L.A. May Ban Silly String on Halloween
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LOS ANGELES - Banning Silly String in Tinseltown on Halloween? It's a proposal that to some seems almost too silly for words.    The City Council considers the issue no laughing matter, however, and on Tuesday gave preliminary approval to an ordinance banning the discharge of the gooey aerosol string in Hollywood on Oct...
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San Franciscoâs Board of Supervisors has banned the feeding of a tourist attraction.
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By Nicole C. Wong, San Jose Mercury News, Calif.  Feb.
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A California city's regulation requiring some distance between exotic dancers and their audience during a performance is constitutional, the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Wednesday.
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Bee Staff Writer. SANTA CLARA - The 49ers have struck a deal to transform Candlestick Park into &quot;The Monster,&quot; but San Francisco voters might have the final say on whether the beastly moniker sticks.
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Sick or sweet? Body parts, insects and other ghoulish confections make for a very scary holiday.
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Halloween is expected to scare up  record sales this year as more adults -- and pets -- join in  what was once mainly a children's dress-up event, filling a  void before the key Christmas shopping season.
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LOS ANGELES, California  -- &quot;Silly string,&quot; a colorful aerosol foam that children spray on each other, is not so silly after all, at least not in Los Angeles.
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San Francisco officials pondered  on Thursday whether to implement an unprecedented ban of  elephants from its zoo because of concerns about their  conditions in captivity.
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A Las Vegas law prohibiting strippers from fondling customers during lap dances is unconstitutionally vague, a judge ruled. District Court Judge Sally Loehrer affirmed a lower court ruling that as many as five misdemeanor criminal cases filed against Las Vegas strippers should be dismissed.
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A "prank" aimed at outing participants in the pick-up scene on Craig's List's "no strings attached" sex forums is a stunning invasion of privacy that could well turn out to be illegal. In 27B Stroke 6.
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The decision by Target Corp. to ban Salvation Army bell-ringers this year could take the jingle out of the collection bell, but the local Army operation hopes the community will rally so that doesn&#39;t happen.
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The US Food and Drug Administration is warning people who plan to use decorative contact lenses as part of a Halloween costume that the items can pose &quot;serious risks&quot; without the help of an eye-care professional.
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Medical experts in the Coachella Valley are warning parents to be careful about the types of gifts they give children this holiday season.
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SAN DIEGO | Santa's bag could be missing some cell phones this holiday season if a ban holds on new models of phones with chips from Qualcomm Inc.   The ban Thursday by the U.S.
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NEW YORK  - Simple precautions such as  adding reflective tape to costumes and accompanying young  children as they go from door to door will help families avoid  problems this Halloween, advises the American Academy of  Pediatrics.
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The city council is set to vote on a measure next week that would put a two-year moratorium on new outlets in South L.A. amid concern about high obesity rates there.