Matier & Brown: Inauguration May Foreshadow Obama's 2nd Term
President Barack Obama is sworn in for his second term on Monday, but former SF Mayor Willie Brown says the second term usually looses its luster.
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President Barack Obama is sworn in for his second term on Monday, but former SF Mayor Willie Brown says the second term usually looses its luster.
A California state senator introduced a bill on Thursday that would 15-year-olds to pre-register to vote.
After a federal judge agreed on Thursday with the City of San Francisco that public nudity is not protected political speech, nudity activists said the city's public nudity law should still be thrown out due its inconsistencies.
Oakland Mayor Jean Quan said Thursday that she's trying to get more federal help in fighting her city's crime problem while she's in Washington, D.C., to attend a U.S. Conference of Mayors meeting and the inauguration of President Barack Obama.
The fate of San Francisco's ban on nudity remains unclear after a federal judge decided to take the matter under submission during a hearing Thursday.
California already has strict gun laws but Gov. Jerry Brown said on Wednesday that he welcomes President Obama's idea behind proposed gun laws at a federal level and said they would reduce the number of illegal guns in the state.
California has been awarded a $674 million federal grant to continue developing and building an online insurance marketplace under the federal health care reform law, state officials announced Thursday.
The two biggest players in the nation's pursuit of high-speed rail say they'll work together to search for trains that will operate at up to 220 miles per hour along both coasts of the United States.
A California study says unlicensed drivers are the most hazardous motorists on the road.
A CBS 5 poll of Bay Area residents - taken shortly after the president released his plan - showed significant support for background checks (76%), an assault weapons ban (71%), and ammunition limits (67%).
The governor is ultimately looking to make the university system a more efficient one, keeping costs down while also getting students out in a timely fashion.
Director Kathryn Bigelow is defending torture scenes in "Zero Dark Thirty," saying the military hunt for Osama bin Laden wasn't free of moral consequences.
The charter amendment sponsored by Supervisor David Campos would put the question of creating Harvey Milk-San Francisco International Airport on San Francisco's November ballot.
Two pieces of legislation addressing smoking in San Francisco will come before the city's Board of Supervisors at its first regular meeting of the new year Tuesday.
San Francisco lawmakers are considering whether to ask voters to rename the city's airport after one of their own: slain gay rights leader Harvey Milk.
