A man has died after being shot just outside the Oakland encampment…
Chinese police shoot dead 3 soldiers
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China mine accident kills 20 miners
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Twenty miners have been confirmed dead after a coalmine gas leak accident in the southwestern province of Yunnan Thursday…
‘Lost Interview’ shows a younger Jobs
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A recently discovered video copy of a 1995 interview with Steve Jobs shows the Apple co-founder at a healthier time…
Man sets himself ablaze to protest China
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A man wearing the robes of a Tibetan Buddhist monk set himself on fire in the Nepalese capital…
Ed Lee backgrounder
Wed Nov 09, 2011 By Leave a Comment
In 2010, the Board of Supervisors nominated four people to be the interim mayor, including Ed Lee…
Officials: Fake Chinese weapons parts ‘ticking time bomb’
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A flood of counterfeit electronic parts has made it a lot harder to have confidence that won’t happen…
Teens find peers kind on social networks
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Despite all the worries about online bullying, more than two-thirds of teenagers on social-networking sites say their peers are mostly kind…
Russians try to save Mars moon probe
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A Russian space probe became stuck in orbit Wednesday after an equipment failure…
China’s inflation falls on lower food cost rise
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China’s stubbornly high inflation fell in October…
Chinese drug exec given suspended death sentence
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A Shanghai court handed the former chief executive of a large state-owned pharmaceutical company a suspended death sentence…
Ed Lee ahead in SF mayor’s race
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Interim Mayor Ed Lee is taking an early lead in the San Francisco mayoral race with more than half the precincts counted…
Quan calls on protesters to negotiate
Tue Nov 08, 2011 By 1 Comment
Oakland Mayor Jean Quan today called on Occupy Oakland protesters to designate official representatives to negotiate with the city…
CSU students, teachers protest cuts
Tue Nov 08, 2011 By 1 Comment
College students throughout California are holding rallies over two days to protest education cuts…
Study: Chinese voters prefer vote by mail
Tue Nov 08, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Chinatown, Visitation Valley and Excelsior districts in San Francisco have seen high turnout rate…
Occupy Oakland Video Released by Police Department
Tue Nov 08, 2011 By Leave a Comment
The OPD has received a large number of requests for video footage obtained by officers during the October 25th Occupy Oakland event…
Employers post most jobs in 3 years
Tue Nov 08, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Employers advertised more jobs in September than at any other point in the past three years…
After basketball, Yao goes back to school
Tue Nov 08, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Retired basketball star Yao Ming, whose career was cut short by injury, has started classes at Jiaotong University…
Dalai Lama makes low-key visit to Mongolia
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The Dalai Lama began a series of lectures to Buddhists in Mongolia on Tuesday in a low-key visit…
SF Voters: Double check polling place
Mon Nov 07, 2011 By Leave a Comment
San Francisco residents who plan to cast ballots on Election Day are being advised to double-check their polling place addresses…
Corporate-espionage trial begins in Chicago
Mon Nov 07, 2011 By Leave a Comment
A corporate-espionage trial has begun for a Chinese-born American accused of stealing secrets from a Chicago-area communications company…
Thousands send money to China’s Ai for tax bill
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Thousands of people have sent more than $800,000 to Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei…
Chinese boat skipper arrested off Japan’s coast
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The Chinese skipper of a fishing boat has been arrested in waters off southwestern Japan…
Bay Bridge tolls changes reduced congestion
Mon Nov 07, 2011 By Leave a Comment
A new study finds that recent toll changes on the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge have reduced congestion…
Protesters crowd around Oakland Wells Fargo branch
Sat Nov 05, 2011 By 1 Comment
A downtown Oakland branch of Wells Fargo is not letting customers in as protesters crowd the entrance…
Most Americans return to standard time
Sat Nov 05, 2011 By Leave a Comment
With leaves swirling and an autumn chill in the air, nature reminds us it’s time for most Americans to set the clock back.
Developing countries want G20 to refocus on world
Sat Nov 05, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Developing countries want the grouping of major economies to refocus on a bigger global agenda…
Chinese moms move their money
Fri Nov 04, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Mothers brought their children to Wells Fargo bank to cancel their accounts…
Oakland: hundreds pack emotional meeting on occupy Oakland
Fri Nov 04, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Supporters of the Occupy Oakland movement and some of its detractors packed an emotional Oakland City Council meeting…
Feds investigate Sacramento law enforcement
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Federal agents say they have issued search warrants against local law enforcement officers in Sacramento County…