Calif man threatened Obama in letter

2010-11-29T14:41:37Z

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"Day Has Passed" For "Full Partnership" With GOP, says Obama

2010-11-03T00:09:03Z

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Globama in SF

2010-10-27T09:01:57Z

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Calif. moves to ban plastic bags at grocery stores

2010-06-02T17:45:36Z

Calif. moves to ban plastic bags at grocery stores, encourage shoppers to bring own bags

It could soon cost California shoppers at the checkout aisle if they forget to bring their own bags to the store under what would be the nation's first statewide plastic bag ban.

The California Assembly on Wednesday passed legislatio...

Calif. man pleads not guilty to threatening Pelosi

2010-06-12T18:49:26Z

San Francisco man pleads not guilty to making 4 dozen threatening phone calls to Pelosi

A San Francisco man has pleaded not guilty to making threatening phone calls to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi over her support of health care reform.

Gregory Lee Giusti (JOO-stee) is charged with making ...

Judge denies bail to man in Pelosi threats case

2010-06-12T18:49:26Z

Judge won't release San Francisco man accused of threatening Pelosi over health care reform

A judge refused Monday to release a man accused of making threatening phone calls to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi over her support of health care reform.

"If he is released, there a danger he will do what he threatened to do,"

San Francisco man charged with threatening Pelosi

2010-06-26T03:30:50Z

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors charged a San Francisco man on Thursday with making threatening, harassing and obscene phone calls to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi during the debate over healthcare reform.

California man appeared in court Thursday to face charges of threatening House Speaker Nancy Pelosi over her support for President Barack Obama's health care overhaul.

Gregory Giusti, 48, was brought before a federal judge in California man was arrested Wednesday for making threats against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, her office confirmed, following her key support for President Barack Obama's health care overhaul.

A spokeswoman for the Federal Bureau o...

Call for clean slate on health reform divides U.S.

2010-06-25T18:36:16Z

DALLAS (Reuters) - Americans are deeply divided over demands by U.S. Republicans that bills backed by President Barack Obama to reform the $2.5 trillion health system be scrapped and the whole process be started again from scratch.

Surveys indicate that calls to abandon the bills, the product of six mon...

Calif. water war spreads to Congress

2010-06-25T20:16:04Z

Politics takes center stage as lawmakers debate California valley's water woes

It was the kind of legislation that rarely generates much debate in Congress: a bill to expand a local water recycling program.

However, the House spent more than three hours Thursday trying to decide whether to allow the creation of six recycling projects in the San Francisco...

Crowds lined the streets for president's S.F. stop

2010-04-16T09:48:56Z

Crowds lined the streets as President Barack Obama arrived in San Francisco for fundraiser

Crowds lined the streets around San Francisco's Union Square as President Barack Obama arrived in the city.

An estimated 1,000 people were kept behind police barricades and on sidewalks as the president arrived Thursday evening for a Democratic fundraiser a...

Pelosi worried about angry health care rhetoric

2010-06-25T20:38:40Z

Pelosi says angry rhetoric over health care echoes 1970s San Francisco, could incite violence

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that the anti-government rhetoric over President Barack Obama's health care reform effort is troubling because it reminds her of the violent debate over gay rights...

Paper Chemicals

2010-10-22T11:09:59Z

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Dianne Goldman Feinstein

2010-10-22T09:18:35Z

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Federal judge tosses warrantless wiretap cases

2010-09-08T12:58:18Z

Federal judge in San Francisco upholds telecoms' immunity from warrantless wiretap lawsuits

A federal judge on Wednesday tossed out more than three dozen lawsuits filed against the nation's telecommunications companies for allegedly taking part in the government's e-mail and telephone eavesdropping program that was done without court approval.

In addition, he ordered officials in

Here's One For The Good Guys

2010-10-21T09:26:44Z

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US Congress reintroduces 'state secrets' bill

2010-06-26T00:25:48Z

Members of the US Congress re-introduced bipartisan "state secrets" legislation on Wednesday, aimed at protecting executive privilege while ensuring judicial review.

The introduction of the bill comes as Obama administration lawyers on Monday urged a federal appeals court in San Francisco to continue the policy o...

It's Here - Happy Inauguration Day 2009!

2010-10-21T09:24:24Z

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Newt Gingrich opens office in Silicon Valley

2010-10-19T10:12:40Z

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Pelosi Urged to Condemn Open-Air SF Sex Fair

2010-10-23T09:58:22Z

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AT&T Whistleblower: Telecom Immunity Is A Cover-Up

2010-09-10T16:19:43Z

Earlier today we flagged that Mark Klein, who uncovered a secret surveillance room run by the NSA while employed as a San Francisco-based technician for AT&T, is in

Fundraiser Hsu to go to state court

2010-09-09T19:38:13Z

Disgraced Demo Fundraiser Hsu to Be Handed Over to Local Officials After Release From Hospital

Disgraced Democratic fundraiser Norman Hsu, who failed to show up for a California court date related to a felony theft conviction, will be handed over to local authorities when he is released from a hospital, a spokeswoman said Saturday.

Hsu had been scheduled t...

Disgraced Demo fundraiser Hsu to be handed over to local officials after release from hospital

2010-09-09T19:38:11Z

Hsu had been scheduled to appear in a San Francisco court Wednesday but disappeared u...

Gadget Show Future of Chips

2011-01-04T14:01:51Z

FILE - In this Sept. 13, 2010 file photo, Intel CEO Paul Otellini gives the keynote address at a conference in San Francisco. Intel Corp. and Advanced Micro Devices Inc., whose processors are the “brains” of PCs, are bot...

Winter Weather

2010-12-29T07:01:23Z

A line of travelers wait to enter the security gate in the domestic terminal at San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco, Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2010. Many travelers have been stranded over night due to the severe weather in the Northeast. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Copyright 2010 Daniel Balsam, who hates spam so much that he launched a Website Danhatesspam.com, poses outside in San Francisco. From San Francisco Superior Court small claims court to the 9th U.S. Circ...

Failed Drug War Solutions

2010-12-26T21:31:32Z

In this Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010 picture, Dief Dexter, right, appears before Judge Loretta Giorgi, left, at the Community Justice Center court in San Francisco. In this program, judges can offer a chance for users to go to rehab, get jobs, move into houses, find primary care physicians, even remove thei...

Holiday Travel

2010-12-24T04:30:20Z

A man and woman look at the arrivals and departures board in the International terminal at San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco, Thursday, Dec. 23, 2010. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

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