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The San Francisco skyline rises behind a row of Victorian homes. (Associated Press)

Edwin Lee, San Francisco mayor defends, sanctuary city policy after fatal shooting

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., smiles as she speaks to the Associated Press in her office on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 13, 2015. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) ** FILE **

California Congressional Dems had urged Jerry Brown to sign 2013 anti-deportation bill

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

President Obama and Vice President Joe Biden in the Rose Garden of the White House (Associated Press) **FILE**

White House blames GOP for Kathryn Steinle’s slaying, rise in gun violence

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

This undated photo released by the San Francisco Police Department shows Francisco Sanchez. A young woman was shot to death, apparently at random, while walking with her father and a friend along a popular pedestrian pier on Wednesday, July 1, 2015, at Pier 14 in San Francisco and died at a hospital. Police arrested Sanchez about an hour after the shooting. (San Francisco Police Department via AP)

Francisco Sanchez admits shooting woman, knew San Francisco would not detain him

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump waves as he arrives at a house party Tuesday, June 30, 2015, in Bedford, N.H. (AP Photo/Jim Cole) ** FILE **

Donald Trump’s comments on illegal immigrants divide 2016 GOP hopefuls

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Liz Sullivan (left) and Jim Steinle, parents of Kathryn Steinle, talk to members of the media outside their home in Pleasanton, Calif., on July 2, 2015. Kathryn Steinle was shot to death, apparently at random, while walking with her father and a friend along a popular pedestrian pier on the San Francisco waterfront on July 1. The woman was shot Wednesday evening at Pier 14 and died at a hospital. (Lea Suzuki/San Francisco Chronicle via Associated Press)

Kathryn Steinle fatally shot in San Francisco; suspect was deported five times: ICE

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

American television personality Kim Kardashian poses for photographers as she attends the Cannes Lions 2015 in Cannes, southern France, in this June 24, 2015, file photo. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau, File)

Kim Kardashian says sexy selfies can be empowering

By Lisa Leff - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 24, 2015 file photo, Kim Kardashian attends Variety's Power of Women Luncheon at Cipriani Midtown in New York. As a Commonwealth Club speaker, Kardashian joins a list that includes Teddy Roosevelt, Martin Luther King Jr., Bill Clinton, Nancy Pelosi and Bill Gates. The reality star is set to appear at Oakland’s Paramount Theatre on Tuesday, June 30, 2015, to discuss her new book of selfies and her famous family, along with “the business of millennial culture, (and) the objectification of women in media.” (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP, File)

Kim Kardashian to speak to prestigious Commonwealth Club

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President Obama reaches for his ball after making par while golfing on Dec. 29, 2014, on the 18th hole of the Mid Pacific Country Club in Kailua, Hawaii. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Obama spending Father’s Day weekend in golf destination

By Nedra Pickler - Associated Press

Rusty Humphries San Francisco

Rusty Humphries: My Summer So Far

By Rusty Humphries

A man holds his head during a memorial service for six Irish students at the Cathedral of Christ the Light Wednesday, June 17, 2015, in Oakland, Calif. The six Irish students died when a balcony collapsed during a party in Berkeley. (AP Photo/Beck Diefenbach)

Mass held for victims of Berkeley balcony tragedy

By Lisa Leff and Olga R. Rodriguez - Associated Press

Neil Sands of the Irish Network Bay Area places a flag of Ireland over wreaths at the Library Gardens apartment complex in Berkeley, Calif., Tuesday, June 16, 2015. Berkeley police say several people are dead and others injured after a balcony fell shortly before 1 a.m., near the University of California, Berkeley. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

6 balcony collapse victims in Berkeley mourned; probe underway

By Kristin J. Bender and Martha Mendoza - Associated Press

This image is a copy of an ad created and released by the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission. San Francisco is hoping racier-yet ads promoting water conservation _ like “Go Full Frontal,” for water-saving front-loading washers _ will encourage Bay Area residents to save yet more, to meet a state-mandated 10 percent cut in water use for the drought. Even with sexy public service announcements, it may be a tough sell. Bay Area residents already are among the thriftiest water users in the state, and the area’s water reservoirs are 90 percent full. (AP Photo/San Francisco Public Utilities Commission)

Sexy ads promote water saving with a wink in San Francisco

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER - Associated Press

Then-San Francisco 49ers' Ray McDonald (91) sits on the bench during the second half of an NFL football game against the Dallas Cowboys, Sunday, Sept. 7, 2014, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

Ray McDonald, Chicago Bears defensive end, arrested in domestic violence case

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Translator: Bassist Larry Decker (top left), guitarist Robert Darlington (top right), drummer Dave Scheff (front left) and vocalist/guitarist Steve Barton.

Steve Barton interview: Translator band of ‘80s releases demos on ‘Sometimes People Forget’

By Keith Valcourt - Special to The Washington Times

Pope Francis, flanked by rector of the Pontifical North American College James F. Checchio, right, Cardinal Marc Ouellet, left, and President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops Joseph Edward Kurtz, waves as he leaves Rome's Pontifical North American College on May 2, 2015. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Catholic Church in San Francisco introduces digital collection plate

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

In this Nov. 12, 2012 file photo, Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone, of San Francisco, center, and Archbishop William Lori, of Baltimore, listen to a speaker during the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops' annual fall meeting in Baltimore. Local Catholics have gone public with their complaints about the San Francisco archbishop. On Thursday, April 16, 2015, an advertisement in the San Francisco Chronicle shows more than 100 Catholics have signed a full-page newspaper advertisement asking Pope Francis to remove Cordileone. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky/File)

San Francisco Catholics deeply divided over archbishop

By JANIE HAR - Associated Press

San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone walks through a gate to Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory school after students, teachers and supporters gathered for a vigil outside of St. Mary's Cathedral in San Francisco, Friday, Feb. 6, 2015. The Roman Catholic archbishop is getting pushback from some parents, students and teachers at parochial schools after unveiling faculty handbook language calling on Catholic teachers to lead their professional lives consistently with church teachings on homosexuality, same-sex marriage, abortion and birth control. Non-Catholic teachers are asked not to publicly undermine the teachings. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Catholic pushback: Archbishop Cordileone is the ‘shepherd we need’

By Cheryl Wetzstein - The Washington Times