A federal judge has struck down the state's voter-approved rules toughening standards for revoking paroles, saying they violate the right to legal representation and tilt the system in favor of sending ex-cons back to...
Four female San Jose State University students were groped in their dorm rooms early this morning by a man who was roaming the building looking for unlocked doors, campus officials said. A woman called police about 3:30...
A man was stabbed to death Thursday night in San Francisco near the Daly City border, police said today. Officers responding to a fight near the intersection of Regent Street and San Jose Avenue about 9 p.m. found a...
A federal judge signaled Thursday that she's likely to strike down a federal law that denies long-term health coverage to the same-sex domestic partners of state employees in California, saying it appears to be based on...
Around Mid-Market, signs of life are sprouting. The smell of fries emanates from Pearl's Deluxe Burgers. Huckleberry Bicycles sells gears and tires. Hundreds of workers will soon flow into Twitter's headquarters. But...
California is on the verge of approving the most stringent vehicle emissions regulations in the United States, forcing automakers to cut exhaust by two-thirds and begin mass-producing zero-emission vehicles and plug-in...
A San Francisco judge refused Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi's request Thursday that she lift an order barring him from having any contact with his wife and 2-year-old son while a domestic-violence case against him proceeds....
State Senate district lines drawn by a citizens' commission must be used in this year's elections, the California Supreme Court ruled today in rejecting a Republican group's request to put the new boundaries on hold...
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