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Coast Guard warns swimmers, boaters to be careful
- The Coast Guard is urging boaters and swimmers to stay away from the waters off the California coast this weekend when swells of up to 19 feet are expected.
SF train employee suspected of punching girl
- A San Francisco railway employee has been arrested on suspicion of punching a 17-year-old girl during a dispute over fares.
Gay marriage foes win with message about schools
- Gay marriage opponents pulled off another victory at the ballot box this week by using a tried-and-tested argument: Approve it and children will be taught homosexuality in school.
- Gay marriage opponents pulled off another victory at the ballot box this week by using a tried-and-tested argument: Approve it and children will be taught homosexuality in school.
Catholics who sued SF supes get new hearing
- A federal appeals court will conduct a new hearing to determine whether San Francisco officials violated the Constitution by denouncing a Vatican order to not place adoptive children with same-sex couples.
Schools emerge as new tactic in gay marriage votes
- In one ad after another, voters in California and Maine were besieged with images of what would supposedly happen if same-sex marriage were legal: Students on a field trip to a lesbian wedding, elementary kids gobbling up books featuring gay couples, kindergartners learning about homosexuality from their teachers.
EBay settles lawsuit filed by Skype founders
- EBay Inc. has settled a legal skirmish with the founders of Skype that threatened to complicate eBay's plans to sell most of the Internet phone service to a group of investors for $2 billion.
Bebe shares fall after 1Q results
- Shares of clothing retailer Bebe Stores Inc. tumbled 8 percent Friday, after it posted a quarterly loss on sharply lower sales.
EBay settles suit with Skype founders
- EBay Inc. says a group of investors who are buying the majority of its telecommunications service, Skype, agreed to settle a legal skirmish with Skype's founders.
Great Wolf shares up after sell-off a day earlier
- Shares of Great Wolf Resorts Inc., which operates indoor waterpark resorts in North America, climbed Thursday after falling a day earlier on news of a third-quarter loss due to hefty taxes and writedowns.
Study: Housing and transport costs burden SF area
- San Francisco Bay area households spend up to two-thirds of their income on transportation and housing costs, a severe burden that leaves workers with insufficient resources for other basic needs, according to a recently-released study.
Gymboree 3rd-qtr sales comparison falls 4 percent
- The Gymboree Corp. on Thursday said its third-quarter sales at stores open at least a year fell 4 percent, but the children's retailer nevertheless raised its profit forecast for the period.
Cisco forecasts first revenue growth in a year
- Cisco Systems Inc. doesn't want Wall Street to interpret its forecast for its first quarterly revenue growth in a year as evidence that the U.S. and other economies are roaring back.
- Cisco Systems Inc. doesn't want Wall Street to interpret its forecast for its first quarterly revenue growth in a year as evidence that the U.S. and other economies are roaring back.
Authorities: Huge jump in Calif. pot plants seized
- Authorities reported a staggering jump in the number of marijuana plants seized in California's eradication effort, claiming a more than 50 percent jump over the previous year.
