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 ...
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 ...
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.
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 ...
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 ...
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.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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.
Former UC immunologist wins Nobel Prize
James P. Allison, immunologist and former director of University of California at Berkeley's Cancer Research Laboratory, was ...
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. ...
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 ...
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 ...
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..
Jury to decide Monsanto cancer suit
A San Francisco Superior Court jury heard closing arguments Tuesday in the civil suit against pesticide manufacturer ...
Marin veterinarian named TED2018 fellow
A Bay Area scientist is the first veterinarian to be chosen as a TED Fellow.
Belmont councilman, former mayor Eric Reed dies
Belmont City Councilman Eric Reed died on Friday following an extended battle with cancer.
SF bans flame retardants from furniture
San Francisco is banning the sale of upholstered furniture and children’s products that contain flame retardant chemicals.
Flavored tobacco ban heads to voters
Tobacco-related cancers are the leading cause of cancer deaths in San Francisco for both men and women.
Strict limits urged on eating Lake Merced fish
Anglers are advised to avoid eating channel catfish and limit their consumption of black bass and rainbow ...
Chinese community warned over blessing scam
The San Francisco Police Department is warning the Chinese community after three suspects scammed an Asian woman ...
Celebrated Stanford mathematician dies at 40
Stanford mathematics professor Maryam Mirzakhani, the first woman to win the Fields Medal, mathematics' leading award, has ...
Bay Area ranks in Top 10 for air pollution
The San Francisco Bay Area ranks among the top 10 most polluted regions in the country, according ...
Trump budget would slash billions in cancer-fighting funds
Learning you have cancer can be devastating. That will happen to nearly 1.7 million Americans this year.
Cancer victims suffering, dying due to slow diagnoses
Millions of people are suffering and dying prematurely because their cancer has not been detected swiftly enough. ...
Newark police mourn officer who died of cancer
The Newark Police Department is mourning the death of one of its officers who passed away Sunday ...
Joe Biden to speak at health care event in SF
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden will deliver the keynote address Monday at a health care event in ...
Nanci Yuan, Stanford pediatrician, dies at 47
Admired pediatric doctor and clinical associate professor at Stanford University School of Medicine, Dr. Nanci Yuan, died ...
Vice President Biden to visit Bay Area Saturday
Vice President Joe Biden will visit the Bay Area on Saturday to discuss the Obama Administration's new push for a cancer cure.
SF style icon Wilkes Bashford dies at 82
A well-known San Francisco clothier died Saturday night in his San Francisco home.
Stuart Scott remembered through the prism of loss
Stuart Scott impacted a lot of people. In a tumultuous year of loss in my own life, ...
California bans smokeless tobacco at baseball stadiums
A bill signed by Gov. Jerry Brown Monday prohibits smokeless tobacco use at California's five professional baseball ...
Pooches need home for final days together
PALS East Bay is seeking someone to shepherd Monty and Brownie through the last of their days ...
Slaughterhouse owner pleads guilty to processing cancerous cattle
The co-owner of a Petaluma slaughterhouse that processed sick cattle for human consumption, some with eye cancer, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court.
