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As Democrats kicked off their state convention in Anaheim on Friday, Democratic Rep. Xavier Becerra stopped short of making any big announcements after sitting down with reporters for a candid conversation about his interest in running for U.S. Senate. “I wouldn’t be looking at it if I didn’t think there was something there,” said Becerra, D-Los Angeles. Attorney General Kamala Harris, a Democrat, and Rep. Loretta Sanchez, D-Santa Ana, have already jumped into the race to succeed Sen. Barbara Boxer. Читать дальше...

The physical aspects of Russian Hill often are viewed via wide-angle lens — the contrast of old and new, large and small, hills against bay. A tight focus pays dividends of a different sort, especially with structures from when modest pride was par for the course. [...] they’re a big part of what makes this city distinct. Cityscape is a weekly look at a distinct slice of San Francisco, words and photographs courtesy jking@sfchronicle.com

There’s a tendency today to emphasize big moves in the design of a region’s high-profile buildings and landscapes, as if nothing matters except the first gasp of wonder from afar. The emerging vision for 13 acres of parkland to be created above San Francisco’s Crissy Field makes the case for a different reality: the pleasure of close encounters, spaces that offer intimacy as well as the drama of uncluttered views. The design concepts released this week show real progress toward creating spaces worthy of the setting. Читать дальше...

Amendments quietly added to pending trade legislation would require U.S. negotiators to discourage European nations from boycotting products made in Israael or "territories controlled by Israel'' -- that is, settlements in the occupied West Bank.

“I really do respect her passion for national security and her passion for intelligence,” former CIA Deputy Director Michael Morell told me during a tour to push his book, The Great War of Our Time: The CIA’s Fight Against Terrorism From al Qa’ida to ISIS, co-written with former CIA spokesman Bill Harlow. [...] in December 2012, when Morell was acting director, Feinstein gave him the Senate Intelligence Committee Report on the CIA’s Detention and Interrogation Program, which denied that the interrogation... Читать дальше...