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Feinstein Wants To Charge WikiLeaks Founder With Espionage
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) _ California Senator Dianne Feinstein wants to prosecute Julian Assange for espionage. In an opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal, the chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence...
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California Senator Sees Dim Prospects For Stronger Gun Control Laws
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) – Legislation to outlaw gun clips such as the one allegedly used to by Jared Loughner in the deadly Arizona shootings that injured a congresswoman would be more difficult to pass...
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Bay Area Gays Applaud: Obama Won’t Defend DOMA, Feinstein Seeks Repeal
WASHINGTON (CBS / AP) — In a major policy reversal being cheered by the gay community in the Bay Area, the Obama administration said Wednesday it would no longer defend the constitutionality of a...
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Feinstein Urges Brown To Fold High-Speed Rail Authority
SACRAMENTO (CBS SF) – California Senator Dianne Feinstein is urging Governor Jerry Brown to roll the High-Speed Rail Authority under a state agency like the California Department of Transportation....
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Blue Shield Rate Hike Fuels California Campaign For Insurance Reform
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) – Health insurance premiums for more than 300,000 Blue Shield customers in California went up eight percent under a rate increase that took effect Thursday. “Our rates for...
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SF Mayor Lee Drives Muni Streetcar As System Celebrates 100 Years
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) — Mayor Ed Lee was behind the controls of San Francisco Municipal Railway’s streetcar Number 1 on Thursday. As part of the kickoff for the agency’s Centennial Celebration, he gave...
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Feinstein Wants California Legislators To Curb Abusive Lawsuits Over ADA
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) – Senator Dianne Feinstein is urging California legislators to address the problem of so-called “drive-by” lawsuits that are filed against business owners in the state. Feinstein...
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CBS 5 Poll: Prop. 29 Tobacco Tax Way Too Close To Call
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS 5) — With up to a quarter of California primary election ballots already cast and five days remaining until the deadline for voting, Proposition 29 (The Tobacco Tax for Cancer...
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CBS 5 Poll: California’s Democratic Leaders Lack Majority Approval Ratings
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS 5) — California’s top elected Democratic officials all lack majority approval ratings, according to a new KPIX-TV CBS 5 poll of the state’s voters that was released Tuesday. Gov....
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Feinstein: Intelligence Mistake, Inadequate Security To Blame For Libyan...
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS 5) — The head of the U.S. Senate’s Intelligence Committee said Wednesday that it appeared an intelligence mistake along with inadequate security were to blame for the Sept. 11...
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Feinstein Wins 4th Term By Wide Margin; Dems Keep Senate
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS / AP) – California voters decisively endorsed long-serving U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein on Tuesday, sending the powerful Democrat back to the nation’s capital for a fourth term as her...
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Sen. Feinstein Calls NRA ‘An Institution Of Gun Manufacturers’
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS/AP) — Sen. Dianne Feinstein, who’s leading the push to restore an assault weapon ban, acknowledged on Sunday that the effort faces tough odds to pass Congress and she blamed the...
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Senator Feinstein Pushes To End Forced-Feedings At Guantanamo Bay
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS/AP) — The chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee says she’s against the force-feeding of hunger strikers at the Guantanamo Bay detention center and she’s expressed her concerns...
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Sen. Feinstein Blasts Karzai Over Refusal To Sign Deal
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS/AP) — California Sen. Dianne Feinstein had strong words about Afghanistan’s president for refusing to sign an agreement governing the future of the American troop presence in his...
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Phil Matier: Lucas Downsizes Presidio Museum Proposal, But Is It Enough?
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS)— The Presidio Trust is looking over newly submitted plans for a highly-sought after plot of land in Crissy Field with one of the proposals backed by filmmaker George Lucas. The...
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Feinstein Encouraged By Pres. Obama’s Pledge To ‘Degrade And Destroy’ ISIS
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) – After calling President Barack Obama “too cautious” earlier this week, Senator Dianne Feinstein said she’s encouraged by his pledge to “degrade and destroy” the Islamic militant...
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Senate Creating Secret Encyclopedia Of US Spy Programs
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS/AP) — Trying to get a handle on hundreds of sensitive, closely held surveillance programs, a Senate committee is compiling a secret encyclopedia of American intelligence collection....
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Former ICE Head: Sheriff ‘Just Making Excuses’ In Fatal Shooting Of Woman On...
SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX 5) — A former Immigration and Customs Enforcement official has launched the latest salvo in the finger-pointing war over the case of the illegal immigrant who allegedly shot and...
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California Sen. Feinstein Urges North Korea Sanctions After Super Bowl...
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — Just days after a newly-launched North Korean satellite passed almost directly over Levi’s Stadium on Super Bowl Sunday, Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) took to the Senate...
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Sen. Feinstein Met By Protesters Demanding Anti-Trump Commitment
SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX 5) — U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein got an earful from progressives in her hometown who want her to put up a strong stand against Donald Trump. About 200 demonstrators stood on a...
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