Provocative flight attendants' uniforms used to raise eyebrows in the 1970s "Fly Me" era of aviation, but these days it's the passengers who are under scrutiny for their attire.
Police alternately closed and reopened commuter train stations in downtown San Francisco Monday after demonstrators gathered to protest recent shootings by the train system's police officers.
Board members of San Francisco's rapid transit system will convene a special meeting next week to discuss the controversial decision this month to cut off cell service in selected stations.
A hacker publicly posted Wednesday the home addresses and other information of all 102 police officers with San Francisco's Bay Area Transit system, the second hacking incident against one of its websites since Sunday, a spokesman said.
Lucinda Moyers has two burglary convictions, and a third could mean 25 years to life
Facebook is now letting parents-to-be list their unborn children on their personal profiles.
The Jeopardy host faces surgery for a ruptured Achilles tendon
A passenger's refusal to pull up his saggy pants led to his arrest Wednesday aboard a US Airways flight at San Francisco International Airport, according to police.
The family of Deshon Marman react to his arrest during a dispute over wearing sagging pants at the airport.
CNN's Anderson Cooper and Dr. Sanjay Gupta discuss manufacturers' guidance for using cell phones.
Following the World Health Organization's announcement that radio frequency emissions from cell phones may increase the risk of some kinds of brain cancer, what do you need to know about the radiation coming from your phone?
Like countless others, Jack Dorsey thinks cell phones can replace wallets.
Online content company Demand Media filed for an IPO back in August, but the company is still answering regulators' questions about its unorthodox accounting practices.
Looking for last-minute recipes? You won't have to search further than Google.com.
Want to be cremated, but worry that your ashes will just end up sitting in some boring urn?
San Francisco, California, likely will become the first U.S. city to require cell phone companies to disclose how much radiation their gadgets emit.
I had the pleasure of covering 17 Wimbledons for the San Francisco Chronicle, and it's the most satisfying collective experience of my career. Money's a bit tight these years, but you never know, I might get back someday. If you love tennis and have the means to make an adventurous summer trip, I can't recommend it highly enough.
One would think that becoming engaged would make a woman happy, right? Well, if status updates on Facebook are any indication -- and at least two research scientists say they are -- that theory is all wrong.
Tour officials would have you believe that the 2009 Grand Slam season was another compelling, fun-filled display of women's tennis, but it was hardly that. It was a mess. If there was an overriding theme, it was something along the lines of "I'm An Emotional Wreck."
The New York Times is reportedly getting ready to charge readers for access to the venerable newspaper's online content.
A grand jury in northern California on Monday indicted a former Sunday school teacher on charges of kidnapping, murder and rape in the death of an 8-year-old girl.
It's hard to imagine any U.S. industry worse off than the automotive sector. That is, until one considers the newspaper business.
Many years ago, I had the opportunity to start an Atlanta-based civic program called Career Action. The program's goal was to provide free resources to help the jobless and underemployed find steady work.
An Oakland, California, police officer who was critically wounded in a weekend gunbattle with a suspect has died, the Alameda County Coroner's Office told CNN on Tuesday.
San Francisco Chronicle has reached a tentative agreement with its largest union on contract concessions, a key step in keeping the newspaper from being sold or closed, officials announced Monday.
Internet and economy cause major layoffs at American newspapers. CNN's Richard Roth reports.
Against a backdrop of plummeting ad revenue for newspapers and magazines, and rising costs for paper and delivery, Hearst Corp., is getting set to launch an electronic reader that it hopes can do for periodicals what Amazon's Kindle is doing for books.
The San Francisco Chronicle is in danger of being sold or closed if it doesn't stop bleeding millions, officials said Tuesday, putting the city at risk of becoming the first U.S. metropolis without a major daily paper.
The socialite's new wheels are a rose-colored, $200,000 Continental GT
Marsha Garces Williams files paperwork in San Francisco after nearly 19 years
Before it degenerates into a rant, and then a plea, this must first serve as a memorial. I was greeted Monday by this above-the-fold headline in the San Francisco Chronicle: SANTA CLARA DEPUTY SHERIFF VEERS INTO CYCLISTS KILLING 2.
A lawsuit against Wikileaks may cast a pall on the massive interplay of information flowing on the web
CNN's David Mattingly reports on 911 calls made during a zoo mauling, and Jeffrey Toobin looks at potential lawsuits.
San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom proposed to his girlfriend, Jennifer Siebel, over the weekend.
A wall that separated the public from the San Francisco Zoo's tigers is nearly 6 feet lower than initially reported -- and nearly 4 feet lower than industry standards -- the zoo's director said Thursday.
The parents of the 17-year-old who was killed Christmas Day by an escaped, 350-lb. Siberian tiger at the San Francisco Zoo are set to meet with investigators Thursday to determine how the tragedy occurred.
Police are reportedly investigating whether the young men mauled by a tiger at the San Francisco Zoo taunted the anima
An escaped Siberian tiger attacked and killed one zoo patron and injured two others Tuesday afternoon in a cafe at the San Francisco Zoo, a spokeswoman for the San Francisco Fire Department told CNN.
"Tattoo" singerJordin Sparks is determined to get a tattoo of her own – and she wants it to be the name of her brother P.J., whom she misses terribly now that she travels so much.
Coast Guard video shows damage to a container ship that bumped into the San Francisco Bay Bridge, causing an oil spill.
Business 2.0: Computersupdated: Tue Oct 16 2007 12:51:00
What if you could embed newspapers - and their ads - right into the tables where people sip their lattes? That's the idea behind TableTouch, a San Francisco startup that sells a coffee table with a built-in, Wi-Fi-enabled touchscreen and software that lets you browse the latest news stories with your fingers.
Even before it opens at 8 a.m., a devoted group of epicurean pilgrims is already arriving, wheeling knee-high cooler bags toward the produce stands that assemble every Saturday in downtown San Francisco's Ferry Plaza.
Do you think the Bush administration is going after the press? The San Francisco Chronicle says on the front page this morning, "Cameraman Jailed for Not Yielding Tape," whereas The New York Times is reporting, "U.S. Wins Access to Reporter Phone Records." I'm feeling like a bunny trying to outrun a pack of wolfhounds.
showbuzzupdated: Mon Jul 10 2006 13:07:00
Brigitte Nielsen can call it legal now.
showbuzzupdated: Wed Jul 05 2006 15:33:00
In her first TV interview since her recovery, Kylie Minogue fought back tears as she described the moment she discovered she had breast cancer.
The Coast Guard said Thursday evening that it had suspended the search for two children allegedly tossed by their mother off a San Francisco pier.
showbuzzupdated: Mon Sep 12 2005 12:48:00
"American Idol" winner Carrie Underwood, along with runner-up Bo Bice and the other eight Idol finalists closed their summer concert tour with a benefit for Hurricane Katrina relief.
A FEW WEEKS AGO I WAS AT A management boondoggle in Vegas, mostly walking around in a closed, artificial environment like an ant in a plastic farm. The second morning there was a ferment around the...
showbuzzupdated: Mon Apr 04 2005 14:30:00
Jessica Alba didn't bare all in "Sin City" for a good reason -- she didn't want to answer to her father.
California's Olive Oil is about where its wine was 20 years ago: A few small producers are making great products, yet many consumers still think the best stuff comes from Europe. The U.S. imports a...
Treasury prices fell Monday as traders worried that a raft of data due this week would show the economy remains on a strong footing.
showbuzzupdated: Mon Jan 26 2004 15:50:00
It was a phenomenon. Then it crashed. Then it emerged in syndication. Now ABC is trying to revive it in prime time -- at least for a week.
Greasy fried chicken Watershed, 406 W. Ponce de Leon Ave., Decatur, Ga.; 404-378-4900 "The chef brines the chicken for a day, soaks it in buttermilk for a day, then pan-fries it in lard and bacon f...
Fortune: Eat or Be Eatenupdated: Mon Apr 03 2000 00:01:00
When it comes to power lunch, you are not what you eat. You are where you eat. Local restaurant critics give us the lowdown:
When December quarterly earnings from companies like Yahoo, Excite, and CNET are released in the next few weeks, don't be surprised if it looks as if the Internet's prayers for stronger advertising...
Suppose a company applied the HMO model to the legal services industry. For a small monthly fee, customers would get the use of lawyers to help with everything from preparing wills and reviewing do...
If you've been feeling queasy about the stock market and want to feel queasier still, dig up a copy of Security Analysis, the 1934 classic by Benjamin Graham and David Dodd. (Among other things, it...
Revenue recognition has always been a cloudy area of accounting, but in Silicon Valley it's downright murky. At the heart of the matter is a question: Is a manufacturer's distributor really a custo...
It started with a dull, tugging pain in my lower right side. I figured it was just a muscle pull, so I didn't think much of it. But several weeks later, after I took a hiatus from running, the pain...
Duncan Toys has the world on a string (if you'll pardon the expression), and so does Yomega Corp. and just about every other maker of yo-yos. Yo-yos are back, and they're so popular that in some pa...
Paul Stephens has dodged more than one golden bullet. Among this country's most prominent cheerleaders for gold stocks, Stephens could have been creamed this year when two of the hottest names in t...
Don't be fooled by all those credit cards with low teaser rates that are still being stuffed in your mailbox. The house of credit cards is looking flimsier than ever, thanks largely to overzealous ...
INDEPENDENTS' DAY IN OSCAR RACE --Daily News of Los Angeles
When Robert Earl says, "I intend to build an empire," it has a certain ring of inevitability. A half-hour on the phone with him is all it takes to understand why investors think Planet Hollywood, t...
The last chapter of this hyper-extended bull market may not be written for years. But at least one footnote may have slipped into place with the announcement October 25 that Wired Ventures, parent ...
In its typical lemming-like way, Wall Street can't gush enough about personal computer makers. Consumers are buying, costs are low, profits are strong--what's not to like? Well, a few things, actua...
Fortune: NASDAQ THE RIDEupdated: Mon Aug 19 1996 00:01:00
The standing joke in the financial community back in June was that Hambrecht & Quist, one of the hottest names in technology investment banking, had signaled the top of the market for technology st...
Traditional parochial school attire is catching on in Bay Area public schools . . . Parents and administrators claim uniforms help students concentrate on learning rather than their clothes ((and))...
This could be a difficult item to pull off, as it will require us, before finishing, to actually read the minds of class-action lawyers, also of the folks who run Consumers Union. Or don't you thin...
Last fall, a nationwide ''I Witness Video'' television audience watched in horror as a friendly-looking whale closed its jaws around Lisa Costello's leg and dragged her 40 feet under the sea off th...
Engendering dismay among his libertarian friends, your servant has occasionally entertained the case for increased cigarette taxes. Now risking additional fuming (mainly metaphorical) at the Cato I...
Again saluting the dog days, Keeping Up presents its second annual canine- bites-person awards, given this time for the dozen most boring headlines sighted since last August. Main qualification for...
February 12 was the release date set by the American Association of University Women (AAUW), so the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, the Boston Globe, and the San Francis...
Crime doesn't pay? Ask mugger Ocie McClure. McClure, who admitted robbing a Japanese tourist on San Francisco's Market Street, won $24,595 . . . for injuries suffered when a cabdriver chased him do...
San Francisco, already a ''city of refuge'' for undocumented immigrants from Central America and conscientious objectors to the war, will now consider providing official sanctuary to ''oppressed se...
A performance artist in New York since the 1970s, Karen Finley offers monologues accented by shrill torrents of foul words, ideas, and acts. Often, after smearing her semi-naked body with food and ...
Five-year-old Amy Geary (not her real name) goes to a kindergarten at one of the most desirable schools in San Francisco . . . ''You have to know how to play the game,'' said her mother . . . ''The...
Money Magazine: Rating the top 40 townsupdated: Wed Aug 01 1990 00:01:00
This table ranks the 40 largest U.S. metropolitan areas according to how well stocks of companies based in them have performed. MONEY compiled it using indexes of selected stocks from the individua...
The S.F. Giants are being sued for giving away Father's Day gifts to men only. The plaintiffs, Judith L. Hiserman and Lucinda Jo Cox, represented by - Atty. Hannah Schwarzchild, claim they suffered...
RENO -- The gambling mecca of the future is coming to life in a town looking desperately for a few new tricks. Slot machines as personalized as your name already are in place in the top < casinos. ...
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