Maura Dolan

Bruce Dark, a Bolinas resident, calls the pandemic 'mass hysteria' but still wears a mask.

How a reclusive ‘town of aging hippies’ worked to screen itself from coronavirus

May 4, 2020 at 8:39 p.m.

When the coronavirus outbreak appeared likely to rage through the Bay Area weeks ago, residents of this hermitlike beach community tried to protect themselves by doing what they do best...

A team from UW Medicine arrives to take a nose swab sample as part of testing for the new coronavirus at Queen Anne Healthcare, a skilled nursing and rehabilitation facility in Seattle. More than 100 residents were tested during the visit, and the results for all were negative, according to officials.

Nursing homes want to be held legally blameless as coronavirus deaths spiral higher

April 23, 2020 at 9:26 p.m.

LOS ANGELES — For weeks, nursing homes have been the epicenter of coronavirus outbreaks and deaths in California, making them prime targets for civil lawsuits and even criminal prosecutions. But...

Anderson Cooper interviews Stormy Daniels for "60 Minutes."

Trump meets his match: Stormy Daniels’ combative lawyer Michael Avenatti

August 22, 2019 at 8:26 a.m.

Michael Avenatti, the newly famous lawyer for porn star Stormy Daniels, has more than a few things in common with President Trump. He's brash. He's media savvy. He enjoys the...

Judge Alex Kozinski of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals faces an investigation over sexual harassment allegations.

9th Circuit Judge Alex Kozinski may be investigated after sexual misconduct allegations

August 22, 2019 at 7:01 a.m.

The chief judge of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals asked for an investigation Thursday into allegations of sexual misconduct against Judge Alex Kozinski. In a statement emailed to...

Protesters rally in front of the Trump Building on Wall Street in New York during a March 28 protest against the Trump administration's travel ban and refugee policies.

9th Circuit puts Trump’s travel ban on fast-track review

August 22, 2019 at 3:50 a.m.

A San Francisco-based federal appeals court will hear arguments on President Trump's latest travel and refugee resettlement restrictions in May. A three-judge motions panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court...

Attorney Theodore Boutrous, shown in January 2014, is representing Apple in its fight against a federal court order requiring the company to help the FBI access information on a phone belonging to one of the San Bernardino shooters.

Apple will argue that the FBI’s court order violates its free speech rights

June 11, 2019 at 5:21 a.m.

In Apple's fight to knock down a court order requiring it to help FBI agents unlock a killer's iPhone, the tech giant plans to argue that the judge in the...

No gay marriage trial video

August 23, 2021 at 1:12 a.m.

The camera-shy justices of the U.S. Supreme Court ordered a temporary halt Monday to the planned video coverage of the San Francisco trial of California's Proposition 8, apparently concerned that...

Sex offenders crowd kidnap suspect’s area

August 22, 2021 at 11:32 a.m.

Dawn Cordy always knew her neighborhood was an easy place to hide -- a semi-rural San Francisco suburb where housing is cheap, sheriff's cruisers rarely appear, residents don't snoop and...

NATION & WORLD

August 22, 2021 at 2:32 p.m.

CALIFORNIA Cops suspicious of kidnap suspect University police say daughters seemed robotic in meeting that helped lead to rescue of girls and their mother, who was abducted at age 11...

California awaits gay marriage ruling

August 22, 2021 at 12:26 p.m.

Q: What is being decided by the California Supreme Court? A: The court will rule Tuesday on whether to uphold or strike down the vote on Proposition 8, a state...

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