Berkeley State Senator Withdraws Bill To Repeal Death Penalty
Senator Loni Hancock on Thursday withdrew her bill to replace the death penalty with prison without the possibility of parole before the legislation could come up for a vote.
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Senator Loni Hancock on Thursday withdrew her bill to replace the death penalty with prison without the possibility of parole before the legislation could come up for a vote.
Governor Jerry Brown wants California to adopt the same corporate tax policy that's worked in Texas, Massachusetts and most of the states, but Republicans have denounced the proposal as just another tax increase that will hurt businesses.
Gov. Jerry Brown is proposing a tax plan designed to promote job growth, closing one corporate tax loophole while offering an incentive for businesses to hire in California.
A key Senate committee has approved a bill to give state regulators the power to reject proposed health insurance rate increases, but it faces a stiff fight on the Senate floor.
The president of the Oakland City Council plans to introduce a proposal for a citywide youth curfew to help stop what he calls the out of control gun violence in the city, but Mayor Jean Quan is already voicing opposition to the plan.
The group will end the tour in Tampa, Florida, where it will host the first-ever Tea Party presidential debate.
A coalition of community groups has filed suit to stop AT&T from installing hundreds of utility boxes on sidewalks throughout San Francisco because they believe the boxes will compromise the beauty of the city.
Leaders of the San Francisco Bay Area's transit agency said they may adopt a policy allowing police to turn off wireless communications on train platforms but only in extreme public safety circumstances. The board of the Bay Area Rapid Transit system held a special public meeting Wednesday to discuss the issue.
The U.S. Secretary of Defense spoke at the Naval Postgraduate School and said he hopes the operation in Libya will end soon.
The company will be expanding its DVD division at a new facility in North San Jose.
Interim San Francisco District Attorney George Gascon is facing a tough challenge as he fights to keep his job in November.
The state legislature is poised to pass a bill that would prevent law officials from searching the smartphones or other electronic devices of people they arrest without a search warrant.
Construction has resumed on the new control tower at Oakland International Airport. U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer, D-California, who came to the airport Tuesday, warned that work could stop again unless Congress meets another funding deadline for the Federal Aviation Administration.
District Attorney George Gascon's opponents said he had a conflict of interest when deciding not to investigate the "Run, Ed, Run" campaign.
A bill designed to keep protesters away from military funerals heads to the governor's desk after it overwhelmingly passed the California Senate.
