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The Queen of the Road: Bay Area drivers and disabled spaces
Queen: A recent column focused on disabled parking spaces and what to do when a seemingly able-bodied person parks in a disabled parking spot.
Jackie Speier Skateboards with Stephen Colbert
Speier , who represents California's 12th District which includes parts of San Francisco and San Mateo counties, did not make a complete ass of herself -- and in this context, that's a remarkable achievement.
CycleTracks iPhone App Tells San Fancisco TA Where Bike Paths Should be Built
Crowdsourcing Bike Path Planning People don't always go where you think they will.
Gender Disparity In California Businesses
Listen to the report In California, just 10.6 percent of board seats and executive positions of top corporations are held by women.
The 'Cycle Tracks' iPhone app: Let's bring it to Portland
Screenshot of Cycle Tracks. This morning I learned about a new iPhone app called Cycle Tracks .
Man Cleared In Stabbing Of SF Boy On Muni
Share + Nov 16, 2009 2:56 pm US/Pacific SAN FRANCISCO Police have determined that a man who was arrested for stabbing a woman over the weekend is not the man who stabbed 11-year-old Hatim Mansori on a San Francisco Municipal Railway bus in September.
Alameda County district attorney to look into secret tapings
In an apparent attempt to head off Republican criticism of its internal inquiry into a secret audio taping controversy, Attorney General Jerry Brown has asked the Alameda County District Attorney's office to look into the matter.
Budget Cuts Keep M.D.s From Work
State-ordered furloughs ordered at the California state medical board have resulted in a logjam of physician license applications, physicians say.
Ricoh's Bay Area Offices Receive Bay Area Green Business Program Certification
Ricoh Americas Corporation has announced that the Ricoh Technology Portal in San Francisco and Ricoh sales offices in Santa Clara and Contra Costa Counties received green certification through the Bay Area Green Business Program.
Eyes on the Street: Market Street Advance Stop Bars
New advanced stop bars have been striped on Market Street between 10th Street and 5th Street.
California AG rules secret phone recordings weren't illegal
Attorney General Jerry Brown's office has sparked debate about its interpretation of state privacy laws after it determined that a spokesman had not done anything illegal by secretly taping conversations with news reporters.
Joe Jackson Stipend Bid (Video) For 'His Share' Michael Estate
Michael Jackson's father Joe Jackson has launched a court bid for a share of the King of Pop's estate.
Joe Jackson Allegedly Behind Death Threats
Joe Jackson is accused of running a campaign of terror against a former associate who is trying to prove Michael Jackson had an illegitimate son.
Life in the Bay Area comes at a high price
A research group that promotes affordable housing has unveiled a new way of calculating what many already know: Bay Area residents pay a high price for living where they do.
Weekend gay pride parade, festival expected to draw 20,000; Cleve Jones grand marshal
More than 20,000 people are expected to attend an annual gay pride festival and parade this weekend in Palm Springs.
Peninsula native-plant sale, November 5
CALIFORNIA NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY 15TH ANNUAL SALE OF SAN FRANCISCO PENINSULA NATIVE PLANTS, NOVEMBER 5, THURSDAY, 7.30 p.m. San Francisco County Fair Bldg, 9th Avenue & Lincoln Way, Golden Gate Park.
Three-quarters of HIV Positive Prisoners Decrease Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy after Release
SUMMARY: A large proportion of HIV positive former prisoners take their antiretroviral therapy irregularly after they are released from incarceration, thereby raising the risk of treatment failure and disease progression, according to a study in the September 22, 2009 issue of the open-access online journal PLoS One .
San Jose police arrest man called one of Bay Area's most prolific taggers
San Jose police Thursday announced the arrest of a suspect they described as one of the most prolific graffiti artists in the Bay Area.
San Francisco to Create Asbestos Department
In an effort to tackle its asbestos caseload, San Francisco County Superior Court is proposing the creation of a single asbestos department where all discovery, law and motion and case management matters will be heard.
CA Poised to Reform Auto-Centric Level of Service Environmental Rules
California administrative rulemakers recently moved a step closer to reforming the section of the California Environmental Quality Act that has compelled cities to focus undue attention on the age-old Automobile Level of Service threshold for impacts of new projects and has led to the construction of excess off-street parking.
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