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Eric Mogilnicki came to the Senate to be Ted Kennedy's chief of staff, expecting to help guide home Kennedya s careerlong ambition of national health care reform.

The race for a Senate seat once held by John Quincy Adams, Daniel Webster, John F. Kennedy and "liberal lion" Edward M. Kennedy is shaping up as a battle of relative national unknowns, led by a state Democratic insider and a Republican lawmaker perhaps best known as a male centerfold and father of an "American Idol" contestant.

Brad Wheeler Published on Monday, Nov. 23, 2009 3:26PM EST Last updated on Monday, Nov.

Sen. Edward M. Kennedy will be a tough act to follow, even for the Kennedys. His death, coupled with the decision by family members not to seek the seat he held for nearly five decades, has prompted predictions that the family's long-running political dynasty is over.

Submit items for the listings at listings@sfbg.com . WEDNESDAY Cliff House Centennial Cliff House, 1090 Point Lobos, SF; 666-4006. 6:30pm, $175. Celebrate the 100 year anniversary of the third Cliffhouse built in 1909 after the first two buildings were destroyed by fire.

Newly released White House tapes from the Vietnam War era portray President John F. Kennedy wrestling over the fate of South Vietnam's strongman in a situation that appears to mirror President Barack Obama's quandary today in dealing with Afghanistan's shaky government.

Maria Shriver has long sought to protect her privacy as California's First Lady, but today she brought thousands to tears with an extraordinary evocation of her grief two months after the death of her mother, Eunice Kennedy Shriver.

Andrea Plancarte tries to comfort her daughter, Rosalinda, before an H1N1 vaccine was administered to the 7-year-old in the form of a nasal spray Thursday at the Effort's Oak Park Clinic.

Low-income San Joaquin County residents can obtain free government-surplus food Thursday at 15 locations while supplies last.

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* Dano Graves of Folsom completed 23 of 28 passes for 401 yards and six touchdowns and rushed for 121 yards and a score in a 55-33 win over Casa Roble.

Palm Desert, CA Who could resist the allure of Monte Carlo! On Saturday, November 7th, attend the event of the year, as Desert Cancer Foundation magically recreates this legendary locale at the Ironwood Country Club in Palm Desert for the 11th Annual Gift of Life Celebration Ironwood will be transformed into luxurious Monte Carlo, featuring a ...

Sanctuary from reality What we said: "The concept of sanctuary from uncertain federal laws is being misused.

Massachusetts Republicans have filed suit to block Paul Kirk from taking over the late Sen.

County officials are looking for volunteers to help launch a project to clean up graffiti and other neighborhood blight.

Disabled residents of a Monrovia apartment complex who were issued lease termination notices will be allowed to stay in their homes, Gov.

In a strange sequel to one of the most dramatic confrontations in modern political journalism, Sen.

She'd send, she proclaimed, "a message from above." On Thursday, January 27, 1921, evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson stood in the cockpit of a Curtiss JN-4 "Jenny." Wearing a leather coat and cap, tinted goggles across her forehead, she gave a sermon at Aviation Field, Jim Hennessey's training school at the foot of B Street.

Irv Handel recently received certification from the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology as a certified pollen counter.

Like a kindergarten teacher kneeling down to meet her 3-foot-tall charges at eye level, the new elementary school at the Ambassador Hotel site, set to open today, is impeccably attuned to the importance of a first impression.