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  • Actress Halle Barry.
  • Halle Berry and Jennifer Garner urged California lawmakers to support legislation for protection against paparazzi.
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  • Actress Halle Barry.
  • Halle Berry and Jennifer Garner urged California lawmakers to support legislation for protection against paparazzi.
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celebrity, laws, sacramento, state capitol, children, politics
  • President Barack Obama is canceling plans to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow next month.
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  • Secretary of State John Kerry listens to translation as he meets with Russian Foreign and Defense ministers at the State Department in Washington
  • U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is defending the National Security Agency surveillance program targeting Latin America.
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  • Accused NSA leaker Edward Snowden
  • National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden's father says he has secured a visa to visit his son in Russia.
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  • Residents in Oakland are helping police crack-down on some big-time litter bugs.
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  • World leaders came together Monday at the G8 summit to discuss ending the bloodshed in Syria.
  • President Barack Obama is canceling plans to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow next month.
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  • Russian soldiers confront a gay rights supporter.
  • A protest was held at the Russian Consulate to draw attention to hostility toward gays living in Russia.
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  • Russian soldiers confront a gay rights supporter.
  • A protest was in front of the Russian Consulate to draw attention to hostility toward gays living in Russia.
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  • A BART train at a station.
  • With another BART strike on the horizon, one state senator is considering a law to make transit strikes illegal.
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  • A BART train at a station.
  • With another BART strike on the horizon, one state senator is considering a law to make transit strikes illegal.
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  • Accused NSA leaker Edward Snowden
  • NSA leaker Edward Snowden has a place to live in Russia after being granted temporary asylum for one year.
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  • This photo provided by The Guardian Newspaper in London shows Edward Snowden, who worked as a contract employee at the National Security Agency, on Sunday, June 9, 2013
  • A Russian lawyer for Edward Snowden says the National Security Agency leaker has received asylum in Russia for one year.
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  • This photo provided by The Guardian Newspaper in London shows Edward Snowden, who worked as a contract employee at the National Security Agency, on Sunday, June 9, 2013
  • A Russian lawyer for Edward Snowden says the National Security Agency leaker has received asylum in Russia for one year.
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  • Transgender high school student Ashton Lee
  • A 16-year-old is urging Gov. Jerry Brown to sign a bill that he says would make school better for him and other transgender students.
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  • Transgender high school student Ashton Lee
  • A 16-year-old is urging Gov. Jerry Brown to sign a bill that he says would make school better for him and other transgender students.
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  • San Francisco Supervisors Jane Kim and John Avalos want aerial advertising over the city banned permanently, citywide.
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  • Consumer groups are worried about fraud as California starts hiring for the Affordable Care Act.
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  • This photo provided by The Guardian Newspaper in London shows Edward Snowden, who worked as a contract employee at the National Security Agency, on Sunday, June 9, 2013
  • Attorney General Holder told Russia that the U.S. will not seek the death penalty for former NSA systems analyst Edward Snowden.
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  • San Francisco park
  • San Francisco parks and plazas are getting a high-tech upgrade with the help of Google.
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  • Parkgoers
  • San Francisco is often setting trends, but it is actually behind the curve when it comes to having a curfew for city parks.
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  • Parkgoers
  • San Francisco is often setting trends, but it is actually behind the curve when it comes to having a curfew for city parks.
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san francisco board of supervisors, laws, golden gate park, crime, homeless, dolores park, san francisco news, carolyn tyler
  • San Francisco Supervisors Jane Kim and John Avalos want aerial advertising over the city banned permanently, citywide.
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  • Restaurants fighting food trucks with food trucks
  • The booming food truck business in San Francisco is now facing new competition from brick-and-mortar restaurants.
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  • Restaurants fighting food trucks with food trucks
  • The booming food truck business in San Francisco is now facing new competition from brick-and-mortar restaurants.
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food, restaurants, san francisco board of supervisors, ed lee, laws, san francisco news, lilian kim
  • A top defense official says the National Security Agency is implementing new security measures because of the disclosures by former NSA-systems-analyst-turned-fugitive Edward Snowden.
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  • Texas Gov. Rick Perry has signed sweeping new abortion regulations that threaten the existence of most clinics in the state.
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  • Environmental and human rights activists, church leaders and gun rights advocates filed a lawsuit to halt the NSA electronic surveillance program.
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  • Consumer groups are worried about fraud as California starts hiring for the Affordable Care Act.
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  • Edward Snowden.
  • Russian President Putin is characterizing Edward Snowden's stay at a Moscow airport as an unwelcome present.
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  • Angela Merkel
  • German Chancellor Angela Merkel is calling for tougher European and global rules on data protection.
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  • Republicans pushed a scaled-down farm bill through the House on Thursday, putting off a fight over food stamp spending.
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  • Edward Snowden
  • NSA leaker Edward Snowden accepted Venezuela's offer of political asylum, according to the Twitter account of a Russian lawmaker.
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  • Republicans and Democrats will put good will to the test when Congress returns this week.
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  • Edward Snowden
  • Presidents Daniel Ortega of Nicaragua and Nicolas Maduro of Venezuela are willing to grant asylum to dward Snowden.
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  • The bill would require public schools to let transgender students choose which restrooms they use and which school teams they join based on their gender identity.
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  • There was some emotional testimony at the State Capitol from a woman who lost loved ones in a crash.
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  • There was some emotional testimony at the State Capitol from a woman who lost loved ones in a crash.
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  • Bolivias President Evo Moraless plane
  • Bolivia's president left Europe for home on Wednesday amid diplomatic drama after his flight was rerouted and delayed overnight in Austria.
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  • Moscows Sheremetyevo airport outside Moscow, Russia
  • The plane carrying Bolivian President Evo Morales was rerouted to Austria because of suspicions that NSA leaker Edward Snowden was on board.
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  • President Barack Obama.
  • The Obama administration says it's delaying a major part of the president's health care overhaul law.
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  • Army Pfc. Bradley Manning.
  • The prosecution has rested its case in the court-martial of Pfc. Bradley Manning.
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  • Gov. Jerry Brown signs sweeping education legislation
  • Gov. Brown has signed sweeping legislation that he hopes will help boost the academic achievement of disadvantaged students.
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  • Gov. Jerry Brown signs sweeping education legislation
  • Gov. Brown has signed sweeping legislation that he hopes will help boost the academic achievement of disadvantaged students.
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  • The Interfax news agency says a Russian consular official has confirmed that NSA leaker Edward Snowden asked for political asylum in Russia.
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  • Plastic bags
  • In an effort to help the environment, carry-out plastic bags will be banned in Palo Alto starting Monday.
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  • A demonstrator protests with a poster against NSA in Hanover, Germany.
  • The Obama administration faced a breakdown in confidence Sunday from key foreign allies.
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  • Before Newtown, Columbine, Aurora and Virginia Tech, there was 101 California.
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  • Before Newtown, Connecticut, Columbine, Aurora and Virginia Tech, there was 101 California.
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  • SF food truck
  • Expect to see more food trucks like in neighborhoods that are currently off-limits in San Francisco.
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