DA Says Oakland's Pot-Growing Plan May Hit Legal Snag
The city of Oakland's plan to license four medical marijuana production and processing plants might be snuffed out before it starts.
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The city of Oakland's plan to license four medical marijuana production and processing plants might be snuffed out before it starts.
Businesses will have more time to comply with California's tough diesel emissions standards for trucks, buses and construction equipment under new, relaxed rules expected to be adopted by air quality officials.
California's jobless rate held steady at 12.4 percent in November for the fourth straight month according to the latest data released today by the state's Employment Development Department.
The hole-in-the-wall shop at 16th and Sanchez was forced to close after the building's owner was simply overwhelmed with complaints.
The U.S. Justice Department and the Securities and Exchange Commission are expanding their probe into possible kickbacks on the part of computer maker Hewlett Packard Co., a regulatory filing said.
The National Organization for Women said Hooters has to decide if it's a family restaurant chain or a provider of vicarious sexual entertainment.
California regulators on Thursday approved the first system in the nation to give polluting companies such as utilities and refineries financial incentives to emit fewer greenhouse gases.
California pet product retailers and manufacturers have agreed to put warning labels on flea and tick collars that contain a cancer-causing chemical called propoxur.
Federal prosecutors in Manhattan broadened their insider trading crackdown Thursday, arresting four people on charges alleging that so-called "expert consultants" revealed secrets about Apple Inc.'s iPhone.
Oracle's net income jumped 28 percent as companies spent more liberally on technology for back offices.
Good news for San Jose's Tech Museum of Innovation. The once struggling Silicon Valley institution is showing a budgetary surplus for the first time in several years.
The content-sharing site Delicious may not be on Yahoo Inc.'s shrinking menu of online services much longer.
The San Francisco Bay Area's median home price dipped 1.8 percent last month to $380,000 from $387,000 in November 2009, as slow sales in the region's higher-priced markets tipped the balance toward cheaper homes, a tracking firm said Thursday.
The Commerce Department is calling for the creation of a "privacy bill of rights" for Internet users to set ground rules for companies that collect consumer data online and use that information for marketing and other purposes.
