SF marks 10 years since Winter of Love launched push for same-sex marriage rights

SF marks 10 years since Winter of Love launched push for same-sex marriage rights

John Lewis and Stuart Gaffney attended a rally at City Hall a decade ago not knowing that it would be the start of a national movement born right here in San Francisco. On Feb. 12, 2004, The City would open the door for same-sex marriage and Lewis and Gaffney would emerge as one of the first 10 couples to tie the knot. The next month would become known as the Winter of Love. The ceremony…

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Uber driver accused in fatal collision told police he was awaiting fare

Uber driver accused in fatal collision told police he was awaiting fare

San Francisco-based ride service Uber announced Thursday that it had cut ties with a driver involved in a fatal collision with pedestrians on New Year’s Eve in The City, denying that the man was working at the time of the incident. However, Syed Muzzafar reportedly told police he was driving around awaiting a fare. The 57-year-old Union City resident was charged with vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence and failure to yield to pedestrians in a…

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First Latino councilman in Compton embraces challenge

First Latino councilman in Compton embraces challenge

COMPTON — Three days after being elected the first Latino council member in Compton’s history, 26-year-old Isaac Galvan called a unity meeting at Raspados Los Portales, a tiny restaurant in his district. The twenty-some Latinos who showed, a commingling of Galvan’s supporters and doubters, listened on as the District 2 councilman-elect in a dress shirt and shoes said: “I called you to be here because I’m the new councilman and I need your guys’ help….

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Compton Mayor sworn in, signals changing of guard

Compton Mayor sworn in, signals changing of guard

COMPTON — The dignitaries poured in, the mariachi band played and a few hundred community members surrounded the Martin Luther King, Jr. memorial outside City Hall Tuesday afternoon to witness the oath of office ceremony swearing in six elected city officials – two of them new, young faces. “Hola. Buenos dias,” said 26-year-old Isaac Galvan, the first Latino City Council member in Compton’s history and first to be sworn in. “I’m grateful that the voters…

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LA voters clamp down on medical marijuana

LA voters clamp down on medical marijuana

LOS ANGELES — In this city where a lack of medical marijuana regulation made it the “Wild West” compared to the Bay Area, a historic election with three competing ballot measures has finally brought some order. The winning measure, Proposition D — the most conservative of the three — gained 62.6 percent support from voters as a compromise between the City Council and a key labor union. The measure limits medical marijuana activities to about 130 pot shops…

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Silicon Alley Channels Silicon Valley in South L.A.

Silicon Alley Channels Silicon Valley in South L.A.

In Southern California’s underdeveloped tech world there’s Silicon Beach, the 3-mile stretch of startups from Santa Monica to Venice modeled after Silicon Valley, and then there’s much more obscure Silicon Alley. The latter, as its name suggests, also strives to incorporate the tech capital’s successes and “represents what Los Angeles could be”. A Hack-A-Thon at Normandie Christian School in South L.A. on Saturday gave a glimpse into this work-in-progress. The techies weren’t entrepreneurs with investor…

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#LAPREPA: Los Hermanos de Sun Valley (Video)

#LAPREPA: Los Hermanos de Sun Valley (Video)

The soccer players at Sun Valley High School share more than the same jersey. The team has two trios of brothers and the coach has his son as his assistant. / La preparatoria de Sun Valley tiene un equipo de fútbol con jugadores que comparten más que la misma camisa. Hay dos tripletas de hermanos y el entrenador tiene a su hijo como asistente. #LAPREPA is an original show on Time Warner Cable Deportes produced by…

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#LAPREPA: Esmeralda Uribe (Video)

#LAPREPA: Esmeralda Uribe (Video)

#LAPREPA: Esmeralda Uribe A determined girl who fought many obstacles including the death of her father to become the best soccer player in Fulton College Prep’s history and pave her path to a promising future. / Una determinada joven que luchó ante muchos obstáculos, incluyendo la muerte de su padre, para convertirse en la mejor jugadora de en la historia de Fulton College Prep y abrirse paso a una vida llena de éxitos. #LAPREPA is…

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#LAPREPA: Aaron Pico (Video)

#LAPREPA: Aaron Pico (Video)

#LAPREPA: Aaron Pico One of the best wrestlers in the nation is a Los Angeles native and descendent of the last Mexican governor of California. / Uno de los mejores luchadores en la nación es de Los Ángeles y es descendiente del último gobernador mexicano de California. #LAPREPA is an original show on Time Warner Cable Deportes produced by Jessica Kwong. The first of its kind, #LAPREPA features Latino high school athletes in Southern California…

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Los Angeles pot club battle heats up

Los Angeles pot club battle heats up

LOS ANGELES — The fighters in the medical marijuana battle down south took a step toward the ring after supporters hoping to derail a ban on marijuana dispensaries filed 72,000 signatures with the city. Well in excess of the 41,138 valid signatures needed by last Friday were collected by proponents with more than a week to spare, according to Rigo Valdez, vice president of the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 770. The union, which represents…

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