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Secretly Recorded Conversations Admissible in Criminal Cases
Secretly recording someone else’s conversation is illegal in California, but prosecutors can use the illicit recording as evidence in a criminal case, the state Supreme Court ruled Thursday.
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Airbnb Bans ‘Party Houses' After California Shooting Kills 5
Airbnb’s CEO said the company was taking actions against unauthorized parties in the wake of a deadly shooting at a Halloween party held at an Airbnb rental home in California.
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Shake Shack Announces Upcoming Opening at Westfield Center
Popular East Coast burger chain Shake Shack has announced another upcoming Bay Area opening for 2020, this time in San Francisco’s Westfield Center at Fifth and Market, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.
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MLB Commissioner Tells Oakland to Drop Lawsuit Or A's Could Relocate
MLB commissioner Rob Manfred made it clear to Oakland: Drop your lawsuit or the A’s could relocate.
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Raiders Roster is Significantly Younger for 2019 Season
General manager Mike Mayock and head coach Jon Gruden have done a makeover on the team, benefitting from a haul of draft choices this spring
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San Francisco Bison Named Brunhilda Dies: Report
Brunhilda, a female American bison living in Golden Gate Park’s famous paddock, died Thursday after suffering severe kidney disease.
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Shake Shack to Expand to Oakland
Popular burger chain Shake Shack will open its first Oakland restaurant at Uptown Station, one of the city’s most prominent buildings, The San Francisco Chronicle reported.
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Cockroach Infestation Shuts Down Popeyes in San Francisco: Report
A Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen in San Francisco was shut down this week due to a cockroach infestation, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.
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Texas Prisons Start 3D-Denture Printing Program
Seven months after the Texas Department of Criminal Justice announced plans to launch a start-of-the-art denture clinic in response to a Houston Chronicle investigation, inmates from across the system are starting to get some of the first sets of 3D-printed teeth ever made inside a U.S. prison.
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Woman Sues Astros for $1M, Says T-Shirt Cannon Broke Finger
A woman has sued the Houston Astros for more than $1 million, saying that a T-shirt cannon fired at a game by the team’s mascot broke her finger.
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Social Media Users Mourn Death of Albino Raccoon in Oakland
Social media users in California have posted memorial messages in honor of what is believed to be an albino raccoon.
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Rape Suspect Back in US Without Sanctuary Change
San Francisco lawmakers avoided having to bend the city’s sanctuary city policy after federal authorities backed off their demands for the law to be relaxed if they wanted help extraditing a rape suspect from Canada.
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Former San Francisco Giants Owner Peter Magowan Dies at 76
Peter Magowan, the former principal owner of the San Francisco Giants who was credited with keeping the team from moving away to Florida, died Sunday, the team confirmed on social media. He was 76.
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Giants Officially Change Name of Home Ballpark from AT&T to Oracle Park
A new era of Giants baseball will come with a new name for the ballpark. AT&T Park now will be known as Oracle Park, the Giants confirmed on Thursday.
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Swastika Painted on Duke Mural Honoring Synagogue Victims
Duke University officials say someone painted a Nazi symbol on a mural honoring victims of last month’s Pittsburgh synagogue massacre. University president Vincent Price said in a letter to the school community that a red swastika was painted Sunday night on the tribute to those who died in the shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue. The East Campus Bridge...
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Jurors Urge SF Judge to Not Dismiss $289M Roundup Cancer Verdict: Report
Jurors who found that agribusiness giant Monsanto’s Roundup weed killer contributed to a school groundskeeper’s cancer are urging a San Francisco judge not to throw out the bulk of their $289 million award in his favor, a newspaper reported Monday.
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Oakland Lawsuit Could Prompt Early Raiders Departure: Report
The Raiders are set to leave Oakland a second time, and will move to a publicly funded stadium in Las Vegas in 2020. Now, the city of Oakland planning to file a lawsuit against the team.
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School to Be Named After Journalist, Undocumented Immigrant
At a divisive time for U.S. immigration policies, a California school board has decided to name a new elementary school after an award-winning journalist who disclosed in 2011 that he had been living in the U.S. illegally. The Mountain View Whisman School District board voted Thursday to name the as-yet-unopened school after Jose Antonio Vargas, bypassing Steve Jobs and other...
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Book 47 Years Overdue Returned to San Francisco Library
A book nearly five decades overdue has been returned to the San Francisco Public Library.
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Facebook Expected to Lease 43-Story Tower in San Francisco
Facebook is expected to sign the biggest lease of the year in San Francisco.