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Sharon Stone and Phil Bronstein were fixtures on San Francisco, California's social scene. But whispers began to fly about their marriages Bronstein, the executive editor of the "San Francisco Chronicle," started making solo appearances around town. Stone, meanwhile, seemed content to be off in Europe shooting the drama "A Different Loyalty." The couple, who wed on Valentine's Day in 1998 and have an adopted son, 3-year-old Roan, announced an "amicable" split on July 3, 2003. The pair stuck by each other through Bronstein's 1999 heart angioplasty, the bizarre 2001 Komodo-dragon encounter and Stone's near-death brain hemorrhage later that year. But they often were apart, with Bronstein in the newsroom--"He's a workhorse," says a former colleague--and Stone on location or in Los Angeles, where she owns a home and was spotted nearby having a drink with actress Rosanna Arquette and briefly chatting with pal Adrien Brody. Divorce papers filed by Bronstein suggest that he may plan to challenge an existing prenuptial agreement, which reportedly grants him a $1 million settlement (Stone's fortune when the pair wed was a reported $11 million).

This article focuses on the city of San Francisco, California and its decision to ban plastic shopping bags. The article explains that city supervisor Ross Mirkarimi led the legislation to ban the bags. The city is the first to ban plastic shopping bags from grocery stores and drug stores. A dozen U.S. cities and four states are considering similar bans.