Coca-Cola, Pepsico, Other Soda Makers Spend Millions To Defeat San Francisco Tax
The Coca-Cola beverage company alone spent nearly $6 million.
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The Coca-Cola beverage company alone spent nearly $6 million.
Twitter wants to build a sky bridge to connect the two buildings that make up its San Francisco headquarters to help save employees time in moving from one building to another.
One of the 15 candidates in the Oakland mayor's race, who gained some notoriety after he was featured in a TV segment by talk show host Jimmy Kimmel, managed to glean a few hundred votes despite his views which include the Internet being a tool for masturbation and using horses as a form of alternative urban transportation.
From Flash Gordon, to Mayor Butt, Einstein, and even Jim Harbaugh, some unusual names popped up on Tuesday's ballot, and some of them won.
A PG&E crew has capped a gas leak in Alamo this morning that has prompted a nearby elementary school to release students earlier than scheduled, utility and school officials said.
Voters in two California coastal counties approved a ban on fracking and other intensive oil production on Tuesday, while a third coastal county rejected such a ban.
One of the giants of the Milky Way stands high overhead at nightfall. Deneb marks the tail of Cygnus, the swan. It's a supergiant — about 15 times as massive as the Sun, and more than a hundred times as wide. And it shines more than 50,000 times brighter.
The latest Facebook disclosure on how often governments around the world request user information reveals that the United States government does much more snooping into the social network than any other country.
Chrysler sales rise 22 percent. Best October since 2001. GM sales were flat. Ford sales dropped 2 percent, on tight pickup inventories.
The penalty could serve as a precedent for other automakers who violate the Clean Air Act.
San Francisco already has the highest minimum wage in the country but voters on Tuesday pushed it even higher. Now, low-wage earners in both San Francisco and Oakland will be getting raises.
Audi is recalling nearly 102,000 luxury cars in the U.S. because the front air bags may not inflate in a crash.
Two out of three transportation measures on Tuesday's ballot in San Francisco appear to have been approved, according to complete unofficial election results.
Incumbent Tom Torlakson defeated first-time candidate Marshall Tuck in the hotly contested race for California's superintendent of public instruction, an election that became an expensive battleground with high stakes for teachers unions and education reformers.
In a closely watched East Bay State Assembly race, Republican Catherine Baker appears to have come out on top for the District 16 Assembly.
