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Supervisors to appeal state board ruling on voter-approved Sheriff’s Office oversight
The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to appeal a ruling by the California Public Employment Relations Board that voided provisions of a voter-approved measure expanding law enforcement...Read More
California pushes back with appeal on judge’s assault weapons ban ruling
Following a decision last week by a U.S. District Court judge to overturn a statewide ban on assault weapons, Gov. Gavin Newsom and Attorney General Rob Bonta said on...Read More
Man convicted as ‘NorCal Rapist’ maintains innocence as judge hands down 897-year sentence
Roy Charles Waller was sentenced Friday to 897 years in prison following a conviction in the “NorCal Rapist” case involving the assault on nine women from 1991 to 2006....Read More
Breed, Haney propose stricter appeals process for city projects
Supervisor Matt Haney is looking to tighten requirements surrounding how public appeals to city projects are considered. Mayor London Breed is supporting the proposal. Haney will introduce legislation during...Read More
Concord council to consider appeal on 70-unit townhome development
The Concord City Council could pave the way for a 70-townhome residential project to move ahead, with consideration of an appeal of the local planning commission’s recent approval of...Read More
Cardenas market battle wages on in Concord City Council
The Concord City Council is set to take up on Tuesday night an ongoing rift over some design aspects of a recently opened Cardenas Markets grocery store on Monument...Read More
Embarcadero attack fuels concerns over SAFE Navigation Center
Residents living along the Embarcadero are renewing their call for San Francisco Mayor London Breed and the Board of Supervisors to temporarily halt construction of a new 200-bed SAFE...Read More
Supes reject resident appeal to halt SAFE Navigation Center plans
San Francisco will move ahead with plans to build a 200-bed SAFE Navigation Center along the Embarcadero this summer after the Board of Supervisors denied an environmental appeal lodged...Read More
Regulators fine firms $65k over Twin Peaks tunnel worker death
State regulators fined two construction companies for the death of a crew member who died last year.Read More
SFPD officer accused of bank robbery also charged with elder abuse
A suspended San Francisco police officer who is accused of bank robbery is due in federal court on Friday morning for a hearing on whether he should be granted...Read More
Appeals court refuses to reinstate Trump’s asylum ban
A federal appeals court in San Francisco Friday turned down a government request to reinstate President Donald Trump's partial ban on asylum seekers at the Mexican border.Read More
Judge again dismisses civil rights lawsuit against SF State
A federal judge has dismissed a civil rights lawsuit in which five present and former Jewish students and two community members claimed San Francisco State University tolerated and sometimes...Read More
Hearing explores stiffer safety requirements for city contractors
Supervisor Norman Yee is calling for city departments to do a better job when it comes vetting contractors' safety records for construction work.Read More
Electric scooters power back onto San Francisco streets
Powered scooters are back on San Francisco streets after a more than three-month hiatus.Read More
Shopkeeper found guilty of murder for second time
A former San Francisco shopkeeper, charged with killing two rival shopkeepers in the city's Fisherman's Wharf neighborhood nearly eight years ago, has been found guilty of double homicide for...Read More
42 years after dual murders, ‘Gypsy Hill’ killer, rapist sentenced to life
A man convicted in the decades-old cold case murders of two teenage girls in San Mateo County will likely spend the rest of his life in prison.Read More
Court upholds verdict, denies Brock Turner appeal
A state appellate court Wednesday denied an appeal from the attorney of a former Stanford University swimmer convicted of sexual assault.Read More
Even the worst Yelp review can now live forever
The California Supreme Court ruled by a 4-3 vote in San Francisco Monday that Yelp Inc. can’t be forced to take down a review that was found to be...Read More
Supreme Court rejects crisis pregnancy center appeal
Two days after issuing a decision in favor of crisis pregnancy centers, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a San Francisco center's appeal in a different case.Read More
Andy Lopez case cleared for trial by Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court Monday refused to review a lower court decision allowing a trial on allegations that a Sonoma County sheriff’s deputy used excessive force when he fatally...Read More