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By Henry K. Lee and Nanette Asimov Public university students in the Bay Area staged protests Thursday against possible tuition hikes, saying the passage of Proposition 30 provided only a temporary reprieve from cuts to higher education. At UC Berkeley, about 200 students and faculty members braved a steady rain at noon on Sproul Plaza […]
By Tom Stienstra At 8 a.m. Sunday, the temperature at Truckee near Donner Pass was zero degrees. At South Lake Tahoe, it was 4. Perfect. Despite afternoon temps in the mid-40s and low 50s, ski resorts at Tahoe and beyond have cranked up their snow-making machines at night to add to the total from the […]
By Bill Fink This winter at Lake Tahoe ski resorts marks the latest progression in merger mania. The Vail Corp. now owns Heavenly, Northstar and Kirkwood, while KSL Capital Partners is investing in acquisitions Squaw and Alpine Meadows. Even independent Sugar Bowl is getting into the act with a recently inked agreement to operate the […]
By Joe Garofoli Everybody knows California is where cutting-edge change begins. Waves form here, and then the rest of America jumps aboard and rides them across the country. Still, why was it Washington state that on Tuesday legalized same-sex marriage and recreational marijuana use rather than the home of Harvey Milk and Oaksterdam? Maine and […]
By Henry K. Lee and Nanette Asimov Public university students in the Bay Area staged protests Thursday against possible tuition hikes, saying the passage of Proposition 30 provided only a temporary reprieve from cuts to higher education. At UC Berkeley, about 200 students and faculty members braved a steady rain at noon on Sproul Plaza to […]
By Marisa Lagos and Wyatt Buchanan In speeches and ads supporting Proposition 30, Gov. Jerry Brown has largely focused on the initiative’s effect on public school and university funding. He says little, however, about Prop. 30’s significant impacts on public safety and health care. In addition to raising about $6 billion in taxes annually for seven […]
By Drew Joseph The decline of the California Republican Party took a symbolic step Friday, with the secretary of state’s office announcing that registered Republicans account for less than 30 percent of the state’s electorate ahead of Tuesday’s election. The party’s share of registered voters fell from 31.37 percent in October 2008 to 29.36 percent […]
By Peter Fimrite A dog who became an international cause celebre after her snout was sliced off saving two young girls in the Philippines was examined by veterinarians Thursday at UC Davis, a milestone event in a remarkable humanitarian effort to help a canine heroine. The mixed-breed dog, named Kabang, became an unlikely star in the […]
By Victoria Colliver Patients increasingly are more involved in the decisions they make with their physicians. As vice president and program director for the Bay Area affiliate of Cancer Support Community in Walnut Creek, Margaret Stauffer trains counselors for a new program called Open to Options, which helps patients express their concerns to their doctors […]
By Stacy Finz The controversy over genetically engineered food has moved up the chain, all the way to the ballot box. In November, voters will decide whether to make California the first state in the nation to require labels on most genetically modified food products. At least 18 states, including California, have tried to pass […]
By Marisa Lagos SACRAMENTO — Middle-class students at California’s public universities are one big step closer to receiving a major tuition break, after the Assembly narrowly approved a measure Monday that would fund college scholarships by eliminating a corporate tax break. Democratic Assembly Speaker John Pérez, who has made the measure his top priority this […]
By David Perlman The hot issue of global warming got hotter Monday when a UC Berkeley physicist, once a loud skeptic of human-caused climate change, agreed not only that the Earth is heating up, but also that people are the cause of it all. Richard Muller converted only a year ago to the idea that […]
By Neal J. Riley The California Legislature needs to devise a clear plan for modernizing and replacing the state’s aging schools or it will be harder to persuade voters to approve funding for K-12 construction, the state schools chief said Wednesday. “Education is transforming and our buildings where learning takes place need to transform with […]
SAN FRANCISCO — The body of a Dodgers fan who disappeared after a Giants ball game on June 25 was found Wednesday morning floating in the bay just off San Francisco’s Embarcadero, authorities said. The medical examiner confirmed the body was Victor Murillo, 27, who lives in Woodland and works as a prison guard in […]
