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AP names 2 chiefs of bureau: Katherine Corcoran for Mexico, Bradley Brooks for Brazil. Katherine Corcoran, The Associated Press' enterprise editor for Latin America and the Caribbean, has been named chief of bureau for Mexico and Central America for the news cooperative, and Bradley Brooks, the AP's correspondent in Rio de Janeiro since 2008, has been named chief of bureau for Brazil.

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San Francisco police to use civilian investigators; officials say move would free up police. San Francisco police officials will soon use civilians, not officers, to investigate nonviolent crimes.

Calif. headstone of ex-Union Army soldier corrected after decades marked as Confederate. The headstone of a former slave and Union soldier no longer identifies him as a member of the Confederate army, after his family failed to notice the error for years.

Live GPS app being tested on iPhone leads San Francisco police to stolen device in 9 minutes. A man accused of swiping an Apple iPhone out of a woman's hand in San Francisco may have been shocked when police found him only nine minutes later. It turns out the phone had been tracking his every move.

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California city Oakland has approved draft legislation moving it a step closer to legalizing the large-scale production of medical marijuana, a city council clerk said on Wednesday.

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A San Francisco-based writer who first published his novel on Twitter -- all 95,000 words of it -- was celebrating Bastille Day on Wednesday with the launch of a print version of his book.

Prosecutors file charges against 9 in Calif. train shooting verdict protests in Oakland. Prosecutors have filed charges against nine people who were arrested during protests following the verdict for a white former San Francisco Bay area transit officer charged with killing an unarmed black man.

How much is that doggie in the window? San Francisco may tell pet stores to stop selling. As Philip Gerrie tells it, the idea of banning pet sales in San Francisco started simply enough, with a proposal to outlaw puppy and kitten mills.

A former transit policeman who was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the 2009 shooting death of an unarmed black man apologized for his actions in a letter.

A former transit policeman who was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the 2009 shooting death of an unarmed black man apologized for his actions in a letter published Friday.

A former San Francisco area transit police officer was convicted of shooting an unarmed black man in 2009, when he pulled his gun instead of a non-lethal Taser weapon.

Liver colored and smelling of rotting flesh, rare corpse flower blooms in Berkeley, Calif.. With its putrid smell, liver-colored petals and phallic stamen, a blooming corpse flower is drawing visitors to a botanical garden in Northern California.

Ripley's Believe It or Not Odditorium reopens in San Francisco with Mirror Maze. The Ripley's Believe It or Not! Odditorium in San Francisco has reopened at Fisherman's Wharf after a $5 million renovation.

Filmmaker George Lucas' company loses California pregnancy bias lawsuit. The company founded by "Star Wars" creator George Lucas has lost a pregnancy bias suit filed by a woman whose job offer was withdrawn when she disclosed she was having a baby.

San Francisco police have identified the man arrested Saturday on murder charges at a gay pride event. ??San Francisco police have identified the man arrested Saturday on murder charges at a gay pride event, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. Ed Perkins, 20, is charged with the killing of 19-year-old Stephen A. Powell Jr. Powell was among the three people hit by gunfire at about 11:30PM in the city's predominantly-gay Castro district as Pink Saturday kicked off the city's 40th annual gay pride weekend. Police believe both men are associated with separate gangs. Powell was transported to a hospital after being shot multiple times. On Sunday, the San Francisco medical examiner's office announced his death but has yet to determine a cause of death. Perkins, who was arrested on the scene, is charged with murder, carrying a concealed weapon and gang charges. The other two people ? a 27-year-old male and a 19-year-old female ? were both shot in the leg and are expected to make a full reco