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Hundreds of police employees sue Tetra Tech over Hunters Point exposure
Nearly 400 San Francisco police employees have sued Tetra Tech Inc. in federal court on claims of negligence and racketeering conspiracy for allegedly causing them to be exposed to...Read More
Judge upholds Monsanto verdict, reduces damages to $86.7 million
An Alameda County Superior Court judge has upheld a jury’s verdict that Monsanto’s Roundup weedkiller caused cancer in a Livermore couple but substantially reduced their damages from $2 billion...Read More
Stephen Piscotty undergoes surgery to remove melanoma
A's right fielder Stephen Piscotty had successful surgery Thursday to remove a melanoma from his right ear.Read More
Jury orders Monsanto to pay cancer-stricken Livermore couple $2 billion
An Alameda County Superior Court jury on Monday awarded more than $2 billion in damages from Monsanto Co. to a Livermore couple who claimed the company’s Roundup weedkiller caused...Read More
Monsanto found liable for cancer, jury awards $80 million
federal jury in San Francisco on Wednesday awarded a Sonoma County man more than $80 million in compensation and punitive damages.Read More
Jeanine Nicholson appointed as next SF fire chief
After years of fighting fires on the front lines, Jeanine Nicholson will rise to fire chief in May.Read More
Judge slashes Monsanto cancer damages to $39 million
A judge upheld pesticide manufacturer Monsanto's liability in a lawsuit alleging exposure to the company's Roundup product played a substantial role in causing a man's cancer.Read More
Friend of victim guilty of Nob Hill murder
A San Francisco jury found a man guilty of murder Thursday for bludgeoning his cancer-stricken friend to death more than a year ago inside the victim's Nob Hill apartment.Read More
Nob Hill murder trial goes to jury
Jurors began deliberating Tuesday in the murder trial for a man accused of bludgeoning his cancer-stricken friend to death inside his friend's San Francisco apartment last year.Read More
Monsanto granted new trial after $250 million judgement
A San Francisco judge Wednesday granted a new trial in a case against pesticide manufacturer Monsanto brought by a cancer-stricken Vallejo man.Read More
Cal alumna wins Nobel in chemistry
For the second time this week, a Nobel Prize has been given to a scientist associated with the University of California at Berkeley.Read More
Former UC immunologist wins Nobel Prize
James P. Allison, immunologist and former director of University of California at Berkeley's Cancer Research Laboratory, was awarded the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.Read More
Monsanto seeks dismissal of $289 million Roundup verdict
A San Francisco Superior Court judge will hear arguments Oct. 10 on a bid by Monsanto Co. for dismissal of a $289 million jury verdict for a cancer-stricken gardener.Read More
Willis Casey, former SF, Pittsburg police chief, dies
Willis Casey, who served as San Francisco's police chief in the early 1990s and later as police chief, city manager and a city councilman in Pittsburg, died Thursday after...Read More
PG&E agrees to reduce dioxin runoff
An eight-year-old lawsuit filed against PG&E Co. for alleged releases of dioxin from stored utility poles into San Francisco Bay and Humboldt Bay has been settled, according to the...Read More
Jury slaps Monsanto with $289m in damages
A Vallejo man with cancer was awarded $250 million in punitive damages Friday in a landmark lawsuit against herbicide manufacturer Monsanto..Read More
Jury to decide Monsanto cancer suit
A San Francisco Superior Court jury heard closing arguments Tuesday in the civil suit against pesticide manufacturer Monsanto, brought on by a 37-year-old Vallejo man who said he was...Read More
Marin veterinarian named TED2018 fellow
A Bay Area scientist is the first veterinarian to be chosen as a TED Fellow.Read More
Belmont councilman, former mayor Eric Reed dies
Belmont City Councilman Eric Reed died on Friday following an extended battle with cancer.Read More
SF bans flame retardants from furniture
San Francisco is banning the sale of upholstered furniture and children’s products that contain flame retardant chemicals.Read More