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Bill would protect reporters' phone records 27 Aug 2013 | 03:50 am
According to the AP, state officials would be required to give journalists five days' notice before they issue subpoenas for telephone records under legislation that has passed the Assembly. Democrat...
Former commercial pilot gave KTVU fake names of Asiana pilots, 2 bloggers report 10 Aug 2013 | 09:47 am
Two bloggers are reporting that KTVU got the phony Asian names of pilots on the Asiana Airlines jet from a former commercial pilot who previously consulted with the station and was considered a reliab...
Patch to close as many as 300 sites, layoff 200-500 10 Aug 2013 | 09:39 am
Patch, the hyper local chain of websites owned by AOL, will be firing 200 to 550 of its employees and shutting down hundreds of its websites, according to TechCrunch, which is owned by AOL. AOL CEO T...
KGO-TV crew robbed in Oakland — even though they had a guard 7 Aug 2013 | 12:59 pm
Oakland police say a KGO-TV crew was robbed of camera equipment at gunpoint in broad daylight even while accompanied by a security guard. According to KPIX-TV, police said that three men accosted the...
Chinese-language paper denied access by sheriff's deputy after Asiana crash 31 Jul 2013 | 03:16 am
The Chinese-language Sing Tao Daily reports that one of its reporters, while trying to report on the passengers injured in the Asiana crash, was thrown out of San Francisco General Hospital by a deput...
News helicopter pilot arrested 26 Jul 2013 | 12:31 am
A former news helicopter pilot who worked in the Bay Area has been arrested for flying without a proper license and lying to officials, according to the Department of Justice. John Michael Dial, 57, ...
3 fired over fake pilot names gaffe 26 Jul 2013 | 12:19 am
KTVU has fired three veteran producers over the now famous gaffe in which anchor Tori Campbell read fake names for the four pilots in the Asiana Airlines crash. They are: • Roland DeWolk, investigati...
KTVU falls for hoax, airs racist names for pilots 13 Jul 2013 | 04:02 am
KTVU fell for a hoax today when it broadcast on its noon news the purported names of the pilots of Asiana Airlines Flight 214 that crashed at San Francisco International Airport on Saturday. The names...
Examiner sues Chronicle, alleging anticompetitive ad-pricing scheme 26 Jun 2013 | 08:46 am
The parent company of the San Francisco Examiner, SF Weekly and Bay Guardian filed a lawsuit today (June 25) alleging the Chronicle slashed advertising prices to stifle competition, according to a rep...
Brown won't gut public records act 21 Jun 2013 | 02:59 am
The Sacramento Bee is reporting this afternoon (June 20) that Gov. Jerry Brown is backing away from his plan to make key provisions of the Public Records Act voluntary, a move that critics had said wo...
