Fatal End To S&M Session Jul 14, 2007
SAN FRANCISCO / Sion gone awry -- or homicide. Onetime Haight activist, anti-drug crusader found dead. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Crime)
Teacher pleads in sex case Jul 14, 2007
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO / Teacher in sex case pleads no contest (San Francisco Chronicle -- Crime)
Web drug firm owner indicted Jul 14, 2007
SAN JOSE / Grand jury indicts Web drug firm owner (San Francisco Chronicle -- Crime)
Sutter denies closure rumors Jul 14, 2007
It would not make any sense for us to take St. Luke's into our family of campuses if we want to shut it down. Ammiano described Sutter Health officials as "egregious corporate desperados'' who, he said, broke their promises not to cut staff and services at St. Luke's. He noted that Sutter Health is seeking permits to build a $1.7 billion hospital on the site of the Cathedral Hill Hotel on Van Ness Avenue and will need the city's cooperation. "If they want that hospital, they can't continue to... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Business)
Too Little, Too Late Jul 14, 2007
Lights out' for A's at 'Dome / Santana: 7 IP, 0 runs, 4 hits. "Someone made the comment that he was hitting dimes behind the catcher's mitt.'' Asked if the late rally -- which included his two-run blast into the upper deck in right -- might give the A's a boost, Chavez said flatly, "Wins give you a boost. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)
McCain says he's down, not out Jul 14, 2007
" McCain said he accepts responsibility for the campaign's problems, which include burning through almost all of the $24 million raised in the first six months of the year. But he said the formula for winning the nomination has not changed. "We go to the town hall meetings, we fix our financial difficulties, and we win," he said. "I'm very confident. " McCain's campaign already was in deep trouble before news broke Tuesday that campaign manager Terry Nelson and chief strategist John Weaver, one... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Politics)
NEWS ANALYSIS - Soldier's death marks Israel's stance in Gaza Jul 14, 2007
NEWS ANALYSIS / Soldier's death marks Israel's stance in Gaza / A middle-ground strategy has led to buildup by Hamas (San Francisco Chronicle -- Politics)
NEWS ANALYSIS - Staying course poses huge risk for Republicans Jul 14, 2007
NEWS ANALYSIS / Staying course poses huge risk for Republicans. being blown away in landslides. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Politics)
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Jul 14, 2007
Saturday, July 14, 2007. Readers react to Father John. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Politics)
Appeals court adjusts privacy-at-work ruling Jul 14, 2007
He said the employee in this case, Jeffrey Ziegler, had a reasonable belief that his electronic files would be private in a password-protected computer kept in a locked office not shared by co-workers. Nevertheless, O'Scannlain said, FBI agents who obtained the files did not violate the constitutional ban on unreasonable searches and seizures, since they had the consent of Ziegler's employer, which had previously notified its employees that their computers were company property and were subject... (Yahoo News -- Online Privacy)
49ers can't say 'sorry' enough Jul 14, 2007
" This wasn't York's first apology and probably won't be his last. York earlier phoned various Asian American community leaders to express regret. He also went to the San Francisco Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Community Center to apologize for the lesbian porn and spoof of gay marriage in the video. York has said he didn't approve the video. He saw a snippet in January and received a copy in March that didn't include the Chinese character. He also said he never saw another video that was... (Yahoo News -- Asian Americans)
Johnson Ranch will become public Jul 14, 2007
They retained a "life estate" in the home, allowing the family to maintain the residence there. Lady Bird Johnson hosted functions at the ranch over the years and was known to sometimes wave at the tour buses that drove by. (Yahoo News)
TESTING THE TEST FOR CITIZENSHIP Jul 14, 2007
" This week, several of Yeung's pupils tried out a proposed new version of the exam they must pass to become U.S. citizens. Most pronounced the test tougher than the current one for which they've been studying. "The new test is a little bit harder," said Natasha Chan, a 43-year-old former tourist guide from Hong Kong. "It has more American history, names of famous people, geography. And the sentences are longer, with new and different words. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Savage Uprising Jul 14, 2007
SAN JOSE / Immigrant advocates demand radio station fire host for remarks / Hunger strikers should starve to death, he said. because then we won't have a problem about giving them green cards because they're illegal aliens. (San Francisco Chronicle)
TECH CHRONICLES / A daily dose of postings from the Chronicle's technology blog Jul 14, 2007
A daily dose of postings from the Chronicle's technology blog (sfgate (San Francisco Chronicle)
Fugitive swindler arrested Jul 13, 2007
We can finally sleep at night, knowing where he's going to be," Pushkin said. "He can't do this to other people. " Torres pleaded guilty in March 2006 to nine counts of mail fraud and seven counts of wire fraud for persuading clients to invest in high-yield Los Angeles and Orange County municipal bonds that didn't exist. Investigators described Torres as a con artist who defrauded people as an independent contractor for SunAmerica Securities Inc. in Moraga. From 1999 to 2005, Torres told... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Crime)
Woman convicted of murder freed after 23 years Jul 13, 2007
California woman convicted of murder is paroled after 23 years. Article:California woman convicted of murder is paroled after 2:/n/a/2007/07/12/state/n103713D99. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Crime)
Sentencing set in child-porn case Jul 13, 2007
SAN FRANCISCO / Ex-juvenile probation officer's sentencing set for child porn. He also consulted with the San Francisco district attorney's office on the matter. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Crime)
Fired Worker's Conviction Upheld Jul 13, 2007
SAN FRANCISCO / Conviction upheld for damaging boss' files (San Francisco Chronicle -- Crime)
Author's Driver Pleads Not Guilty Jul 13, 2007
REDWOOD CITY / Not-guilty plea in author's crash death (San Francisco Chronicle -- Crime)
Arrest In Fireworks Probe Jul 13, 2007
SAN FRANCISCO / Probe of girl's fireworks injury leads to arrest (San Francisco Chronicle -- Crime)
Getting outsiders involved in sites Jul 13, 2007
" Simply opening a Web site and expecting to harvest the perspective of millions of users is a recipe or failure, he said. The conference, organized by Fortune magazine, ends today. E-mail Verne Kopytoff at . This article appeared on page C - 1 of the San Francisco Chronicle Accounting Tech $3890.-$4728./mo.. Project Managers Costa Rica... School of Medicine at UC - Davis Patient Financial Services Director UC Davis Job Opportunity Deputy Dir. Road Services San Mateo Several Positions Available... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Business)
Win -- Or Sell Jul 13, 2007
WIN OR TRADE WINDS / If this weekend's series with the Dodgers doesn't go well, get ready for a fire sale. " "We're coming out with the Dodgers. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)
Trash pickup descrepancies in East Bay Jul 13, 2007
Waste deep: Collection erratic / Chronicle spot check suggests affluent East Bay areas cleared of garbage, poor have to wait. " The county's Public Health Department will track the complaints to "make sure all neighborhoods are being treated fairly," Haggerty said. Waste Management spokeswoman Monica Devincenzi denied that the company was picking up trash in more affluent areas at the expense of poorer neighborhoods. She declined to discuss specific cases and acknowledged that garbage pickups... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Politics)
S.F. Church, neighbors take on pot club Jul 13, 2007
SAN FRANCISCO / Church, neighbors take on North Beach pot club / Holistic Solutions seeks a Planning Commission permit. " But Holistic Solutions owner Ken Estes said his cannabis dispensary has been a good neighbor. He said the club does not allow smoking pot on or near the premises and that he has never been cited by the police. He said he requires clients to show a doctor's recommendation before selling them marijuana and that he complies with all state and local laws. Estes said he has... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Politics)
Setback for S.F.'s plan for Wi-Fi Jul 13, 2007
SAN FRANCISCO / 1 step forward, 2 steps back for citywide Wi-Fi / Plan delayed again as supervisors raise privacy questions. " EarthLink has networks in five cities so far, including Milpitas and Anaheim, but San Francisco is the only city where free access is part of the contract. It was clear on Wednesday that some members of the Board of Supervisors feel Mayor Gavin Newsom's office has failed to adequately include the board in discussions with the EarthLink-Google team. "The Giants are more... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Politics)
Surgeon general pick downplays 1991 paper on homosexuality Jul 13, 2007
Holsinger's paper cherry-picks and misuses data to support his thesis that homosexuality is unhealthy and unnatural," he said, adding that as surgeon general, Holsinger would have to provide medical information "free of interference from his personal views. " Holsinger said he prepared the paper for a study committee of the United Methodist Church. In it, he argued that the different sexes are anatomically complementary and that "when the complementarity of the sexes is breached, injuries and... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Politics)
CIA chief's grim view of Iraq Jul 13, 2007
" Later he qualified the statement somewhat: "A government that can govern, sustain and defend itself is not achievable," he said, "in the short term. " Hayden's bleak assessment, which came just a week after Republicans had lost control of Congress and Bush had dismissed Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, was a pivotal moment in the study group's intensive examination of the Iraq war, and it helped shape its conclusion in its final report that the situation in Iraq was grave and deteriorating.... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Politics)
NEWS ANALYSIS Jul 13, 2007
being blown away in landslides. " As the Senate debated and the House passed another troop withdrawal plan on Thursday, Bush saw cause for optimism in an interim report by his National Security Council that showed mixed military results from the surge of 30,000 troops to Baghdad and surrounding provinces. But the report showed scant progress on the political reconciliation that Bush said is the goal of the troop increase and "essential to lasting security and stability" in Iraq. Bush said... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Politics)
China tells Westerner to close newsletter Jul 13, 2007
Joseph Kahn, New York Times. Thursday, July 12, 2007. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Politics)
Oakland Mayor Dellums picks new chief of staff Jul 13, 2007
OAKLAND / Mayor Dellums picks new chief of staff (San Francisco Chronicle -- Politics)
Lady Bird Johnson dead at 94 Jul 13, 2007
In December 1972, the Johnsons gave the LBJ Ranch house and surrounding property to the United States as a National Historic Site, retaining a life estate for themselves. The property is to transfer to the federal park service after her death. (Charles City Press, IO)
Trainer called major drug source Jul 13, 2007
" IRS Agent Jeff Novitzky wrote that drug agents had been told by an informant that "if a professional baseball player was currently using performance-enhancing drugs including human growth hormone. then the player would likely be getting it from Kirk Radomski. (Yahoo News -- Drugs in Sports)
Trailing Captain Cook Jul 13, 2007
Aloha Friday / On The Trail Of Captain Cook (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)
Bastille Day Getaway Jul 13, 2007
FRENCH COMFORTS / Le Mridien San Francisco (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)
Take down the stone walls Jul 13, 2007
Thursday, July 12, 2007. SF Chronicle Submissions. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Opinion)
$21.7 million tobacco award held for retrial Jul 13, 2007
7 million tobacco award held for retrial. about the health effects of smoking'' and that Leslie Whiteley relied on the companies' false assurances that cigarettes were safe. (Yahoo News -- Tobacco Lawsuits)
LADY BIRD JOHNSON: 1912 - 2007She broadened first lady's domain Jul 13, 2007
LADY BIRD JOHNSON: 1912 - 2007 / She broadened first lady's domain / Often described as LBJ's silent partner, she was a quiet activist, a lover of flowers and trees, and a canny businesswoman. " The president was a moody man prone to depression who led the nation during a period bracketed by violence -- including the assassination of President Kennedy, the step-up of the war in Vietnam and the slayings of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and Sen. Robert F. Kennedy. She defined herself as her... (San Francisco Chronicle)
THOSE PESKY PEACENIKSCodePink -- an anti-war group founded by Bay Area activists and known for colorful and theatrical protests -- is turning up the pressure on congressional Democrats Jul 13, 2007
THOSE PESKY PEACENIKS / CodePink -- an anti-war group founded by Bay Area activists and known for colorful and theatrical protests -- is turning up the pressure on congressional Democrats. " Publicly, top Democrats say they share the group's anti-war goals. But privately they grumble about its in-your-face tactics -- including disrupting Democratic press conferences and setting up a protest camp outside House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's Pacific Heights home in San Francisco. When activists from... (San Francisco Chronicle)
Waste deep: Collection erratic Jul 13, 2007
" The county's Public Health Department will track the complaints to "make sure all neighborhoods are being treated fairly," Haggerty said. Waste Management spokeswoman Monica Devincenzi denied that the company was picking up trash in more affluent areas at the expense of poorer neighborhoods. She declined to discuss specific cases and acknowledged that garbage pickups were being delayed in some areas. "We ask for patience," Devincenzi said. The company and Teamsters leaders met Monday with a... (San Francisco Chronicle)
SACRAMENTOPanel OKs health bill in Senate Jul 13, 2007
SACRAMENTO / Panel OKs health bill in Senate / Vote by key committee moves the overhaul legislation along. " The bill would require employers without health plans to pay a 7.5 percent payroll tax to buy insurance for their workers, while the employees would be required to pay 4.5 percent of their income toward coverage. The governor has proposed a plan to cover all uninsured Californians -- 6.5 million people. Schwarzenegger's plan would require business to pay at least 4 percent toward coverage... (San Francisco Chronicle)
Close look at risky businesses Jul 13, 2007
Thursday, July 12, 2007. Kathleen Pender Archive. (San Francisco Chronicle)
CARQUINEZ STRAITCause to celebrate -- a tad Jul 13, 2007
CARQUINEZ STRAIT / Cause to celebrate -- a tad / Pricey party deemed unseemly for overdue, over-budget bridge. Lee said donations from sponsors -- mainly contractors who worked on the bridge -- could cover about half the cost. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Bank of America settles old trust suit Jul 13, 2007
For Bank of America, the case began in 1992 when it acquired Security Pacific Bank, and discovered that Security Pacific's trust-management department had systematically overcharged some trusts between 1974 and 1990. The first public notice of this discovery came in 1993 when The Chronicle reported that Bank of America had set aside $50 million to refund the overcharges, with interest. (Yahoo News -- Banking & Financial Services)
SONY AND NINTENDO UNVEIL INNOVATIONS Jul 12, 2007
" Nintendo also showed off a couple of other new controllers, including a racing wheel and a gun that will be used for first-person shooting games. Nintendo has enjoyed a renaissance with its innovative take on video gaming. The Wii console and its handheld counterpart the DS have racked up huge sales, with the DS alone representing a quarter of all industry hardware sales -- handheld and consoles -- in the first five months of this year, said Nintendo America President Reggie Fils-Aime. Aime... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Business)
Mind Your Business Jul 12, 2007
" Because there are all kinds of coaches, be sure to choose one with experience in small business. "A good business coach will be a business generalist," Stireno said. "They should be well versed enough in financials to skim a spreadsheet and tell you some things that may need to be added in. They should know enough about business plans and the basics of commercial real estate to tell you if you need to go to a bookkeeper, CPA or lawyer. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Business)
TECH CHRONICLES Jul 12, 2007
A daily dose of postings from The Chronicle's technology blog (sfgate. I didn't really know him, but it's always a little bit of a shock to see an announcement that one of your peers has passed. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Business)
Ex-surgeon general tells House panel he was muzzled Jul 12, 2007
Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Los Angeles Times. Wednesday, July 11, 2007. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Politics)
On California Tax Policy Jul 12, 2007
Download or pick up: Why is one tax-free (San Francisco Chronicle -- Politics)
Will a cheaper iPhone click before Christmas? Jul 12, 2007
Will a cheaper iPhone click before Christmas. One analyst believes Nano model may appear. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Technology)
more reader opinions Jul 12, 2007
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR. Article:LETTERS TO THE EDITOR:/c/a/2007/07/11/EDGNNQ4VKV1. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Opinion)
THE HOUSE ON THE HILL Jul 12, 2007
" Its history is filled with dreams of grandeur, disappointments and brushes with destruction. Around 1912, Harriett Pullman Carolan, heiress to the Pullman railroad-car fortune and a leader of the San Francisco social scene, decided to build a grand estate on more than 500 acres that she and her husband, Frank, owned in Hillsborough. Carolan, one of the wealthiest women in the nation, commissioned celebrated French architect Ernest Sanson to design the more than 65,000-square-foot house,... (San Francisco Chronicle)
Bush fights growing chorus for exit Jul 12, 2007
We've made that part clear. It'll face future governments. (San Francisco Chronicle)
As garbage piles up, vermin will multiply Jul 12, 2007
Wednesday, July 11, 2007. The rank, bacteria-laden garbage piling up in East Bay neighborhoods draws the houseflies first. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Bechtel shares blame in Big Dig tragedy Jul 12, 2007
" Milena Del Valle, a 39-year-old mother of three, was crushed to death a year ago when concrete ceiling panels weighing a total of 26 tons fell onto her car in a new tunnel beneath Boston Harbor. The accident followed years of spiraling costs and complaints about shoddy construction at the Big Dig, a maze of highway tunnels beneath Boston's historic downtown. Bechtel led a joint venture that drafted preliminary designs for the immense project -- including the tunnel where the accident occurred... (San Francisco Chronicle)
Huge statue to be jailed in anti-Bush rally Jul 12, 2007
" The World Can't Wait's founders included supporters of the Revolutionary Communist Party, but in the past year the list of backers on its Web site has grown to 24,000 names. They include actors Sean Penn, Olympia Dukakis and Mark Ruffalo, writers Studs Terkel and Alice Walker, state Assemblyman Mark Leno, D-San Francisco, and Bay Area "protest mom" Cindy Sheehan, whose son was killed in Iraq in 2004. "In the beginning, we were what you might call the voice-of-conscience usual suspects," Sweet... (Yahoo News -- Anti-War Movement)
Kennebunk area business briefs Jul 12, 2007
WELLS Consigli Construction Co., Inc. of Portland, recently completed significant repairs to 10 buildings on the Wells Reserve Life Estate, a compilation of properties representing Maine's heritage and part of the Wells National Reserve research facility. The historically-significant Life Estate contains buildings dating back to the original settlers of Maine, as well as one of the country's oldest standing sheep barns ... With the majority of the structures built in the 1800s, Consigli's team... (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Homeless tally open to debate Jul 12, 2007
Of course we should," said Angela Alioto, the former supervisor tapped by Mayor Gavin Newsom to write the city's 10-Year Plan to Abolish Chronic Homelessness. "But to count them as homeless, that would be totally random. That would just not be real at all. (Yahoo News -- Homelessness)
Putting the 'hue' in Hewlett-Packard Jul 11, 2007
" The color match technology, under development for more than two years at HP Labs, can be applied to home decor, design and fashion. The work builds on HP's color imaging work that it has applied to color copiers. The key is the imaging technology that allows HP to correct and analyze incoming photos, regardless of image quality, camera discrepancies or lighting. The service requires a user to take a picture with a small chart that has several color values. When sent over the Internet to a... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Business)
Traditional pensions rapidly disappearing Jul 11, 2007
" The survey by the industry-supported Employee Benefit Research Institute and Mercer Human Resources Consulting shows that most companies that close off their pensions seek to partially offset the loss to employees by increasing contributions to company-sponsored 401(k)s, where employees are responsible for managing their own retirement money. But critics say the increases do not make up for the demise of pensions. The offsetting benefits of 401(k)s "are not measuring up," said David Certner,... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Business)
AL NOTEBOOK: A-Rod gives S.F. straight A's as site for game Jul 11, 2007
Article:AL NOTEBOOK: A-Rod gives S.F. straight A's as site for :/c/a/2007/07/11/SPG4VQUI9H1. DTL Article:AL NOTEBOOK: A-Rod gives S.F. straight A's as site for :/c/a/2007/07/11/SPG4VQUI9H1. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)
SAN FRANCISCO - Newsom's plan for gun control gets partial boost Jul 11, 2007
SAN FRANCISCO / Newsom's plan for gun control gets partial boost / Co-sponsors unsure if restrictions will help stem violence. " he said. "We're taking it to the end, but we can only take it so far. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Politics)
The new food crusade Jul 11, 2007
That's a really good way of thinking about it. " What happens to the farm bill this time around could turn on such moments. This year's burst of activism rises from the national trend toward local, sustainable and conscious eating -- consumers who want to know what they're eating, where it comes from and how it is produced. Michael Pollan, the sustainable food movement leader and UC Berkeley professor and writer, has led the charge, starting with his best-selling "The Omnivore's Dilemma" and in... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Politics)
On Health Care Reform Jul 11, 2007
" Critics have assailed these plans as tax shelters for the healthy and affluent; they've also pointed out that the incentives they give consumers to spend less on health care often result in the avoidance of necessary care. What's less often noted is that, like the Goodyear deal and the ERIC proposal, consumer-driven plans are designed to help employers curb their health costs. Companies contribute a set amount to health savings accounts, and there's no requirement for them to raise their... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Opinion)
Nudging North Korea Jul 11, 2007
Tuesday, July 10, 2007. SF Chronicle Submissions. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Opinion)
