A bizarre Foreign Ministry report circulating in the Kremlin today states that this Friday past (11 May) Russian Envoy Vladimir Vinokurov, the Consulate General of San Francisco, was approached near his hotel room during a visit to Los Angles by an agent of the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) identifying himself as Stephen Ivens [photo top right] who warned that he and a former... 

Up and out: This friendly octopus wandered around on dry land for about 2 minutes after it climbed out of the water It’s a creature that’s so shy, scientists know little about its behavior in the wild. But an Eastern Pacific Red Octopus outside San Francisco, California, was friendly enough that it hoisted itself from the water and walked about on dry land, much to the amazement of spectators... 

Former Apple CEO, Steve Jobs, holds up new iPod Nano after introducing it at an event in San Francisco, California in this September 7, 2005 picture. Steve Jobs, the billionaire co-founder of the technology giant, Apple Inc., has died at the age of 56, succumbing to pancreatic cancer, says a brief company statement. “We are deeply saddened to announce that Steve Jobs passed away today,” AFP quoted... 

Frail: Steve Jobs is helped into a car by a friend outside his home in California. Looking gaunt and frail, this is Steve Jobs seen for the first time since his surprise departure from Apple last week. This picture, taken outside the technology mogul’s California home, fuelled fears that Jobs was nearing the end in his eight-year battle with pancreatic cancer. The 56-year-old Apple founder looked... 

Leave it to KGO, San Francisco’s most historic broadcast station, to be one of the only mainstream U.S. media groups to tell what appears to be, a fair story about the Greek authorities blocking of the Gaza blockade breaker: Freedom Flotilla II. KGO has always been a hallmark of media freedom on both radio and television. Today it is clear that a spirit of greatness still resides in this in their... 

In San Francisco, Russian leader Dmitry Medvedev greets California's first lady, Maria Shriver, with former secretary of State George Shultz in back. As President Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev focus on economic issues during their seventh meeting today, debate over the new nuclear arms treaty that is the cornerstone of improved U.S.-Russian relations will continue across town in the... 

The San Jose Mercury News reports: “In this predominantly white enclave of San Francisco that some locals quip should be dubbed, ‘Strollerville,’ parents walk past upscale shops with infants snuggled in the fashionable Swedish chest carriers. Mayor Gavin Newsom and his wife are hardly the only pregnant couple in a city suddenly threatening to belie that staple of Bay Area cocktail party statistics:...