Smile, Your License Plate's on Town's Candid Camera
Eric Risberg, AP
TIBURON, Calif. (Nov. 7) -- Drive a car into this affluent town on San Francisco Bay and you will be noticed. At least your license plate will. The small community of Tiburon has begun photographing...
Booming China Lures Key Professors Home From US
Frederic J. Brown, AFP / Getty Images
SAN FRANCISCO (Sept. 23) -- When Weiping Li came from China in 1982 to study engineering at Stanford University, he didn't plan to stay long. But after earning his Ph.D., he found that the best...
House for Sale: 3BR, 2.5BA, Pulpit, Bell Tower, $7.5M
Courtesy Woodruff & Miller
SAN FRANCISCO (July 11) -- The century-old church has a pulpit, a pew and a bell tower. But instead of a congregation, the historic, red-brick structure has a single occupant, the homeowner. Siamak...
Coast Guard's Icebreaker Fleet Frozen in Port
Petty Officer 3rd Class Pamela J. Manns, U.S. Coast Guard
SAN FRANCISCO (June 30) -- The U.S. Coast Guard won't have any heavy icebreakers available for polar operations for at least six months because of mechanical breakdowns in its small, aging fleet,...
Coast Guard, Town Battle Over Historic Lighthouse Lens
The Ferndale Enterprise
SAN FRANCISCO (June 28) -- The U.S. Coast Guard would seem to have plenty to worry about with the cleanup of the BP oil spill. But it has gotten itself into another sticky mess in the little Northern...
Final Arguments Made in Proposition 8 Trial
Jeff Chiu, AP
SAN FRANCISCO (June 17) -- Attorney Charles Cooper made his final argument that California's ban on same-sex marriages should be upheld as constitutional by telling Chief District Judge Vaughn...
California Flotilla Activists Blast Israel for Raid
Louisa Gouliamaki, AFP / Getty Images
SAN FRANCISCO (June 8) -- Three Bay Area residents who were aboard the flotilla seized by Israel off the coast of Gaza last week have returned home more committed than ever to the Palestinian...
Somalis Can Sue Ex-Prime Minister in US
Center for Justice & Accountability
(June 1) -- Somalis seeking justice in the U.S. for human rights abuses in their homeland praised a U.S. Supreme Court decision today allowing a lawsuit against Somalia's former prime minister to go...
Jail Ordered for Man Who Cooked Taxes, Poached Fish
SAN FRANCISCO (May 28) -- For years, San Francisco businessman Luke Brugnara flouted laws protecting endangered species and requiring the payment of taxes. It all caught up with him this...
Vegas' Biggest Loser's Losses Now Over $200 Million
Jae C. Hong, AP
SAN FRANCISCO (May 20) --– Anyone who wants to claim the title of biggest loser will have to deal first with the legacy of businessman Terrance Watanabe. In a lawsuit filed last year against...
Headcam Records a Cop's-Eye View
Courtesy of William Pender
SAN JOSE, Calif. (May 17) -- Each day when San Jose police officer William Pender goes to work, he straps on his badge, gun, radio and Taser. And then he attaches a small video camera to his left...
Marisa Tomei, Others Re-Enact Prop 8 Trial
Courage Campaign
SAN FRANCISCO (May 16) -- Actress Marisa Tomei and actor Josh Lucas met last month in a West Hollywood park to read a compelling script taken from the pages of reality. The Academy Award-winning...
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