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City workers and Oakland City Council members voted Friday on a new two-year contract that includes a 3 percent raise along with the expiration of furloughs that cost workers about 9 percent of their annual salaries in recent years.
The Supreme Court has refused to delay a court order for California to release nearly 10,000 inmates by year's end to improve conditions in state prisons.
David Campos is looking to fill the spot that will be vacated by Tom Ammiano.
U.S. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco), known for her affinity for dark chocolate, presented Mr. Obama with a dark chocolate cake topped with the presidential seal and frosted with the words "Happy Birthday, Mr. President."
The controversial Gold Club is set to open next week.
The decision to accept $2.2 million in federal dollars for the Domain Awareness Center was met with plenty of resistance, as protesters shouted "shame, shame" following the approval.
A San Francisco supervisor introduced legislation Tuesday that would establish new health and safety requirements for massage parlors in the city to prevent sexual and other illicit activity at the businesses.
Chavez defeated Teresa Alvarado in a runoff election after the two received the most votes but fell short of a majority in June's special election to replace disgraced former Supervisor George Shirakawa.
Bay Area supporters of Bradley Manning appear to be relieved that the former U.S. Army intelligence analyst was acquitted on the most serious charge against him - aiding the enemy - which would have carried a potential life sentence.
San Francisco's first responders will be eligible to receive up to $100,000 in assistance for a down payment on a home through a program launched Tuesday by city officials.
The city is the first in the country to take the step of threatening eminent domain to handle underwater mortgages.
A San Francisco city supervisor will call for a hearing on Tuesday for higher fines for double parking and more enforcement of laws against vehicles that block traffic.
Pope Francis reached out to gays on Monday. "If someone is gay and he searches for the Lord and has good will, who am I to judge?" Francis asked. "We shouldn't marginalize people for this. They must be integrated into society."
Prospects for the new eastern span of the Bay Bridge to open over the Labor Day weekend are fading fast. A Caltrans representative told KCBS, KPIX and Chronicle Insider Phil Matier in Monday's Matier and Ross column that Labor Day is not back on the table.
A proposal to ban hammers, wrenches, shields, sling shots, paint projectiles and other potentially destructive items at protests will be considered by the Oakland City Council at its meeting on Tuesday night.
