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San Francisco's vaunted tolerance dims amid brazen crimes

Politically liberal San Franciscans are used to living cheek by jowl with open drug use, feces-infested streets and petty crime. But a surge in home break-ins and brazen shoplifting has some residents feeling that the city they fell in love with is in decline.

Will new bacon law begin? California grocers seek delay

A coalition of California restaurants and grocery stores has filed a lawsuit to block implementation of a new farm animal welfare law, adding to uncertainty about whether bacon and other fresh pork products will be much more expensive or in short supply in the state when the new rules take effect on New Year's Day.

Online inflation hits record high in November

Prices increased 3.5% compared to a year ago which is the highest year-over-year increase since 2014 when Adobe started tracking how much consumers are paying for goods online.