Northern California

Falun Gong practitioners gathered outside the San Francisco Chinese Consulate in remembrance of those who have been killed in the persecution in China.

A bill that lets local authorities issue permits for the vehicles and ensure their safe operation advances in the state Senate.

Tokio Marine America and and Trans Pacific were not huge players in the market, but their departure continues a trend.

The measure applies to amounts of $25 or less that can get ’stranded' on cards, lawmakers say. Restaurants don’t like the idea of becoming ATMs.

‘There’s a really big pro-life movement here in California,’ a participant said. ‘And just because the state is overtly blue doesn’t mean that we aren’t here.’

A Terminix list of places that use its services most has four other California cities in the top 20.

Several high-profile office buildings have sold at a fraction of their previous value. The residential market has also declined.

The city says including ‘San Francisco’ in the name is trademark infringement. Oakland says, ‘‘No one owns the title to the San Francisco Bay.’

SB 1196 would have remove the terminal illness requirement and allow anyone—including non-residents—to use intravenous drugs to end their lives.

It would temporarily remove environmental reporting requirements to save projects years of potential litigation and appeals.

‘I am not willing to amend the language,’ the bill author said. ‘I’m not willing to look these victims in the face and tell them their stories don’t matter.’

The measure would set up a commission to oversee 2026 festivities. Can you say ’semiquincentennial'?

Establishing the office was among the recommendations released last year by the state’s reparations task force.

The bill’s author said she was targeting “material that our own federal government considers too obscene for adults to hear or view on radio and television.”

To boost transparency, a state senator’s bill would require LLCs, or limited liability companies, to identify their owners.