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San Francisco closed some major roads to cars during the coronavirus pandemic to provide space for people to safely exercise and socialize. Now, a debate has begun over whether to permanently keep vehicles off those roads.

The state supreme court is upholding the death sentence for the man who killed Sonoma Sheriff's Deputy Frank Trejo in 1995. The ruling came Monday after Robert

Peter Hartlaub May 11, 2021Updated: May 12, 2021, 7:05 pm Penny Bjorkland, accused of murder, shows Sheriff Earl Wetmore where she shot August Norry in 1959. Photo: Joe Rosenthal, The Chronicle Bob Calhoun was having lunch at a Peruvian restaurant in Redwood City when his father dropped the bomb. “You know your mom was a suspect in that murder …” “That murder” was the killing of August Norry, shot 18 times in 1959 near the San Francisco/Daly City border by “a young blon...

Disagreeing with the rejection, Justice Samuel Alito said the high court has exclusive jurisdiction over all controversies between two or more states and argued it needs to reexamine the precedent that hearing such cases is discretionary. The Golden Gate Bridge and San Francisco skyline are seen from the Marin Headlands above Sausalito, Calif. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File) (CN) — The U.S. Supreme Court is shirking its duty to adjudicate disputes between states, two of the court’s conservati...

State: Second case of measles found in Fairfield County child FacebookTwitterEmail FILE - This Feb. 6, 2015, file photo shows a Measles, Mumps and Rubella, M-M-R vaccine on a countertop at a pediatrics clinic in Greenbrae, Calif.Eric Risberg / Associated Press Connecticut health officials Friday announced a second Fairfield County child has been confirmed with a case of the measles.. The state’s Department of Public Health said the child did not attend school while they were infectious and is...

You could win a lunch for 8 in Alice Waters Berkeley backyard garden FacebookTwitterEmail In this Aug. 25, 2017, photo, Alice Waters, founder of Chez Panisse restaurant, listens to questions during an interview at the restaurant in Berkeley, Calif.AP Photo/Eric Risberg Chez Panisse chef and author Alice Waters organization that provides garden, kitchen and cafeteria curriculum to K-12 schools, the Edible Schoolyard Project, is hosting a raffle and auction. While a few smaller items, such as Wat...

Data privacy bill loathed by big businesses advancing in Florida Legislature Zac Anderson, Sarasota Herald-Tribune © Eric Risberg, AP A man holds up his iPhone during a recent rally in support of data privacy outside the Apple Store in San Francisco. Watchdog groups are concerned that U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents are searching the phones and other devices of international travelers at borders and airports. Florida’s business lobby is getting much of what it wa...

Help Save Peoples World The economic crisis has hit Peoples World hard. We need the support of all our friends and readers to continue publishing. S.F. Giants demand food service workers sign COVID ‘release of liability’ form April 13, 2021 10:34 AM CDT By Marc Norton Fans make their way into Oracle Park before the start of an opening day baseball game between the San Francisco Giants and the Colorado Rockies, Friday, ...

Thousands of inmates given the chance to serve their sentence at home because of COVID-19 might go back to prison cells ydzhanova@businessinsider.com (Yelena Dzhanova) © AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File In this Aug. 16, 2016, file photo, general population inmates walk in a line at San Quentin State Prison in San Quentin, Calif. AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File Thousands of people imprisoned for low-level crimes have been serving their sentences at home because of the pandemic. Becaus...

A 19-year-old was arrested after he attempted to break into a South Carolina prison, report says INSIDER 4/04/2021 ydzhanova@businessinsider.com (Yelena Dzhanova) © AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File In this Aug. 16, 2016, file photo, general population inmates walk in a line at San Quentin State Prison in San Quentin, Calif. AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File Nathaniel Jose Perez, 19, reportedly tried to break into a South Carolina prison. Police apprehended and arrested him in the mid...