San Jose Mercury News
San Jose council to consider park fees for affordable housing developers
3/7/10 4:02am
One councilman says proposal doesn’t go far enough and wants to force those developers to pay...
New America Media - Original Content
Lessons from Honduras for Haiti's Recovery
3/7/10 12:28am
Earthquakes in Haiti and Chile highlight the vulnerabilities of urban developments and the need for...
San Francisco Chronicle
San Francisco activists offer ways to aid Muni
3/7/10 12:00am
Dozens of San Francisco activists, veterans of environmental, transportation and funding battles,...
San Francisco Chronicle
How many jobs are lost when Nummi closes?
3/7/10 12:00am
Nummi, California's last auto-assembly plant, closes April 1 at the end of the shift, a victim of...
Santa Rosa Press Democrat
Light quake shakes Humboldt coast
3/6/10 5:35am
ASSOCIATED PRESS SAN FRANCISCO — An earthquake rumbled early Saturday off the northern California...
San Francisco Chronicle
West Oakland shootings: 3 killed in 24 hours
3/6/10 12:07am
In less than 24 hours, three people were killed in West Oakland two separate shootings. At about 2:...
San Francisco Chronicle
George Gascón opponents picking risky fight
3/6/10 12:00am
An organized effort by a group - small, vocal and far left - has decided it needs to put police...
Santa Cruz Sentinel
Watsonville police score anti-gang grant
3/5/10 11:58pm
WATSONVILLE -- Watsonville police are getting help from the governor to combat growing gang...
Santa Cruz Sentinel
UCSC reopens Friday after protests; all calm on campus
3/5/10 9:27am
SANTA CRUZ -- UC Santa Cruz reopened this morning and traffic is flowing into both campus entrances...
San Francisco Chronicle
Woman hit by Muni light rail vehicle
3/5/10 7:52am
A 19-year-old woman was injured after she was struck by a Muni light rail vehicle in San Francisco'...
PaloAltoOnline.com
Palo Alto tightens policy on Taser-use by police
3/5/10 12:16am
Palo Alto police officers will no longer be allowed to fire Tasers unless the person they use it...
San Francisco Chronicle
Gascón gives up on arming officers with Tasers
3/5/10 12:00am
A day after the San Francisco Police Commission rejected his proposal to arm officers with Tasers,...
San Francisco Chronicle
New study picks same route for high-speed rail
3/5/10 12:00am
The state High-Speed Rail Authority issued a revised study that continues to recommend that speed...
San Francisco Chronicle
Day of education protests gets under way
3/4/10 9:04am
Students, teachers, professors and employees planned to pour out of classrooms by the thousands...
San Francisco Chronicle
Jobless claims drop, retail sales climb
3/4/10 8:38am
New claims for jobless benefits fell last week in a sign that layoffs may be easing as the economy...
San Francisco Chronicle
Sorting out current unemployment benefits
3/4/10 12:00am
The jobless got a temporary reprieve Tuesday night when President Obama signed a bill that extends...
San Francisco Chronicle
Bay Area Council: More hiring than laying off
3/4/10 12:00am
There's a first time for everything, even for increased job hiring in the Bay Area. For the first...
San Francisco Chronicle
State can't cut Medi-Cal payments to hospitals
3/4/10 12:00am
A federal appeals court barred California on Wednesday from lowering Medi-Cal payments to doctors...
San Francisco Chronicle
Water supply: so far, snow good
3/4/10 12:00am
Californians are experiencing a unique kind of drought - one in which there appears to be plenty of...
San Francisco Chronicle
'Miracle on the Hudson' pilot retiring
3/3/10 8:42am
Captain Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger, who piloted a US Airways flight during its emergency water...