These are excerpts from the San Francisco Police Department's daily log of activities. Incidents are listed by police precincts and the neighborhoods they patrol.

A number of top executives at nonprofits receiving significant funding from The City are earning more than the average of their Bay Area counterparts, according to a new city controller report obtained by The Examiner.

A proposal that would allow California bicyclists to legally roll through stop signs and run red lights after halting is in limbo after its first hearing.

Dropping attendance rates, overflowing maintenance costs and low employee morale were part of a bleak forecast described Thursday by San Francisco Zoo officials, who are dealing with heightening budget problems as they search for a new executive director.

The number of homicide cases solved in San Francisco lags behind the national average of cities of a similar size, despite a number of crime-fighting initiatives, including more officers, gunshot-location technology, crime cameras and $250,000 rewards.

George Michael, in excellent voice and good spirit, thanked his San Francisco and San Jose fans for being patient with him.

The San Francisco judge who first ruled Californias ban on same-sex marriage unconstitutional more than three years ago has taken the final step in the case: ordering the rewording of a state law that limited marriage to a relationship between a man and a...

Californias unemployment rate rocketed up 0.6 percentage point in May - the largest one-month increase since the state began keeping records in 1976 - as the fallout from high energy prices and the depressed housing market rippled through the states...

A recently demoted member of the San Francisco police command has filed a damage claim against the city, saying Police Chief Heather Fong was irrational when she stripped him of authority for his supposed role in an incident in which his son, a rookie...

United Airlines says it will start requiring minimum stays for nearly all domestic flights starting in October. It is also raising its cheapest fares by as much as $90 one-way. The second-largest U.S. carrier says the moves are among a number of changes it is...

Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obamas campaign announced Friday that he will campaign with former rival Hillary Rodham Clinton next week, a step toward unifying a fractured Democratic Party after a bruising primary fight. Obamas campaign said in a...

Israelis and Palestinians skeptically welcomed a second peaceful day of a cease-fire Friday, soaking up the sun at beaches and markets while warily predicting that their newfound quiet would be brief. The Egyptian-mediated truce in Gaza went into effect...

Seesmic raises $6 million in round two, Omidyar joins board
EBay founder Pierre Omidyar will join the board of San Francisco video company Seesmic as part of a $6 million venture funding round.

URS Corp. wins Air Force radar test site contract
URS Corp. will work for the U.S. Air Force in Alamogordo, N.M., under a support and maintenance contract worth up to $76.5 million over 7 years and 9 months. (URS) (PKI)

Linden Lab plans virtual world fair for Second Life's 5th birthday
Linden Lab plans a two-week virtual party to celebrate the fifth birthday of its simulated world Second Life.

Wine Institute names Margaret Duckhorn this year's chairman
The Wine Institute, the San Francisco-based advocacy and lobbying group for California's wine industry, elected Margaret Duckhorn of Duckhorn Vineyards as its chairman for the 2008-09 fiscal year, officials said Thursday.

Applied Biosystems' Tony White is Bay Area's most overpaid CEO
Tony White of Applied Biosystems, William Roper Jr. of Verisign Inc. and Steven Laub of Atmel Corp. were rated the most overpaid CEOs in the Bay Area in a study of 100 largest publicly held companies in the Bay Area.

N. Bay Journalist Sentenced For Lewd Acts On Child
Former radio station KZST reporter and news anchor Ron Kirk Kuhlmeyer was sentenced to six years in state prison Friday morning in Sonoma County Superior Court for committing three or more lewd and lascivious acts with a girl under age 14.

1 Injured As Truck And Train Collide In San Jose
All Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority light rail trains were back on schedule this afternoon a little more than an hour after a truck and a light rail train collided in San Jose, an authority spokeswoman said.

Oakland Drug Gang Suspects Appear In Court
Members of the West Oakland's Acorn drug gang, which police
say is the worst gang they've seen in many years, appeared in Alameda County Superior Court Friday on charges of attempted murder, possession of drugs for sale, illegal possession of guns and other charges.

Proposal Would Rename SF Sewage Plant After Bush
San Francisco voters may get the chance this November to make their city the first in the nation to name something after President Bush.
However, it's not necessarily an honor the president would appreciate.

San Jose Police Shoot Suspect In Hotel Parking Lot
A police officer shot and wounded a suspect late Friday morning in a commercial area of San Jose, authorities said.