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latest news & developmentsSocial justice groups call for halt on evictions during the Covid-19 pandemic
Twenty-seven organisations have penned a letter to the presidency calling for evictions to be banned in an effort to protect vulnerable groups
Unruly native till the end
The jazz maestro was an activist first and foremost, and created his own unique instruments and style
Capone solution for graft?
Even one-year sentences will effectively disqualify state capturers from the realm of politics
Walking among unicorns
Facts about San Francisco are hidden; they are gleaned from trying to make sense of being there
San Francisco plane crash: Pilot was on first training flight
The pilot who oversaw the landing by a colleague of the jet that crashed in San Francisco was on his first flight as a trainer, says the airline.
Two killed in San Francisco crash identified as students
Chinese state media have identified the two people who died in a plane crash at San Francisco International Airport.
Two killed as South Korean Boeing crashes, burns in San Francisco
An Asiana Airlines Boeing 777 with 307 people on board crashed and burst into flames as it landed at San Francisco International Airport on Saturday.
Keeping stranger tides at bay
Echoes of 1960s counterculture live on, as Rowan Philp discovers during a mind-altering boating lesson in San Francisco.
Gas explosion engulfs homes in San Francisco suburb
A gas pipeline explosion ripped through a neighbourhood in a San Francisco suburb on Thursday, starting fires that burned more than 50 buildings.
Goosen confusion leads to last-match drama
Retief Goosen’s momentary mental lapse nearly cost his International team a Presidents Cup point on Thursday.
Pacquiao, Hatton finalise fight
Manny Pacquiao and Ricky Hatton on Wednesday formally agreed to fight for Hatton’s IBO junior welterweight belt on May 2.
California to be electric car capital
Officials in California have unveiled plans to turn the San Francisco Bay area into one of the world’s leading centres for electric vehicles.
Beat-era artist ‘did his own thing’
Bruce Conner, an iconoclastic artist and avant-garde filmmaker of the Beat era who gained international admiration for his work, died on July 7.
‘Very little enterprise-wide uptake of Vista’
Intel, the world’s biggest chipmaker business partner of Microsoft, has no immediate plans to roll out the Windows Vista operating system to all its employees.
Apple unveils new iPhone with faster web, GPS
Apple has unveiled a new version of its popular iPhone built for high-speed wireless networks with faster internet access and more features.