Junipero Serra Elevated To Saint By Pope Francis
Pope Francis elevates Calif. missionary Junipero Serra to sainthood in first US canonization.
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Pope Francis elevates Calif. missionary Junipero Serra to sainthood in first US canonization.
A 5-year-old California girl who was handed up to the pope during Pope Francis' parade in Washington on Wednesday shared a message about tolerance.
Overcoming the opposition of the Japanese government and some Bay Area Japanese-Americans, San Francisco Supervisors have voted to build a memorial to so-called "comfort women" who were sex slaves during World War II.
Supervisor David Campos Tuesday called on San Francisco officials to reaffirm the city's status as a Sanctuary City despite a recent outcry over a fatal shooting by an undocumented immigrant who was released from custody instead of being turned over to immigration authorities.
After fights in the Levi's Stadium parking lot, fights in the men's bathroom and fights in the stands, the city of Santa Clara is getting serious about stopping bad behavior at 49ers games.
San Francisco supervisors today passed new tenant protections making it harder to evict renters or raise the rent after some evictions and making it easier for tenants to add roommates.
President Barack Obama declared a major disaster Tuesday in a Northern California wildfire that has destroyed at least 1,200 homes and killed at least three people.
The city of Oakland sued Wells Fargo Tuesday alleging the bank preyed on minority clients in mortgage lending, offering worse terms than white clients with the same economic standing.
The Oakland City Council approved $25,500 in settlements Monday for a car crash that Mayor Jean Quan was involved in last year.
Ten years after GOP presidential candidate Carly Fiorina was unceremoniously fired from her job as chief executive of Hewlett-Packard, her tumultuous business career is still the subject of heated discussion.
A bill recently passed by the Legislature, and that Gov. Jerry Brown has indicated he will sign, places the burden on employers to prove a man's higher pay is based on factors other than gender in wage discrimination cases.
President Barack Obama announced Friday the nomination of what would be the first openly gay leader of a U.S. military branch.
Twitter users beware: retweeting can be seen by the government as endorsements, and even evidence in criminal investigations.
Plans to demolish the largest pier in the old eastern span of the Bay Bridge using explosives took another step forward Thurday as a bay regulatory commission unanimously granted Caltrans a permit for the project.
A distinguished community service figure is fulfilling a long-held dream by accompanying U.S. Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-San Jose, on a trip to Washington D.C. to hear Pope Francis address Congress next week.
