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On December 13, 2003 The San Francisco Chronicle reported,"California corrections officials have agreed to serve kosher meals to Jewish inmates, settling a federal First Amendment lawsuit brought by a man serving a 60-year sentence for child molestation. The settlement arrived at this week requires the Department of Corrections to make kosher meals available at California State Prison Solano by Jan. 11. The prison is where Victor Wayne Cooper, an inmate and Orthodox Jew who brought the lawsuit, has been incarcerated since 1989. As part of the agreement, the state ... must make good-faith efforts to make kosher food available at its other prisons by 2006."
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SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Bank of America California President Janet Lamkin today named Janice Sears San Francisco Market President. Sears succeeds Steve Silvestri, who retired from Bank of America at the end of 2007 following a 32 year career with the company. Sears will retain her role as managing director and Western Region executive for Banc of America Securities.
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-- Organizers of this month's peace protest in San Francisco reported that they received their 100th organizational endorsement last week. The protest, which demands an immediate end to the US occupation of Iraq, will kick off on Saturday, October 27th at 11 am in the Civic Center with a number of nationally known speakers including former Episcopal Bishop of California Marc Andrus, former Attorney General Ramsey Clark and Students for a Democratic Society Co-Founder Tom Hayden. This will be followed by a march to Mission Dolores Park, where a peace convergence is planned.
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Smoking If San Francisco is California's most European city in looks and style, the comparison stops when it comes to smoking in public. Each year, smoking laws in the city become stricter. Since 1998, smoking has been prohibited in restaurants and bars. Hotels are ... offering more nonsmoking rooms, which often leaves those who like to puff out in the cold -- sometimes literally.
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San Francisco Gate - A trade group for real estate agents says the percentage of Californians who can afford to buy their first home increased in the last three months of 2007 compared to the same time a year earlier. The California Association of Realtors said Tuesday ......
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SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- NCM (New California Media), America's most diverse media network, today announced the speakers for the 2003 NCM EXPO and Awards. Presenters and honorees include some of the most celebrated leaders of government, business, and ethnic media, including "the first hip-hop media mogul" Russell Simmons, founder of Def Jam Music Group, San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown, and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi. The NCM EXPO will take place November 18 and 19, 2003, in San Francisco.
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