Another Supreme Court case with California implications
by Melissa Griffin California was prominently featured in the U.S. Supreme Court's recently ended because of the Proposition 8 Perry v. Hollingsworth same-sex marriage case. But there was another case...
View ArticleGrand jury chides San Mateo County school districts for reckless bond practices
by Rachel Swan In the environmental world, leaving things for future generations has become an overused cliché: Perhaps we didn't intend for them to have to clean up our air pollution or revamp our...
View ArticleID emerges of third girl to die of SF plane crash
by The Associated Press The name of a girl who died of injuries suffered in the crash-landing of an Asiana Airlines flight recently in San Francisco has emerged. Chinese state media identified her...
View ArticleAntioch resident Barry White identified as S.F. Giftcenter shooter
by Rob Nagle The man arrested in a fatal double shooting and stabbing in San Francisco's South of Market area on Friday has been identified by San Francisco police as 23-year-old Barry White of...
View ArticleProtests planned across California after Zimmerman acquittal
by Wire Report More protests are planned across California after the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. Protesters took the streets in Los Angeles,...
View ArticleAsiana says KTVU gaffe damaged its reputation
by The Associated Press Asiana Airlines said Sunday its reputation was damaged by a report on a San Francisco TV station that used bogus and racially offensive names for four pilots on its plane that...
View Article74-year-old man shot with pellet gun in Tenderloin, blocks away from previous...
by Rob Nagle A man was shot with a pellet gun in the Tenderloin on Saturday, just three blocks from a previous pellet gun assault that happened last week. The 74-year-old male victim was working on...
View ArticleCourts will treat Asiana passengers differently
by The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — When the courts have to figure compensation for people aboard Asiana Airlines Flight 214, the potential payouts will probably be vastly different for Americans...
View ArticleMillbrae man gets 25 years to life for stabbing at Peninsula high school
by Bay City News A Millbrae man was sentenced to 25 years to life in state prison last week for the stabbing death of a teenager at a Millbrae high school in August 2010, according to San Mateo County...
View ArticleBART police investigating viral sex video
by Rob Nagle BART investigators are hoping to stop a love train after a man and woman filmed having sex in one of their cars went viral last week, according to the San Jose Mercury News. The video...
View ArticleSan Francisco dog dies after eating meatball laced with strychnine
by Mike Aldax Oskar, the 7-year-old Dachshund who ingested a poisoned meatball that was left on a street in Twin Peaks earlier this month, died Thursday, owner Dorothy Schechter said. Police say Oskar...
View ArticleAsiana to sue KTVU over names
by The Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea — Asiana announced Monday that it will sue a San Francisco TV station that it said damaged the airline's reputation by using bogus and racially offensive...
View ArticleSan Carlos development foes threaten ballot fight
by Max A. Cherney A neighborhood group is mobilizing for a referendum targeting the San Carlos Transit Village project if plans are not amended before the City Council approves it. In an opinion...
View ArticlePresidio Trust enters new era of financial independence
by Andrea Koskey The agency overseeing the Presidio became fiscally self-sufficient for the first time this year, which means the group no longer needs taxpayer dollars to run the former Army base....
View ArticleWhy the SFPD does not have protective gear for every officer
by Joe Fitzgerald San Francisco Police Officer Jim Cunningham was one of the first emergency responders to arrive at the Asiana Airlines plane crash July 6 at San Francisco International Airport,...
View ArticleBike parking could get boost as San Francisco looks to increase two-wheeled...
by Joshua Sabatini San Francisco wants people taking more bike trips in The City, but parking for cyclists is already scarce. However, city planners say they have an answer.…[ Read more ][ Subscribe...
View ArticleS.F. local-hire advocates pleased with Lennar Urban development decision
by Joshua Sabatini The Aboriginal Blackmen United, a local-hire advocacy group based in the Bayview-Hunters Point neighborhood, called off its protest and disruption of a massive Lennar Urban home...
View ArticleS.F. mulls citywide aerial ad ban after America's Cup action
by Joshua Sabatini The Board of Supervisors has been asked to approve an aerial advertisement ban in the airspace above the America's Cup yacht race, and now some supervisors want to take it further....
View ArticleCalifornia court declines to stop gay marriages
by The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — The California Supreme Court refused Monday to order the state to immediately stop issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples. However, the court still plans...
View ArticlePolice arrest two in brutal Tenderloin assault
by Rob Nagle Police have arrested two suspects in a brutal assault that occurred in the Tenderloin last week. Jarbari Nelson, 23, and Pausanias Wise, 24, both of Richmond, were booked on attempted...
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