Mayor Lee Encourages San Franciscans To Participate In Season Of Giving
San Francisco's Mayor Ed Lee is encouraging residents to participate in the Season of Giving so that the less fortunate don't suffer this Thanksgiving.
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San Francisco's Mayor Ed Lee is encouraging residents to participate in the Season of Giving so that the less fortunate don't suffer this Thanksgiving.
Amid calls for the chancellor's resignation, University of California, Davis has launched an investigation in the wake of video showing an officer using pepper spray on a group of protesters who appear to be sitting passively on the ground.
The California State University chancellor has ruled out a new vote on a bitterly contested tuition increase, despite pressure to reconsider it because it might have sidestepped open-government laws.
Proponents of a measure that would ban abortions by giving equal rights to fetuses have been cleared to gather signatures in California, the secretary of state's office said Friday.
Occupy Oakland leaders announced plans Friday to set up a new encampment in a park and empty lot near 19th Street and Telegraph Avenue but were met with strong resistance by many people who live in the area.
State health officials say adult day health care centers across California will stay open following the settlement of a federal court lawsuit brought by disability and senior advocates.
San Francisco's Department of Elections on Thursday certified the results of the Nov. 8 election, officially declaring Ed Lee the winner of the mayor's race, George Gascon the winner of the district attorney's race, and Ross Mirkarimi the winner of the sheriff's race.
California State University faculty from throughout the state were pouring in to two of the system's 23 campuses Thursday morning to participate in a one-day strike.
Calling the sexual assault of service members in the military a silent epidemic, Peninsula Congresswoman Jackie Speier is introducing legislation to change how cases are investigated.
Struggling to steady his campaign for the GOP nomination, Texas Gov. Rick Perry launched an outsider's campaign against Washington culture and challenged House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi to debate his plan to overhaul Congress.
Congress is on the verge of killing funding for President Barack Obama's signature high-speed rail program, but it may have some life in it still, especially if the San Francisco-to-Anaheim high-speed project is built.
Energy Secretary Steven Chu testified Thursday that no one from the White House ever contacted him to make a political decision on a half-billion-dollar loan to a Fremont solar company that later went bankrupt.
California's highest court says ballot proposition sponsors can step in to defend their initiatives from legal challenges if the state's governor and attorney general refuse to do so.
California State University trustees approved a 9 percent tuition hike Wednesday at a meeting in Long Beach where students clashed with university police and four arrests were made.
The Legislative Analyst's Office on Wednesday released a gloomy state fiscal outlook. It says tax revenue will fall short of the state's projections, which could trigger midyear cuts to public schools, colleges and health care programs.
