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Gun opponents up in arms as Jerry Brown aids NRA

The NRA's cause: urging the U.S. Supreme Court to guarantee the ability of gun owners across the land to keep and bear arms. Last year, the high court struck down a ban on handguns in Washington, D.C., ruling for the first time that the Second ...

From PHILLIP MATIER,ANDREW ROSS, San Francisco Chronicle,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: National Rifle Association,  Jerry Brown,  Supreme Court of the United States,  Bill Lockyer,  Kamala Harris

Raiders could wind up in Santa Clara with 49ers

Both the environmental review and the design for the proposed 68,000-seat stadium have been drawn up to include the possibility of a second team moving in, on the recommendation of NFL bosses. If the City Council certifies the environmental impact ...

From PHILLIP MATIER,ANDREW ROSS, San Francisco Chronicle,  22 Nov 2009

Related Topics: NFL,  Gavin Newsom,  Merrill Lynch,  Dianne Feinstein,  U.S. Democratic Party

Mayor Newsom hints why he's ducking reporters

"I think you guys should consider your reporting," the mayor said, before fleeing down a staircase and out a City Hall basement door. Newsom ignored our question about why he was leaving Monday night without taking time to address a sizable dinner ...

From PHILLIP MATIER,ANDREW ROSS, San Francisco Chronicle,  18 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Southwest Airlines,  Hawkins, Inc.,  Kamala Harris

S.F. meets goal of trees - but workers get ax

To reach the mayor's goal, the Department of Public Works alone planted 8,420 trees at a cost of $7.76 million. The program calls for the department to spend $1.1 million a year for the next three years to maintain the new trees and another $570,000 a ...

From PHILLIP MATIER,ANDREW ROSS, San Francisco Chronicle,  16 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Chauncey Bailey,  Linton Johnson,  Jerry Brown,  DreamWorks,  Steven Spielberg

Muni ride like being at work for prison guard

"It was pure mayhem," Jones said of the slugfest between two women on the 9-San Bruno bus, and the crowd of riders cheering them on. It all began about 3:50 p.m. Thursday when Jones offered his seat to a young woman with a small child. "The next ...

From PHILLIP MATIER,ANDREW ROSS, San Francisco Chronicle,  15 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Gavin Newsom,  Rascal Flatts,  Peter Frampton,  Eddie Money

Supe Daly does Inspector Clouseau impersonation

At issue now: questions over the authenticity of the letter that Newsom's office says the mayor wrote designating Supervisor Carmen Chu as acting mayor when he unexpectedly took off for Hawaii after dropping out of the governor's race. Daly has ...

From PHILLIP MATIER,ANDREW ROSS, San Francisco Chronicle,  11 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Carmen Chu,  Facebook Inc.,  Nancy Pelosi,  John Garamendi,  U.S. Democratic Party

S.F. hotel workers' hand weaker in labor talks

For starters, it's late. The hotels' prime convention season of September and October - when walkouts can do the most damage - is past. Second: A widespread walkout, such as the two-week strike and 53-day lockout 2004, would cause short-term suffering, ...

From PHILLIP MATIER,ANDREW ROSS, San Francisco Chronicle,  9 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Gavin Newsom,  John Garamendi,  Abel Maldonado,  Michael N. Villines,  Nathan Fletcher

Newsom campaign spent $100,000 monthly

Campaign manager Garry South, who came on board as a consultant in August 2008, got more than $300,000. The campaign also paid tens of thousands of dollars in severance to the eight or so full-time staffers who stayed until the bitter end. Insiders ...

From PHILLIP MATIER,ANDREW ROSS, San Francisco Chronicle,  8 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Nancy Pelosi,  John Garamendi,  Ellen Tauscher,  U.S. Congress,  Ron Dellums

Newsom jets to Hawaii to join his family

The trip, which the mayor apparently booked on his own, caught his staffers off guard. Many did not know he was gone until the city attorney's office sent out a notice informing them that the mayor had left the state and naming Supervisor Carmen Chu ...

From PHILLIP MATIER,ANDREW ROSS, San Francisco Chronicle,  4 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Willie Brown (football),  Carmen Chu,  Ron Dellums,  Internal Revenue Service,  Barack Obama

Former Raider scuffles with Alameda supervisor

All of it was caused, we're told, by Brigham's accusations that Haggerty - whom he had just fired as the assistant coach of his Pleasanton squad of 10- and 11-year-old boys - had leaked plays to an opposing team. Police Sgt. Jim Knox confirmed that ...

From PHILLIP MATIER,ANDREW ROSS, San Francisco Chronicle,  2 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Gavin Newsom,  Bill Romanowski,  Heather Fong

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