Phil Matier: California College-Prep Course Successes Overstated
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) – The highly-touted plan to have every student in the San Jose Unified School District pass the classes required for University of California or California State University...
View ArticleWhy You Should Wait Until 2016 To Sell Your Home
Are you planning to sell your home? Maybe your family is outgrowing your existing home or the kids have moved out and you want to downsize to a smaller place. Perhaps you’ve decided to sell that...
View ArticleLarry Magid: Apple’s Mac Turns 30
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS)— It was 30 years ago that the Apple’s Mac computer was officially introduced. Back then I wrote in the Los Angeles Times that I rarely get excited about new computers, but the...
View ArticleGov. Brown Agrees To 1 Debate With Kashkari; Republican Asked For 10
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS)— California Gov. Jerry Brown has agreed to one debate with his Republican rival, Neel Kashkari, in the 2014 governor’s race. The one-hour debate – reported by KQED News on Monday –...
View ArticleCops From Pepper-Spraying Incident Revealed In UC Davis’ Reynoso Report
SACRAMENTO (CBS SF) — The California Supreme Court has ruled this week that newspapers have a right to publish the names of all the UC Davis campus police officers involved in pepper-spraying student...
View ArticleDrought’s Heavy Impact On California’s Wildlife; Starving Baby Squirrels...
LOOMIS (CBS SF) — California’s ongoing drought is having a major impact on wildlife, experts said. Wildlife experts told the Los Angeles Times there has been a big increase in the number of starving...
View ArticleWeekend Magazine: Homicides In America, Touch, And A Small Indiscretion
You can listen to the broadcast of Weekend Magazine with KCBS Public Affairs Director Liz Saint John every Sunday morning from 3:00am-4:00am and again from 5:00am-6:00am on KCBS All News 740 AM and...
View ArticleDriver Who Hurt Woman At Comic Con ‘Zombie Walk’ In San Diego Charged With...
SAN DIEGO (CBS SF) — A man who drove into a crowd at the annual Zombie Walk during San Diego’s Comic-Con last summer, seriously injuring a woman, will face a felony charge. The Los Angeles Times...
View ArticleNorCal Social Media Journalist Gets Prison Time For LA Times Website Hack
SACRAMENTO (AP/CBS SF) — A well-known Northern California social media journalist has been sentenced to two years in federal prison after he was convicted of conspiring with the hacking group Anonymous...
View ArticleLA Times Correspondent Fired For Trump Death Tweet
LOS ANGELES (CBS) – The Los Angeles Times on Thursday fired an international correspondent hours after he tweeted that he would “rather see Donald Trump’s life end.” Freelance reporter Steven Borowiec...
View Article38 Women Accuse Oscar-Nominated Writer-Director James Toback of Sexual...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Writer and director James Toback, who received an Oscar nomination for writing “Bugsy,” has been accused of sexual harassment by 38 women in a report published Sunday in The Los...
View ArticleDisney Bars LA Times Film Coverage After Critical Piece
LOS ANGELES (AP) — In response to a Los Angeles Times series about the relationship between the Walt Disney Co. and the city of Anaheim, the company is barring the paper from advance screenings of its...
View ArticleDisney Ends L.A. Times Ban Following Backlash From News Outlets
(CNN Money) — Disney will no longer ban the Los Angeles Times from advance screenings of its movies following a backlash from critics groups, news outlets and journalists, who were boycotting those...
View ArticleL.A. Times CEO Under Investigation Over Allegations of Sexual Harassment
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The parent company of the Los Angeles Times is investigating allegations of inappropriate behavior by Ross Levinsohn, the newspaper’s CEO and publisher. The company, Tronc, began the...
View ArticleSexual Misconduct Allegations Against California Doctors Up Sharply In Wake...
SACRAMENTO (AP) — A newspaper investigation finds the number of complaints against California physicians for sexual misconduct has risen 62% since fall of 2017 — a jump that coincides with the...
View ArticleCoronavirus At The Beach? In The Surf? In The Breeze? It’s Complicated
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — COVID-19 wasn’t the only scary thing spreading virally over the weekend. A Los Angeles Times article published Thursday included this startling quote from Santa Rosa native Kim...
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