| Sweden home to most bisexual babes in the world Sweden has the most number of bisexual babes in the world and San Francisco is the kinkiest place to visit - these are some of the facts revealed by a new... | |
| State High Court To Consider Body-armor Law (03-10) 18:00 PST SAN FRANCISCO -- The California Supreme Court said Wednesday it will hear a prosecution appeal of a ruling throwing out a state law that bans anyone who has been convicted of a... |
| Shelter-in-place Alert For S. Bay Fire (03-10) 16:54 PST SANTA CLARA -- Instead of being recycled, a heap of computer and electronic parts in Santa Clara burned and melted today in a fire that had officials urging nearby workers to stay... |
| Sf Tourism Figures Released, Not Good SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) -- The San Francisco Convention and Visitor's Bureau has released its 2009 tourism figures. While the numbers may not be surprising, they are disturbing considering how important... |
| Mayor Newsom Closer To Running For Lt. Gov. SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) -- At around noon on Wednesday San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom took out papers from the Department of Elections to run for California’s Lieutenant Governor with little to... |
| Speeding Motorist Dies In Emeryville Pileup (03-10) 11:33 PST EMERYVILLE -- A motorist died in a multi-car pileup in Interstate 80 in Emeryville that was caused when he lost control while speeding, authorities said... |
| S.f. Supervisors Vote To Get Tougher On Smoking China Hassan (left) and Devin Hassan enjoy coffee and a cigarette at the Revolution, a club and cafe in the Mission District. Much outdoor smoking would be banned under a new... |
| Former Red Cross Volunteer Used Agency Files To Get Phony Prescriptions, Deputies Say APTOS — A former Red Cross volunteer who allegedly used names from a volunteer roster to call in fake prescriptions for a mild narcotic was arrested Monday.Heidi Archer, a 40-year-old Aptos... |
| Rainstor Gets $7.5m Infusion RainStor Inc. , an online information storage company with offices in San Francisco and the United Kingdom, has raised $7.5 million in a Series B venture round led... |
| Sf Drug Cases At Risk Amid Crime Lab Questions Jeff Adachi said the alleged problem involving a lab technician could affect a number of the 6,000 drug-related cases his office handles each year.Adachi said a review was under way to see how many... |
| San Francisco Approves New School Assignment Plan San Francisco school board has approved a controversial new system for determining where students attend school.The policy approved Tuesday seeks to balance competing demands for creating more... |
| Palm Inc. Teeters In Crowded Smart Phone Market (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)In This March 8, 2010 photo, a customer uses a Palm Pre Plus at Best Buy in Mountain View, Calif. Last year, Palm Inc. thought it had all the right pieces for a rebirth in the... |
| Botched Robbery Attempt Ends In Sf Campus Arrests An attempted armed robbery at a home across the street from Bret Harte Elementary School in San Francisco resulted in a brief foot chase and a pair of arrests outside elementary school... |
| First Of 12 Prop. 71-funded Stem Cell Labs Opens The UC Davis Institute for Regenerative Cures opened Wednesday. The $62 million institute will bring together 200 scientists and lab technicians and consolidate the university's stem cell research... |
| Unions, Businesses Dominate Calif. Campaigns Campaign Spending Report (.pdf) A new report says teachers, public employee unions, Indian tribes and corporations are among the biggest contributors to California political... |
| Corey Haim Prolonged Tragic Hollywood Tradition LOS ANGELES (AP) ― Corey Haim's story is sadly familiar in Hollywood: A teen talent who discovered drugs as he tasted his first success and whose personal problems increased as his star-power... |
| Advocacy Group Sues Marin County Court SAN RAFAEL, Calif. (AP) ― A youth advocacy group is suing Marin County Superior Court after the court's announcement that minors would no longer be physically present for their... |
| Police Surprised By Teacher-student Sex Confession LOS ANGELES (AP) ― In his 28 years with the Burbank Police Department, Sgt. Robert Quesada had never heard of anything quite like it: A well-respected teacher at one of the city's public... |
| La Toyota Dealer Settles Lawsuit CERRITOS, Calif. (AP) ― A suburban Los Angeles Toyota dealer has settled a civil lawsuit over statements allegedly made to convince customers to lease rather than buy... |
| Needles, Calif., In Deal To Keep Only Supermarket The information you provide will be used only to send the requested e-mail and will not be used to send any other e-mail communications. Read more in... |
| San Francisco Approves Controversial New School Assignment Plan The San Francisco school board has approved a controversial new system for determining where students attend school. The policy approved Tuesday seeks to balance competing demands for creating more... |
| Drug Cases Dismissed Amid Allegations Of Sf Crime Lab Evidence Tampering Concerns about the San Francisco Police Department's crime lab, amid allegations of mishandling of drug evidence, is forcing hte dismissal of several narcotics cases in court, and defense... |
| Opening Statements Heard In Trial Of Accused Cab Driver Killer Jurors heard opening statements Wednesday in the trial of a man accused of fatally shooting a 21-year-old taxi driver early on a Saturday morning in 2003 in Redwood City. 37-year-old... |
| Detained Hikers Allowed To Call Home OAKLAND, Calif. (KCBS) -- After being held in an Iranian prison for over seven months, three UC Berkeley graduates have finally been allowed to phone home. KCBS reports the short conversation has... |
| Sf Labor Unions Rally Against Mass Layoffs SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) -- Labor unions came to the Supervisors' Budget and Finance Committee today to complain about mass layoff notices. KCBS reports the layoff notices have set off waves of anxiety... |
| 3-d Boosts 2009 Box Office Worldwide To Record $30 Billion LOS ANGELES — The appeal of 3-D movies helped boost movie ticket sales by nearly 8 percent to a record $29.9 billion worldwide in 2009, according to the Motion Picture Association of America.... |
| Dentist Who Killed Three With Anesthesia Given Parole A former Southern California dentist who killed a 13-year-old girl and two other patients with overdoses of anesthesia in the 1980s must be paroled, a state appeals court ruled Tuesday. Tony... |
| Defense Attorneys Focus On Lack Of Eyewitness In Two-county Double Murder Case OAKLAND — Hours of recorded phone calls from jail, testimony from several witnesses and cell phone records showing the location of two men accused of a double murder mean nothing, the men's... |
| Reward Offered In Tracy Bank Robbery TRACY — A $10,000 reward is being offered by U.S. Bank for information leading to the conviction of the man who robbed its Tracy branch on Monday.The robber, who was in his 30s to 40s and... |
| Chinese Silicon Manufacturer Coming To S.f. GVA Kidder Mathews ' Skip Whitney, Tim Mason and Eric Bluestein. “The City is known for its talented people, forward thinking and clean energy focus," said Hunter Jiang, executive... |
| Onlive Streaming Game Service Due June 17 OnLive Inc. , the high profile startup that promises it can replace gaming consoles by delivering sophisticated video games live over the Internet, will start offering service on June 17, founder and... |
| S.f.'s Four Seasons Averts Foreclosure Millennium Partners and a new equity partner have paid down a significant amount of the debt on the property. Millennium and private equity group Westbrook Partners have paid down the mortgage on... |
| Electric Car Business Pitches Plan To Save Nummi Aurica Motors , a startup electric car company, says it has a plan to keep the NUMMI factory in Fremont open. The company says it could make a planned car chassis with four different body styles at... |
| Google Adds Bike Directions To Maps Google Inc. added bicycling directions to its maps service. The Mountain View company (NASDAQ: GOOG) has its “biking directions team” in Seattle, and Shannon Guymon, who works there,... |
| Sf Drug Cases Dropped Amid Crime Lab Questions Authorities say at least a dozen drug cases have been dropped in San Francisco Superior Court amid questions about evidence handling at the city crime lab.Public Defender Jeff Adachi said Wednesday... |
| Grapevine Moth Worries Napa Valley Grape Growers Unfortunately for winemakers, there's something that savors a cabernet grape from Napa as much as a seasoned sommelier: a voracious moth that's prompted an aggressive quarantine across the region. ... |
| Fiorina: More Competition Needed For Health Care Republican U.S. Senate candidate Carly Fiorina said the federal government should promote choice and competition as a way to lower health care costs. Speaking to reporters Wednesday, Fiorina... |
| Calif. Boy Who Called 911 Thanks Dispatcher NORWALK, Calif. (AP) ― A 7-year-old boy who called 911 while armed robbers threatened his parents hugged and delivered a high five to the dispatcher who took his... |
| Grape Moth Threatens Napa Valley Growing Method FRESNO, Calif. (AP) ― When a voracious pest triggered a quarantine this week across much of Napa Valley — the nation's premier grape-growing region — it threatened more than the grapes... |
| Pasadena Schools To Lay Off 164 PASADENA, Calif. (AP) ― The Pasadena Unified School District is laying off more than 164 people as it attempts to close a $23 million budget... |
| Spike In Prius Complaints May Not Be All It Seems NEW YORK (AP) ― Reports of sudden acceleration in the Toyota Prius have spiked across the country. But that doesn't mean there's an epidemic of bad gas pedals in the popular... |
| Woman Arrested; 60 Dogs Seized From Small Home LAKESIDE, Calif. (AP) ― An elderly woman has been arrested after animal control officers found 60 dogs in crates inside her small Lakeside home east of San... |
| <img Id="ctl00_ctl00_contentmodulesplaceholder_contentmodule_950173_mainimage" Class="cbstv_float_right" Src="http://llnw.image.cbslocal.com/23/2009/06/03/100x75/brianhackney.jpg" Alt="brian Hackney" Style="height:75px;width:100px;border-width:0px;" /& After working at Raytheon as an Associate Design Engineer in the Electromagnetic Systems Division, Hackney became the chief meteorologist back at KSBY in San Luis Obispo, then went on to KCST (now... |
| Following California Incident, Feds Now Probe Toyota Prius Crash in NYC Suburb The crash of a Toyota Prius in New York caught the attention of federal regulators Wednesday after the driver said it accelerated on its own, then lurched down a driveway, across a road and into a... |
| San Francisco's LGBT Center Asking City for $1 Million The crash of a Toyota Prius in New York caught the attention of federal regulators Wednesday after the driver said it accelerated on its own, then lurched down a driveway, across a road and into a... |
| Google Adds Bicycle Directions to Maps Google Inc. is adding a bike lane with its latest online mapping option. The new bicycling directions available on Google Maps starting Wednesday supplement the guidance already provided to motorists... |
