Lopez Returns To SF, Begins Testimony In Mirkarimi Ethics Hearing
The wife of suspended San Francisco Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi took the stand Wednesday night at her husband's hearing before the city's Ethics Commission.
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The wife of suspended San Francisco Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi took the stand Wednesday night at her husband's hearing before the city's Ethics Commission.
Gov. Jerry Brown gave his approval Wednesday to spending billions of dollars in government money for a high-speed rail line that still faces major funding, environmental and political challenges.
Bay Area drivers could one day be tracked using a GPS-like device in their cars and taxed per miles driven - a scenario which is part of a proposed long-range study aimed at finding ways to reduce traffic and pollution, while also raising revenues.
Eliana Lopez is scheduled to testify Wednesday night in front of the San Francisco Ethics Commission.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors on Tuesday unanimously approved the city's budget for the next two fiscal years.
Mayor Ed Lee said in a statement Tuesday that he is not considering a policy that will violate anyone's constitutional rights and result in racial profiling, but he is "willing to move forward with bold ideas that get to results."
California's top elected Democratic officials all lack majority approval ratings, according to a new KPIX-TV CBS 5 poll of the state's voters that was released Tuesday.
Before leaving for a break, state representatives passed the Homeowner's Bill of Rights to protect Californians from confusing and underhanded loan practices. Meanwhile, Republicans in Washington, D.C. react to a California chicken law.
A number of San Francisco Superior Court workers walked off the job Monday in a one-day strike to protest a labor contract recently imposed on them.
California State Treasurer Bill Lockyer filed divorce papers Friday, the same day his wife Nadia reportedly crashed her Mini Cooper near the couple's home in Hayward.
Food stamps help feed the poor, but they also help to pad the bank accounts of some of the nation's biggest food corporations. That's according to a Bay Area activist who's on a crusade to take junk food off the government assistance table.
Beginning in August, the city is set to offer panhandlers up to $75 a week to stop begging and foster problem puppies from city animal shelters until the pups are ready for adoption.
Just days after Gov. Jerry Brown signed California's so-called "homeowner bill of rights" into law, Assemblymember Nancy Skinner (D-Berkeley) is pushing for new protection for renters.
California drivers will be allowed to text when they're behind the wheel of a car, as long as they're using a hands-free device, and with some restrictions.
A new study casts doubt on whether the benefits of California high-speed rail will include the creation of 400,000 permanent jobs promised by boosters of the bullet trains.
