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Palo Alto police chief steps down amid furor over racial profiling (1)
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Palo Alto Police Chief Lynne Johnson announced her retirement Thursday, citing the strain of a controversy she sparked nearly a month ago with comments that appeared to endorse racial profiling. Johnson said at an Oct. 30 public meeting at City Hall that she...Shared by Adam (30)Contribute comment -
CoCo prosecutor facing charges in alleged sex assault, lawyer says (1)
onThe state attorney general's office has indicated it will file charges against a Contra Costa County sex crimes prosecutor in connection with the alleged sexual assault of a colleague, the suspect's defense attorney said Thursday. Deputy District Attorney...Shared by Adam (30)Contribute comment
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WAMU to eliminate 1,600 back-office jobs in Bay Area (1)
onWashington Mutual Inc., the Seattle bank seized by federal regulators and sold to JPMorgan Chase in September, said Thursday that it will shutter its Pleasanton campus and cut hundreds of San Francisco positions, eliminating 1,600 Bay Area jobs in all. The...Shared by Rob Spectre (670)Contribute comment
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Calif. cities consider green alternatives to lawns (3)
onCookie Smith was surprised to learn the fake lawn that earned her a home-beautification award violated a city ban on artificial grass. Her neighbor was shocked when he complied with a state order to conserve water and was instead threatened with a $50 fine...Contribute comment
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NorCal median home price plummets 41 percent (2)
onA real estate tracking firm says the median home price plunged 41 percent last month in a nine-county region around San Francisco Bay, as homebuyers snapped up homes that had been foreclosed and otherwise discounted. Figures released Thursday by MDA DataQuick...Shared by Clare Mortensen (29) Logan (46)Contribute comment
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Bay Area home prices dive, sales soar (1)
onAgainst a background of economic turmoil, Bay Area home sales soared and the median price plummeted in October as buyers snapped up bargain foreclosures, according to a real estate report released today. A total of 5,624 resale homes changed hands in the nine-...Shared by maltphoto (27)Contribute comment
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Dreary outlook from Bay Area executives (1)
onFour out of 10 Bay Area employers contacted in a survey anticipate cutting jobs within six months, according to a dismal report on the region's business pulse being issued today. A survey of 509 executives, conducted in the first week of November by the Bay...Shared by maltphoto (27)Contribute comment
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Dow plunges nearly 430 to fall below 8,000 mark (1)
onWall Street hit levels not seen since 2003 on Wednesday, with the Dow Jones industrial average plunging below the 8,000 mark amid a dour economic outlook from the Federal Reserve and worries over the fate of Detroit's three automakers. A cascade of selling...Shared by Rob Spectre (670)Contribute comment
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State Supreme Court to hear challenges to Prop. 8 (1)
onThe state Supreme Court plunged back into the same-sex marriage wars Wednesday, agreeing to decide the legality of a ballot measure that repealed the right of gay and lesbian couples to wed in California. Six months after its momentous ruling that struck down...Shared by Justin (75)Contribute comment
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Former S.F. supervisor guilty of lying about where he lived (1)
onEd Jew, the former San Francisco supervisor who resigned from office in January after state and federal prosecutors charged him with corruption, pleaded guilty Tuesday in state court to felony perjury for lying about living in the district he represented. The...Shared by Justin (75)Contribute comment
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Jim Jones' son remembers the tragedy (2)
onThe radio call came before the suicides began. On Nov. 18, 1978, Jim Jones Jr. was 18 years old and living in a Peoples Temple compound in Georgetown, Guyana, 150 miles from the Jonestown settlement. The previous night, he and his teammates on the Peoples...Shared by Lance (3464) m.rose (28)Contribute comment
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Bay Area demonstrations condemn Prop. 8 (1)
onThe crackling outrage against California's vote to ban same-sex marriage spilled out across the nation today as tens of thousands of demonstrators gathered throughout the country to protest the Nov. 4 victory of Proposition 8. "What an amazing day that people...Shared by Rob Spectre (670)Contribute comment
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State high court interested in Prop. 8 suits (1)
onThe California Supreme Court has asked state Attorney General Jerry Brown to reply by Monday to lawsuits challenging the voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage - a sign that the justices are taking the cases seriously and will not dispose of them quickly....Shared by Rob Spectre (670)Contribute comment
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Palin leaves door open for possible Senate run (1)
onAlaska Gov. Sarah Palin said Wednesday she would consider serving in the Senate if God gave her the opportunity and Alaskans wanted her to take the job. The state's senior senator, Republican Ted Stevens, fell behind as the count resumed in his re-election...Shared by Rob Spectre (670)Contribute comment
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Bay Area homeowners owe more than home's worth (2)
onTwenty percent of Bay Area homeowners owe more on their mortgages than their homes are worth, according to a study being released today. This dubious distinction has entered the American lexicon as an all-too-familiar term - being underwater. As home values...Shared by Daniel Austin (45) maltphoto (27)Contribute comment
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California betting on Obama embracing state's climate policies (1)
onCalifornia officials, who have battled the Bush administration for years over the state's attempt to set the nation's toughest regulations on greenhouse gas emissions from cars and trucks, are counting on a much warmer reception for their climate policies...Shared by Rob Spectre (670)Contribute comment
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Prop. 8 proponents want their day before state's high court (1)
onA group opposed to same-sex marriage wants to help defend Proposition 8 before the California Supreme Court, saying lawsuits seeking to overturn the Nov. 4 ballot measure threaten the initiative process. Three suits filed the day after the election open the...Shared by Rob Spectre (670)Contribute comment
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Catholics, Mormons allied to pass Prop. 8 (1)
onMonths before the first ads would run on Proposition 8, San Francisco Catholic Archbishop George Niederauer reached out to a group he knew well, Mormons. Niederauer had made critical inroads into improving Catholic-Mormon relations while he was Bishop of Salt...Shared by Rob Spectre (670)Contribute comment
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S.F. killings seen as centering on gangs, turf (1)
onSan Francisco's 98 homicides last year, the highest number in 12 years, were anything but random. According to a new study, the violence was concentrated - routinely involving the same gangs and featuring suspects and victims with long rap sheets. Nearly...Shared by Rob Spectre (670)Contribute comment
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Anti-U.S. sentiment grows in Syria after raid (1)
onThe U.S. incursion into Syria late last month put this eastern border town near Iraq on the world stage and many of its residents on edge. "At the beginning of the war, we were scared. Then we got used to it. Now we're scared again - and angry," said Yusef...Shared by Rob Spectre (670)Contribute comment
