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Judge blocks nurses' strike at 5 UC hospitals

Judge blocks nurses' strike at 5 UC hospitals

Plans by nearly 11,000 nurses to strike Thursday at five University of California medical centers were put on hold Tuesday when a San Francisco judge issued a temporary restraining order preventing the walkout. 

Court backs Walgreens' objection to tobacco ban

San Francisco's first-in-the-nation ban on tobacco sales in drugstores appears to be unconstitutional because it exempts supermarkets and big-box stores that have pharmacies, a state appeals court said Tuesday. 

3 supervisors propose tax measures for ballot

3 supervisors propose tax measures for ballot

San Francisco supervisors introduced three tax measures Tuesday to consider placing on the November ballot. The revenue proposals target property owners, drivers and businesses.

Jury seated in Mehserle trial

Jury seated in Mehserle trial

A jury of eight women and four men was seated Tuesday in the murder trial of former BART police Officer Johannes Mehserle, who fatally shot unarmed train rider Oscar Grant during an arrest at Fruitvale Station in Oakland on New Year's Day 2009.

Bay Area Harley dealer settle sex-bias suit

A Bay Area motorcycle dealer will pay $55,000 to settle a sex-discrimination suit by a woman who said she dreamed of being a Harley-Davidson mechanic since she was 9 and "saw a picture of Janis Joplin sitting on a chopper."

4 Northern California scientists honored

Four pioneering scientists in Northern California are among eight winners of the prestigious Kavli Prizes for inventive research advancing neuroscience, astrophysics and "nanoscience," the science of the ultrasmall. 



Autistic girl to get her stolen bicycle back

An unusual tandem bicycle that was stolen from a garage in San Francisco's Fisherman's Wharf has been found and will be returned to...

Chronicle 6.9.10 10:52 AM

Former USF basketball player shot to death

A former University of San Francisco basketball player was shot to death and another man was wounded in the parking lot of the Ikea...

Chronicle 6.9.10 11:16 AM

Voters defeat insurance measure

California voters defeated a measure Tuesday that would have changed state law to allow insurance companies to raise rates on drivers...

Chronicle 6.9.10 8:57 AM

PG&E measure requiring public-power votes loses

A ballot initiative that would have limited the ability of local governments to enter the electricity business was narrowly defeated...

Chronicle 6.9.10 8:53 AM

Santa Clara voters OK 49ers stadium

Santa Clara voters Tuesday approved Measure J, the San Francisco 49ers' plan to build a $937 million stadium in their community. The...

Chronicle 6.8.10 11:21 PM

49ERS STADIUM Yorks celebrate first win of 2010

No one doused 49ers President Jed York with a bucket of Gatorade, but Measure J supporters celebrated an election victory just the...

Chronicle 6.8.10 11:23 PM

S.F. water system, firehouse bond wins

San Francisco voters approved a $412 million bond measure Tuesday to shore up and expand San Francisco's emergency water supply system...

Chronicle 6.9.10 4:00 AM

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