Friday November 21, 2008 Updated 1:20 PM PST

Is state Attorney General Jerry Brown right to defend Prop. 8?

The Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors has an important choice to make very soon. Making the correct one will protect the county...
If you're having trouble remembering what the recent election was all about, rest easy: you're probably not going senile - you're...
A downward slide showing dozens of native freshwater fish fading to extinction may not bother Californians who never see a tumbling...
There is something missing from California Legislature's "special session" to deal with a budget crisis: legislators. Most of them are...

Editor - The usual gang of thugs, GM, Ford and Chrysler, are plying the press with ads predicting the end of Western civilization as...

Just a few months ago, it seemed inconceivable that complacency about gasoline prices might take the urgency out of President-elect...
Despite new signals from President-elect Barack Obama and Congress that they may defy predictions of delay by pressing forward with...
Is it possible to be too philanthropic? Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton must be wondering, as talks with President-elect Barack Obama...
One of the perplexing problems faced by fishing nations is how to prevent overfishing while maintaining economically viable fisheries...
Legislation that makes it easier for workers to form unions died in the Senate last year but union advocates are hoping Barack Obama...

Sunday, November 16, 2008 Edition
1 What is the iPill all about? A: Fix-it software offered by Apple. B: Swallow-down pill that kicks in only when it reaches a target...
The halls of the state Capitol were nearly as empty as the state treasury the day after the legislative analyst's office delivered the...
These SFGate.com articles and photo collections received the most page views in the week ending Friday at 11 a.m.: Articles 1. Palin...
With wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and an international economic system crumbling, President-elect Barack Obama knows he doesn't have...


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Thanksgiving Day comes this year amid the news of financial meltdown and growing job losses, yet the overwhelming feeling...