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Around KQED- Bay Area Wins Bid to Host 50th Super Bowl
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- Why We Can’t Stop Listening to Deerhunter’s “Monomania”
- Art Review: Mills College MFA Exhibition, a 'Compound Vision'
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- Poverty Rates Soar in Bay Area Suburbs
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49ers' New Venue to be Called 'Levi's Stadium'
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The San Francisco 49ers and Levi Strauss & Co have reached an agreement for a $220 million, 20-year naming rights deal for the team's future stadium in Santa Clara. Levi's CEO Chip Bergh and 49ers CEO … Continue reading
San Francisco Supervisor Campos Giving Up on Renaming SFO for Harvey Milk
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A San Francisco lawmaker said Tuesday that he has abandoned a proposal to rename San Francisco International Airport after slain gay rights leader Harvey Milk and instead plans to pursue getting an airport terminal named in … Continue reading
Delaware Becomes 11th State to Allow Same-Sex Marriage
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Update: Half an hour after the Delaware Senate passed a bill to legalize same-sex marriage in The First State, Gov. Jack Markell signed the measure into law. The new statute allows same-sex marriages beginning July 1. Original post: DOVER, Del. … Continue reading
Court Says California Cities Can Ban Pot Shops
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Local governments in California have legal authority to ban storefront pot shops within their borders, California's highest court ruled on Monday in an opinion likely to further diminish the state's once-robust medical marijuana industry. Nearly 17 … Continue reading
Pope Appoints New Bishop for Oakland Diocese
Bay City News — Pope Francis today appointed the Rev. Michael Barber to be the next bishop of the Diocese of Oakland. Barber, 59, currently is the director of spiritual formation at St. John's Seminary in the Archdiocese of Boston, … Continue reading
Google Changes 'Palestinian Territories' to 'Palestine'
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JERUSALEM (AP) – Google is de facto recognizing a state of Palestine — at least on its local home page in the Palestinian territories. Google spokesman Nathan Tyler said Friday "We're changing the name 'Palestinian territories' to 'Palestine' across our … Continue reading
San Francisco: Typhoid Alert For Those Who Ate at Nordstrom Cafe in Stonestown Galleria
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SAN FRANCISCO (BCN) San Francisco health officials are alerting customers that an employee who handled food at a city shopping mall cafe was recently diagnosed with typhoid fever. The San Francisco Department of Public Health announced today that anyone who … Continue reading
Firefighters Battle Series of California Wildfires; Map, Updates
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CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) — A huge Southern California wildfire carved a path to the sea and burned on the beach Friday, but firefighters got a break as gusty Santa Ana winds turned into breezes. Temperatures remained high, but humidity levels … Continue reading
Guitarist Jeff Hanneman of Slayer Dies at 49; Born in Oakland
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jeff Hanneman, a founding member of Slayer whose career was irrevocably changed after a spider bite, has died. He was 49. Slayer spokeswoman Heidi Robinson-Fitzgerald said Hanneman died Thursday morning of liver failure at a Los … Continue reading
Thousands Rally in Bay Area for Workers' and Immigrants' Rights
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Thousands took to the streets throughout the Bay Area yesterday in support of immigration reform and workers' rights on May Day, also known as International Workers' Day. While the United States celebrates its Labor Day at the end of summer, … Continue reading
