Truck Fire Near Bay Bridge Snarling Morning Commute
A big rig fire on a skyway just off the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge is snarling the morning commute for drivers using the span to try to get into San Francisco.
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A big rig fire on a skyway just off the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge is snarling the morning commute for drivers using the span to try to get into San Francisco.
Hundreds of thousands of San Francisco Bay Area commuters got at least a temporary reprieve from a massive transit strike when Gov. Jerry Brown intervened in a labor contract dispute.
In a joint statement, the senators said the act would renew the federal government's commitment to protecting the Tahoe Basin's delicate ecosystem and the famed, clear waters of the alpine lake straddling the Nevada-California line.
The debtor or a family member would often be told that if they don't return a call within two or three hours, they will be served to appear in court. In reality, the debt collectors were just that - not process servers or legal workers - and there was no lawsuit at play.
Filner's lawyer Harvey Berger made the argument in a letter to City Attorney Jan Goldsmith one day before the City Council voted unanimously to deny Filner funds for his legal defense. Local media published parts of the letter Wednesday.
The rules, which could become final as early as Sept. 5, would consider online-based ride or car sharing services like Lyft, Uber and Sidecar as "transportation network" companies. That would put them under a separate category from the one that has long governed taxicabs and limousine services.
The DEA introduced national detention standards as a result of the ordeal involving Daniel Chong, including daily inspections and a requirement for cameras in cells, said Julia Yoo, one of his lawyers.
Lytle is a city firefighter in Fullerton and has been placed on leave for an internal investigation while Huntington Beach police conduct the criminal investigation.
State and federal officials have blamed Sierra Pacific Industries for the Moonlight Fire, which they said was caused by two unsupervised employees who operated bulldozers on a red-flag warning day with high fire danger.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission said the bank used improper bidding strategies to squeeze excessive payments from the agencies that run the power grids in California and the Midwest. The improper conduct occurred between September 2010 and November 2012, FERC said.
U.S. home prices jumped 12.2 percent in May compared with a year ago, the biggest annual gain since March 2006. The increase shows the housing recovery is strengthening.
The group outlined its concerns to Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento, in a letter obtained by The Associated Press. The group includes powerful organizations such as the California Chamber of Commerce, the Southern California Association of Governments, and the California Association of Realtors.
The newly released transcripts made public after a hearing Monday cover five hearings held earlier this year. Though they are in part redacted, they provide some new details about post-trial proceedings.
Fifty-one-year-old Michael Taugher of Benicia was snorkeling off Black Rock in Kaanapali with family members on Saturday when he became separated from them.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission said in an enforcement notice Monday that bank used improper bidding strategies to squeeze excessive payments from the agencies that run the power grids in California and the Midwest.
