
The cost of gasoline in California jumped 8 cents overnight and is poised to soar to the highest point this year in what analysts say is a supply problem fueled by refinery and pipeline outages…

Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi visits the Bay Area this weekend. She spoke at the San Francisco Freedom Forum today on the topic – The Long Road to Freedom…

California Gov. Jerry Brown has signed a pair of privacy bills making it illegal for employers and colleges to demand access to social media accounts.
City College of San Francisco is celebrating the opening of its new Chinatown/North Beach campus today, just days after the release of a report suggesting the community college is on the brink of insolvency. The 14-story campus at 800 Kearny St. is expected to serve more than 7,500 students, according to City College officials. It includes a childcare observation lab, library, computer laboratories, a multipurpose room and teleconference capabilities.

Friends of China Camp, a non-profit organization took over China Camp State Park in July after getting a three-year contract from state government. The park is open everyday now. However, It takes about half million dollars per year to operate the park plus 80 thousand dollar for capital project this year…

舊金山聯合校區馬丁路德金中學的部分教師和家長,今天出面呼籲外界重視該校日益嚴重的暴力問題,同時指責學校管理階層領導無方,不過校區發布聲明回應,肯定校長所領導的行政團隊,並強調會繼續協助學校,加強改善校風。

灣區日前有部分進口話梅和薑糖等零食,被指含鉛量超標,讓消費者對於進口食品安全又出現疑慮,東方食品商會今天就召開記者會,鼓勵會員對於可能有疑慮的產品自行送檢,同時也將免費發送有關食品含重金屬的警示標語,以示對消費者負責。

目前外籍學生在台灣持居留證,可以使用台灣健保,但大陸學生到台灣讀書,持的是停留證,文件上的一字之差,使得陸生沒有法源依據,不在健保的投保範圍,目前台灣政府正打算將陸生納入健保。台灣陸委會副主委劉德勳表示:「陸生來台唸書也是一個常態機制了,將來面對他也都是唸完四年也就回大陸去工作了,行政機關方向上,是確定要把他納進來了。」

根據美聯社六月份從國防部取得的內部文件顯示,今年軍中的自殺率出人意料的明顯激增,也導致戰鬥任務的調度開始變緩,這份資料顯示,今年元旦到六月三號就累計有155宗軍人自殺案,成為過去十年美軍投入伊戰和阿富汗戰爭以來,現役軍人自殺案件成長最快的階段。

在矽谷很多人都有創業點子,但這些創意要如何落實並不是件容易的事,做為初創公司平台的「創源」InnoSpring,目前正在舉辦一項加速器計畫,獎金高達十萬元投資,可以幫助小型的初創公司 達成夢想,來看今天的「科技風雲」。