Sunday August 2, 2009 Updated 2:51 PM PDT
Members of California's largest state employees union vote to authorize a strike due to anger over Gov. Schwarzenegger's decision to furlough them three days a month.
David Wehrer, 26, who shot and killed himself as police approached him during a traffic stop, is identified as a person of interest in a homicide last week in the Castro.
Oakland's McKinley Partners is betting that low-end foreclosed homes in eastern Contra Costa County will double in value in five years...
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It's a basic tenet of politics: When you get into a pissing contest with a skunk, you wind up smelling as bad as the skunk. Arnold...
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Saturday afternoon, Russ Mobley could barely be seen, the already high wall around his desk at San Francisco Toyota made taller by the...
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The biggest challenge facing San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom's run for governor is not who's running the campaign, but whether he has...
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Mayor Gavin Newsom's unexpected split with his longtime friend and political adviser Eric Jaye made headlines for what it means for...
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Here's the deal : "Many people are outraged. And tired." So says ChronicleWatch reader Shane Spiegelman about Caltrain's new horn...
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Some buildings look best in the rearview mirror, when you know they don't signal some disturbing new trend. Take this metal tower with...
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57 swimmers entered Saturday's 4th annual Bob Roper Invitational Golden Gate Swim , and all 57 finished...
What's not working, Day 1: The sign beckons bicyclists to enter the pathway on...
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