San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom has signed a bill​ that bans the sale of tobacco in pharmacies. He​ says the city is the first in the United States to​ ...

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - California may need to​ increase its spending on education by more than $3​ billion to implement a new algebra requirement​ urg...

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Paris Hilton's​ mother -- a John McCain donor -- on Sunday​ dismissed as a "waste of money" a​ television ad tha...

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Citing progress in state​ budget talks, California Senate President Pro Tem​ Don Perata canceled on Monday a Tuesday vote in​ h...

A San Francisco measure seeking to commemorate​ President Bush's years in office by slapping​ his name on a city sewage plant has qualified for​ the...

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Democratic presidential​ hopeful Barack Obama opposes a California measure​ that would define marriage as between a man and​ wo...

NRA sues to overturn San Francisco's handgun​ ban in city housing, after Supreme Court ruling.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Thirty years after it​ sparked a popular tax revolt that helped sweep​ former governor Ronald Reagan into the White​ House, Cal...

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - As gay and lesbian​ couples made plans to marry, activists opposed to​ the California Supreme Court's decision​ legalizing...