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San Francisco's newly sworn-in sheriff is going to be charged with three misdemeanor crimes, including battery, stemming from a New year's Eve domestic dispute with his wife, San Francisco's District Attorney announced Friday.
The state will be the first in the nation to target so-called vampire battery chargers that suck up and waste as much as 60 percent of the electricity they consume.
A majority of San Franciscans (54%) think newly sworn-in Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi should either take a leave of absence or resign from office while police conduct their investigation into domestic violence allegations against him, according to a KPIX-TV CBS 5 poll.
Just days after the release of a scathing critique of the bullet train project, the chief executive officer of the California High-Speed Rail Authority announced he was stepping down.
A coalition of domestic violence victim advocates Thursday called for San Francisco Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi to resign following an alleged incident involving his wife on New Year's Eve.
City spokeswoman Karen Boyd said the notices will go to employees in every city department except for employees in the police and fire departments, whose contracts bar them from being laid off.
If the Menlo Park company goes public this year, as many have speculated, the state stands to reap hundreds of millions of dollars in capital gains taxes from Facebook investors and employees profiting from stock transactions.
San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee and New Orleans Mayor Mitchell Landrieu each put their city's signature food and drinks on the line for the game.
Human rights advocates and lawmakers were in San Francisco Wednesday to support a state ballot initiative that would impose stricter punishment on human traffickers.
San Francisco Supervisor Sean Elsbernd wants a reality check on the city's Transbay Terminal Project if high-speed rail is not built.
California's nonpartisan budget analyst is giving a more sober projection of tax revenue than the one contained in Gov. Jerry Brown's proposal for the coming fiscal year, mostly because it forecasts less from personal income taxes.
Just a week after Gov. Jerry Brown made his pitch for tax hikes and more spending cuts, the state controller is reporting that California is collecting less revenue than the governor projected.
Dog walkers in San Francisco will soon be subject to regulations given initial approval Tuesday by the Board of Supervisors, including limiting the number of dogs walked at one time in the city.
Dianne Feinstein said she is concerned the state will lose out on federal funding if the leadership is not changed.
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney won the New Hampshire primary Tuesday night. Get the latest, up-to-the-minute results for Romney and the other candidates here.
