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"Of course my client is going to cooperate," said Paula Canny , the attorney for Eliana Lopez. How much Lopez says on the stand, however, will depend on whether the district attorney will grant her immunity, Canny said. "The prosecutor has to consider...

Last month Mirkarimi said that the domestic violence he allegedly committed against his wife is "a private matter, a family matter." But the billboard is also a way to confront the "deafening silence" from City Hall in response to that archaic way of...

The billboard will read "Domestic Violence is NEVER a private matter" -- a reference to Mirkarimi's remark that the alleged incident was a "private matter." But La Casa de las Madres explained that the billboard was in reaction to Mirkarimi's guilt or...

Francisco Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi was today granted the right to unsupervised visits with his two year-old son. Photos by Luke Thomas. A family law judge today modified a court order to grant embattled Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi the immediate right to visit...

Francisco Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi announced yesterday the appointments of three high-level positions in his administration. “These appointments are a most important step toward addressing the enormous challenges facing our city with state prisoner...