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San Francisco |
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Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. goes public
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| Oct.3 |
San Francisco |
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Taker found for Mission Bay office space
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Man Gets Prison For Counterfeiting $30K |
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| Oct.4 |
SF Bayview |
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Male victim fatally shot |
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Wells Fargo |
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Wells Fargo cutting credit |
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Candlestick |
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49ers Shut Rams Down 35-0 |
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SF Mission |
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Man wielding knife shot by police |
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| Oct.5 |
UCSF |
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Researcher Wins Nobel Prize For Medicine| Molecular biologist Elizabeth H. Blackburn, 60, was awarded for the discovery of an enzyme that is essential to normal cell function | |
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| Oct.6 |
49ers |
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Niners meet Crabtree in person
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| Oct.7 |
49ers |
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49ers agree to 6-year deal with Crabtree| 49ers and wide receiver Michael Crabtree agreed to a six-year contract in the wee hours after several months of difficult negotiations | |
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San Francisco |
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FBI chief urges cybercrime vigilance |
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| Oct.8 |
San Francisco |
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Habitat buying empty homes
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Highway 280 |
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Pedestrian fatally struck by vehicles |
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| Oct.9 |
San Francisco |
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Ammiano Won't Apologize For Heckling| Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's office is speaking out about insults he faced at a San Francisco Democratic fundraiser | |
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SF Downtown |
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Woman Hit, Killed By Vehicle |
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| Oct.10 |
SF Downtown |
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Blue Angels Cancel Show Due To Fog
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| Oct.11 |
San Francisco |
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Woods routs Yang to clinch Presidents Cup Tiger Woods holed the winning putt as the U.S. took the Presidents Cup for a sixth time in eight events by beating the International team
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SF Downtown |
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Blue Angels Fly Low Over SF Due To Fog |
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Candlestick |
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49ers Home Streak Ends, Lose To Falcons |
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| Oct.12 |
San Francisco |
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Governor Establishing Harvey Milk Day Arnold Schwarzenegger's signing of the bill establishing 'Harvey Milk Day' each May 22, Milk's birthday
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SF Downtown |
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35,000-plus expected for OpenWorld
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San Francisco |
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Man fatally stabbed
Officers responded to the area at about 8 p.m.
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| Oct.13 |
South of Market |
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Twitter moving to larger office space
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| Oct.14 |
SF City Hall |
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Jobless rate rises in S.F.
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Bay Bridge |
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Big-Rig Blocks WB Bay Bridge For Hours All westbound lanes were closed for about five and a half hours a big-rig overturned mid-span and created a traffic nightmare
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SF Downtown |
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No Serious Damage After Fire In High-rise
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| Oct.15 |
San Francisco |
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Ellison touts new products at OpenWorld Oracle's CEO is showing off new business software and a new data-storage system that he dubbed 'the fastest business computer in the world'
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USF |
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USF To Offer Some Courses At Half Price
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Schwab |
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Profit Tumbles 34% In 3rd Quarter
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Raiders |
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Raiders, 49ers Targeted For SoCal Stadium
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San Francisco |
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Man accused of 30-year Ponzi scheme
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San Francisco |
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Pres. Obama Makes 1st SF Visit President Barack Obama is asking his supporters for patience at a pair of fundraisers for the Democratic Party and Organizing for America
| By the time the motorcade reached Union Square, hundreds of protesters and onlookers had gathered. Obama was met with both support and criticism in the first hours of his brief stay
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| Oct.16 |
San Francisco |
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New York Times Launches SF Edition
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Schwab |
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SEC pressures Schwab to settle
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| Oct.17 |
SF City Hall |
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S.F. sustains ties with Bangalore
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| Oct.19 |
SF Bayview |
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Two males injured in shootout
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San Francisco |
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Body Found Aboard SF Muni Bus
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| Oct.21 |
Wells Fargo |
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3Q profit rises, but so do loan losses
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SF City Hall |
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City Looks To Bag Paper, Not Just Plastic
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SF City Hall |
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Supes Pass Amended Sanctuary City Law
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Twitter |
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Twitter Is Friend Of Google, Microsoft Twitter Inc. is selling the rights to mine its communications hotbed to both Internet search leader Google Inc. and Microsoft
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San Francisco |
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Lowe's readies S.F. store
Home improvement chain recently finalized a lease and soon will start constructing a large store at the same spot that Home Depot walked aw...
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| Oct.22 |
SF Downtown |
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Hotel workers OK strike The union representing 9,000 workers voted to authorize a strike as negotiations to renew a contract governing more than 60 hotels remain stalled
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SF Downtown |
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Protests Greet Ex-Israeli Prime Minister Demonstrators lined the sidewalk across from a hotel to protest a visit by Ehud Olmert. Counter-protesters are holding Israeli flags
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| Oct.23 |
Highway 280 |
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UCSF Officer Killed, 1 Hurt In I-280 Crash
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| Oct.25 |
49ers |
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Texans hold off 49ers |
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| Oct.26 |
SF Chronicle |
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Chronicle saw worst circulation decline Of the top 25 dailies, the San Francisco Chronicle saw the worst circulation decline, falling 25.8% to 251,782
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49ers |
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49ers name Smith starting QB
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| Oct.27 |
SF City Hall |
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Board Changes Tack On Immigrant Minors The Sups approved to a measure that would keep from turning over minors to immigration authorities unless they guilty of a felony
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SF Downtown |
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Schwab office opens in style
The opening of Charles Schwab's new flagship office drew an illustrious crowd. Mayor Gavin Newsom was in attendance
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San Francisco |
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Medivation to develop cancer drug
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Bay Bridge |
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Bridge closes after rod snaps Authorities indefinitely closed the Bay Bridge after a rod and a metal brace erected during an emergency repair job fell onto the westbound lanes
| The brace was startling a pair of drivers who collided with the debris and leaving hundreds of others stranded in their cars during the evening commute
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| Oct.28 |
Bay Bridge |
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No Estimate When Bay Bridge Will Open
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Bay |
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Bridge closure forces Rockets to ferry |
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SF City Hall |
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Newsom Vetoes New City Sanctuary Law Supervisors passed a measure that would prohibit local authorities from turning over minors to immigration officials until the minors have been convicted
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| Oct.29 |
Bay Bridge |
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Traffic Lighter As Closure Enters 2nd Day Engineers desperately tried to repair and fortify the bridge after a 5,000-pound piece of steel plummeted onto the span during rush hour this...
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SF Bayview |
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Developer unveils Hunters Point plan
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| Oct.30 |
SF City Hall |
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Mayor Newsom Ends Run For Governor San Francisco Mayor propelled the debate over gay marriage but struggled to find a popular message outside the Bay Area
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Bay Bridge |
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Bridge Fix To Continue Into Weekend Commuters confronted yet another day of heavy congestion as state transportation were unsure if it would open in time for Monday's commute
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San Francisco |
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Fed Regulators Close Pacific National Bank Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation shut 9 banks, mostly in West, as the weak economy continues to produce a stream of loan defaults
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| Oct.31 |
Bay Bridge |
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High-Speed Chase On Closed Bridge
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BART |
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BART To Run 24-hours For Bridge Closure Trains would run hourly to 14 stations. It is still unclear if the span will reopen for the Monday morning commute