The proposal to expand San Francisco's ban on plastic bags and to impose a 10-cent charge on all other bags handed out at the checkout stand or takeout counter now has Mayor Ed Lee's firm backing, all but assuring strong support for the pr…

RIDGEFIELD -- Juliana Starbuck, who pleaded guilty after police said she tried to remove more than $1.3 million from a safe deposit box while federal agents were at her family home in Ridgefield investigating her mother on tax-evasion char…