Articles Posted in the News Category
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Public Utilities Commission Asks Bay Area Residents
to Use Less WaterBy Jesse Dungan May 29, 2008 The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission and other Bay Area water agencies are asking an estimated 2.4 million customers throughout four counties to continue voluntary conservation efforts so mandatory…
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Same-Sex Couples and City Ask High Court
not to Delay Gay MarriagesBy Julia Cheever May 29, 2008 Same-sex couples and the city of San Francisco urged the state Supreme Court Wednesday to allow its same-sex marriage ruling to go into effect June 17 and not to…
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Bay Area News Briefs
Bay City News May 29, 2008 Court Hears Case Pitting Religious Freedom Against Civil Rights The California Supreme Court began grappling at a hearing in San Francisco Wednesday with the question of whether doctors have…
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Human Rights, Environmental Activists
Assail Chevron for Alleged AbusesPhoto by Luke Thomas By Ari Burack May 28, 2008 On the eve of an annual shareholder meeting of the San Ramon-based Chevron Corp., human rights activists gathered Tuesday at San Francisco City Hall to…
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Proposition G’s False Promises:
Lennar’s $3.3 Million Chump-Change Financing
May Yield BillionsBy Patrick Monette-Shaw, special to Fog City Journal May 28, 2008 Question: What do you get when you stir into the soup $3.3 million in various campaign financing by the powerful Lennar Corporation; mix in…
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Bay Area News Briefs
Bay City News May 28, 2008 Multiple-Vehicle Collision Shuts Down Highway 101 for Four Hours A big-rig truck carrying about 55,000 pounds of powdered cement Tuesday was involved in a multi-vehicle collision that shut down…
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State High Court to Hear Case
Pitting Religious Freedom Against Civil RightsBy Julia Cheever May 27, 2008 The California Supreme Court is set to hear arguments in San Francisco Wednesday in a case that pits the religious freedom rights of doctors against the civil rights of…
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