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PG&E |
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PG&E quarter profit triples Company earned $750 million, or $2.07 cents per share
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SF City Hall |
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5th elections director in 6 years
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SF City Hall |
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New city fire chief
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Pac Bell Park |
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Giants 3, Pittsburgh 1 |
| Aug.2 |
SF Presidio |
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Free Shuttle Buses Ply Presidio
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Pac Bell Park |
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Giants 3, Pittsburgh 0 |
| Aug.3 |
SF City Hall |
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Hundreds of dogs owners protest Owners gathered dogs of all sizes and breeds to protest tightening off-leash restrictions
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Pac Bell Park |
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Giants 4, Philadelphia 2 |
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San Francisco |
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3 years for setting kitten on fire
| Aug.4 |
Pac Bell Park |
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Philadelphia 12, Giants 2 |
| Aug.5 |
Pac Bell Park |
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Giants 8, Philad. 4 |
| Aug.6 |
SF City Hall |
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Parking Fines to Jump
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SF Sunset |
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$1000 Reward for Missing Girl
| Aug.7 |
Pacific Heights |
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Stabbing Death A doorman found a man at the top of the steps. Victim was stabbed several times
| Aug.8 |
San Francisco |
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Housing agency overpaid director
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SF Mission |
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Bicyclist Killed
| Aug.9 |
Gap |
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Gap cut 800 employees Clothing store job cuts were deeper than first reported
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Pacific Heights |
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Muni Lines Down
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San Francisco |
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Salon.com raises $2.5M, lays off 14
| Aug.14 |
San Francisco |
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Request to move trial Robert Noel and Marjorie Knoller, couple accused in dog attack, asks for change of venue
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Pac Bell Park |
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Giants 13, Florida 7
| Aug.15 |
San Francisco |
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Double homicide Suspect and possibly the guest were shot. Resident was the intended target of a robbery | |
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SF Presidio |
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Film company signs deal for space
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SF Sunset |
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Muni railcar hits pedestrian
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Pac Bell Park |
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Giants 2, Florida 1
| Aug.16 |
SF Tenderloin |
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Serial killer preys on gays A 42-year-old man alleges he was attacked by A. Ezerski, 19, a young man wanted in a 2 murders of gay men in Florida | |
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Pac Bell Park |
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Bonds Breaks Giant Record Giants 5, Florida 3. With 53 home runs Bonds established a new franchise single-season record
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Gap |
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Gap's profits down 52%
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San Francisco |
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Hangman's nooses found
| Aug.17 |
SF Downtown |
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Art Museum Director quits David Ross has resigned as director of the Museum of Modern Art
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San Francisco |
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Home invaders' killer jailed Detrick Washington, 25, who saved 4 lives, jailed for handling the robber's gun, a violation of his parole
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San Francisco |
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Factory ownes 3 months wages
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Pac Bell Park |
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Atlanta 2, Giants 1
| Aug.18 |
Pac Bell Park |
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Atlanta 3, Giants 1
| Aug.19 |
SF Sunset |
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17 people stung by bees At Sigmund Stern Grove's final public concert of the summer
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49ers |
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49ers 20, Raiders 17
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Pac Bell Park |
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Giants 4, Atlanta 1
| Aug.20 |
San Francisco |
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Olympic Committee Scoping out S.F.
| Aug.21 |
San Francisco |
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Brothers found shot in hotel
| Aug.22 |
SF Downtown |
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Rally for undocumented workers Unionists gathered next to Federal Building to demand the legalization of undocumented workers
| Aug.23 |
SF City Hall |
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Draft plan for dogs The Recreation and Park Department sifts through 2,400 responses on its proposed dog policy for SF parks
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North Beach |
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Brother died after hotel shooting
| Aug.24 |
SF Richmond |
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Unconfirmed report: Soltys seen The report places the mass murder suspect Nikolay Soltys in the Richmond district
| Aug.25 |
Candlestick |
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Seattle 28, 49ers 18
| Aug.26 |
San Francisco |
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4 men kidnapped woman Men in a van pulled up beside her carc and threw her inside. She fought, lost consciousness and woke up near golf course | |
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SF Downtown |
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LinuxWorld Expo World’s largest marketplace for Linux products and services. Moscone center
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San Francisco |
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Second woman drugged & assaulted A woman in her 20s found wandering the streets after drugged by assailants
| Aug.28 |
SF Bayview |
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Double Murder 22-year-old Herbert Monterroza may have killed parents so he with wife could move into their home | |
| Aug.29 |
Pac Bell Park |
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No more power boats in cove
| Aug.30 |
Schwab |
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Schwab cutting 2,400 more jobs Staff cuts of 1,600 to 1,900 employees, 200 contractors by October, 200 to 300 employees by end of 2001
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Golden Gate Park |
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Fire at Academy of Sciences
| Aug.31 |
SF Bayview |
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FBI, police arrest gang members 200 agents made 17 search and 16 arrest warrants to weaken Big Block gang which controlled drug trafficking | |
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San Francisco |
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Knoller's bail reduced Judge reduced bail to $1 million for Marjorie Knoller, a lawyer accused in the dog mauling death
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SF Bayview |
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Gang Member Gets 50 to Life Montrell Vines, 24, sentenced for attempted murder and weapons assault charges in connection to a shooting
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Pac Bell Park |
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Colorado, Giants 5-2
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