Anna Bretan sets women’s record in San Francisco Marathon, putting numbers to the state budget, the B word re-emerges to describe Bay Area housing market, more.
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Anna Bretan, 28, of Berkeley broke the San Francisco Marathon women’s record Sunday and Francois Lhuissier, 35, of Paris won the men’s race. Chronicle
Politics and government
Anne Campbell Washington, Mayor Jean Quan’s chief of staff, says she’ll keep her job while serving on the Oakland Unified School District board, to which she was appointed last week. Chronicle
Putting numbers to the state budget that state lawmakers passed Friday: it’s $96.3 billion from the general fund along with about $50 billion in spending from bonds and special funds, leaving a $1.1 billion reserve. Chronicle
Metropolitan Transportation Commission executive director Steve Heminger sought to assure state lawmakers that contractor incentives for the Bay Bridge eastern span to open by Sept. 3 will have nothing to do with the decision on when it opens. Contra Costa Times
A new Pew Research Center survey shows news coverage this spring has focused overwhelmingly on support for gay marriage versus opposition to it. Poynter
Other News from the weekend
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg assailed U. S. immigration policy during his commencement address at Stanford Sunday. Mercury News
Now that Bay Area housing has roared back, the B word, as in bubble, has started to re-emerge. Mercury News
A natural gas leak near the Moscone Center forced the evacuation of hundreds of residences and played havoc with Sunday afternoon traffic. Chronicle
San Jose-based Orchard Supply Hardware filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, largely owing to debt owed to former owner Sears, and competitor Lowe’s said it will buy at least 60 of Orchard’s 91 stores in California and assume debt owed to Orchard’s suppliers. Reuters
Concord is about to start repair work on 17 of its 31 bridges, plus build a new one, connecting Commerce Avenue with Waterworld Parkway. Contra Costa Times
Not quite as high-profile as the 49ers’ new digs, but work is underway on the San Jose Earthquakes’ new stadium near the airport. Mercury News
San Jose attorney Daniel Halpern was sentenced to state prison for embezzling more than $860,000 from a client in 2011. Bay City News Service
