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SF Bayview |
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Cab driver shot but OK
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Golden Gate Bridge |
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Walkers Back Strolling |
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San Francisco |
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Sharon Stone hospitalized |
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| Oct.2 |
San Francisco |
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Least-Affordable Rents in U.S.
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San Francisco |
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Internet filters banned at libraries |
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| Oct.3 |
SF Downtown |
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Premium office space could be empty |
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SF Downtown |
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Four Seasons hotel opened |
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| Oct.4 |
SF Presidio |
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SF Presidio self-sufficient by 2013 |
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Giants |
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Bonds ties McGwire with No. 70| SF Giants, Houston, 10-2. Bonds has 3 games left to break the tie | |
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| Oct.5 |
San Francisco |
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Witness to slaying is shot dead
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Pac Bell Park |
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Bonds breaks season record Barry Bonds break Mark McGwire single-season record, hitting 71st, 72nd homers as Giants get eliminated. LA 11, Giants 10
| The record-breaker came on a tailing fastball from Chan Ho Park and landed in right-center. Many in the crowd of 41,730 stayed for the postgame ceremony, despite the late hour
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| Oct.6 |
San Francisco |
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Potrero power plant voted out |
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Pac Bell Park |
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LA 6, Giants 2 |
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| Oct.7 |
Pac Bell Park |
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Bonds hits No. 73| SF 2, LA 1. Barry Bonds is further extending the major league record | |
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Candlestick |
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49ers 24, Panthers 14
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| Oct.8 |
SF Downtown |
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Hundreds Protest for Peace Protesters decry the U.S. air strikes and chant anti-war slogans
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| Oct.9 |
San Francisco |
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S.F. General gets $10 million grant |
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San Francisco |
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Sharon Stone released from hospital
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San Francisco |
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Bonds' ex-wife entitled half of homes |
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| Oct.10 |
San Francisco |
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Pelosi Elected Democratic Whip Congresswoman was elected to the number-two position in the Democratic House leadership
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| Oct.11 |
BART |
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Union is against BART offer
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Pac Bell Park |
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Homerun #73 May End Up in Court |
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SF City Hall |
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Anti-Intolerance Campaign |
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SF City Hall |
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$100 million short budget |
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| Oct.12 |
San Francisco |
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Trial in dog mauling moved to LA| Judge said Marjorie Knoller and Robert Noel probably couldn't get fair treatment in San Francisco Bay area | |
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San Francisco |
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Providian profit to plummet 75% Providian Financial warns deteriorating loan portfolio will hurt third-quarter earnings
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SF Bayview |
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Pursuit of MUNI Coach |
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| Oct.13 |
San Francisco |
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Terrorist Scare at Alcatraz |
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San Francisco |
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US Flag torched |
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| Oct.14 |
San Francisco |
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People displaced by 3-alarm fire |
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| Oct.15 |
SF City Hall |
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Suspicious Letter Envelope, addressed to the Mayor's office, is leaking white powder
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Bernal Heights |
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Shooting |
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| Oct.16 |
Wells Fargo |
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Wells Fargo: 42% profit increase Bank cashed in on a home lending boom thanks to falling interest rates
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Schwab |
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91% drop in profit Customer trading activity fell to its lowest in 3 years. Company earned $13 million in third-quarter
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SF Presidio |
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Presidio Endowment Suggested |
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San Francisco |
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New harbormaster |
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| Oct.17 |
San Francisco |
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Bock to challenge Barbara Lee Former state Rep. Audie Bock hopes to unseat the only member of Congress to oppose President Bush
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San Francisco |
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Propane Tank Fire Guts Home |
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| Oct.18 |
San Francisco |
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Chairman resigns at Providian Shailesh Mehta was replaced by board member J. David Grissom. Mehta will relinquish the CEO job
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San Francisco |
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Debt forces closure of nonprofit |
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| Oct.19 |
San Francisco |
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Providian stock loses 59% Investors react to a company shakeup
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San Francisco |
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Alcatraz Evacuated |
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San Francisco |
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Macromedia claims Photoshop patent Macromedia alleges that the technology behind Adobe Photoshop and GoLive was patented by Macromedia in 1998
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| Oct.21 |
San Francisco |
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$650,000 year for shopping carts |
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| Oct.22 |
San Francisco |
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Gay hero fought back at Flight 93 Mark Bingham is believed to be one of those who fought the terrorists and caused the plane to crash into a field
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San Francisco |
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Gay men in S.F. less afraid of HIV |
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SF City Hall |
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State of City address Mayor Willie Brown wants to switch its from dot-coms and tourism to biotechnology
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SF City Hall |
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Disabled Rights Activists Block City Hall |
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| Oct.23 |
SF Downtown |
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300 disability activists block streets Disability rights activists blocked off an entire block with wheelchairs, protesting the renovation of a nursing home
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San Francisco |
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Broker pleads guilty to wire fraud |
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| Oct.24 |
San Francisco |
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Fan sues ownership of Bonds ball
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San Francisco |
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Michael Fox at fund-raiser |
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| Oct.25 |
San Francisco |
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Dog Ordered Destroyed Hera is the second dog involved in a fatal attack on Diane Whipple
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SF Downtown |
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Pacific Exchange to be automated
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San Francisco |
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Struck and killed by car
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UCSF |
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Scientists get $1.6 million in grants
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| Oct.26 |
San Francisco |
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SF is finalist for Olympics| US Olympic Committee also chooses New York, Washington, and Houston for nomination to host 2012 games | |
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San Francisco |
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Increase of syphilis
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San Francisco |
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Ted Fang fired as Examiner editor Florence Fang will take over as SF Examiner editor and publisher, job of her son
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Bay Bridge |
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2 people safe after boat sinks
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SF Sunset |
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Struck and killed by Muni
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| Oct.27 |
San Francisco |
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Low scores at school run by for-profit
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| Oct.28 |
Golden Gate Park |
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14,000 at breast cancer walk
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SF Bayview |
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UCSF planned biotech research hub Genentech Hall is the city's new economic hope
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San Francisco |
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USF Law School gets $3.25M grant
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SF Downtown |
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Bookstore named city landmark
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| Oct.29 |
San Francisco |
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Crime drops
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San Francisco |
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2 gunshot victims
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| Oct.30 |
SF Downtown |
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Bus driver who was hit by bus
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San Francisco |
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City must allow write-ins during runoffs
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San Francisco |
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Woman dies in apartment fire Firefighter was also injured in a 2-alarm 12-unit 3-story apartment fire east of Twin Peaks
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SF Downtown |
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City shots down TODCO project
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San Francisco |
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Toy executive dies
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Wells Fargo |
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Financial literacy program in schools
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| Oct.31 |
SF Downtown |
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NextCard up for sale amid losses Shares plunged $4.29, or 80%. Bank examiners uncovered bad loans and declared NextCard undercapitalized
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San Francisco |
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George Lucas sues porn film maker
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SF Downtown |
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Last BoA executive leaves SF
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San Francisco |
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Man hit by car