Most of the arrests were in the East Palo Alto and Menlo Park areas, and included the seizure of “... Read More
Twenty-seven people have been arrested and charged by law enforcement officials as part of a “large-scale takedown” of Bay Area drug traffickers and gang members that was focused on two Peninsula cities, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced. Read More
He left his heart in San Francisco, so it’s no wonder Tony Bennett is gonna be around The City this Valentine’s Day, which will be dedicated in his honor. Read More
One of my favorite political analysts surmises that one reason Mayor Ed Lee has not removed Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi from office, despite the fact he has been accused of domestic violence and witness tampering, is because Lee doesn’t want to empower the contingent of people who think Mirkarimi is b Read More
Same-sex couple Jeff Tabaco and Thom Watson embrace during a demonstration outside of the Ninth... Read More
Although supporters of same-sex marriage were jubilant after Tuesday’s federal appeals court decision declaring Proposition 8 unconstitutional, what most really wanted to know was when can marriages b Read More
A regional emergency communications network is planned to only be used by public safety workers to... Read More
Concerns about unknown costs and system redundancies did not stop San Francisco officials from moving forward Tuesday with supporting a $100 million emergency communications network for the Bay Area. With a federal grant and matching funds from Motorola, the envisioned network must be operational by July 2013. And two-thirds of the $50 million grant must be spent by this July. Read More
This is in response to The San Francisco Examiner’s Feb. 1 editorial about BART’s effort to replace our oldest-in-the-nation train cars. BART will continue to listen to the concerns of all stakeholders in this process, but we need to comply with all applicable laws, thus not jeopardizing federal funding. Read More
Folk-punk: Billy Bragg-soundalike Frank Turner claims he’s not a protest singer. Read More
Feisty folk-punker Frank Turner may strum a mean acoustic guitar and sing in a streetwise British accent on his reflective new Epitaph outing, “England Take My Bones.” But don’t mistake him for the similar-sounding, more politically minded Billy Bragg, he asks. He’s not a protest singer. Read More
The majestic scenery, a talented field of pros and cavalcade of celebrities make the annual AT... Read More
PEBBLE BEACH — It is a week as much for nostalgia as for sport, a time to walk the fairways of the present and wake up echoes of the past, to watch Tiger Woods and Bill Murray and remember Arnold Palmer and Dean Martin.
Old ballparks come down, old athletes pass on. But the golf tournament Bing Crosby started in the late 1930s that became the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am in the 1980s continues on, tugging us backward as it pulls us forward. Read More
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