Obama shrugs off old race-related cases At the height of the "Obama is a Kenyan" lunacy, an unusual meme -- even by the standards of the birthers -- began making the rounds. According to the know-nothings who populate that nutty alternate universe, President Barack Obama was born in Kenya, but he was most likely the son of slain black nationalist leader Malcolm X. Sure, the mind boggles at the mental gymnastics it takes to argue that Mr. Obama is Malcolm X's son based on the dubious observation that the two men "look alike." Why base...
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PASADENA -- With the repeal of "don't ask, don't tell" less than three weeks away, the Obama administration asked a federal appeals court Thursday to discard the lawsuit challenging the ban on openly gay and lesbian service members and a judge's ruling that declared it unconstitutional. "Once 'don't...
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In its heyday, San Francisco's Hunters Point Naval Shipyard was home to 17,000 men and women who stripped and repaired battleships, submarines and destroyers. Today, it's the site of a massive, multimillion-dollar environmental cleanup as the Navy tries to remove dozens of chemicals, toxins and...
San Francisco -- The longtime vendor of the Stow Lake boat rental and snack bar concession said Thursday he will end operations at the close of the busy Labor Day weekend, handing the city a victory in a protracted legal and public relations battle. "Monday's it. We're shutting down," said...
Oakland -- Oakland has stayed at the forefront of the cannabis legalization movement, with advocates and city government working hand in hand for more than 15 years. Now, folks will finally get the chance to light up outside City Hall. Legally, that is. A cannabis street fair touted as the first in...
Oakland Mayor Jean Quan went to the city's Grand Lake neighborhood to tout small businesses. Instead, she got an earful from shop owners angry about parking enforcement. Local merchants harangued Quan about the lack of free parking as well as a new policy to charge and ticket disabled placard...
An Antioch concrete manufacturer was fined $5 million Thursday for dumping industrial wastes into the San Joaquin...
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