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Wednesday March 17, 2010 Updated 2:56 PM PDT
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PhotosThreatening posts not protected free speech
A state appeals court says a 15-year-old boy whose Web site was flooded with anti-gay slurs and threats can sue a schoolmate who admitted posting a menacing message but described it as a joke.
Steel part blamed as BART train comes apart
BART officials are investigating what caused a year-old part that helps connect train cars to snap suddenly Tuesday morning, causing the nine-car train to come apart before stopping at the west edge of the Transbay Tube, , snarling the commute.
Special election idea for S.F. mayor fizzling
Matier & Ross: San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom 's idea of holding a special election to name his successor if he's elected lieutenant governor appears to be DOA.
Farmers hail increased water allowance
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced Tuesday that Central Valley farmers will will receive 25 percent of the water they were hoping to get. That's better than the 5 percent the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation was planning to give them before a series of winter storms drenched the state.
Two S.F. motorcycle officers hurt in crash
Two San Francisco motorcycle police officers collided this afternoon during a motorcade training exercise and were taken to the...
Chronicle 3.17.10 2:28 PM
Power outage hits Bay Bridge, South of Market
An outage knocked out power to the lights on the Bay Bridge's western span and parts of San Francisco's South of Market neighborhood...
Chronicle 3.17.10 10:53 AM
Walnut Creek chips in for Lafayette open space
Seven hundred eighty-one feet never seemed so tall. That's the elevation of the highest peak along Acalanes Ridge in central Contra...
Chronicle 3.17.10 4:00 AM
Mayor touts deal; fliers snap shots
Will bottled water, turkey sandwiches and celebrity gossip magazines help rescue San Francisco from its budget blues? Well, they can't...
Chronicle 3.17.10 4:00 AM
S.F. lawyer awarded $7,000 from e-mail spammer
A judge has awarded a San Francisco attorney $7,000 in damages in a rare trial under California's anti-spam law - $1,000 for each...
Chronicle 3.16.10 5:27 PM
Lingering budget woes cast shadow on JFK award
Four leaders in California's Legislature won a prestigious political award Tuesday for working across party lines last year to solve...
Chronicle 3.17.10 4:00 AM
Photos of missing women may be tied to killer
Orange County - Relatives and friends of four women who have been missing since the 1970s told investigators they recognized their...
Chronicle 3.17.10 4:00 AM
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2:36 PM Gas Tax Bill Collects Dust on Arnold's Desk: Arnold tries to paint himself as an environmentalist, but hates publi... bit.ly/br5uC2 (nbcbayareacom)
2:36 PM Gavin Rethinking Mass Layoffs: Certain union reps say they'd rather be furloughed than "Frenched" by Newsom. bit.ly/bje9wB (nbcbayareacom)
2:36 PM PG&E Worker Dies In Benicia Electrical Vault Accident: bit.ly/bR3Ak4 (ktvu)
Celebrities? Thanks but no thanks...
Hit It and Quit It- Paragraphs by Paul Miller One of the most invigorating and pleasant and beautiful...
By Pam Gould 03.17.10 at 11:35 AM
