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Eliana Lopez wrote an opinion piece that her voice was considered irrelevant and ignored by authorities when a neighbor reported hers and suspended Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi's new year's fight to police.
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has commuted on military aircraft to his home in the Monterey area more than two dozen times since he took over in July, paying about $630 per trip for a roundtrip flight that costs the Pentagon about $32,000.
No formal action came of the hearing, but for the dozens of people who spoke - almost all of them homeless - it was, at the very least, a chance to vent about things like having to travel from shelter to shelter in the hopes that a bed might be available on any given night.
BART trains are expected to start running through Silicon Valley in 2016.
The suspended Sheriff of San Francisco made an exceptionally brief court appearance, to confirm that he's taking domestic violence classes as required by the terms of his plea deal in his much-publicized domestic violence case.
Supporters and opponents of California Pacific Medical Center's expansion plan for San Francisco faced off before the Planning Commission Thursday.
Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul was in the Bay Area Thursday for a fundraiser in San Francisco and a town hall meeting at the University of California at Berkeley.
A federal judge in San Francisco has said the denial of insurance benefits to same-sex spouses is discriminatory.
The San Francisco Municipal Railway will re-evaluate its policy that allows operators to refuse rides to families with baby strollers due to overcrowded buses.
High-speed rail is on its way to California even though polls show that a majority of residents don't want it. Now, State senator Mark DeSaulnier of Concord said that he believes there should be a comprehensive rail plan in place to guide future decisions.
An enthusiastic crowd of more than 200 medical marijuana patients and supporters rallied at San Francisco City Hall Tuesday to hear six city supervisors and an Oaksterdam University official decry a recent federal crackdown on cannabis dispensaries.
California's plan to build the nation's first high-speed rail system has identified one alternative funding source if federal and private-sector money does not materialize.
Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul will visit three California public universities this week.
The long-anticipated groundbreaking of 49ers stadium is finally set for later this month according to Santa Clara's mayor.
San Jose's City Council is expected to move forward with a plan to upgrade the general aviation side of Mineta International Airport in order to land more corporate jet traffic.
