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Phil Matier: Study Finds Tobacco Tax Money Not Going To Prevention Measures
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS/AP) – Next week, California voters will go to the polls to decide on Proposition 29, which would impose an additional $1 per pack tax on cigarettes. But a new federal study has fou… more →
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Phil Matier: Study Finds Tobacco Tax Money Not Going To Prevention Measures
wrote 3 days ago: SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS/AP) – Next week, California voters will go to the polls to decide on Proposition … more →
Phil Matier: Emergency CA Supreme Court Meeting Over New Budget Plan
wrote 2 weeks ago: SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS)— The chief justice of the state Supreme Court planned to hold an emergency meet … more →
Phil Matier: San Francisco Fire Chief Declared Deadbeat Divorcee
wrote 2 weeks ago: SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) – A judge has ordered the city of San Francisco to start garnishing $3,300 a mo … more →
Oakland To Submit Plan On Occupy Investigations To Judge
wrote 3 weeks ago: SAN FRANCISCO (CBS/AP) – Oakland city officials are facing a federal judge’s deadline to … more →
Phil Matier: Why Transit, City Workers Are Willing To Strike
wrote 1 month ago: SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS)— The labor movement’s teamwork with Occupy activists around the Bay Area … more →
Phil Matier: Poll Shows Low Approval Rating For Oakland Mayor Quan
wrote 1 month ago: SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) — A new poll finds that three out of four Oakland voters think Mayor Jean Quan … more →
Judge Rules State Controller Can't Block Lawmakers' Pay Over Budget Impasse
wrote 1 month ago: SACRAMENTO (CBS/AP) – A judge has affirmed an earlier ruling that the state controller does no … more →
Email From Wife's Account Shadows Treasurer Lockyer
wrote 1 month ago: SACRAMENTO (CBS / AP) — California state treasurer Bill Lockyer is used to the public spotligh … more →
KCBS Radio Reporter Bob Melrose Hangs Up Microphone After Long Career
wrote 1 month ago: SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) – One of the mainstays of KCBS Radio 740/106.9, reporter Bob Melrose, has … more →
Phil Matier: Warriors Eyeing Location For SF Waterfront Arena
wrote 1 month ago: SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) – The Golden State Warriors have shunned an offer from the San Francisco … more →
Suspended SF Sheriff Appears In Court; Wife Pens Op-Ed
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wrote 1 month ago: SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) – The suspended Sheriff of San Francisco made a brief court appearance … more →
Phil Matier: Rookie Dispatcher Handled Oakland Mass Shooting Call
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wrote 1 month ago: OAKLAND (KCBS) — The dispatcher on duty during Monday’s mass shootings that killed seven people at O … more →
Phil Matier: Conflict Of Interest Over Oakland Coliseum Contract?
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wrote 2 months ago: OAKLAND (KCBS) – Some questions are being raised about a potential conflict-of-interest in the award … more →
Phil Matier: Caltrain Electrification Comes With Side Deals
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wrote 2 months ago: SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) – A recently-announced agreement to pour $1.5 billion of high-speed rai … more →
Alameda Co. Supervisor Lockyer Returns To Work After Drug Treatment
wrote 2 months ago: OAKLAND (CBS SF) — Alameda County Supervisor Nadia Lockyer attended her first board meeting Tu … more →
Phil Matier: SF District Attorney Gascon Questions Sheriff Mirkarimi's Guilty Plea
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wrote 2 months ago: SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF/AP) – San Francisco District Attorney George Gascon has said he has doub … more →
Phil Matier: Elderly Advocates Upset Over Plea Deal In SF Fatal Bike Crash
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wrote 2 months ago: SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) – Advocates for seniors and pedestrians have criticized the plea deal involving … more →
Phil Matier: Investment Groups Eye The Athletics
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wrote 2 months ago: OAKLAND (CBS SF) – Two investment groups have reportedly expressed serious interest in buying … more →
Phil Matier: Flight Of Families Concerns San Francisco Supervisors
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wrote 2 months ago: SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) – The San Francisco Board of Supervisors is attempting to tackle the is … more →
