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Harvey Milk Statue To Be Unveiled |
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Firm picked to install SF solar power system| The Utilities Commission selected Recurrent Energy to install 30,000 solar panels on the roof of the Sunset Reservoir | |
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| May. 6 |
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Mission Paint Store Okd
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| Apr. 26 |
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Cindy Sheehan plans to run for Congress
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| Apr. 18 |
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Torch visit cost hundreds of thousands |
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| Apr.4 |
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Feds wants city to return $5.4m grant
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| Apr.2 |
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City officials move to cut overtime pay |
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1 Dead, 5 Hurt In 2-Alarm Blaze
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| Mar.27 |
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Supes Consider Dueling Torch Measures |
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| Mar.25 |
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Supe Looks To Curb Business Energy Use |
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| Mar.19 |
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City Hall handicap ramp will cost $1 Million Wheelchair-bound Supervisor Michela Alioto-Pier can't access parts of the Supervisor's Chambers; the facility doesn't comply with handicap l...
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Visa Soars In Largest-Ever IPO
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| Mar.17 |
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Tibet Activists Want Torch Run Canceled A group of protestors in support of a free Tibet were unsuccessful in their efforts to ask Mayor Newsom to cancel the Olympic ceremony in the...
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| Mar.12 |
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Payment for hurt in altercation w/officer |
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| Mar.9 |
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Newsom Considers Run For Governor
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| Mar.5 |
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City to pay $21M to family of crash victim |
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| Feb.28 |
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Nightclub reforms to make loitering a crime |
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$1.6m in reverse discrimination suit |
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| Feb.26 |
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Academy of Art saving Flower Mart |
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Visa readies record $18.8 billion IPO
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| Feb.7 |
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TIC owners decry condo conversion rules |
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| Jan.30 |
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Restaurants asked to ban trans fats
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| Jan.19 |
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Investigators ordered to patrol streets |
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Apple introduces slim notebook
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| Jan.10 |
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Embattled Supervisor Ed Jew Resigns Post
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| Jan.4 |
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Mayor plans low-key sworn-in affair |
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| Jan.1 |
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Mayor Newsom engaged to actress Siebel| San Francisco Mayor proposed to actress Jennifer Siebel in Hawaii and the couple are now engaged to be married | | |
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Tiger escapes and killed visitor
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| Dec.1 |
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City offers gift cards for guns
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| Nov.20 |
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ID Cards For Undocumented Immigrants
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Growing Oil Spill Closes Bay Beaches
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| Nov.7 |
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Refund Asked From Vote Machine Maker
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| Nov.6 |
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Newsom re-elected as mayor| The mayor has been re-elected after easily eclipsing a field of candidates that included a colorful cast of characters but no serious rivals. An early absentee ballot count gives Newsom an insurmountable lead over his nearest opponent. With 45,000 absentee ballots for mayor about 41% of the total votes ... | |
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Mayoral Race Results Could Take Days
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| Nov.4 |
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SF Fighting Mayoral Election Apathy
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| Nov.1 |
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Mayor Newsom Casts Absentee Ballot |
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| Oct.29 |
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State Of City Speech: SF Making Progress |
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Al Gore, U.N. Body Win Nobel Peace Prize
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| Sep.30 |
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Newsom Announces Pick For HRC Director |
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| Sep.25 |
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Mayor Suspends Supervisor Ed Jew| Gavin Newsom replaced the supervisor with his Deputy Budget Director, Carmen Chu | |
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| Sep.20 |
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Ed Jew Faces Fed Charges| Mayor Gavin Newsom called on embattled Supervisor to resign in the face of new federal extortion charges on top of state charges | |
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Design Picked For Transbay Terminal
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| Sep.14 |
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Over 100 Comply With Request To Resign |
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| Sep.10 |
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Newsom Asks Over 100 Staffers To Resign Mayor, who faces scant competition in the election, was asking all of his more than 100 political appointees to resign before his first term ends
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| Aug.29 |
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EarthLink Kills City Wi-Fi Deal The financially struggling Earthlink Inc. bowed out of a deal to join Google in providing free wireless Internet access throughout the city
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| Aug.10 |
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Hall To Challenge Newsom; Daly Out |
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Black Muslim bakery assets to be liquidated
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Bonds breaks home run record
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| Jul.29 |
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City seeks to evict squatters |
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| Jul.3 |
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Ed Jew Responds To Residency Claims |
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| Jun.22 |
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Newsom prohibits city using bottled water |
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| Jun.20 |
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Mayor calls cocaine accusation cheap shot Gavin Newsom fired back at Supervisor Chris Daly over Daly's charge that the mayor is hiding a cocaine addiction
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| Jun.18 |
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City Attorney Seeks To Remove Ed Jew |
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| Jun.12 |
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Arrest Warrant For Supe Jew For Perjury A city supervisor under investigation by the FBI for allegedly extorting a bribe was charged by local prosecutors with lying about where he lived
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Unpredictable Whales Slip Out To Sea
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| May.24 |
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Tony Hall Announces S.F. Mayoral Run |
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| May.18 |
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FBI Searches Supervisor Ed Jew's Office Agents also searched 4 other locations connected to Jew. They removed several items from Jew's offices
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| Apr.11 |
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Newsom Cleared In Tourk Timesheets
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| Apr.4 |
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Mayor calls for scrutiny in Critical Mass |
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| Mar.27 |
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S.F. Board Bans Plastic Grocery Bags
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| Mar.6 |
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Mayor mulls making bus rides free |
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Rain Blamed For Telegraph Hill Landslide
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| Feb.11 |
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Mayor opens re-election headquarter |
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| Feb.6 |
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Supervisor Calls On Mayor To Resign |
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| Feb.1 |
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Mayor Newsom's sorry
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| Jan.31 |
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Mayor's aide resigns after affair Alex Tourk is revealing he had knowledge about an affair that his wife had with Newsom
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| Jan.29 |
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Mayor's Aide Accused Of Dirty Tricks |
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Apple unveils all-in-one iPhone
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| Nov.30 |
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35 Officers Disciplined In Video Scandal
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49ers dump Candlestick for Santa Clara
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| Nov.1 |
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Bill Clinton Rallies To Support Prop. 87 |
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10 Shot At Halloween Party
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| Aug.18 |
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Strip Club Crackdown Proposed
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| Jul.29 |
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Mayor Gives Blair Key To City
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| Jul.18 |
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Supes Pass Health Care For Uninsured The Board voted unanimously to approve legislation that creates the Health Access
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Apple sued over stock options
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| May.30 |
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3 Suspicious Items Harmless |
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SF Picks Google, EarthLink For Wi-Fi A city panel identified Google and EarthLink as the best candidates to complete the ambitious project
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Record For Rainy March
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| Feb.6 |
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Police chief questions 'use of force' report Heather Fong called Chronicle's series 'irresponsible,' saying she is concerned about the report's accuracy
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| Jan.31 |
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Chamber Calls Falun Gong Homophobic |
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| Jan.19 |
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Mayor Accuses Conductors Of Stealing Newsom has accused the city's cable car conductors of pocketing fares, stirring the ire of the union
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| Dec.30 |
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City Murder Rate Highest In 10 Years Police Department maintains that many of the 96 killings this year could not have been prevented
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| Dec.24 |
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City Seeks Wi-Fi Proposals For City |
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| Dec.8 |
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Police Officers Suspended Over Video
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| Dec.7 |
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Video sparked investigation into SFPD 
Video footage released by Newsom has sparked an investigation into allegations of racism, sexism and corruption
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| Dec.3 |
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Mayor Recruits Students For Anti-Graffiti |
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Liquor Store Attacks Possible Hate Crimes
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| Oct.13 |
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Treasure Island Director Fired |
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| Sep.22 |
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Officials Approve Ski Jump Event |
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| Aug.24 |
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SF Cancels Weekend Ski Jump |
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| Jun.20 |
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Fire Chief In Domestic Violence Incident
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| Jun.7 |
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Ordinance Introduced On Corpse Exhibits
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| Jun.6 |
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Newsom Wants Legislation On Pit Bulls |
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SF Gets Stem Cell Headquarters
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| Apr.26 |
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4 schools to close |
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| Mar.30 |
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New Pot Clubs Stopped After Moratorium |
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| Mar.22 |
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Pot clubs prohibited in sobriey facilities |
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| Feb.13 |
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Same-sex anniversary rally |
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| Jan.26 |
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City considering fee on grocery bags |
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| Jan.25 |
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Smoking banned in some outdoor spaces |
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| Jan.11 |
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Dog humane treatment law passed |
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| Jan.5 |
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Mayor Newsom and wife filing for divorce
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| Oct.25 |
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Mayor vows to join pickets to end lockout |
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Secret recording: Bonds used steroids
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| Aug.12 |
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Calif. Supreme Court voids gay marriages. San Francisco
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| Jul.19 |
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Strip club doors in D.A. probe |
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| May.25 |
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Sups Back DA's Death Penalty Decision |
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| May.3 |
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Care not Cash initiative go into effect
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African elephant dies
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| Apr.20 |
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Police officers denounce District Attorney |
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| Apr.12 |
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Vet named department's first female chief |
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Police officer killed, another wounded
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| Mar.30 |
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Former SFPD chief Fagan Sr. retires |
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| Feb.26 |
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Rosie O'Donnell weds longtime girlfriend
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| Feb.19 |
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City sues state over gay marriages |
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Shakeup in SFPD command staff |
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| Feb.12 |
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Officials perform first gay marriages In an open challenge to state law, city performed nearly 100 same-sex weddings
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| Feb.5 |
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Former SFPD chief wants millions from city |
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Pixar dumps Disney
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| Jan.19 |
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Newsom named Alioto-Pier as supervisor |
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| Jan.18 |
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Mayor replaces police chief, names woman
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| Jan.15 |
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Supervisors pressured into voting |
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| Jan.10 |
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Newsom named woman as Fire Chief |
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| Jan.8 |
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Gavin Newsom takes office as mayor Wealthy businessman was inaugurated as San Francisco's youngest mayor in more than a century
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| Dec.9 |
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Gavin Newsom New San Francisco Mayor Supervisor Gavin Newsom, 36, beat rival Matt Gonzalez and will replace outgoing mayor Willie Brown
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| Nov.27 |
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Moscone, Milk Murders, 25th Anniversary |
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Bonds won record sixth MVP
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| Nov.4 |
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Newsom faces runoff |
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| Aug.27 |
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Alex Fagan Sr. named chief of SFPD |
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| Aug.11 |
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Police chief announces retirement |
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Champion kickboxer slain in hit-and-run
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| Jul.2 |
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Police chief asks court to clear his name |
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| Mar.25 |
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Demonstrations cost city $1 million a day |
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600 protesters arrested
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| Mar.11 |
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DA drops charges against police chief
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| Mar.6 |
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Transcripts: uncertainty of conspiracy |
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| Mar.3 |
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Police chief takes medical leave |
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Fong in Line to Run SFPD |
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| Feb.28 |
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Indicted Police Chief in Place for Now |
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Police chief indicted in cover-up of brawl Earl Sanders and 9 other policemen have been indicted in connection with a brawl between off-duty officers and a bartender
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200,000 join protests against Iraq war
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| Nov.21 |
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3 off-duty S.F. cops probed in beating |
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| Jul.23 |
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City may get into pot-growing business |
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| Jul.11 |
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Earl Sanders Nominated as Police Chief |
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Noel get 4 years. New trial on murder
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| Apr.30 |
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City to pay for workers' sex-change |
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Rolling Blackouts Start
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| Feb.16 |
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Probe of minority contractors
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Columnist Art Hoppe Dies
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