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BART ridership drops on nights, weekends
BART’s once-rocketing ridership has taken a 6.3-percent tumble in the past three years — an 8 million-ride drop compared with the system’s peak …
TrainsBus driver shortage prompts SF schools' warning of possible delays
The San Francisco Unified School District and some of its individual campuses are warning students, parents and staff that local bus service delays …
Commuter RailBeauty Diaries: A Natural-Skincare Founder Shares Her Nontoxic Routine
<i>Welcome to</i> Beauty Diaries<i>, an intimate look into the beauty routines and spending habits of real women in the industry (and beyond).</i> <i>We already spoke</i> …
Skin CareGiuliani: Trump Tower meeting was 'originally for the purpose of getting information about Clinton'
Rudy Giuliani on Sunday acknowledged that the original purpose of a meeting at Trump Tower between members of the Trump campaign and a Russian lawyer …
Donald TrumpDefense attorneys challenge judges over Trump immigration policies
It was a simple question, but for Benjamin Davis the answer was complicated.<p>Davis, a federal public defender in San Diego, had just been asked by a judge whether his client’s guilty plea to a charge of entering the United States illegally was “knowing and voluntary”.<p>If he said no, Davis’s client …
News (U.S.)Punish Californians for the crimes they've committed, not for murders they didn't do
A.J. acted as a decoy in an armed robbery committed by her boyfriend in downtown San Francisco in 2005. She was sitting in a parked car a block away when he attempted to rob a second man 15 minutes later, then shot and killed him. Today, A.J. sits in prison in California serving a 25-years-to-life …
Los AngelesIn defense of Nancy Pelosi
FOR SOME OF US — particularly women of a certain age — what’s happening to 78-year-old House minority leader Nancy Pelosi is painfully familiar.<p>Much …
RepublicansWhat are the dangers of electric scooters?
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The 21-year-old woman who died late Saturday after she was hit by a car while riding an electric scooter in downtown Cleveland was …
Bike LanesGavin Newsom criticized for flip-flopping on California's most pressing issues
While mayor of San Francisco, Democrat Gavin Newsom supported high-speed rail in California so strongly that he partnered with Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in 2008 to push for a $10-billion state bond measure to help build it.<p>Six years later, Newsom pulled his support, citing exploding …
San FranciscoFederal court orders alleged hacker to pay for bail with cryptocurrency
Defendants in US federal court cases now have another option for staying out on bail: emptying their virtual wallets. A district court in San Francisco has ordered alleged hacker Martin Marsich to pay the equivalent of $750,000 in cryptocurrency if he wants to live in a halfway house while facing …
U.S. Federal CourtsBannon: If Trump knew about Trump Tower meeting ‘you have to question it’
Former White House chief strategist Steve BannonStephen (Steve) Kevin BannonBannon announces pro-Trump movie, operation team ahead of midterms: …
Donald TrumpSan Francisco takes combating opioid abuse to the streets
City workers in San Fransisco are taking to the streets and offering bupenorphine prescriptions to homeless people addicted to opioids, reports the …
San FranciscoFacebook should be treated as content creator: US attorneys
San Francisco, Aug 19 (IANS) For the efforts it makes to "customise" audience for its advertisers, Facebook should legally be considered as a …
San FranciscoTrump accuses social media of being unfair to conservatives
San Francisco, Aug 19 (IANS) After lambasting certain mainstream media houses for producing what he calls "fake news" for quite some time now, US …
Social MediaCalifornia drops wildfire utility liability protection plan
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers are abandoning a proposal by Gov. Jerry Brown to shield electrical utilities from some financial …
Jerry BrownThe West Oakland Teacher Everyone Knows
She doggedly told the stories of her Filipino-American community, centered in her hometown of Stockton, and used those stories to advocate for that …
San FranciscoWalters: ‘Biggest rollback of campaign finance law’ weighed
Jesse Unruh, the legendary speaker of the state Assembly during the 1960s, was fond of pithy quips, and one of his more enduring is that “money is …
Campaign FinanceTree fire shuts down Richmond BART station for over an hour Saturday
A vegetation fire shut down the Richmond BART station Saturday afternoon, causing major delays on the Richmond, Fremont and Millbrae lines.<p>Initial reports indicated that a tree burning near the tracks damaged third-rail cover boards, with smoke from the fire blowing onto the platform, BART …
TransitGavin Newsom’s California Dream
“Fourteen people came up to me and said you should be president,” says Melissa Murray, the interim dean of the Berkeley Law School. She is talking to …
U.S. PoliticsJeff Sessions wants to remove immigration judges who aren't deporting people fast enough
Immigration judges are facing pressure from the Trump administration to move deportations faster, but one judge and — and the union representing hundreds of others — aren’t taking it anymore. The National Association of Immigration Judges, a union that represents some 350 immigration judges across …
ImmigrationDog stands on two legs to make room for other commuters on busy train
Four legs are good, but two legs were better on a crowded train Wednesday in California.<p>To make room for other passengers, an owner with his Great …
Great DaneJudge Advances Lawsuit Over Access to Executions
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) – California cannot dodge a lawsuit claiming it enacted unconstitutional rules to hide the most gruesome parts of inmate …
Death PenaltyCalifornia Democrats move quickly to change law on foreclosure funds
Democratic lawmakers in Sacramento are moving quickly on legislation to overturn a court ruling that would require the state to use $331 million to aid homeowners hit with foreclosures, money from a nationwide settlement with banks accused of abusive foreclosure practices.<p>A state appeals court in …
Home OwnershipBay Area Spare the Air Alert Issued for Sunday
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — Continued smoke from Northern California wildfires, along with pollution from cars, has prompted the Bay Area Air Quality …
PollutionThe big picture: Why scooters have faced backlash
In the months electric scooters for rent started cropping up in cities across the country, the response hasn’t exactly been positive — especially …
BusinessHere's How California's Cities Rank For Raising A Family
The apartment-finding service Zumper ranked the largest cities based on 10 key factors. See how California's cities fared.<p>A new study on the best …
CriminologyMuni track equipment issue snarls morning commute
Civic Center, Cole Valley, Duboce Triangle, Embarcadero, Financial District, SoMaPhoto: Samir Lavingia/TwitterRiders of Muni metro trains and shuttle …
TrainsCalifornia’s bill to end cash bail could make history — and splinter the left
California is considering a massive shake-up in the way the justice system treats people accused of crimes—scrapping money-based bail but giving …
Civil RightsRussia formally protests seizure of U.S. facilities: Moscow
Russia has filed a formal complaint with the Trump administration in response to U.S. authorities seizing several of its diplomatic missions and …
RussiaCityLab Daily: Sidewalks Are a Dumping Ground for Bad Urban Policy
Also: How one kid stopped the contamination of a river, and righting the wrongs of HQ2.<p><i>Keep up with the most pressing, interesting, and important city stories of the day. Sign up for the CityLab Daily newsletter here.</i><p>What We’re Following<p><b>Down in the dumps:</b> San Francisco Mayor London Breed caused a …
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