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Dai Sugano
) State lawmakers considering overhaul of foster care The California Legislature will consider a major overhaul this year of how the state cares for thousands of traumatized foster children, a sweeping effort to curb the excessive use of psychiatric drugs in foster care. |
 (Damian Dovarganes/AP) Measles outbreak raises fury over vaccine exemptions California's permissive vaccine law is under fire as the state struggles to contain a fast-moving outbreak of measles, a once-controlled infectious disease that has sickened more than 90 people across the state and threatens many more. |
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Justin Heiman
) Purdy: Preparing for Super Bowl 50 The Bay Area's Super Bowl 50 is in Arizona to get an up-close preview of what things could look like in Santa Clara and San Francisco in 2016. |
 PG&E wields 'pervasive' influence at PUC What's being described as the 'pervasive' influence of PG&E with the state Public Utilities Commission extended well beyond controversial former PUC President Michael Peevey and involved numerous officials at the agency, according to a sampling of 65,000 emails that also revealed that PUC and PG&E officials joked about gas pipeline safety, just weeks after a fatal natural gas blast in San Bruno. |
BAY AREA NEWS  (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory) Despite objections, Livermore lab to fire world's largest laser at plutonium Anti-nuclear and environmental groups had sought to halt tests on non-weapons grade plutonium at the National Ignition Facility at Lawrence Livermore Lab. |
Celebrities  Eddie Murphy returning to 'Saturday Night Live' The actor and comedian will appear on “SNL’s” 40th anniversary episode, marking his first time on the show in 31 years. |
SPORTS  (Karen T. Borchers) Super Bowl: Charles Haley, Tim Brown make Hall of Fame Former 49ers linebacker Charles Haley and ex-Raiders receiver Tim Brown join linebacker Junior Seau, running back Jerome Bettis and guard Will Shields in the newest Pro Football Hall of Fame class. |
Spotlight  (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group) 10 best new Bay Area restaurants Looking for a terrific place to take your sweetheart? These 10 Bay Area restaurants opened within the last year -- and they delight on every front, from the Spanish dazzle of Jen Biesty's Shakewell to the savoir faire of Guillaume Bienaime's Zola and the Japanese inspiration at Michael Mina's Pabu. |
BUSINESS  (Patrick Tehan) Q&A: Jasper CEO Jahangir Mohammed, on the Internet of Things Jahangir Mohammed founded cloud-based software company Jasper after a experiencing car problems on a fishing trip to Lake Tahoe. Now he helps industries take their products into the cloud and the Internet of Things. |
 (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group) 10 best new Bay Area restaurants Looking for a terrific place to take your sweetheart? These 10 Bay Area restaurants opened within the last year -- and they delight on every front, from the Spanish dazzle of Jen Biesty's Shakewell to the savoir faire of Guillaume Bienaime's Zola and the Japanese inspiration at Michael Mina's Pabu. |
Eddie Murphy returning to 'Saturday Night Live' The actor and comedian will appear on “SNL’s” 40th anniversary episode, marking his first time on the show in 31 years. |
