Citing lax federal regulation, San Francisco officials on Tuesday proposed banning the sale of e-cigarettes not reviewed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and stopping e-cigarette companies from doing business on city property.
Read moreA federal judge said Monday he will likely let jurors hear a witness exclaim “that was unnecessary” after police officers fired dozens of rounds at a 26-year-old man on video, despite the city of San Francisco’s objections.
Read moreHertz will no longer charge hidden fees to unsuspecting tourists who drive their rental cars across the Golden Gate Bridge under an agreement with the city of San Francisco.
Read moreSan Francisco is no stranger to housing controversies, but a court battle is brewing after a homeowner sued the city in federal court Thursday saying it illegally forced him to dismantle his house and rebuild the previous house brick by brick to match its historical condition.
Read moreA federal judge said he might toss a lawsuit over whether Monsanto’s weed killer Roundup caused a California man’s cancer, but gave the man’s lawyer a second chance to get the suit to trial this May in federal court.
Read moreA San Francisco judge on Monday delayed a long-awaited preliminary hearing to decide if there is enough evidence to try two anti-abortion activists for recording Planned Parenthood staff allegedly arranging the sale of aborted fetal tissue, after state prosecutors and attorneys for the health care provider unexpectedly filed a series of motions on the eve of the proceedings.
Read moreAn en banc Ninth Circuit on Thursday ordered a trial court to take a second look at blocking a San Francisco ordinance requiring warning labels on billboard ads for sugary drinks.
Read moreA federal judge in San Francisco refused Wednesday to drop anti-abortion activist Albin Rhomberg from Planned Parenthood’s lawsuit over videos doctored to make it seem as though the health care group sells aborted fetal tissue, saying it was too early to decide the case.
Read moreA federal judge will likely rule San Francisco’s bail schedule unconstitutional, saying at a hearing Tuesday she could find no justification for the amount of money it demands arrestees pay to avoid sitting in jail.
Read moreA federal judge side-lined a class action challenging excessive docking fees levied against commercial boat owners in San Francisco on Tuesday.
Read moreA San Francisco police officer who was implicated in a racist text message scandal earlier this year was arrested Tuesday for carrying out a bank robbery, according to federal prosecutors and the FBI.
Read moreSAN FRANCISCO (CN) – A federal judge on Monday dismissed another in a line of San Francisco’s challenges to the
Read moreA federal judge hinted Thursday he might toss San Francisco’s lawsuit challenging the Justice Department’s unexplained repeal of documents providing guidance to state and local governments for complying with federal civil rights laws because the city might not have standing to sue.
Read moreA California appeals court affirmed “substantial penalties” against “extremely uncooperative” landlords who were found in the case San Francisco v. Anne Kihagi to have harassed their tenants, violated state laws and “violated at least 10 court orders.”
Read moreA former senior investigator for the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office claims in a federal complaint that he was fired and defamed for reporting truthfully that District Attorney George Gascon carried a gun on airplanes “on many occasions … in violation of federal law.”
Read moreA Ninth Circuit judge suggested Thursday that the family of a 32-year-old woman shot dead on a San Francisco pier might get a second chance to hold the city liable for not helping immigration police deport her suspected killer.
Read moreSupporters of a ballot measure to raise taxes on San Francisco’s biggest companies to fight homelessness say the city must take bold steps to address the crisis. But opponents say it will accomplish little more than harming the city’s booming job market.
Read moreA federal judge on Friday permanently barred the Trump administration from withholding policing grants from California, San Francisco and other so-called sanctuary jurisdictions across the nation.
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