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Aug.5   San Francisco Liberal arts college's president resigns  Martin Hamilton, the head of progressive New College of California, has resigned after the school was threatened with loss of accreditation

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  San Francisco   Woman Found Dead In Alcatraz Aquathlon  The 51-year-old Sara 'Sally' Lowes of Texas, who was competing in the 1.5-mile Alcatraz Challenge Aquathlon, was found dead

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Aug.6   Oakland SF High Speed Car Chase Ends In Oakland  A driver is in police custody after leading police on a chase across the Bay Bridge that reached 100 mph

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  Pac Bell Park Bonds 0-For-3 In Quest For 756  The game between the Nationals San Francisco was tied at 1 after nine innings

 49ers 49ers to wear throwback in Walsh's honor  The 49ers will wear their cherry-red throwback jerseys in their regular season opener against Arizona as part of a tribute to former coach

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Aug.7   San Francisco   CEO Convicted In Brocade Stock Trial

A former chief executive Gregory Reyes was convicted of defrauding investors in a stock options backdating scheme

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  South of Market   Transbay Terminal Design Ideas Submitted  The new Transbay Transit Center promises to beef up the city skyline and improve public transportation

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  Pac Bell Park     Bonds breaks home run record

Barry Bonds hit No. 756 to the deepest part of the ballpark, and hammered home the point. He broke Aaron's record with one out in the 5th inning  A seven-time NL MVP, the 43-year-old Barry Bonds is hitting a full-count, 84 mph pitch from Washington's Bacsik 435 feet to right-center field. The commissioner Selig wasn't there for the record-breaker. Aaron held the top spot for 12,173 days after connecting for No. 715 to pass the Babe

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Aug.8   Pac Bell Park     N.Y. fan holding lucky ball  22-year-old Matt Murphy, with his face was bloodied, emerged from beneath the pile holding the ball Bonds hit for career home run No. 756

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  San Francisco   DA Harris To Run For 2nd Term  Kamala Harris filed nominating papers for a run at a 4-year term representing the government in the prosecution of criminal justice cases

  San Francisco Bonds Gets Call From Bush, Tabloids  MLB's newly crowned career home run king drew praise from President and abuse from tabloid headline writers

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  Pac Bell Park Bonds cranks HR 757 into McCovey Cove  Barry hit a towering homer in the first inning of the Giants' 5-0 win against Washington

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  Giants Giants trade with rival Dodgers  The dealt pinch hitter deluxe Mark Sweeney to Los Angeles, the first trade between the rivals in more than 20 years

  Stanford 1st Of 2 Memorial Services Held for Walsh  Bill Walsh's family and friends joined the football fraternity in remembering the coach at a quietly buoyant service at Stanford Memorial Church

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  Bay Area Bridges 49 'High-Priority' Bridges In Bay Area  The Doyle Drive approach to the Golden Gate Bridge in the Presidio received a rating of only 2 out of 100

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Aug.10   Candlestick Thousands Turn Out For Bill Walsh  The fans had a chance to say a proper good-bye to the coach whose 49er team brought so much glory

  SF City Hall   Hall To Challenge Newsom; Daly Out  Mayor will face significant opposition as he seeks re-election in November from former city supe Tony Hall, but not from current supervisor

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  Pac Bell Park     Bonds smacks 758th HR  Davis singled, doubled, tripled and scored a career-best four runs in the Giants' 8-7 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates

  San Francisco   Clinton, Kucinich Campaign  Clinton visited to get the endorsement of Mayor Newsom. Kucinich spoke at San Francisco's Commonwealth Club

  SF Tenderloin 2 Critically Injured In Shootings  The victims were found less than a block apart, one was shot in the face and the back; the other in the chest and back

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Aug.13   San Francisco   Man apologizes to Holocaust scholar  A man charged with dragging Elie Wiesel from a hotel elevator apologized in court to the Nobel laureate

  San Francisco Bonds To Sue Over False Statements  2 Bay Area attorneys: Bonds threatening to sue anyone who makes false or misleading statements about him

  Barry Bonds Bonds: '08 season will probably be last  Bonds wants to play one more season because he still has some reachable goals

Aug.14   SF City Hall Bid to end to Blue Angels air show fails  A Board of Supes committee rejected 2-1 a measure that would have called for a permanent end to the show

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Aug.15  San Francisco 80-year-old woman struck by bus, died  The accident occurred on Park Presidio Boulevard and Balboa Avenue

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  Giants Bonds hits No. 759  Hudson won his 8th in a row despite giving up Barry Bonds' 759th home, pitching 8 strong innings to lead the Braves past the Giants 6-3

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Aug.16   San Francisco   Home prices rise in July even as sales fall  Bay Area real estate sales slowed to a 12-year low while median price edged up to $738,500, up 7 percent from $688,955 a year ago

  SF Bayview Man fatally shot  Officers are searching for suspects after a man in his mid 30s was fatally shot at Innes Avenue and Mendell Street

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Aug.18   Giants Bonds blasts No. 760  Bonds had a 2-run shot in the 5th inning off VandenHurk, putting the Giants ahead to stay in their 4-3 win over the Marlins

 SF Downtown Canadian navy died at Embarcadero  A member of the Canadian Navy was killed by someone driving a Mercedes Benz with front-end and windshield damage

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Aug.19   Candlestick Raiders Fall To 49ers 26-21 in preseason  Clayton's one-yard touchdown dive with 47 seconds left made the 49ers won the annual preseason showdown

 Castro Hit-and-run claimed life of man  60-year-old was struck in the 100 block of Sanchez at around 1:30 a.m. and was pronounced dead at the scene

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  San Francisco Man fatally shot  At about 3:38 a.m. police responded and found the victim suffering from multiple gunshot wounds

Aug.20   San Francisco     Ed Jew Pleads Not Guilty To Charges  The city supervisor was arraigned on charges that he violated the city's election laws when he ran for office

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Aug.22   Barry Bonds Bonds' record ball up for auction  Matt Murphy, a 21-year-old student from Elmhurst, has enlisted the services of Sotheby's/SCP Auctions to auction the ball online

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  San Francisco   Bail reduced in police slaying  A judge agreed to reduce bail for 6 of 8 ex-members of the Black Liberation Army awaiting trial for conspiring to kill police officers during the 1970s

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  Pac Bell Park Giants Lose In 10 Innings To Cubs, 4-2  Chicago scored twice in the 10th inning to beat San Francisco and hang onto first place in the NL Central

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Aug.23   San Francisco   Fatal Pedestrian Accidents On The Rise  Figures show a major rise in fatal accidents in the city so far this year, with 34 people killed in accidents on the streets

 Bernal Heights No water service for 6 hours  A cement truck damaged a main water break exposed at a construction site

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 San Francisco Pedestrian Struck, Killed By Muni Train  A man was killed when he was struck by a J-line light-rail vehicle on San Jose Avenue near the Glen Park Muni station

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Aug.24   San Francisco   San Fran honors Bonds with party  Bonds was joined by family, teammates, politicians and Giants greats Willie McCovey and Willie Mays

  SF Downtown Electrical fire stops BART, Muni  Firefighters responded quickly with a lot of equipment. Muni were evacuating passengers from the train and Embarcadero station

  San Francisco Rewards offered in 2 deadly hit-and-runs  2 $10,000 rewards are being offered for information leading to the arrest and prosecution of those responsible for 2 incidents last weekend

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  Pac Bell Park   Bonds launches No. 561  Pitcher Lowry added 3 RBIs, helping Giants beat Milwaukee 11-6 and dropping the Brewers further back in the National League Central

Aug.26   Pac Bell Park Aurilia's Hit Leads Giants Over Brewers  Feliz scored from first base on Rich Aurilia's single to right field in the 8th inning, lifting San Francisco to a 5-4 victory over Milwaukee

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Aug.29   San Francisco   Rising Temps Spark 1st 'Spare The Air'  For the first time in 2007, Bay Area residents will be offered free rides via public transit

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  SF City Hall   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.30   San Francisco   Rising Temps Spark 2nd 'Spare The Air'  Parking in BART lots is also free. The buses and light rail will be free all day

Aug.31   SF Tenderloin Early morning stabbing claimed life of man  The victim, in his 20s, was stabbed multiple times and pronounced dead at the scene

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  Ingleside   2 people found slain Map  The bodies of Robert Peplies, 45, and Linda Almanza, 31, were found in a house on a block-long section of Sargent St.

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  Bay Bridge   Bridge Closes; Caltrans Begins Work

Caltrans began closing all onramps at 8 p.m. The crews have started the seismic retrofit operation that prompted the closure  The bridge is closed through 5 a.m. Tuesday as crews replace a 350-foot section of the bridge just east of the Yerba Buena Island tunnel

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