Gov. Palin put donors and friends in key posts
National |
October 24, 2008
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Articles by Charles Piller
536 articles since 1997
Jessica’s Law may not be hospitalizing more post-prison sex offenders
California | Local |
August 11, 2008
When voters overwhelmingly approved Jessica’s Law in fall 2006, many assumed it would lock away predatory child molesters and rapists who had slipped through the cracks of existing law. Read more
Earning big bucks with Jessica’s Law
California | Local |
August 10, 2008
A 2006 law intended to crack down on sex offenders has proved a bonanza for a small group of private psychologists and psychiatrists, 14 of whom billed California taxpayers last year for a half a million dollars or more each, a Times investigation found. Read more
The give and take for charity
California | Local |
July 6, 2008
For 24 years, Citizens Against Government Waste has exposed pork-barrel spenders and rallied tax critics. Read more
New details of tiger attack released
California | Local |
December 29, 2007
SAN FRANCISCO – The San Francisco Police Department on Friday
released dramatic notes from police dispatchers concerning the
Christmas Day tiger mauling that killed Carlos Sousa Jr., 17, and
seriously injured two men – revealing new details about the sequence
of events. Read more
Foundations align investments with their charitable goals
Business |
December 29, 2007
In a sharp break from past practice, major charitable foundations
are initiating or strengthening efforts to harmonize the social and
environmental effect of their endowment investments with their
philanthropic goals. Read more
Officials still puzzled by tiger’s escape from enclosure
California | Local |
December 28, 2007
The director of the San Francisco Zoo said Thursday that he had
overstated the height of the sheer wall in the tiger grotto – and
that the tiger that killed a teenage visitor on Christmas Day may
have been able to escape over the walls. Read more
Authorities unsure how tiger got out
California | Local |
December 27, 2007
SAN FRANCISCO – The director of the San Francisco Zoo and the city’s police chief said today that they still don’t know how a tiger managed to escape its enclosure on Christmas Day, mauling one man to death and seriously injuring two others. Read more
Escaped tiger kills patron at S.F. Zoo
California | Local |
December 26, 2007
A tiger escaped from its enclosure in the San Francisco Zoo on
Christmas Day, mauled one man to death and left two others seriously injured. Read more
