Facing Gun Issue, Starbucks Throws Up Its Hands
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SAN FRANCISCO (March 3) -- The Starbucks coffee chain announced today that it will continue letting customers openly wear unloaded handguns in its coffee shops. At the same time, the company asked...
'Gov. Moonbeam' Wants His Old Job Back
Russel A. Daniels, AP
(March 2) -- Jerry Brown, who was first elected governor of California when he was 36, wants another try at the job -– 27 years after he left office.
Recovering Humpbacks Arrive at Critical Point
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LAHAINA, Hawaii (March 1) -- From the research boat in the waters off Maui, we could see humpback whales in all directions. A few yards from the boat, a calf surfaced to breathe as its mother rested...
Devil Trumps Reagan in Duel Over Landmark
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(Feb. 24) -- Arthur Mijares, a devout Christian, thinks Mount Diablo is no way to identify a San Francisco-area landmark. So he petitioned local officials to support changing it to Mount Reagan in...
California Bill Takes Aim at Basic Right: Free Parking
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SAN FRANCISCO (Feb. 24) -- For many drivers in California, the right to free parking is as fundamental as freedom of speech or the right to bear arms. Politicians who challenge the California car...
Can US Be Haven for Those Who Sanction Torture?
Center for Justice & Accountability
SAN FRANCISCO (Feb. 19) -- When Mohamed Ali Samantar, former prime minister of Somalia, arrived in the United States in 1997, he quietly took up residence in Virginia, far from the violence and chaos...
Actors Pitch In for Prop 8 Trial Re-Enactment
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SAN FRANCISCO (Feb. 3) – On the morning the landmark Proposition 8 trial was set to begin last month, John Ireland was sitting eagerly at his computer ready to watch the proceedings on...
Prop 8 Testimony Ends With Only a Brief Defense
SAN FRANCISCO (Jan. 28) – Attorneys for the plaintiffs in the landmark trial challenging California's ban on same-sex marriage put on two weeks of testimony from a slew of experts. The defense...
Testimony About Trauma, Prejudice in Prop 8 Trial
AP
SAN FRANCISCO (Jan. 21) -- A gay Denver Police Department employee testified about the trauma he suffered as a teenager when his desperate evangelical parents tried to force him to change his sexual...
Video Urges Chevron to Clean Up Oil Pollution
Brandon Wu
SAN FRANCISCO (Jan. 14) -- The environmental group Amazon Watch is welcoming new Chevron Chairman and CEO John Watson to his new post with a video and petition campaign urging him to clean up massive...
2 Couples Make Case for Gay Rights in Big Trial
AP
SAN FRANCISCO (Jan. 12) -- The significance of the nation's first federal trial over same-sex marriage was obvious Monday when the attorneys representing the various parties introduced themselves to...
Cannabis College Redefines 'Higher Education'
Kevin Miyamoto
OAKLAND, Calif. (Jan. 8) -- It seemed like a typical grand opening. The president of Oaksterdam University and an Oakland City Council member helped cut a red ribbon strung across the doorway. A...
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