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'Somehow Those Promises Don't Get Kept'

HuffPost San Francisco

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- The court-appointed receiver overseeing California's prison health care system said Friday the state must keep its promise to spend more than $2... »

Hundreds Of California Prison Employees Get Layoff Notices

CBS 5 - Recalls

California prison officials have sent layoff notices to 545 employees, including 140 guards, as the inmate population declines to comply with a federal court order. »

The Archy Lee case: fugitive slaves in antebellum San Francisco, part 2

Examiner San Francisco Edition

After the Supreme Court decision discussed in part one, Lee and Stovall disappeared from public view for a few weeks, apparently traveling from Sacramento through Stockton to San Francisco. The free black and anti-slavery movements in the city... »

Supreme Court requires warrant for GPS tracking… sort of… not really

Examiner San Francisco Edition

American Muslims are rejoicing a Supreme Court victory that could impact San Francisco Bay Area resident Yasir Affifi's case against the FBI and the U.S. Justice Department. Affifi, along with the San Francisco chapter of CAIR sued... »

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Streetsblog San Francisco

Proposed Castro Plaza Regulations Clear First Hurdle (City Insider) State Sues San Diego Over SB 375 Plan That May Promote Sprawl (Forbes) Fewer Teens Are Rushing to the DMV at 16 (Trib) Sacramento High School Plans Birthday Party for Student Killed by... »

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Thousands of anti-abortion activists march, rally in SF

Oakland Tribune Headlines

Several thousand anti-abortion activists marched in San Francisco this afternoon while hundreds more rallied for reproductive rights on the eve of the 39th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the U.S. Supreme Court decision granting women the right to end a pr... »

Chief Justice Roberts Defends Scalia's Honor

HuffPost San Francisco

WASHINGTON -- It's 9th Circuit smackdown season at the Supreme Court and, judging from Tuesday morning's oral arguments, Richard Lee Pollard could be the latest... »

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California’s gay marriage ban ruled unconstitutional

The San Francisco Business Times

A federal appeals court ruled California’s same-sex marriage ban is unconstitutional, paving the way for a likely U.S. Supreme Court showdown. A three-judge panel on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco ruled 2-1 today that a lower co... »