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Five members of the Sistahs on the Reading Edge book club show a photo from the Napa Valley Wine Train tour, from which they were kicked off.

Black women kicked off Napa Wine Train to sue for discrimination

June 22, 2019 at 8:42 a.m.

A group of predominantly African American women kicked off the Napa Wine Train in late August -- allegedly for being too loud -- filed an $11-million racial discrimination lawsuit Thursday....

Robin Williams for Best Supporting Actor in "Good Will Hunting" and Jack Nickolson for Best Actor in "As Good As It Gets" backstage at the 70th Annual Academy Awards in 1998.

Robin Williams’ friends saw signs he was succumbing to depression

June 24, 2019 at 2:22 p.m.

The end was shockingly sudden: a belt hung on a door; an assistant's distraught call to 911. But the road that led to Robin Williams' apparent suicide at age 63...

NCAA will appeal ruling in Ed O’Bannon antitrust case

June 17, 2018 at 10:43 a.m.

Two days after losing a major antitrust case in federal court, the NCAA announced Sunday it would appeal the decision, which challenges its long-standing definition of amateurism in college sports....

O’Bannon takes stand as trial begins in lawsuit vs. NCAA

August 19, 2019 at 6:43 a.m.

OAKLAND, Calif. — As a much-anticipated federal court trial began Monday, the walls that for decades have separated college athletes from the riches of a multibillion-dollar sports enterprise began to...

City by the Bay recalls 1906 quake

August 21, 2021 at 12:13 p.m.

This city awoke before sunrise Tuesday to mark the 100th anniversary of its darkest hour--a deadly early-morning earthquake that killed more than 3,000 and left half the city homeless. As...

Judge finds Calif. same-sex marriage ban unconstitutional

August 21, 2019 at 4:08 p.m.

SAN FRANCISCO - Gays and lesbians have a right to marry under the California Constitution, a state judge here ruled yesterday, striking down state laws that limit marriage to "a...

Gay weddings invalid, Calif. top court says

August 21, 2019 at 4:07 p.m.

SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court ruled unanimously yesterday that San Francisco's mayor overstepped his authority by issuing same-sex marriage licenses. By a 5-2 vote, the court also declared...

In Calif., nonvoters express disgust

August 22, 2019 at 5:16 p.m.

Since 1956, Robert Gamm had made the trek to the voting booth. He never missed a general election. He never missed a primary. Until Tuesday. "I'm really disgusted," said Gamm,...

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