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| Dec.1 |
San Francisco |
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ExciteAtHome turns off service Network cut Internet service to 850,000 AT&T Broadband customers | |
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SF Mission |
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Boy in stolen car found
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San Francisco |
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Judge OKs death of dog in mauling |
| Dec.2 |
San Jose |
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Power Outages
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SF Sunset |
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$14M Cliff House renovation |
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Candlestick |
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49ers 35, Buffalo 0
| Dec.3 |
Candlestick |
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Parking lots flooded |
| Dec.4 |
SF City Hall |
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Sanctuary for medicinal marijuana |
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Eastern Span |
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Eastern span gets federal financing
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SF City Hall |
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Fired worker brings 400 blank ballots
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San Francisco |
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Accused demanded speedy trial |
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SF Downtown |
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Plan of Big Traffic-Flow Changes |
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Fishermans Wharf |
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900 customers without power |
| Dec.5 |
San Francisco |
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Lawyer Hired for Taliban Fighter
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SF Sunset |
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Developer to trim Stonestown plan |
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SF City Hall |
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Troubled election certified |
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San Francisco |
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Huge Homeless Camp Dismantled Work crews are dismantling a camp underneath I-101 on Cesar Chavez Circle, forcing 100 people to find a new place
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North Beach |
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New Afghan Leader Has Brother in SF
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SF Downtown |
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Memorial for Ken Kesey |
| Dec.6 |
SF City Hall |
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Supervisors order review of election
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SF Downtown |
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Nonprofit purchase $30M offices |
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SF Sunset |
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Hit and Run |
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Gap |
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Gap reports worsening sales loses |
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San Francisco |
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Mexican consular IDs recognized |
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San Francisco |
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School Kids Freezing Up in Class |
| Dec.7 |
SF Downtown |
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Free parking to shoppers |
| Dec.9 |
Golden Gate Bridge |
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Body of jumper recovered |
| Dec.10 |
San Francisco |
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Newsom married asst. DA
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SF Presidio |
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Presidio Trust leader resignes Jim Meadows had been at the helm for almost 4 years
| Dec.11 |
SF City Hall |
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Cops Could Test Segway
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SF City Hall |
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Plan to halt growth of city staffing |
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San Francisco |
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Election for City Attorney |
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SF Presidio |
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2 people stabbed |
| Dec.12 |
SF City Hall |
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Herrera wins city attorney race Dennis Herrera, a former police commissioner and private attorney, beat Jim Lazarus 52% to 47%
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Golden Gate Park |
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Birth of white-tipped shark |
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SF Mission |
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20 laptop computers stolen |
| Dec.13 |
SF Downtown |
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Power outage on MUNI |
| Dec.14 |
Golden Gate Bridge |
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Toll Could Rise Again |
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Chinatown |
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Chinatown gang members sentenced Corey Quan, 26, and Mitchell Chang, 34, were sentenced for a protection-money extortion
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San Francisco |
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Attempt to assault Vietnam's official
| Dec.15 |
SF Sunset |
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Bank robbery |
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SF Tenderloin |
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3-alarm fire at 5-story building |
| Dec.16 |
SF Downtown |
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Woman was injured on BART tracks |
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Candlestick |
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49ers 21, Miami 0
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SF Mission |
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Shooting |
| Dec.17 |
SF Presidio |
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Lucas bypassed bidding requirement |
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San Francisco |
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Pedestrian killed |
| Dec.18 |
Highway 280 |
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Money are laundering after car fire
Map of Interstate 280 San Francisco An armored car company was forced to launder its money after one of its cars went up in flames on I-280
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SF Downtown |
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Stabbing
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SF Presidio |
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$28 million for Doyle Drive
| Dec.19 |
Giants |
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Bonds staying with SF Giants Barry decided to accept the Giants' offer of salary arbitration | |
| Dec.20 |
San Francisco |
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Sex columnist dumped at Guardian Isadora Alman has been dumped by an alternative weekly newspaper after 17 years of dispensing advice
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San Francisco |
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Priest killed by falling church gate
| Dec.21 |
San Francisco |
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Circus trainer acquitted Jury acquits Mark Oliver Gebel, 31, of a charge he abused an elephant outside a performance | |
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SF City Hall |
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Assessor Ward admitted misusing Doris Ward used public funds to help pay for a newsletter as part of her re-election campaign
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Golden Gate Bridge |
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CHP Cracking Down on Speeders
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San Francisco |
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Muni gets $5M in federal funds
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SF City Hall |
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Campaigning rules tightened
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SF Tenderloin |
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Pedestrian died after hit-and-run
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SF Sunset |
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Outage darkens Stonestown Galleria
| Dec.22 |
San Francisco |
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Ex-policeman charged with raping girls Joe Alvarez, 30, has pleaded innocent to charge of raping two teenagers after telling them he was working undercover
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Candlestick |
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49ers 13, Philadelphia 3 McNabb threw a crucial interception in the 4th quarter
| Dec.23 |
San Francisco |
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City offers end-of-year hotel deals
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Russian Hill |
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Cat abuser arrested Marilyn Barletta, 62, was arrested as she left a home in the Russian Hill neighborhood
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SF Tenderloin |
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Victim with gunshot wound
| Dec.24 |
SF Tenderloin |
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Up to 50 people displaced by fire 5-story, wood-framed building | |
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San Francisco |
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Serial cab robber shot & arrested 22-year-old Latino man robbed 10 cab drivers and was arrested after the he robbed and stabbed a taxi cab
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San Francisco |
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$900,000 in forfeited funds
| Dec.25 |
SF City Hall |
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Former welfare official is fugitive Samuel Lee Davis, 44, failed to show up for trial concerning charges of embezzling $420,000 from Dept. of Human Services
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Golden Gate Bridge |
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Toll hike possible Llayoffs and the September attacks have slashed the number of people who cross or use the district's buses and ferries
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San Francisco |
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One dead as car plunges into Bay Abdel Laarif, 37, dead, and wife injured after their Jeep Cherokee careened into the chilly waters
| Dec.27 |
San Francisco |
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Parking fines to increase
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San Francisco |
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Couple missing Kieran Murphy, 58, and his wife, 55-year-old Ornaith Murphy. 39-foot sailboat is also missing
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SF Sunset |
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2 injured in fire
| Dec.28 |
SF Downtown |
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3 injured in cab accident
| Dec.29 |
SF Downtown |
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To widen ban on street begging Supervisor Newsom wants to make it a crime to stand on median strips and freeway ramps to beg for money | |
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SF Castro |
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2 bank robberies Wells Fargo Bank at 1560 Van Ness Ave and Bank of America at 501 Castro St.
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San Francisco |
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Fish company wins $3 million
| Dec.30 |
San Francisco |
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3 condos evacuated after rockslide Stoneridge complex is in the path of shale that has been sliding down a hill
| Dec.31 |
SF Richmond |
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10 displaced in apartment fire The blaze spread to a next-door structure. A firefighter suffered a minor cut