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She was on the scene when her mayoral predecessor was shot dead, and in the US Senate she pushed for a ban on the sale of assault weapons
Trailblazer for women in politics who served in the US Senate for more than 30 years and took on the CIA and gun lobby
Her death will force Gov. Gavin Newsom into a crucial decision he said he hoped he wouldn't have to make.
Her death will force Gov. Gavin Newsom into a crucial decision he said he hoped he wouldn't have to make.
Dianne Feinstein, the grande dame of California Democrats who became the mayor of San Francisco after a horrific double assassination at City Hall in 1978 and then gained national stature as an influential voice in the US Senate for more than 30 years, died Thursday night at her home in Washington. She was 90 and the Senate’s oldest member.