San Francisco on Thursday became the first city in the nation to adopt a promising new treatment for heroin addiction that city officials say could save lives and cut down on drug use on the streets.
Read moreA man who spent 20 years behind bars for a murder he did not commit can sue a retired police commander who allegedly falsified evidence to frame him for murder, a Ninth Circuit panel ruled Friday.
Read moreA man whose $350,000 bail on a charge of robbing his neighbor of $7 became a rallying cry for the bail system’s critics, will remain in jail for now until the neighbor has a chance to speak in court.
Read moreAmid an onslaught of motor scooters zooming down sidewalks and cluttering walkways, San Francisco legislators on Tuesday voted unanimously to start regulating the latest gadget in transportation sharing technology.
Read moreA Justice Department lawyer on Wednesday urged a Ninth Circuit panel to tailor a nationwide block on “sanctuary city” funding cuts so it applies to just two jurisdictions in California.
Read moreThe San Francisco Federal Credit Union accused the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency of negligent misrepresentation, breach of contract and bad faith by encouraging it to finance formerly free transferable taxi medallions at $250,000 apiece to thousands of cabbies beginning in 2010, as ride-hail services were about to disrupt the market, in S.F. Superior Court.
Read moreSan Francisco on Tuesday became the third California city to ban the sale of fur coats and clothing, despite objections from the city’s business community.
Read moreA woman whose frozen eggs were destroyed in an equipment malfunction has filed a class action lawsuit, accusing a San Francisco fertility clinic of failing to safeguard the frozen eggs and embryos of hundreds of patients.
Read moreLawyers for Jose Garcia-Zarate, the homeless undocumented immigrant acquitted last year of murdering Kate Steinle on a San Francisco pier, filed a motion in federal court Tuesday asking the U.S. government to hand over its communications with local law enforcement agencies.
Read moreA federal jury trial over allegations that San Francisco police hid and fabricated evidence to pin a 2007 murder on a former reality TV show contestant kicked off Monday in Oakland, with a forensic pathologist poking holes in the officers’ narrative of what happened.
Read moreA federal judge on Friday rejected a lawsuit claiming San Francisco State University has “systematically instilled’ anti-Jewish hostility on campus.
Read moreContinuing a week of expert testimony on the alleged link between cancer and the world’s most widely used pesticide, a scientist said Thursday he found no connection between the two in animal studies.
Read moreClaims that San Francisco police conspired to fabricate evidence to pin a former reality TV show contestant with a murder he did not commit must be decided by a jury, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.
Read moreA California state agency settled its dispute with San Francisco over who gets to say what is built along the city’s iconic waterfront — and how high.
Read moreA federal judge Friday refused to dismiss a wrongful-death lawsuit against the United States from the parents of Antonio Ramos, who was killed by a gun stolen from an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent.
Read moreA city ordinance regulating landlords’ ability to force tenants to leave their apartments by buying them out does not violate the landlords’ constitutional rights, a Ninth Circuit panel ruled Thursday.
Read moreThe city of San Francisco on Thursday asked a state judge to block a new law that lets Uber and Lyft drivers avoid paying local fees to operate on the city’s congested streets.
Read moreThe state of California on Wednesday slapped the U.S. Justice Department with a federal lawsuit, seeking to pry loose records on its decision to cut grants to cities and states that refuse to help enforce federal immigration laws.
Read more