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For a considerable chunk of the workforce, 2020 is turning into the year with no time...| San Francisco Chronicle
For a considerable chunk of the workforce, 2020 is turning into the year with no time...| San Francisco Chronicle
Homicides in San Francisco are continuing to drop, according to city data, and could be the lowest they’ve been in decades.| San Francisco Chronicle
The Supreme Court rejected an oil industry challenge to a court-ordered ban on fracking...| San Francisco Chronicle
Local judges cannot respond or defend themselves against San Francisco District Attorney...| San Francisco Chronicle
“He’s had an epic career, holding nearly every possible judicial seat in California,” said David Carrillo, a UC Berkeley law professor and executive director of the law school’s California Constitution Center.| Articles Archive - UC Berkeley Law
“I believe courts could conclude that there is no reasonable need for ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) agents to be wearing masks other than in the exceptions provided in the bill,” Chemerinsky said. And although the legal challenges to SB627 will pose some “unprecedented” legal questions, he said, courts have allowed states to enforce their laws against federal officers despite challenges by the federal government.| Articles Archive - UC Berkeley Law
More than 100 former California judges and almost 50 former federal judges have denounced what they described as widespread and unjustified attacks on the judiciary.| San Francisco Chronicle
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A federal judge said that the Trump administration’s letters terminating medical and scientific research grants are evidence of “viewpoint discrimination.”| San Francisco Chronicle
The University of California has released its preliminary application numbers for the...| San Francisco Chronicle
The UC system made history this week, as its faculty and alumni won five Nobel Prizes across medicine, physics and chemistry — the most ever awarded to a single institution in one year.| San Francisco Chronicle
In a major setback for transgender rights, high court justices upheld a law banning gender-affirming care for minors, continuing a pattern of supporting Trump administration policies.| San Francisco Chronicle
The state backed off its one and only attempt to prohibit ministries that purport to change LGBTQ youth through religious counseling.| San Francisco Chronicle
California violates the freedom of speech of antiabortion clinics called “crisis...| San Francisco Chronicle
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While professional groups oppose conversion therapy, Justice Samuel Alito asked whether the medical profession had been “politicized, taken over by ideology.”| San Francisco Chronicle
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The comments made by San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins come during a debate...| San Francisco Chronicle
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August was the first month that San Francisco’s automated speed cameras generated citations with a fine. One camera accounted for a quarter of all the tickets, according to data.| San Francisco Chronicle
Federal agents also searched two homes and a business linked to a family that owns Cal Waste Solutions, Oakland’s curbside recycling provider.| San Francisco Chronicle
From a standpoint of human compassion, it’s impossible not to empathize with the plight...| San Francisco Chronicle
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s initial $222.2 billion budget proposal seems to believe the good...| San Francisco Chronicle
Once again, Californians are being asked to support a large bond measure by children’s...| San Francisco Chronicle
The conflict between Moms 4 Housing and Wedgewood Properties was pushed to the brink when...| San Francisco Chronicle
A supportive housing development is at the center of a fight between the city’s...| San Francisco Chronicle
A “drone ship” factory employing 10,000 workers could be landing on a remote stretch of Solano County waterfront if California Forever’s new plan comes into fruition.| San Francisco Chronicle
Jerry Kuns uses his other senses — hearing, smell, touch and memory — as compensation...| San Francisco Chronicle
The investigation was sparked by allegations that a property management employee was...| San Francisco Chronicle
The Potrero Hill residents were paying rent to live in apartments slated for demolition.| San Francisco Chronicle
The demolition of Potrero Hill’s deserted apartments, which were illegally rented to tenants, could take place this year. But the plan for replacing these buildings remains in flux.| San Francisco Chronicle
While the outgoing director said the housing authority is “financially stable, with strong internal controls and systemwide processes in place to ensure that stability,” major issues remain.| San Francisco Chronicle
With this project behind schedule and many of the eviction cases likely to be tied up in litigation for months, the San Francisco Housing Authority is trying a new tactic to persuade people to...| San Francisco Chronicle
The orders fall just short of a full lockdown, and it wasn’t immediately clear how, or...| San Francisco Chronicle
While there’s concern Gov. Newsom’s office will table a key transit loan until next year, politicians suggest there’s still hope for the funding measure to find approval before this week’s...| San Francisco Chronicle
The state agency is now telling those affected how to verify their identities to restart...| San Francisco Chronicle
Supervisor Dean Preston introduced the resolution Tuesday. It calls for a cease-fire in...| San Francisco Chronicle
Supervisor Dean Preston’s office is working on language with other supervisors before...| San Francisco Chronicle
The Alameda County district attorney’s office said Masai Ujiri attended a meeting that...| San Francisco Chronicle
In a news conference Friday, the sheriff offered more details about what happened,...| San Francisco Chronicle
A Menlo Park jewelry entrepreneur received a three-week prison sentence Wednesday in...| San Francisco Chronicle
The trial of Viktor Kabaniaev, once a world-renowned ballet dancer and instructor,...| San Francisco Chronicle
The developer said that, while it’s not giving up on market-rate projects, its current strategy is to pivot some of its planned developments to affordable projects.| San Francisco Chronicle
Two Vallejo police lieutenants were fired this week and a third was recommended for a...| San Francisco Chronicle
The Supreme Court ended judges’ 40-year-old obligation to defer to agencies’...| San Francisco Chronicle
It’s time for the legal community to speak up about the increasing threats to judges across the country, a diverse pair of legal scholars said Thursday.| San Francisco Chronicle
The baffling red paint that appeared this week on a curb in San Francisco’s Richmond...| San Francisco Chronicle
The confrontation reportedly occurred on a property where transients had been living...| San Francisco Chronicle
The San Francisco Chronicle’s restaurant critics rank the best places to eat in the Bay Area, from 100 to No. 1. See what’s on the list.| The San Francisco Chronicle
MacKenzie Chung Fegan and Cesar Hernandez share their methodology for creating the Top...| San Francisco Chronicle
Yes, the French Laundry has a bong. And in its context, it’s a symbol of what art and...| San Francisco Chronicle
Critic Soleil Ho dined at the best high-end restaurants in the San Francisco Bay Area and Wine Country. Here are the fine dining restaurants that will be worth your money, including transportive tasting menus, inventive haute cuisine and pristine omakase sushi.| The San Francisco Chronicle
The struggle to score a reservation only heightens expectations.| San Francisco Chronicle
California lost a net 6,100 jobs, including 9,900 layoffs in business and professional services. Health care and government saw job gains, but other sectors all shrank.| San Francisco Chronicle
The former head of California’s Employment Development Department said people seeking tech jobs are grappling with the toughest market in years, especially for new graduates and entry-level...| San Francisco Chronicle
If you’re worried that the new fixed charge for your electricity bill will keep rising,...| San Francisco Chronicle
The 45-foot, 32,000-pound wire sculpture of a nude woman in Embarcadero Plaza has...| San Francisco Chronicle
Open ForumConservatives are now targeting Hispanic-serving institutions like mine| San Francisco Chronicle
OPINION: “In fighting to uphold the law, we also must not lose sight that we are fighting for the human beings protected by it,” UC Berkeley Law dean Erwin Chemerinsky says.| San Francisco Chronicle
Big Tech’s threat to ban journalism from its platforms in California is just the...| San Francisco Chronicle
A federal judge has barred the state from allowing only California residents to seek...| San Francisco Chronicle
Measure C asks Alameda County voters to approve a half-cent sales tax for children’s...| San Francisco Chronicle
Many aspects of the strange incident Friday in Occidental are still a mystery, officials...| San Francisco Chronicle
The burst of violence apparently stemmed from an eviction battle that had recently...| San Francisco Chronicle
Tesla owners say they’re being harassed for the cars they drive, while anti-Tesla critics say getting behind the wheel of one of Elon Musk’s cars is like “driving a MAGA hat.”| San Francisco Chronicle
