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Politics takes center stage as lawmakers debate California valley's water woesIt was the kind of legislation that rarely generates much debate in Congress: The lengthy and often pointed debate amounted to a Republican gambit that increasing water supplies in Speaker Nancy Pelosi's ...

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

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

Another potential driver is new plastic shopping bag bans at certain retailers in cities including London, San Francisco, and Toronto. In San Francisco, for example, while the ban exempts some stores and allows for use of compostable plastic bags, it mandates the ...

June 22, 1933, San Francisco, Calif., U.S.), American politician, who was the first woman mayor of San Francisco (1978-88) and the first woman U.S. senator to represent California (from 1992).. After graduating in 1955 with a B.S. degree, she interned at the ...

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

A federal appeals court in San Francisco has rejected a claim by the Obama Administration (echoing that of the Bush administration) that " This case revolves around papers that the Bush Administration turned over to the defunct charity; the the papers allegedly ...

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 ...

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Newt Gingrich's conservative advocacy group, American Solutions, is coming to the modern home of American liberalism: American Solutions' David Kralik told me Tuesday afternoon that the group is opening a technology office in Menlo Park to be close to companies like Google, ...

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Topic: San Francisco

Calif. water war spreads to Congress

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

Pelosi worried about angry health care rhetoric

Paper Chemicals

Dianne Goldman Feinstein

Federal judge tosses warrantless wiretap cases

Here's One For The Good Guys

US Congress reintroduces 'state secrets' bill

It's Here - Happy Inauguration Day 2009!

Newt Gingrich opens office in Silicon Valley

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