Good Question: Were Buffalo Soldiers Stationed At The Presidio?
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS 5) – They fought against Native Americans in the 1800s and served in the Philippines during the Spanish American War. Monica Blakely in Hayward asked this Good Question: Was there...
View ArticleJudge Likely To Deny Government On ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ Order
RIVERSIDE (AP) — A federal judge said on Monday that she is learning toward denying a government request to delay her order halting the military from enforcing its ban on openly gay troops. U.S....
View ArticleMilitary Recruiters Told To Accept Gay Applicants After SoCal Ruling
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The military is accepting openly gay recruits for the first time in the nation’s history, even as it tries in the courts to slow the movement to abolish its “don’t ask, don’t tell”...
View ArticleSan Francisco Court Keeps ‘Don’t Ask Don’t Tell’ For Now
WASHINGTION (AP) — A federal appeals court says the military should keep in place its “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy for now. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday granted the Obama...
View ArticleGOP Gay Rights Group Fights ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’
SAN DIEGO (AP) — When he left the Bush administration in 2009, R. Clarke Cooper decided he had to raise his voice. The decorated Iraq war veteran had been serving in the Army, with some in his unit...
View ArticleObama Administration Asks High Court Not To Touch Gay Military Ban
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS / AP) ― The Obama administration urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday to keep the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy on gays in the military in place while a federal appeals court...
View Article‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ Opponents Request Accelerated Hearing
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A gay rights group is asking a federal appeals court to speed up its timeline for considering whether a judge was right to strike down the ban on gays serving openly in the...
View ArticleSan Francisco Veteran Joins Don’t Ask Don’t Tell Repeal Signing
WASHINGTON (CBS/BCN) – President Obama signed historic legislation to allow repeal of the 17-year-old “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy banning gay men and women from serving openly in the military on...
View ArticleROTC May Be Welcomed Back To Stanford After ‘Don’t Ask’ Repeal
PALO ALTO (KCBS) – Now that the president has signed the repeal of the military’s ban on openly gay service personnel, colleges nationwide may be reconsidering their affiliations with Reserve Officer...
View ArticleSpeier Seeks To Extend Military Benefits To Filipino WWII Vets
SAN MATEO (BCN) — Rep. Jackie Speier on Thursday introduced a bill in Congress that seeks to make Filipino veterans of World War II eligible for the same benefits available to U.S. veterans. Speier...
View ArticleStanford To Discuss Return Of ROTC
PALO ALTO (AP) — Stanford University is mulling the return of the U.S. military’s Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program after nearly 40 years. A faculty committee has sponsored meetings over the...
View ArticleVallejo 18-Year-Olds 1st Twin Sisters To Join U.S. Army
VALLEJO (AP) — Two Vallejo sisters have joined the U.S. Army in what their recruiters say may be the first case in California of identical twin girls signing up for service together. Eighteen-year-old...
View ArticleGovernment Asks SF Appeals Court To Uphold ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Obama administration may have concluded that laws targeting gay Americans are presumably unconstitutional, but it still asked a federal appeals court Friday to refrain for now...
View ArticleImmediate Don’t Ask Don’t Tell Repeal Sought In SF Court
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS / AP) — Gay rights advocates on Monday filed a challenge to a request by the Obama administration to keep the repealed “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy in place while the Pentagon...
View ArticleGOP Group Renews Call For End Of Gay Military Ban
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS/AP) – A Republican gay rights group is again asking a federal appeals court to immediately lift the ban on gays serving openly in the U.S. armed forces. Lawyers for Log Cabin...
View ArticleNo More New Crosses For Lafayette War Memorial
LAFAYETTE (CBS SF) — The last white cross has been hammered into the hillside memorial in Lafayette this week, memorial organizers said. The memorial, which was erected in 2006, had placed a cross for...
View ArticleCalifornia Bill To Keep Protesters Away From Military Funerals
SACRAMENTO (CBS / AP) — A bill designed to keep protesters away from military funerals heads to the governor’s desk after it overwhelmingly passed the California Senate. SB888 by Democratic Sen. Ted...
View ArticleOwner Of Lafayette War Memorial Site Dies
LAFAYETTE (CBS SF) — Longtime peace activist Louise Clark, who owned the property on which the “Crosses of Lafayette” war memorial was built, passed away Sunday at age 86. More than 4,000 crosses have...
View ArticleCloser Look: North Bay Group Helps Vets Get Housing
SANTA ROSA (CBS 5) — Next week, a North Bay veterans’ group will begin helping vets and their families with the basic need of housing. But getting a roof over their heads is just the beginning. The...
View ArticleLong Wait For Mental Health Support At Oakland’s VA Office
OAKLAND (CBS SF) – There is outrage in the Bay Area over Thursday’s announcement by the Department of Veterans Affairs that it’s increasing its staff of mental health workers by roughly 1,900...
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