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CEO out, but heat still building on Wells Fargo
John Stumpf abruptly resigned Wednesday as CEO and chairman of the scandal-torn San Francisco-based banking giant Wells Fargo. But much more fallout is expected over the revelation last month that Wells Fargo had fired 5,300 employees for fraudulently signing up customers
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San Francisco threatens suburb over housing
The times seem to be changing in California when it comes to housing. The decision of Brisbane, a tiny suburb of San Francisco, to exclude housing from a huge new development project has triggered harsh criticism and suggestions from several San
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New law clears way for redevelopment’s return
Five years ago, when state courts upheld Gov. Jerry Brown’s and the Legislature’s move to shut down redevelopment in California and seize $1.7 billion in redevelopment funds from local agencies around the state, Brown’s crusade won cheers from many of
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State defies U.S. edict on single score for schools
The state of California appears to be on a collision course with the federal government over how it responds to a school accountability provision in the Every Student Succeeds Act, the measure approved last year to replace the controversial and
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Democrats seek to link CA House candidates to Donald Trump
Two months ago, Republican operatives feared that presidential nominee Donald Trump would destroy their chances to retain control of Congress. Now things look much brighter for the party after a rough stretch for Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton. The Senate appears
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Bay Area police turmoil spreads to Berkeley
A tumultuous year in Bay Area law enforcement continued last week when Berkeley Police Chief Michael Meehan abruptly resigned after six years on the job. Meehan won national attention — and rebukes — for a 2012 decision to send an
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CalPERS pension fund defended by its most ferocious critic
The Los Angeles Times wasn’t the only big American newspaper with a big spread on the California Public Employees’ Retirement System this weekend. The New York Times had one as well. The West Coast Times focused on the misleading campaign
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Largest CA community college faces dire problems
In 2012, the City College of San Francisco persuaded voters to adopt a $79 parcel tax to stave off bankruptcy. Now the school — the largest based on enrollment in the California Community College system — is once again coming
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Why hope for CA oil boom is fading fast
It took some time, but a 2011 report by the Federal Energy Information Administration that estimated that California’s Monterey shale underground land mass formation had 15.4 billion barrels of accessible oil and a follow-up study that put the figure at
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AP story hammers home Brock Turner-Prop. 57 link
They’ve been two of California’s biggest stories for months: the simmering anger over the light sentence given in early June to Brock Turner, a former Stanford swimmer, for sexually assaulting an unconscious fellow student in early 2015, and Gov. Jerry
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