California State University faculty union approves plan for two-day-a-month furloughsSAN FRANCISCO — A union that represents 22,000 California State University faculty members has agreed to take furloughs two days a month to help close a huge budget deficit at the 23-campus system, officials said Friday. Authorities look to New Mexico drifter for possible answers in unsolved beach slayingsSAN FRANCISCO — Two couples fatally shot more than 30 years apart while camping in different countries may have been victims of the same man: a drifter who authorities say was a religious zealot and disapproved of relationships between unmarried couples. Amazon CFO Tom Szkutak talks about whether the Kindle could be released outside the USSAN FRANCISCO — Amazon.com Inc. refuses to say how many of its Kindle electronic reading devices have sold since their original debut in 2007, but the release of newer versions of the product, a steadily growing number of available digital books and a recent price cut suggest it may be gaining some traction with consumers. Riverbed Technology’s 2nd-quarter loss narrows on boost in revenueSAN FRANCISCO — Data services provider Riverbed Technology Inc. said its second-quarter loss narrowed on a boost in revenue from services. EMC 2Q profit falls 43 pct, still tops Street views; company sees improving predictabilitySAN FRANCISCO — Fresh off a successful bid for a major acquisition, EMC Corp. said Thursday that its second-quarter profit plunged 43 percent as companies remained hesitant to spend money on technology. EMC 2Q profit falls 43 pct but tops Street views; co. sees improving predictabilitySAN FRANCISCO — Fresh off a successful bid for a major acquisition, EMC Corp. said Thursday that its second-quarter profit plunged 43 percent on a sales decline of 11 percent. Federal data say injuries have increased on SF passenger trains in recent yearsSAN FRANCISCO — The passenger injury rate on light-rail trains in San Francisco has steadily increased since 2003 — a trend that seems likely to continue after a weekend crash that injured 48 people. NTSB: No mechanical failures found in light-rail accident that injured dozens in San FranciscoSAN FRANCISCO — Federal investigators say they are focusing on human error as the cause of a light-rail train crash in San Francisco that injured dozens of people after finding no indication of mechanical or systems failures. Alliance Data’s net drops 37 pct while sales slumpSAN FRANCISCO — Alliance Data Systems Corp.’s second-quarter profit dropped 37 percent, more severely than Wall Street expected, while sales slumped. SanDisk turns profit, even as sales fall 10 pctSAN FRANCISCO — SanDisk Corp. says it turned a second-quarter profit, even though sales fell 10 percent. The stock at one point was up nearly 8 percent in extended trading. AMD 2Q sales slump 13 pct, not as bad as Wall Street fearedSAN FRANCISCO — Advanced Micro Devices Inc. narrowed its loss in the second quarter, even though sales at the chip company slumped 13 percent. Bargain prices, low interest rates and tax breaks make homeownership work for more AmericansFor Aaron Carter, a musician who was struggling to fit a drum set, a piano and three guitars into his 600-square-foot apartment in Phoenix, the math on owning a home finally began to work in his favor. McClatchy 2Q profit more than doubles as payroll purge offsets another big drop in ad salesSAN FRANCISCO — McClatchy Co.’s second-quarter profit more than doubled as a cost-costing spree that wiped out one-third of the newspaper publisher’s staff offset the loss of more advertisers and subscribers. In battle against invasive bugs, plants, some predators become pests, threaten native speciesSAN FRANCISCO — Imported insects have been deployed as foot soldiers in the fight against invasive bugs and plants that cause billions of dollars in damage each year. But some of those imports are proving to be pests themselves that upset the balance of nature and threaten native species. Venture capitalists feeling less adventurous as investment pace slows to a 12-year lowSAN FRANCISCO — Venture capitalists cut their U.S. investments in half during the spring, the second-consecutive quarter to mark a more than 50 percent decline, leaving the money flowing to startups at the slowest trickle in 12 years. Crash victims improve, union says San Francisco train operator blacked out just before crashSAN FRANCISCO — The four most seriously injured victims in a weekend light-rail crash were improving Monday, as a union official said the operator of the train had blacked out just before the collision with a parked train. Crash victims improve, union says SF train operator blacked out before crashSAN FRANCISCO — The four most seriously injured victims in a weekend light-rail crash were improving Monday, as a union official said the operator of the train had blacked out just before the collision with a parked train. Union: SF train operator blacked out before crash, drivers pressured to speed up trainsSAN FRANCISCO — A light-rail operator blacked out just before his train crashed into a parked train, injuring dozens of passengers, the president of San Francisco’s transit workers union said Monday. Investigators question why San Francisco train operator turned off autopilot before crashSAN FRANCISCO — Federal investigators are trying to find out why the operator of a San Francisco light-rail that crashed into a parked train and injured dozens of passengers had turned off the automatic controls moments before the collision. San Francisco train operator’s actions come under scrutiny in crash investigationSAN FRANCISCO — The operator of a light-rail train that crashed and injured dozens of passengers in San Francisco came under scrutiny Sunday as federal investigators tried to figure out why he inexplicably turned off the automatic controls moments before the collision. Federal investigator: SF train operator switched from automatic to manual control before crashSAN FRANCISCO — A federal investigator says the operator of a light-rail train that crashed in San Francisco, injuring dozens of passengers, switched his controls from automatic to manual before he should have. Scenic town on SF Bay wants to photograph, track license plates of every car entering townTIBURON, Calif. — Visitors should be prepared to have their pictures taken as they enter and leave this picturesque town of million-dollar views and homes along the San Francisco Bay. NTSB sends 2 investigators to probe cause of San Francisco rail crash that injured dozensSAN FRANCISCO — Two investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board were helping San Francisco officials on Sunday determine the cause of a collision between two light-rail trains that left dozens of people injured. Authorities to look at mechanical, human error in San Francisco rail crash that injured dozensSAN FRANCISCO — Authorities are investigating mechanical and human errors as possible causes of a collision between two San Francisco light-rail trains that has left several dozen people injured. Baby sea lion found on San Francisco freeway last month takes ride back to oceanSAN FRANCISCO — A baby sea lion who had a brief brush with fame when he wandered on to a busy San Francisco Bay area freeway last month has returned to the sea. Dozens hurt when San Francisco light-rail train rear-ends anotherSAN FRANCISCO — A light-rail train crashed into the rear of another train at a San Francisco boarding platform Saturday, injuring at least 48 people, authorities said. Several people injured when San Francisco light-rail trains collideSAN FRANCISCO — Several people are injured after two light-rail trains collided in San Francisco. California sprouts marijuana ‘green rush’ amid calls for legalization, taxationSAN FRANCISCO — A drug deal plays out, California-style: Cash your IOUs on Craigslist? Gray market opens for people to make a buck off Calif. crisisSAN FRANCISCO — Online cash offers for California IOUs are proliferating on Craigslist and elsewhere as major banks stop accepting the financially strained state’s promises to pay. Ship pilot sentenced to 10 months for bridge crash, oil spill in San Francisco BaySAN FRANCISCO — The helmsman of a cargo ship that set off a major environmental disaster in the San Francisco Bay was sentenced Friday to 10 months in prison. |
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