|
|
| May. 8 |
Oakland City Hall |
Oakland police chief steps down 
| Howard Jordan abruptly stepped down, citing an unspecified medical reason. He led the force for 19 months, a time of Occupy protests, budget cuts | |
|
| May. 4 |
Oakland |
Boston priest named bishop of Oakland |
|
|
| Mar.21 |
Oakland City Hall |
Oakland councilmembers accused of ethics violations |
|
| Mar.18 |
San Francisco |
Twitter co-founder eyes NYC mayor's job |
|
| Mar.1 |
San Jose City Hall |
Shirakawa used public funds to fuel gambling habit County Supervisor George Shirakawa Jr., appears on a felony complaint that says he forged documents and used taxpayer money for personal use
|
|
| Feb.26 |
SF City Hall |
Katy Tang named to SF Board of Supervisors |
|
| Feb.24 |
San Francisco |
Former Pres. Carter critical of Obama during SF speech |
|
| |
|
| Feb.1 |
SF City Hall |
San Francisco officials urge football fans to behave |
|
|
| Jan.23 |
Oakland City Hall |
Oakland City Council votes to hire Bratton
|
| |
|
|
|
| Oct.10 |
SF City Hall |
Mirkarimi returned to work, seeking to mend fences |
|
|
| Sep.30 |
Richmond |
City councilman to press charges against man over attack |
|
| Sep.17 |
San Jose City Hall |
San Jose police chief announces his retirement |
|
|
| |
|
| Aug.16 |
SF City Hall |
Ethics Commission: Mirkarimi guilty of misconduct The commission has voted 4-1 that Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi is guilty. There has been no official ruling as to whether he will lose or keep his job
|
| |
SF City Hall |
SF panel wrapping up probe of sheriff's conviction |
|
|
| May.21 |
Golden Gate Park |
Nancy Pelosi gets SF street named after her |
|
|
| |
|
|
| Mar.19 |
San Francisco |
Sheriff Mirkarimi sentenced for false imprisonment San Francisco's sheriff was sentenced to 3 years' probation and must undergo a domestic violence program for a New Year's Eve dispute with his...
|
|
| Feb.7 |
Oakland City Hall |
'Anonymous' hacks personal info of Oak. Officials
|
| Feb.4 |
San Francisco |
Mirkarimi's request to see son denied |
|
|
| Jan.13 |
SF City Hall |
Mirkarimi charged with domestic violence| DA George Gascon's office is charging Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi with domestic violence battery, child endangerment and dissuading a witness | |
|
| Jan.8 |
SF City Hall |
Sheriff Mirkarimi sworn in under cloud
|
|
| |
|
| Oct.30 |
SF City Hall |
Mayors take heat after 'Occupy'
|
| |
|
| Oct.20 |
Oakland |
Former mayor testifies in suit over firing |
|
| Oct.13 |
Oakland City Hall |
Howard Jordan sworn in as interim chief |
|
| Oct.11 |
Oakland City Hall |
Police chief resigning after 2 years
|
| Jun.12 |
San Francisco |
Newsom announces birth of second child |
|
| |
|
| Apr.26 |
SF City Hall |
Greg Suhr named new S.F. police chief Capt. Suhr, a 30-year veteran of the SFPD whose roller-coaster career has included an indictment, is Mayor Ed Lee's pick to be police chief
|
| Feb.17 |
Redwood City |
Obama meets with Silicon Valley tech elite 
Map of Ca%F1ada Community College Redwood City| President Barack Obama invited Steve Jobs, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Oracle CEO Larry Ellison and Google CEO Eric Schmidt | |
|
| |
|
| Feb.4 |
Oakland City Hall |
OPD Chief Batts to stay in Oakland |
|
| Feb.1 |
San Jose City Hall |
Department veteran becomed police chief Chris Moore was City Manager Debra Figone's pick over Oakland Police Chief Batts. The City Council voted unanimously to approve Figone
|
| Jan.11 |
SF City Hall |
Gavin Newsom changes offices at last |
|
| Jan.9 |
SF City Hall |
Police chief named district attorney| George Gascon was sworn as San Francisco's new district attorney in what Mayor Gavin Newsom called his final mayoral act | |
|
| Jan.7 |
SF City Hall |
Lee tentatively named interim SF mayor| The supes has tentatively selected City Administrator Ed Lee as interim mayor, the first Asian-American mayor in San Francisco history | |
|
| Jan.5 |
SF City Hall |
Ed Lee to have votes to be interim mayor |
|
| Jan.3 |
Oakland City Hall |
Quan sworn in as Oakl first female mayor
|
|
| Dec.2 |
San Francisco |
Man gets 21 months for Pelosi threats
|
| |
|
| Nov.14 |
SF City Hall |
Uncertainty reigns over replacing mayor |
|
| Nov.4 |
San Francisco |
Harris in front as next attorney general San Francisco DA Kamala Harris squeezed past her GOP opponent to take a narrow lead in the race for state attorney general
|
| Oct.17 |
Napa |
Bill Clinton visits to stump for Dems |
|
| Aug.4 |
Oakland City Hall |
Mayor Ron Dellums Won't Seek Re-Election |
|
| |
|
| Jul.27 |
Oakland |
Ex-Rep. Tauscher Diagnosed With Cancer |
|
| Jul.26 |
San Jose City Hall |
Police Chief Announces Retirement |
|
| May.26 |
Fremont |
Obama Touts Alternative Energy |
|
| Apr.28 |
San Francisco |
SF Fed Bank chief may get No. 2 US spot |
|
| |
|
| Apr.7 |
SF Tenderloin |
Man Arrested Over Pelosi Threats
|
| Feb.23 |
San Francisco |
Newsom Testifies In Computer Case |
|
| |
|
|
| Dec.29 |
BART |
BART To Appoint Interim Police Chief |
|
| Dec.1 |
Campbell |
Nation's Youngest Openly Gay Mayor
|
| Oct.9 |
San Francisco |
Ammiano Won't Apologize For Heckling Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's office is speaking out about insults he faced at a San Francisco Democratic fundraiser
|
| |
|
| Aug.12 |
Oakland City Hall |
Dellums Names New Oakland Police Chief |
|
| Jun.25 |
East Bay |
Tauscher Gets State Department Post |
|
| May.22 |
Oakland City Hall |
City Hires New Schools Superintendent |
|
| Apr.26 |
San Francisco |
Dalai Lama serves hope to SF homeless |
|
| Apr.3 |
San Francisco |
Ed Jew Sentenced To More Than 5 Years Former city supervisor was sentenced by a federal judge to 5 years and 4 months in prison for seeking to extort $80,000 from small businesse...
|
| Mar.27 |
Coliseum |
Mayor forgoes speech at officers' funeral Ron Dellums attended funeral for four slain city police officers, but did not speak at the request of at least one killed officer's family
|
| Jan.28 |
Oakland City Hall |
Police Chief Blasts City Council, Resigns |
|
| |
|
| Jan.8 |
SF City Hall |
Chiu Elected Board Of SF Sups President |
|
|
| Dec.20 |
SF City Hall |
Police chief to retire
|
| |
|
| Nov.24 |
UC Berkeley |
Obama tapping Berkeley economist Romer |
|
| |
|
| Jul.26 |
Newsom |
Newsom marries actress Siebel in Montana 40-year old San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom to marries 34-year-old Jennifer Lynn Siebel at Siebel's parents' ranch
|
| Jun.27 |
Oakland City Hall |
Embattled City Administrator Out Of Job Mayor Ron Dellums placed Deborah Edgerly on administrative leave. The 56-year old Edgerly tried to protect her nephew, a gang member
|
| Jun.6 |
SF Zoo |
Director Quits 6 Months After Tiger Attack
|
| |
|
| Jan.10 |
SF City Hall |
Embattled Supervisor Ed Jew Resigns Post |
|
| Jan.2 |
San Francisco |
Rep. Lantos retires due to cancer
|
| Jan.1 |
SF City Hall |
Mayor Newsom engaged to actress Siebel San Francisco Mayor proposed to actress Jennifer Siebel in Hawaii and the couple are now engaged to be married
|
|
| Nov.13 |
San Francisco |
Gov. Halts Bay Fishing; Blasts Oil Spill
|
| Nov.12 |
San Jose |
Gore joins Kleiner Perkins to push green |
|
| Nov.2 |
San Francisco |
Bill Clinton Promotes Hillary, Book
|
| |
|
| |
SF Downtown |
Al Gore, U.N. Body Win Nobel Peace Prize
|
| Oct.11 |
San Francisco |
Gore Speaks In SF Amid Nobel Speculation
|
| Sep.21 |
San Francisco |
Ed Jew pleads not guilty to fraud charge |
|
| Sep.10 |
SF City Hall |
Newsom Asks Over 100 Staffers To Resign Mayor, who faces scant competition in the election, was asking all of his more than 100 political appointees to resign before his first term ends
|
| |
|
| Aug.20 |
San Francisco |
Ed Jew Pleads Not Guilty To Charges |
|
| Jun.20 |
SF City Hall |
Mayor calls cocaine accusation cheap shot Gavin Newsom fired back at Supervisor Chris Daly over Daly's charge that the mayor is hiding a cocaine addiction
|
| |
|
| Apr.15 |
SF Downtown |
Clinton Talks To Nat. School Boards Ass. |
|
| Mar.17 |
Oakland Downtown |
Presidential Hopeful Obama Campaigns
|
| Feb.2 |
San Jose |
Gore speech focuses on global warming |
|
| Feb.1 |
SF City Hall |
Mayor Newsom's sorry
|
| Jan.31 |
SF City Hall |
Mayor's aide resigns after affair Alex Tourk is revealing he had knowledge about an affair that his wife had with Newsom
|
| |
|
| Jan.9 |
San Jose City Hall |
Reed Sworn In As Mayor
|
| Jan.3 |
San Francisco |
Disaster Response Chief Resigns |
|
| Jan.2 |
Oakland City Hall |
Mayor Dellums Begins Term |
|
|
| |
|
| May.21 |
San Francisco |
VP Dick Cheney Quietly Arrives In SF |
|
| Mar.17 |
Oakland |
Chertoff Concerned About Bay Area Ports
|
| Mar.8 |
Oakland |
Woman Says Mayor Broke Her Phone |
|
| |
|
| Feb.25 |
San Jose |
Gov. Talks 'Boldness' At GOP Convention |
|
| Jan.29 |
SF Downtown |
Hillary Clinton spoke at fundraising event |
|
|
| Dec.15 |
San Francisco |
New Archbishop From Salt Lake City
|
| |
|
| Oct.13 |
SF City Hall |
Treasure Island Director Fired |
|
| |
|
| Jul.27 |
Livermore Lab |
Homeland Security Secretary Visits Labs |
|
| Jun.19 |
San Quentin |
Louis Farrakhan Meets With Inmates |
|
| Jun.5 |
SF Downtown |
Al Gore: Global Warming a Real Threat |
|
| May.13 |
San Francisco |
Archbishop Levada new Vatican enforcer William Levada has a track record of upholding Roman Catholic policies while deftly handling controversy
|
| Apr.28 |
Alameda |
Laura Bush Promotes Literacy at school |
|
| Mar.20 |
SF Downtown |
VP Quietly Slips Into Town For Fundraiser |
|
| Feb.4 |
San Francisco |
Kevin Shelley Announced Resignation
|
| |
|
| Jan.18 |
San Jose City Hall |
Councilman resigns, agrees to charges
|
| Jan.5 |
SF City Hall |
Mayor Newsom and wife filing for divorce
|
|
| |
|
| Aug.10 |
San Jose City Hall |
Chief information officer Grycz resigns |
|
| Jul.15 |
San Francisco |
Brown to run for insurance commissioner |
|
| |
|
| Apr.12 |
SF City Hall |
Vet named department's first female chief |
|
| Mar.30 |
SF City Hall |
Former SFPD chief Fagan Sr. retires |
|
| Feb.19 |
SF City Hall |
Shakeup in SFPD command staff |
|
| Feb.16 |
San Jose City Hall |
Mayor Gonzales Back at Work |
|
| Jan.28 |
San Jose City Hall |
Mayor suffers mild stroke during speech Ron Gonzales suffered a minor stroke in the middle of an annual program that assesses the state of the city
|
| Jan.19 |
SF City Hall |
Newsom named Alioto-Pier as supervisor |
|
| Jan.18 |
SF City Hall |
Mayor replaces police chief, names woman
|
| Jan.10 |
SF City Hall |
Newsom named woman as Fire Chief |
|
| Jan.8 |
SF City Hall |
Gavin Newsom takes office as mayor Wealthy businessman was inaugurated as San Francisco's youngest mayor in more than a century
|
|
| |
|
| Aug.27 |
SF City Hall |
Alex Fagan Sr. named chief of SFPD |
|
| Aug.11 |
SF City Hall |
Police chief announces retirement |
|
| Jun.27 |
SFO |
Bush makes quick dash in collecting money |
|
| Jun.2 |
Oakland City Hall |
State takes over Oakland schools
|
| May.2 |
Santa Clara |
Bush speaks at United Defense Industries
|
| Feb.28 |
SF City Hall |
Indicted Police Chief in Place for Now |
|
| |
|
|
| Sep.16 |
Alameda |
Mayor dies; police say possible suicide |
|
| Jul.11 |
SF City Hall |
Earl Sanders Nominated as Police Chief |
|
| Jun.20 |
SF City Hall |
Police chief announces retirement |
|
| |
|
| Apr.30 |
Santa Clara |
Bush spoke about tax cuts |
|
|
| |
|
| Mar.22 |
San Jose |
Mexican president visits San Jose |
|
|
| May.15 |
SF City Hall |
S.F. picks D.C. chief to run its schools |
World News 
USA 
California 
Bay Area 
Politics 
Leaders (74)
World Leaders
March (3)
Leader Health Problem (6)
Nomination (33)
Sworning-in (12)
Political Resignation (77)
Scandal (38)
Retired Politician (18)
Leaders & Business Leaders (11)
Leaders & Election
Leaders & Female Politician (26)
Leaders & Homosexual (4)
Leaders & Law (7)
Leaders & Police (70)
Leaders & Religion (6)
Leaders & Schools K-12 (20)
Leaders on Wikipedia
Leaders on Web
Real Estate
Chart Time by Topic
World Leaders News Timeline 
