Solyndra Execs To Plead 5th At Congressional Hearing
Two top executives at a bankrupt Bay Area solar energy company say they will invoke their Fifth Amendment rights and refuse to answer questions when they appear at a House hearing on Friday.
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Two top executives at a bankrupt Bay Area solar energy company say they will invoke their Fifth Amendment rights and refuse to answer questions when they appear at a House hearing on Friday.
Former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is touting the Golden State to the U.N. as a leader for its climate change initiatives.
The Department of Energy is not the only government agency that invested heavily in Solyndra, the Fremont-based solar manufacturing company that recently filed for bankruptcy.
49 percent of California voters taking part in the Field Poll said they approved of the job Governor Jerry Brown is doing.
Federal and state officials say they've reached a settlement for the cleanup costs in the 2007 San Francisco Bay oil spill.
The chairman of the House Judiciary Committee is calling for an independent investigator to look into a $528 million loan approved by the Energy Department for a now-bankrupt solar energy company.
A federal judge in San Francisco has ordered that a video of last year's trial on Proposition 8 be unsealed and made available to the public.
Iran's foreign minister said Saturday that the courts are willing in "the near future" to commute the prison sentences for two Americans convicted of spying. The Americans' lawyer, meanwhile, was in court trying to arrange a $1 million bail-for-freedom deal.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton spoke about world health care at a gathering of business and government leaders at San Francisco's Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation conference.
Tenants along San Francisco's Pier 39 are being told they're getting evicted for their own safety, but they aren't being told if they can ever return.
San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee signed an ordinance with hopes of ensuring workers are getting overtime and minimum wage pay from their employers.
Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann accused the Obama administration Friday of abusing its power by steering a $535 million government loan to a now-bankrupt solar energy manufacturer.
Mitt Romney brought his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination to California again Friday, hopscotching around the Bay Area to raise money.
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton addressed the need to improve global economic productivity by leveling the playing field for women in San Francisco Friday.
Californians have their dimmest view ever of Congress, according to a new poll, and the disapproval extends to both of California's U.S. senators.
