and Karl Maybach, respectively. When Daimler AG re-launched the Maybach brand of ultra-luxury automobiles, Schmid-Maybach was named brand ambassador. Inspired by the mentorship of Wilhelm Maybach by Gottlieb Daimler, Ulrich founded the Wilhelm and Karl Maybach Foundation, to "give exceptionally talented young individuals the chance to change the world." He resides in San Francisco but his work and his dedication to the Foundation require he spend much of the time traveling the globe.
An Episode in the Life of a Landscape Painter by César Aira was first published in 2000. Chris Andrews’ English translation was published by New Directions in 2006.
The Marriage Equality Caravan, or Marriage Equality Express, was an educational bus tour organized by the California chapter of Marriage Equality USA, in response to the invalidation by the California Supreme Court, on August 11, 2004, of 4,000 same-sex marriages that had taken place between February 12 and March 11 of that year. The tour was led by Davina Kotulski, Molly McKay, Belinda Ryan, Wendy Daw, Jacqueline Frank, and Bev Senkowski.
Writers With Drinks is an award-winning literary event that has run monthly since 2001 in San Francisco, California. It is a spoken word variety show hosted by Charlie Jane Anders, who MCs and introduces the six readers from six different genres including literary fiction, poetry, stand-up comedy, erotica or porn, science fiction and fantasy, blogging, reporting, memoir, and non-fiction.
Priya David Clemens is an American spokesperson based in San Francisco, California.
KRBQ is a rhythmic oldies radio station in San Francisco, California and owned by Entercom. The station transmits its signal from Mount Beacon atop the Marin Headlands above Sausalito, California, while studios are located in the North Beach district of San Francisco.
The Urban Creeks Council is a Berkeley, California non-profit organization that promotes stewardship of San Francisco Bay creeks and habitat restoration around them. The council was founded in 1982 and is based in West Berkeley.
Andrew Murray Vineyards is a family-owned winery located in Los Olivos, California. Nestled in the Santa Ynez Valley AVA of Santa Barbara County, it specializes in Rhône varieties Syrah, Grenache, Roussanne, Marsanne, and Grenache blanc.
Nā Lei Hulu I Ka Wēkiu is a Hawaiian dance company or hālau hula led by kumu hula Patrick Makuakāne.
Chrome Industries is a global manufacturer of messenger bags, backpacks, utility cycling apparel and utility cycling footwear. After establishing a reputation in Boulder, Colorado in 1995, Chrome moved to Denver for several years before relocating in 2002 to San Francisco. In June 2017, the company moved its headquarters to Portland, Oregon. In August 2010, Chrome opened its second retail store in Manhattan, New York, and has since opened retail locations in Chicago, Portland, Seattle, Minneapolis, a second San Francisco location in the Mission District, Denver and Washington, DC. Its factory is located in Chico, California, and the company said this will remain in operation after the move of its headquarters to Portland.
