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William Bennett was noted for his opposition to rate increases for public utilities.
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For more than half a century, William Bennett kept a scribbled note from Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter. “There is no reason why I should not tell you how admirably you represented your state in this [...]
Another setback in opposition to the Lembi family, whose once-mighty real estate empire in San Francisco has been decimated through the commercial property meltdown.
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CommScope Inc.’s shares prostrate nearly 5 percent in extended trading Monday after the company reported disappointing quarterly return and a weaker-than-expected forecast.
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In this March 5, 2010 photo, ~y overview of the ConocoPhillips oil refinery is seen in Rodeo, Calif. Oil prices headed higher almost $82 a barrel Monday, March 8, extending gains from last week among signs the global economy may be improving.
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A Piedmont doctor whose 2006 arrest in a police sting was filmed by a television network has been sentenced to two months in jail for attempted child molesting.
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Kenneth A. Gosting, a community activist in the foothill region near Yosemite and a correspondent for a number of California newspapers, was found dead in a creek near his home in Mariposa County on Sunday.
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Unemployed people use special phones in San Francisco’s EDD office to try to resolve their claim status.
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Larry Murgatroyd knows what unemployed Californians can face if their claims encounter a glitch at the Employment Development Department.
The 52-year-old carpenter from Glen Ellen was laid off in November 2008. [...]
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– The Institute with a view to Supply Management releases its manufacturing index for February.
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Asian post markets rise after jobless report 03.01.10
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(02-23) 17:39 PST SAN FRANCISCO — In a case that reached the U.S. Supreme Court, a Bay Area woman has won the right to parental status and visits with the daughter of her former lesbian partner, who moved out when the girl was 3 months old.
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