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Speaker Mop & Glo made headlines for her call to investigate opponents of the Ground Zero mosque, but there was something else about her remarks that should have raised your hackles: “There is no question there is a concerted effort to make this a political issue by some. And I join those who have called for looking into how is this opposition to the mosque being funded,” she said. “How is this being ginned up that here we are talking about Treasure Island, something we’ve been working on for decades, something of great interest to our community as we...

MODBEE.COMAlameda County personnel return from the search on San Francisco Bay near the Berkeley Marina on Thursday. A Christmas tree lies discarded in front of the Peterson house in Modesto's La Loma area Thursday. AL GOLUB/THE BEE Object spied in bay January 10, 2003 Posted: 04:55:08 AM PST By PATRICK GIBLIN and JOHN COTÉ The Laci Peterson investigation turned grim Thursday with the discovery of one body and possibly another in San Francisco Bay. Authorities pulled only one body from the water, and it was not Peterson's, Modesto police quickly determined. Then, at 6:30 p.m., police announced that a sonar...

<p>The Good Book is old hat in Marin County, where the teachings of Gautama Buddha and a host of New Age spiritualists are beginning to eclipse the Bible as the most prevalent guidebook for a better life.</p> <p>A recently released survey by San Francisco's Institute of Jewish and Community Research shows that a far higher percentage of people in Marin County than in the rest of the country embrace alternative religions or no religion at all.</p>

<p>An oil company that won state permission to increase toxic pollution into San Francisco Bay by nearly 400 percent -- just four months after donating $55,500 to Gov. Gray Davis -- apparently met with Davis' top environmental adviser the week before the donation, the Mercury News has learned.</p>