California Lawmakers Won't Repeal Upcoming Foie Gras Ban
California's legislative leaders said they will not help a group of chefs who want to overturn a long-planned ban on foie gras that is scheduled to take effect in July.
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California's legislative leaders said they will not help a group of chefs who want to overturn a long-planned ban on foie gras that is scheduled to take effect in July.
After years of watching their industry collapse, Bay Area commercial fishermen are saying this salmon season is rebounding to near record levels.
The Walnut Creek City Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to approve a controversial nuisance ordinance that will hold all alcohol-serving establishments in the city to the same standards, a city spokeswoman said Wednesday.
Not only are Sutter Health and it's nurses' union at odds over labor issues, but they can't agree on the numbers of nurses that took part in a one-day strike.
At least 23 people were arrested during May Day protests in Oakland on Tuesday. Meanwhile, police in riot gear faced off with dozens of protesters who occupied a building in San Francisco.
Facebook will go public on May 18, a published report said, in one of the most highly anticipated tech initial public offerings since Google went public in August 2004.
The labor movement and Occupy have teamed up for some powerful protests this May Day, but unions were apprehensive of initial plans to "shut down" the Golden Gate Bridge.
A supermarket chain has been forced to recall all the ground beef at an East Bay store after an employee reported finding bits of chewed up pen in the store's meat grinder.
The culinary arts and hospitality program must cut $250,000 from its $1.6 million budget, which will prompt the closure of the cafeteria in three months unless additional funds can be found, department chair Tannis Reinhertz said Friday.
The labor union that represents the Golden Gate Bridge District employees including ferry operators has called a strike for Tuesday morning.
With a July 1 deadline looming, a coalition of California chefs has filed a petition with the state Legislature hoping to get a ban on foie gras overturned.
The federal case in San Francisco centers on Oracle's allegations that Google's popular Android software for mobile devices relies on technology stolen from Java. That's a programming platform that Oracle Corp. acquired in 2010 as part of its $7.3 billion acquisition of Sun Microsystems.
A former high-tech executive convicted of defrauding investors of at least $30 million on Monday was given one of the harshest sentences meted out in a white-collar criminal case.
Google has recently renamed its cloud service Google Drive because now it incorporates cloud storage into the package.
Supervisor Christina Olague is spearheading a campaign to bring more businesses and residents to the area.
