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Driving Under the Influence means you were found to be driving with alcohol or other substances in your system. Here you can find more information about what comes next – court hearings, driver’s license (DL) suspensions or revocations, and more. Arrest for DUI: General Information I've just been arrested for DUI....

By leveraging these resources, victims can find the support and information they need to navigate their recovery both legally and personally. Being involved in an auto accident can be a traumatic and overwhelming experience. Navigating the aftermath—injuries, insurance claims, and possibly legal action—requires knowledge and suppo...

Everyone should have access to an attorney to help them navigate legal issues. The State Bar funds legal aid organizations throughout the state that provide legal services to Californians who have low and moderate incomes. These organizations focus on your issues, from custody and family law to disability rights and veterans ...

A lack of data instills trial-court judges with enormous, largely unrestrained sentencing power. Judges have various restrictions on what they can say publicly, and for that reason, you don’t often hear our voices in contemporary public-policy debates. But as momentum builds to address deep inequities in our criminal-justice syste...

UPDATE: Urban farm vs. housing in San Francisco? Tug over key site ends after developer rejects a deal with nonprofit. A developer who had planned to build townhomes on the site of the long-abandoned greenhouses in San Francisco’s Portola district has agreed to sell all or part of the property to a neighborhood nonprofit that want...

The Greenhouse Project, with the support of SF Parks Alliance, is working to develop Portola Farm, a permanent and community-centered urban agricultural hub at 770 Woolsey, the site of SF’s last remaining historic greenhouses.

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) -- Friends and colleagues were in mourning Saturday after learning of the death of longtime San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi. Adachi, who was 59, was having dinner with a friend in North Beach on Friday night when he began to have trouble breathing, according to Katy St. Clair, spokeswoman for the p...