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Potrero Hill |
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Four people shot outside club
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Bay Area Bridge Tolls Increased Motorists crossing any of the 7 state-operated bridges need to cough up more an additional $1 to cross
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Group Resolves To Buy Nothing For Year |
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San Francisco |
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10-hour cordon ended without capture
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| Jan.2 |
Golden Gate Bridge |
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10 Arrested In Iraq Protest
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Cost of living puts minimum wage over $9 |
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San Francisco |
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2 men murdered in Sunnydale project
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San Francisco |
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Homicide Rates Drop In S.F. In 2006
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Sharper Image Cuts Ex-CEO's Severance |
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| Jan.3 |
San Francisco |
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Disaster Response Chief Resigns Former disaster response chief Annemarie Conroy has resigned following her demotion
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| Jan.4 |
SF Downtown |
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30 Antiwar Protesters Arrested |
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Pelosi Becomes 1st Female Speaker Nancy Pelosi became the first woman in U.S. history to stand at the head of the House of Representatives
| 66-year-old Democrat is s the San Francisco liberal decried by Republicans, an Italian-American Catholic, mother of 5
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| Jan.6 |
SF Sunset |
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Protestors Join In To Impeach Bush
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| Jan.7 |
SF Mission |
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2 Dead in Separate Shootings
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| Jan.8 |
SF Mission |
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Stabbing At Burger King |
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Yale Choir Assaulted; No Arrests By SFPD| Members of a renowned choral group were attacked outside a New Year's Eve party | |
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SF Downtown |
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Controversy Over Taiwan President's Stop
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| Jan.9 |
SF Downtown |
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Hyatt Regency is sold |
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SF Downtown |
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Apple unveils all-in-one iPhone CEO Steve Jobs ushered in a new era, jumping into the cell phone market
| Jobs, speaking at the Macworld, unveiled the iPhone, which marries the iPod, cell phone and Internet handheld into one device. iTV is moving music, photos, tv shows and movies from the computer to the living room
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Mom Acquitted Of Assault On Kids
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Santa Clara |
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City OKs Study Of 49ers Stadium Plan |
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| Jan.10 |
eBay |
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eBay Buying StubHub for $310M |
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San Francisco |
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Reporters urge court to toss out jail time |
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Barry Bonds |
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Bonds failed amphetamine test last year| Barry Bonds failed a test under MLB's amphetamine policy last season and then initially blamed it on a teammate | |
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SF Mission |
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Online Fetish Company Buys SF Armory Building |
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| Jan.11 |
San Francisco |
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Pedestrian struck, trapped under Muni bus |
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Barry Bonds |
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Bonds Doesn't Deny Positive Drug Test |
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SF Bayview |
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Man found dead following fire |
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| Jan.12 |
San Francisco |
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2 Shot Dead Inside Parked Car
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| Jan.13 |
SF Bayview |
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Police found woman's burned body |
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San Francisco |
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Death Caps Kill Grandmother |
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SF Downtown |
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3rd Street Rail extension launched The launch was lauded by Mayor Newsom and the MUNI as a new vital link to the southeast pocket
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| Jan.14 |
San Francisco |
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Two Men Shot to Death
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| Jan.16 |
Wells Fargo |
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4Q Profit Rises
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San Francisco |
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Mom Who Threw Kids Guilty Of Murder 24-year-old LaShuan Harris claimed she was sacrificing her young sons for God by tossing them to their deaths
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| Jan.17 |
Schwab |
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4Q earnings soar
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San Francisco |
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Mom Who Threw Kids In Bay Found Insane Judge Ksenia Tsenin has declared LaShuan Harris was legally insane
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| Jan.18 |
SF City Hall |
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City Claim Grocers Broke Plastic Bag Deal
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San Francisco |
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Charges dropped against accused of rape
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| Jan.19 |
SF Downtown |
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4 big office buildings are on the block |
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Ingleside |
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35 years later, cop murder may be solved
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San Francisco |
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Suspect Arrested In 2004 Murder
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San Francisco |
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Premiums Up 750% For School Bus Drivers
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San Francisco |
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Falun Gong Lunar New Year Show Chinese government said the spiritual movement has hijacked the traditional Lunar New Year celebration with a musical show
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| Jan.20 |
SF Downtown |
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Anti-Abortion Rally Draws Thousands |
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| Jan.21 |
San Francisco |
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Shooting claimed the life, injured second
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| Jan.22 |
Gap |
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CEO Quits After Poor Season Profits Gap Inc. dumped Paul Pressler after a year of broken promises that culminated in a dismal holiday shopping season
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Potrero Hill |
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2-Alarm Fire Destroys Home |
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| Jan.23 |
San Francisco |
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Arrests Made In 1971 Cop Killing At least two people with ties to the Black Panthers were arrested in the killing of Sgt. John V. Young, 51
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Police Recover $1M Painting, Loot |
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| Jan.24 |
SF City Hall |
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Audit Slams SFPD Oversight Agency
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| Jan.25 |
San Francisco |
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McKesson's 3rd Qtr. Profit Rises 26% |
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| Jan.26 |
San Francisco |
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Cyclists Protest Dangerous Intersection
Map of Market and Octavia Streets San Francisco Activists will hold a demonstration near Market and Octavia St. to protest an illegal turn that motorists use to save time
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SF Mission |
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Hit-and-run collision injured 4 A man police believe ran a red light, collided with another car and fled
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SF Presidio |
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Electric Car Sparks Blaze At Crissy Field A fire was the second blaze in just over a year that was caused by an defective electric vehicle
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SF Mission |
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Police Officer Shoots, Kills Man
36-year-old Mario Vargas was allegedly attempting to rob several people at a pizza restaurant in the Outer Mission district
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San Francisco |
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Lawyers Call To Investigate Bush Official
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San Francisco |
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Man died after being struck by train |
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| Jan.27 |
eBay |
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Sale of GGB Prank Part of EBay Protest
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SF Downtown |
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Anti-War Protests On Streets Speakers included the mother of Lt. Ehren Watada, who is facing court martial in for refusing to deploy to Iraq
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Western Addition |
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Man became victim of homicide
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| Jan.28 |
San Francisco |
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Rally for defendants in '71 cop slaying
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| Jan.29 |
San Francisco |
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Mountain Lion Maul Victim Critical Jim Hamm is in critical condition after an infection developed following the attack near Eureka
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San Francisco |
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Wheelchair-bound convicted of robbery
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Giants |
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Bonds, Giants finalize $15.8M deal Bonds and the Giants finally completed a 1-year contract after the slugger spent hours being examined by team doctors
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SF City Hall |
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Mayor's Aide Accused Of Dirty Tricks The press secretary apparently has been using phony names to post comments on blogs, building up the mayor
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| Jan.30 |
SF Downtown |
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Merrill Lynch buying First Republic A bank catering to wealthy customers will be bought by investment brokerage for $1.8 billion
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49ers |
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49ers File Claim Over Monster Park
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| Jan.31 |
San Francisco |
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Coast Guard To Call Off Search For Sailor An acclaimed computer scientist Jim Gray lost on the waters; some of the computer industry’s top minds joined the hunt
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San Francisco |
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Intervening Act Led To Man's Death
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SF City Hall |
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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. In the midst of an election year, Alex Tourk ha... | |
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Barry Bonds |
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Bonds won't sign revised contract now |