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Andy Lopez case before U.S. Supreme Court panel
The U.S. Supreme Court could decide as soon as Thursday whether to hear Sonoma County's appeal of a ruling allowing a sheriff's deputy to be sued for excessive force...Read More
Man at center of bail reform released
A San Francisco Superior Court judge agreed Thursday to release a man from custody ahead of his trial after he spent nearly a year in jail because he couldn't...Read More
Rally outside ICE office highlights uncertainty
Dozens of immigration activists rallied Tuesday in support of Fernando Carrillo, released from custody last month after being jailed for more than six months, as he attended a check-in...Read More
San Francisco rally urges EPA to keep emission rules
San Francisco officials, school kids and environmentalists rallied to convince the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to not repeal a plan that would limit carbon dioxide emissions across the nation.Read More
California educators applaud upheld DACA protections
In a case that began in San Francisco, the U.S. Supreme Court Monday left in place protections for nearly 700,000 undocumented young people who arrived in the United States...Read More
California bail reform lurches forward
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced Tuesday that he would not appeal a recent state appeals court ruling ordering a new bail hearing for a man held on $350,000...Read More
Appeals court uphelds state prostitution law
A sex workers' advocacy group lost a bid to a federal appeals court to overturn a 146-year-old California law that criminalizes prostitution.Read More
DOJ presses Supreme Court to reverse DACA ruling
The U.S. Department of Justice will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a decision by a federal judge in San Francisco to keep protections for undocumented young people...Read More
Garcia Zarate to be transferred into federal custody
The man who was acquitted of murder charges in the fatal shooting of San Francisco resident Kate Steinle was sentenced to three years in state prison Friday.Read More
BART begins crackdown on fare evaders Jan. 1
BART's ordinance passed in October takes effect on Jan. 1, 2018, which deters fare evasion by requiring proof of payment inside paid areas of stations and on-board trains.Read More
Judges hear arguments in kids’ climate change lawsuit
A panel of federal appeals court judges in San Francisco seemed inclined Monday to allow a wide-ranging climate-change lawsuit to continue in pretrial proceedings.Read More
Fresh federal charges filed against Garcia-Zarate
Federal prosecutors Tuesday said new immigration and weapons charges have been filed against Jose Ines Garcia Zarate.Read More
Gascon takes ‘responsibility’ for Garcia Zarate acquittal
San Francisco District Attorney George Gascon Tuesday defended the work of prosecutors following last week's acquittal of Jose Ines Garcia Zarate.Read More
Brock Turner appeals ‘unfair’ sex assault conviction
Former Stanford University swimmer Brock Turner has asked a state appeals court in San Jose to overturn his sexual assault conviction.Read More
Appeal challenges SFMTA ‘hairball’ bike plan
San Francisco Supervisors will hear an appeal of a plan to add bike lanes and improve pedestrian crossings to a complicated tangle of roads and freeways city planners have...Read More
State Supreme Court: Martins Beach must remain open to public
A ruling requiring a Silicon Valley entrepreneur to open Martins Beach near Half Moon Bay to the public has been left in place by the California Supreme Court. The...Read More
Deputy’s conviction overturned in 2014 assault
On Tuesday, a three-judge panel of the state Court of Appeal in San Francisco reversed Deputy Michael Lewelling's 2015 conviction.Read More
Sex workers argue in court for legal prostitution
A lawyer for a sex workers’ advocacy group asked a federal appeals court in San Francisco today to overturn a 145-year-old California law that criminalizes prostitution. Attorney Louis Sirkin...Read More
Board boots Union Square flower vendor
A longtime Union Square flower stand operator lost his permit Tuesday over accusations that he had left it vacant.Read More
Owner must reopen Martins Beach, appeals court finds
A ruling requiring a Silicon Valley entrepreneur to reopen Martins Beach near Half Moon Bay to the public was upheld by a state appeals court in San FranciscoRead More