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The San Jose union is willing to accept all the city's demands to close the department's $11 million deficit, including a 10 percent pay cut, said George Beattie, president of the Police Officer's Association.
A federal appeals court rejected a legal challenge Friday that sought to bar implementation of a California regulation meant to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by forcing automakers to make and sell less polluting cars in the state.
A proposal to criminalize male circumcision in San Francisco was submitted to the city this week with enough signatures to put the ban on the ballot for the November election, but local religious groups said Thursday that they plan to strongly oppose the initiative.
Testimony stretched for several hours on Thursday as a San Francisco Board of Supervisors committee considered the cost of health care in the City.
Gov. Jerry Brown on Thursday vowed to fight to protect public education funding as he worked to wrangle a deal with Republican lawmakers over how to best close a yawning budget deficit of more than $15 billion.
Gov. Jerry Brown has canceled plans for a new $356 million death row complex at San Quentin State Prison. Brown said on Thursday that the state cannot justify the expense at a time of massive cuts to education and other essential services.
San Francisco officials are again looking into the possibility of closing Golden Gate Park during overnight hours after vandalism and a recent string of attacks on transients.
One house of the California Legislature on Thursday narrowly approved the nation's first law to force rental car companies to pull vehicles off the road after a safety recall.
Most Californians support Gov. Jerry Brown's proposal to solve the budget deficit through a mix of spending cuts and higher taxes, but they want the state's richest residents to bear the brunt of tax increases.
Nearly 30 years after joining the San Francisco Police Department, Greg Suhr became the city's top cop Wednesday when he was sworn in by Mayor Ed Lee.
A federal judge has scheduled a hearing on whether a ruling that struck down California's same-sex marriage ban should be thrown out because its author is in a same-sex relationship.
Legislation will be introduced in Sacramento Wednesday afternoon that would establish strict safety guidelines for raves and other large events on state-owned property.
Prop. 8 supporters argue that Judge Vaughn Walker had a potential conflict because he has been in a relationship with the same man for a decade and might want to get hitched himself.
The Oakland City Attorney's Office, which has filed lawsuits against two gangs in the city, still plans to file a lawsuit against a third gang at some point in the near future, a spokesman said Tuesday.
