International Business News - SAN http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Homebuilder Lennar Corp. said the San Francisco Board of Supervisors passed a resolution supporting a $2 billion plan to build thousands of homes and a new football stadium, to which Lennar would contribute up to $600 million. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081128/lennar-says-san-francisco-backs-redevelopment-plan.htm Fri, 28 Nov 2008 07:57:25 EST San Mateo County government officials are suing Lehman Brothers and its accountants to recover $150 million they say was lost when the investment bank filed for bankruptcy. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081114/california-county-government-officials-sue-lehman.htm Fri, 14 Nov 2008 11:02:07 EST An analyst says the deficit in the San Diego city employee pension system has more than doubled to $2.78 billion since the Wall Street meltdown. Actuary Joseph Esuchanko told the City Council on Wednesday that the pension fund has $6.56 billion in commitments, but only $3.78 billion in assets, as of Oct. 31. The deficit was $1.2 billion before the meltdown. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081113/san-diego-pension-deficit-swells-to-2-78-billion.htm Thu, 13 Nov 2008 12:31:21 EST Congress is on track to sign off on a deal to restore California's San Joaquin River, bringing water and salmon back to a now-dry stretch of the waterway that once nourished the state's farm fields, Sen. Dianne Feinstein said Tuesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081111/deal-reached-on-san-joaquin-river-legislation.htm Tue, 11 Nov 2008 17:39:42 EST Not quite everything goes in San Francisco. Voters in this liberal bastion have turned down measures that would have barred police from arresting prostitutes and name a local sewage plant after President Bush. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081105/s-f-rejects-prostitution-energy-measures.htm Wed, 05 Nov 2008 09:06:54 EST Nearly a dozen times over the past century, San Francisco voters have rejected ballot measures to support a takeover of the city's privately run electrical system. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081024/san-francisco-votes-on-electrical-system-takeover.htm Fri, 24 Oct 2008 10:22:32 EDT Voters here have rejected ballot measures to support a city takeover of San Francisco's privately run electrical system nearly a dozen times over the past century. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081023/san-francisco-votes-on-electrical-system-takeover.htm Thu, 23 Oct 2008 17:52:23 EDT In this live-and-let-live town, where medical marijuana clubs do business next to grocery stores and an annual fair celebrates sadomasochism, prostitutes could soon walk the streets without fear of arrest. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/156830-san-francisco-prostitution.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081021/san-francisco-weighs-decriminalizing-prostitution.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081021/san-francisco-weighs-decriminalizing-prostitution.htm Tue, 21 Oct 2008 17:48:07 EDT In a Sept. 30 story about an appeals court ruling on San Francisco's universal health care program, The Associated Press misidentified the labor expert who worked with city officials on Healthy San Francisco. His name is Ken Jacobs, not Ken Peters. The corrected version of this story appears below. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081002/correction-sept-30-healthy-san-francisco-story.htm Thu, 02 Oct 2008 00:41:54 EDT San Francisco's landmark universal health care program can continue to operate, after an appeals court ruled that it does not violate federal law. Tuesday's unanimous ruling by a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a lower court decision that the program, dubbed Healthy San Francisco, had placed an undue financial burden on struggling businesses. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081001/court-upholds-legality-of-sanfran-health-care-plan.htm Wed, 01 Oct 2008 11:13:40 EDT San Francisco's landmark universal health care program can continue to operate, after an appeals court ruled Tuesday that it does not violate federal law. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080930/court-upholds-legality-of-sanfran-health-care-plan.htm Tue, 30 Sep 2008 19:25:56 EDT The Turkish film "Pandora's Box" has won the top prize at Spain's San Sebastian Film Festival. A statement from the festival says the film's Tsilla Chelton also won one of two best actress awards given. The film is called "Pandoranin kutusu" in Turkish and is directed by Yesim Ustaoglu. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/140372-spain-san-sebastian-film-festival.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080927/turkish-film-pandoras-box-wins-at-san-sebastian.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080927/turkish-film-pandoras-box-wins-at-san-sebastian.htm Sat, 27 Sep 2008 12:48:35 EDT The San Sebastian Film Festival opened Thursday with a star-studded retinue including Woody Allen and Meryl Streep due to stroll the elegant promenades of the seaside city in Spain's northern Basque region. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/133401-spain-san-sebastian-film-festival.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080918/spains-san-sebastian-film-festival-opens.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080918/spains-san-sebastian-film-festival-opens.htm Thu, 18 Sep 2008 10:37:07 EDT Paramount Gold and Silver Corp. said Wednesday it will acquire the remaining 30 percent interest in its San Miguel project in Chihuahua, Mexico. Ottawa, Canada-based Paramount Gold said it signed an agreement to purchase the remaining interest from Tara Gold Resources Corp. for 7.35 million restricted common shares of Paramount. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080827/paramount-to-acquire-remaining-san-miguel-interest.htm Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:48:31 EDT A judge on Wednesday refused to reduce the $5 million bail of a San Francisco technology expert accused of rigging the city's computer system to malfunction during routine maintenance. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080723/alleged-sf-computer-saboteurs-bail-request-denied.htm Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:19:17 EDT A city computer engineer accused of tampering with San Francisco's new computer network to give himself exclusive access was ordered held on $5 million bail. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080717/engineer-accused-of-tampering-with-sanfran-network.htm Thu, 17 Jul 2008 08:40:39 EDT A city computer engineer accused of tampering with San Francisco's new computer network to give himself exclusive access was ordered held on $5 million bail. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080716/engineer-accused-of-tampering-with-sanfran-network.htm Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:38:28 EDT With gas at $4 per gallon, perhaps a Prius plant would have been better for San Antonio, but Toyota Motor Corp.'s three-month production halt at its new Tundra plant isn't as bad as it could have been. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080711/toyota-plant-halt-includes-silver-lining.htm Fri, 11 Jul 2008 11:50:45 EDT A power line "faulted" more than three hours before sparking the largest of Southern California's devastating wildfires last fall, state investigators reported. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080710/report-faults-detected-on-power-lines-before-fire.htm Thu, 10 Jul 2008 14:02:09 EDT The San Angelo Standard-Times on Tuesday named Becky Brackin general manager and said it expects her to replace Publisher Robert Aguilar when he retires at the end of the year. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080701/becky-brackin-named-san-angelo-standard-times-gm.htm Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:55:11 EDT