Supreme Court rules census count can be halted immediately
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday granted a request by the Trump administration to stay a lower court injunction that prevented the U.S. ...
Trump lashes out after 5-4 Supreme Court ruling blocks attempt to end DACA program
The U.S. Supreme Court by a 5-4 vote on Thursday blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from ending ...
Bay Area leaders applaud ‘watershed’ LGBTQ rights U.S. Supreme Court ruling
Gov. Gavin Newsom and Bay Area officials celebrated a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision Monday that extended ...
9th Circuit hears arguments in appeal for restrictive asylum rule
A U.S. Department of Justice lawyer defended a restrictive asylum rule by the administration of ...
Lawyers argue government terminated DACA ‘the wrong way’
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra said Tuesday that state lawyers stood up for the rule of law ...
Arguments begin Tuesday as Supreme Court weighs DACA fate
The U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear arguments Tuesday on whether it should preserve the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program protecting ...
Victim petitions Supreme Court in case alleging SFPD mishandled rape investigation
After being dismissed by two lower federal courts based on a two-year statute of limitations, Heather Marlowe ...
English language learners retain support after Lau consent decree sunsets
The San Francisco Unified School District announced Monday that a 43-year-old consent decree requiring support for English ...
Trump threatens census delay after Supreme Court blocks citizenship question
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday blocked for now a plan by the administration of President Donald ...
Supreme Court kicks census citizenship question back to Commerce Department
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday sent a dispute about the citizenship question on the 2020 Census ...
Officials take pride raising Pride flag over Capitol
For the first time in history, state officials at the State Capitol building in Sacramento raised the rainbow Pride flag, according to Gov. ...
Supremes duck foie gras case, clearing way for ban
The U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way Monday for California's ban on foie gras to go into ...
About 100 chant, march at Oakland anti-Kavanaugh rally
Approximately 100 people turned out for a protest rally Saturday afternoon at Lake Merritt in downtown Oakland ...
Labor groups condemn Supreme Court ruling
In a setback for unions, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the use of mandatory fees for ...
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 ...
DOJ presses Supreme Court to reverse DACA ruling
The U.S. Department of Justice will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a decision by a federal judge in San Francisco to ...
Barry Bonds prosecutors abandon appeal
The legal saga of former San Francisco Giants outfielder Barry Bonds came to an official end Tuesday.
Marriage equality completes long legal journey
During the past 12 years, about three dozen states, beginning with Massachusetts in 2003, have come to ...
Champions of equality celebrate victory at City Hall
Standing beneath a massive rainbow flag, Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, state Sen. Mark Leno and other public ...
Supreme Court affirms Affordable Care Act
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the federal government can continue subsidizing health care insurance under ...
SF public schools modify services for English learners
The U.S. Justice Department and plaintiffs in a 45-year-old school discrimination case asked a federal judge Wednesday to approve a modified agreement for services ...
State high court upholds affordable housing
The California Supreme Court unanimously ruled that cities have the right to require developers to make a ...
Same-sex plaintiff optimistic over Supreme Court ruling
An Ohio man at the center of the same-sex marriage case now pending before the U.S. Supreme ...
Court to decide if SFPD officers violated ADA by shooting mentally ill woman
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday left a lower court to decide whether two San Francisco police officers ...
Feds mull appeal in Barry Bonds case
Federal prosecutors announced they are considering appealing to the U.S. Supreme Court to reinstate the obstruction of ...
Bay Area giants back same-sex marriage
Bay Area businesses are among 379 companies that asked the U.S. Supreme Court to declare a constitutional right to same-sex marriage.
San Jose strikes out with appeals court
San Jose lost a bid to a federal appeals court to challenge Major League Baseball's exemption from ...
Supreme Court favors fish over farmers
A federal plan to protect the Delta smelt was left in place Monday.
Ruling puts ‘cruel’ foie gras back on menu
Chefs around the Bay Area are wasting no time getting foie gras back onto their menus.
Final oysters plucked from Drakes Bay
The last commercial oysters have been removed from Drakes Bay following the closure of the oyster farm.
SF police shooting case heads to Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to take up San Francisco's appeal of a case that concerns how police must treat mentally disabled suspects ...
Drakes Bay Supreme Court bid falls flat
Drakes Bay Oyster Company is facing eviction after the U.S. Supreme Court refused to take up its ...
Drakes Bay takes appeal to Supreme Court
Drakes Bay Oyster Co. made its final bid to the U.S. Supreme Court Monday.
Supreme Court swings toward business in rulings
In two different cases affecting workers, conservatives on the court sided with corporations in a 5-to-4 vote.
