A New York court says lap dances don’t promote culture the way ballet or other artistic works do and shouldn’t get a tax break…
Calif. high school ‘League’ gives points for sex
Tue Oct 23, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Male athletes at a high school in a San Francisco Bay Area suburb formed what they called a “Fantasy Slut League,” awarding points for sex with female students…
Elderly woman badly wounded in SF Chinatown attack
Mon Oct 22, 2012 By Leave a Comment
An elderly woman was critically injured in an unprovoked attack in San Francisco’s Chinatown on Saturday afternoon, police said…
30-somethings most uneasy about retirement
Mon Oct 22, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Younger Americans in their 30s are now the group most likely to doubt they will be financially secure after retirement…
San Mateo bridge: No 2nd closure
Mon Oct 22, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Caltrans officials announced today that the San Mateo-Hayward Bridge will not have to be closed next weekend because earthquake safety work on the bridge is ahead of schedule.
Big TV nite: Giants or the Debate
Mon Oct 22, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The Giants have some serious competition, and it isn’t from the opposing dugout. The final debate between President Barack Obama and Republican candidate Mitt Romney is happening tonight…
Bone marrow drives for 2 year old Jeremy Kong
Fri Oct 19, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The two-year-old leukemia patient, Jeremy Kong, is still looking for a donor match to undergo a bone marrow transplant to help save his life…
Banana Boat recalls sunscreen due to fire risk
Fri Oct 19, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The maker of Banana Boat sunscreen is recalling some of its spray-on products after reports that a handful of people have caught on fire after applying the lotion and coming in contact with an open flame…
San Francisco kicks up Super Bowl bid
Fri Oct 19, 2012 By Leave a Comment
After it was announced earlier this week that the San Francisco 49ers are in the running to host Super Bowl L in 2016, city and team officials today launched their campaign to win the bid…
Grocery Outlet coming to San Francisco
Wed Oct 17, 2012 By Leave a Comment
San Francisco city officials today are celebrating the signing of leases to open two Grocery Outlet stores in the Richmond District and Visitacion Valley…
Wreckage of missing plane found, pilot killed
Wed Oct 17, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The wreckage of an Arizona-bound airplane that disappeared after taking off from the Half Moon Bay Airport on Monday was found on a coastal bluff west of the airport…
CCSF files action plan to avoid loss of accreditation
Wed Oct 17, 2012 By Leave a Comment
City College of San Francisco officials on Monday submitted an action plan showing how they plan to improve the school, one of the first steps being taken after its accreditation was threatened earlier this year…
Survey: Half of Chinese like American ideas on democracy
Tue Oct 16, 2012 By Leave a Comment
People in China are increasingly worried about corruption, inequality and food safety, according to a survey released Tuesday that also found that about half of Chinese like American ideas about democracy…
Amazon to hire 50,000 seasonal workers this year
Tue Oct 16, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Amazon.com Inc. says it’s hiring 50,000 temporary workers at order-fulfillment centers across the U.S. this holiday season…
Small airplane reported missing in San Mateo
Tue Oct 16, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The U.S. Coast Guard is searching the waters off the San Mateo County coast this morning for a small airplane that was reported missing Monday night…
Bay area home price rises to 4-year high
Mon Oct 15, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Home prices in the San Francisco Bay area have risen to their highest level in four years….
San Jose officials make arrest in arson fires
Mon Oct 15, 2012 By Leave a Comment
San Jose fire officials say a 56-year-old woman has been arrested in connection with a series of arson fires that have been set since late last month…
Peninsula humane society waiving cat adoption fees
Mon Oct 15, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Bay Area residents looking to adopt a cat or kitten may now do so free of charge at the Peninsula Humane Society and SPCA, Human Society officials announced this week…
Slight increase in Social Security benefit next year
Mon Oct 15, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Social Security recipients shouldn’t expect a big increase in monthly benefits come January. Preliminary figures show the pay raise will be between 1 percent and 2 percent…
Austrian skydiver breaks sound barrier with 24-mile leap
Mon Oct 15, 2012 By Leave a Comment
奧地利冒險家鮑姆加納打破高空跳傘世界紀錄，從近25英里的高度，降落在新墨西哥州的沙漠，實現人類歷史上首次以超音速自由墜落…
In a giant leap from more than 24 miles up, a daredevil skydiver shattered the sound barrier while making the highest jump ever…
Giant eyeball may be from swordfish
Mon Oct 15, 2012 By Leave a Comment
State experts say a giant eyeball that washed up on a Florida beach last week likely came from a swordfish…
Two Americans wins Nobel for economics
Mon Oct 15, 2012 By Leave a Comment
[:zh諾貝爾委員會週一將今年度的諾貝爾經濟學獎頒授給美國學者Alvin Roth和Lloyd Shapley，表揚二人在研究器官移植配對的市場機制上所作的貢獻...
Two American scholars were awarded the Nobel economics prize on Monday for studies on the match-making that takes place when doctors are coupled up with hospitals, students with schools and human organs with transplant recipients...
Officers disciplined in Occupy Oakland protests
Fri Oct 12, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Oakland officials are accusing more than 40 police officers of committing misconduct during Occupy protests that turned violent…
Photo Gallery: Endeavour embarks on 12-mile trip to LA museum
Fri Oct 12, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Despite debt crisis, EU wins Nobel Peace Prize
Fri Oct 12, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The European Union won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for promoting peace and democracy in Europe…
SF 4-alarm fire shuts down Muni service
Fri Oct 12, 2012 By Leave a Comment
A four-alarm fire is still burning in San Francisco’s West Portal neighborhood this morning and has shut down all light-rail service in the area…
Mo Yan talks literature with KTSF
Thu Oct 11, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Chinese writer Mo Yan, who won the Nobel Prize in literature on Thursday, sat down with KTSF reporter Michelle Yue to talk about his literary works four years ago…
Amnesty: Forced home evictions are rising in China
Thu Oct 11, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Cases of people being forcibly evicted from their homes and land have risen significantly in China, Amnesty International said Thursday…
2.4 quake shakes S.F.coast
Thu Oct 11, 2012 By Leave a Comment
A small earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 2.4 was recorded off the coast of San Francisco this morning, according to the U.S. Geological Survey…
Driver crashes into boy in Fremont
Wed Oct 10, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Police are asking for the public’s help in tracking down a man who hit a 14-year-old boy with his car in Fremont Monday morning, a police spokeswoman said…