San Francisco

Gavin Newsom likes to present himself as a cutting-edge kind of guy, particularly when it comes to high-tech gadgetry and whatever social media fad is the flavor of the month. He even delivered his last State of the City address exclusively via YouTube, and he routinely jets around with the Google guys on their private jet. Gavin Newsom checks out the latest in digitial camera technology at a recent mayoral event. Unfortunately, like pretty much everything Gavin Newsom does, his high-tech...Read Full Story

Are you planning a trip to San Francisco Bay Area soon?   SFChamberVisitor.com offers you a wealth of information and resources for  San Francisco Bay Area tourist information , ranging from the best coupons and deals on  San Francisco vacations ,  San Francisco day spas ,  SF events ,   SF hotels   and more.  The web site helps you to find the  attractions in San Francisco , San Francisco spas ,   golden gate park hotels , the best rates on  San Francisco hotel rooms,   museums, wineries in...Read Full Story

SAN RAMON, Calif. /CitizenWire/ — Professionals Guild ( PGuild.com ) announced today it is hosting a Huge East Bay New Year's Eve Party for singles at the San Ramon Marriott Grand Pavilion. This is a beautiful, new venue with cathedral style windows, a huge dance floor, balloon decorations everywhere, multiple chandeliers, and special dream-like lighting. Couples are welcome to attend. Advance discount tickets for this Bay Area New Year's Eve party may be purchased at www.PGuild.com . "It...Read Full Story

Controversial former California assemblywoman  Gwen Moore has been named a defendant in an action recently filed in federal court, TLR has learned. Also named as defendants, amongst many, are Douglas Winthrop , managing partner of embattled Howard Rice Nemerovsky Candy Falk & Rabkin; former Sacramento lobbyist Jeannine English ; State Bar of California Deputy Executive Director Robert Hawley ; and Judy Johnson , president of the California Consumer Protection Foundation (" CCPF "). From left...Read Full Story

A long-standing involvement with an entity that caters exclusively to Asian-Americans has led to a complaint being filed against California Supreme Court Associate Justice Ming W. Chin. The ethics complaint filed with the California Commission on Judicial Performance alleges that Chin's involvement with the Center for Asian Americans United for Self Empowerment (“CAUSE”) is prohibited because of CAUSE's invidious discrimination against those individuals who are non Asian-American.   Mr Ming W...Read Full Story

MGA TEAM -- COUNSELS WHO REPRESENTED DEFENDANT MGA ("BRATZ DOLLS".) FROM LEFT: SKADDEN ARPS' RAOUL KENNEDY AND THOMAS NOLAN ; HOWARD RICE'S JEROME FALK AND DOUGLAS WINTHROP; KEKER & VAN NEST'S JOHN KEKER AND MGA'S IN-HOUSE COUNSEL, MR. CRAIG HOLDEN. FOGEL vs. FARMERS TEAMS -- CURRENT COUNSELS FOR BOTH PLAINTIFFS AND DEFENDANTS. GIRARDI & KEESE'S THOMAS GIRARDI AND GRAHAM LIPPSMITH TOGHETHER WITH ENGSTROM LIPSCOMB & LACK'S WALTER LACK REPRESENT THE PLAINTIFFS. SKADDEN ARPS'S RAOUL KENNEDY...Read Full Story

In January 1848, James Marshall was overseeing the building of a saw mill for his employer, when he noticed an odd rock glinting in the upturned soil. He was not certain whether it was gold or not and did not want to get people’s aspirations up. So Marshall tried to break the yellow rock with a hammer. It did not split, but it did dent. just like gold would. The woman who was cooking meals for the saw mill construction crew, tried another test by boiling the rock in lye. They boiled it...Read Full Story

CaliforniaALL, a 501(c)(3) charitable entity, was the brainchild of Ruthe Catolico Ashley -- a Diversity Officer at CalPERS who also served as the Vice-President of the State Bar of California. In its brief existence from 2008 to 2010, CaliforniaALL collected close to $2 million from utility companies, including a sub-rosa contribution of $780,000 from the State Bar of California Foundation. Ms. Leslie Hatamiya. Executive Director, State Bar of California Foundation (DBA California Bar...Read Full Story

Ask anyone who knows me and they’ll all tell you the same thing: I love coffee and I love power. So the other day, I’m driving down Market Street and I see this cool sign and wonder… I wonder what “Work Club” is? Clearly they have coffee and outlets, yes yes… but what does that mean ? I was intrigued. So rather than interact with the physical world and actually enter said establishment I did what any red-blooded modern American would do: I Googled it when I got home. (I ganked this...Read Full Story

Yeah, you caught me - I totally slacked on this walk.  Not only was it mostly downhill, but I skipped a few streets to get home quicker.  TO BE FAIR, the streets I skipped were ridiculously dark.  The street lights were way too far apart, ergo terribly unsafe for a walker.  Safety is my middle name. The walk started in the sunlight, and it was gorgeous.  Great weather and great houses. A++ for all the super fresh paint jobs in this neighborhood.  Also, this neighborhood gets high...Read Full Story