Election Roundup
Bay City News June 4, 2008 While much election activity in the Bay Area was overshadowed by developments on the national political stage Tuesday as Barack Obama effectively clinched the…
November 17 Trial Set if No Settlement
in Prison Overcrowding Cases
Photo by Luke Thomas By Julia Cheever June 3, 2008 A three-judge federal panel has set a Nov. 17 date for a trial in San Francisco, if no settlement has…
Toxicology Report Reveals Marijuana, Alcohol
in Tiger Mauling Victim
By Jesse Dungan June 3, 2008 Traces of marijuana and alcohol were found in the bloodstream of a teenager fatally mauled by a Siberian tiger on Christmas Day at the…
Court Says Asylum Lies Should Bar Immigration
By Julia Cheever June 3, 2008 A federal appeals court panel in San Francisco said today it believes a Chinese folk dancer who lied on an asylum application shouldn’t get…
Bay Area News Briefs
Bay City News June 3, 2008 Pelosi Says Obama Won’t be ‘Backing In’ to Nomination House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Monday Sen. Barack Obama would not be “backing in” to…
Newsom Announces 450 Layoffs
to Reconcile 2008-09 Budget Shortfall
San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom today announced his 2008-09 budget which includes 450 layoffs to help reconcile a $338 million budget shortfall. By Jesse Dungan June 2, 2008 San Francisco…
San Francisco Food Bank’s One Big Table
By Lisa Moresco June 2, 2008 “Food is our common ground, a universal experience.” – Legendary Chef, James Beard The devastating experience of hunger, not so much, but 150,000 of…