Party: Democrat Occupation: District attorney, city and county of San Francisco Age: 46 on Wednesday, born in Oakland Residence: San Francisco Personal: Single Education: Bachelor’s degree, Howard University, 1986; JD, Hastings College of the Law, University of California, 1990 Career Highlights: district attorney, city and county of San Francisco, 2004 to present; chief, Community and … Read more
Beverly Cassirer and her husband, Claude Cassirer, both now deceased, at their home in San Diego with a copy of the Pissarro painting that was looted from the family by the Nazis. Their son David is still fighting for the painting in court — now with the help of California lawmakers. (Allen J. Schaben / … Read more
Photos of the AK-47 rifle, backpack and GoPro camera found by the chain-link perimeter fencing at the Trump International Golf Club on Sunday. (Stephany Matat/Associated Press) Another unwell person sought to kill Donald Trump, according to the FBI and other officials. We should all be grateful that no one was hurt, and that the Secret … Read more
(AP Illustration/Peter Hamlin / Associated Press) On the first day of his American National Government class, professor Kevin Dopf asks how many of his students are United States citizens. Every hand shoots up. “So, how did all you people become citizens?” he asks. “Did you pass a test?” “No,” one young woman says tentatively. “We … Read more
More than 30 anti-abortion activists picketed the district offices of Assemblymen Scott Baugh (R-Huntington Beach) and Curt Pringle (R-Garden Grove) on Monday to protest the legislators’ acceptance of campaign contributions from Los Alamitos Race Course in Cypress, whose majority owner also owns abortion clinics. “It’s inconceivable that an assemblyman who calls himself pro-life could take … Read more
In an abrupt shift, Atty. Gen. Janet Reno said Thursday that she has halted an FBI investigation into the White House security files controversy and will ask that the inquiry be conducted by Whitewater independent counsel Kenneth W. Starr. Reno said the step is necessary to avoid any conflict that might arise if a branch … Read more
President Trump, citing the economic impact of the coronavirus shutdown, on Tuesday ordered a 60-day ban on new immigrants seeking permanent status in the United States. The ban will cover people seeking green cards that provide permanent status, not temporary visitors. It would also not affect foreign agricultural laborers, Trump said. Although he cited the … Read more
The Senate is taking a break, rising from stiff brown chairs for a leg stretch, heading for bathrooms, raiding the gum machine. A welcome respite for a group mired in an unsavory task. A perfect opportunity for the lone figure in a forest-green suit who starts traversing the room, sidling up to a liberal here, … Read more
Delaware Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr., trying to control mounting damage to his drive for the Democratic presidential nomination, admitted Thursday that he had committed plagiarism during his first year of law school but called the controversy surrounding his borrowed passages in recent speeches “much ado about nothing.” In his most detailed response to the … Read more
Photos that authorities said show an AK-47 rifle, a backpack and a GoPro camera on a fence outside the Trump International Golf Club. (Stephany Matat / Associated Press) The man authorities say is being investigated for bringing a gun to a Florida golf course while former President Trump played there Sunday flew to Ukraine in … Read more
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