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Historic eyesore purchased. SF Tenderloin
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| Sep.9 |
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Apple Unveils New iPods A taller, slinkier iPod Nano, a slimmer iPod Touch and new iTunes software that includes an artificial intelligence system
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| Sep.6 |
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Tourism Boosts S.F. Economy. San Francisco
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| Aug.28 |
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St. Regis penthouse on sale for $70 mil South of Market: Real estate mogul Victor MacFarlane has placed his huge penthouse on the sales block for a figure that would obliterate the previous record
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| Jul.17 |
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Starbucks To Close 12 Locations
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| Jun.26 |
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Builders' trade show feels pain
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| Jun.21 |
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Levi's Could Leave S.F.
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| May.29 |
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Visitors to SF in 2007 set spending record. San Francisco
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| May.7 |
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Protest on measure to end rent control
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| Apr.8 |
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Gere joins torch protests
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| Feb.28 |
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Huge InterContinental Hotel opened. South of Market
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| Jan.15 |
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Apple introduces slim notebook
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| Sep.22 |
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Oracle unveils new units at OpenWorld
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| Sep.10 |
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Historic eyesore purchased SF Tenderloin: The Hibernia Bank building has been sold for $3.95 million. It has been home mostly to pigeons since 2000 and a haven for public drinking
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| Sep.9 |
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Apple Unveils New iPods| A taller, slinkier iPod Nano, a slimmer iPod Touch and new iTunes software that includes an artificial intelligence system | |
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| Sep.6 |
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Tourism Boosts S.F. Economy San Francisco: The tourism where the weak $ brought an increased numbers of visitors and reversed a temporary drop in the hotel occupancy rate
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| Aug.28 |
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St. Regis penthouse on sale for $70 mil Map| South of Market: Real estate mogul Victor MacFarlane has placed his huge penthouse on the sales block for a figure that would obliterate the previous record. The asking price for the completed condo works out ... | |
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| Aug.24 |
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Condos targets young first-time buyers. South of Market
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| Jul.23 |
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Prada is newest addition to Union Square
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| Jul.17 |
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Starbucks To Close 12 Locations Starbucks has named all 600 company-owned stores, including 12 in the Bay Area, to close to boost its business and weed out unprofitable loc...
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| Jul.6 |
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New shops change face of Union Square
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| Jun.26 |
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Builders' trade show feels pain Throng of West Coast building professionals gathered at Moscone Center for the annual Pacific Coast Builders Conference and trade show
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| Jun.21 |
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Levi's Could Leave S.F. Levi Strauss & Co., 155-year-old jeans maker, is considering moving its headquarters outside the city when its lease expires in 2013
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| May.29 |
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Visitors to SF in 2007 set spending record San Francisco: More than 16 million visitors came to San Francisco in 2007 and spent $8.2 billion, both all-time highs for tourism in the city
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| May.13 |
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Commercial rentals abandoning S.F.
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| May.7 |
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Tavern on the Green coming to Metreon
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Protest on measure to end rent control Hundreds are expected to descend on Civic Center Plaza to a ballot measure that would end rent control across the state
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| Apr.26 |
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New retail space for Market St.
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| Apr.11 |
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Schwarzenegger opens bridge approach
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| Apr.8 |
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Gere joins torch protests Hollywood's most outspoken Buddhist lent his voice to Tibetan protests with a condemnation of China and a call for nonviolence
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| Mar.28 |
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Chronicle site considered for development
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| Mar.25 |
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Supe Looks To Curb Business Energy Use
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| Feb.28 |
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Huge InterContinental Hotel opened South of Market: The InterContinental San Francisco, the largest hotel to open in the city in nearly 20 years, hopes to serve Moscone crowds
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| Feb.24 |
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InterContinental Hotel to open
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| Jan.15 |
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Apple introduces slim notebook CEO Steve Jobs introduced the world's thinnest notebook computer MacBook Air that measures between 0.16 inch and 0.76 inch thick
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| Jan.7 |
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Crews working to contain spill
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Cal Pacific Med Center signs lease |
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| Sep.27 |
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Security Officers Returning To Work |
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| Sep.24 |
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Security Guards Go On Strike Security guards who normally protect the downtown high rises can be found outside instead, picketing as their strike gets under way
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| Sep.20 |
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Design Picked For Transbay Terminal South of Market: A regional transportation commission picked a Connecticut architecture firm to design a new bus and train terminal and an adjacent skyscraper
| The winning design of a slender obelisk design was submitted by Pelli-Hines out of Houston
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| Sep.19 |
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Harbor Ferry Service Halted Due To Wind
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| Aug.7 |
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Transbay Terminal Design Ideas Submitted South of Market: The new Transbay Transit Center promises to beef up the city skyline and improve public transportation
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| Jul.9 |
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Pelosi speaks at federal building ceremony
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| Apr.18 |
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CEO scoffs at allegations at Web 2.0 Expo
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| Mar.28 |
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Gas Reaches $4 A Gallon At Shell Station Map South of Market: At a station on 6th and Harrison premium gasoline went for over $4 a gallon
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New Traffic Switch For Bay Bridge Drivers South of Market: Starting around 4th Street, the lanes now jog left and head underneath the westbound upper deck
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| Jan.30 |
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Merrill Lynch buying First Republic
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| Jan.13 |
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3rd Street Rail extension launched
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| Jan.9 |
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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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| Oct.24 |
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Oracle OpenWorld Convention Invades SF| South of Market: The city has been invaded by the more than 42,000 people from 120 countries at the $30 million event | |
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| Sep.28 |
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Westfield Center Opens 1.5-million square foot , the largest urban mall west of the Mississippi, expects the 25 million visitors each year
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| Sep.25 |
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Alcatraz Ferry Service Changes Hands
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| Aug.24 |
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Hotel wokers vote to authorize strike
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| Jan.10 |
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iMacs, laptops will use Intel chips
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| Sep.23 |
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Investors to buy BofA building for $1.05b |
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| Jul.9 |
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Unions Urging Conventions to Not Meet |
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| May.3 |
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Hotel workers' march results in 37 arrests
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| Mar.2 |
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Cable Cars Resume Service After Strike |
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| Feb.15 |
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Drivers to Pay Toll in Downtown? |
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| Oct.26 |
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Hotels refuse to end labor lockout
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| Oct.13 |
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Hotel strike ends, workers locked-out
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| Oct.5 |
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Hotel operators agree to extend lockout |
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| Sep.6 |
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Arrests at demonstration by hotel workers |
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| Aug.4 |
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BofA Building 'Scoped Out' by Al Qaeda
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| Jun.8 |
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150 protesters held at biotech conference About 200 demonstrators failed to shut down the annual Biotechnology Industry Organization convention
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| Jun.6 |
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Biotech conference opens
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| Nov.13 |
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Construction of Bloomingdale inaugurated Developers and city officials broke ground for a large new shopping and entertainment center
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| Aug.5 |
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Vandals hit several Starbucks |
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| Aug.1 |
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58-story skyscraper approved |
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| Jun.26 |
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Dancers take control of strip club |
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| Feb.6 |
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Largest urban retail center |
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| Jul.24 |
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Rally in support of longshoremen |
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| Jul.13 |
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Robertson Stephens bank closed |
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| Apr.21 |
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Restaurant goes to Supr. Court over tax
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| Mar.20 |
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Pacific Stock Exchange closes |
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| Jan.7 |
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Apple introduces revamped iMac Flat-screen 15-inch display, faster processor and a new look
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| Sep.7 |
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1840's ship uncovered |
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| Sep.5 |
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Chevron moves to San Ramon
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| Mar.28 |
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Office rents down |
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| 2004 |
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| Aug.4 |
BofA Building 'Scoped Out' by Al Qaeda
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| 2008 |
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| May.7 |
Tavern on the Green coming to Metreon
| 2003 |
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| Aug.5 |
Vandals hit several Starbucks |
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| 2007 |
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| Jan.30 |
Merrill Lynch buying First Republic
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| 2004 |
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| Jun.8 |
150 protesters held at biotech conference About 200 demonstrators failed to shut down the annual Biotechnology Industry Organization convention
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| Jun.6 |
Biotech conference opens
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| 2007 |
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| Mar.28 |
Gas Reaches $4 A Gallon At Shell Station Map South of Market: At a station on 6th and Harrison premium gasoline went for over $4 a gallon
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| Mar.28 |
New Traffic Switch For Bay Bridge Drivers South of Market: Starting around 4th Street, the lanes now jog left and head underneath the westbound upper deck
| 2005 |
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| Feb.15 |
Drivers to Pay Toll in Downtown? |
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| 2007 |
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| Sep.27 |
Security Officers Returning To Work |
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| Sep.24 |
Security Guards Go On Strike Security guards who normally protect the downtown high rises can be found outside instead, picketing as their strike gets under way
| 2006 |
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| Aug.24 |
Hotel wokers vote to authorize strike
| 2005 |
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| Jul.9 |
Unions Urging Conventions to Not Meet |
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| May.3 |
Hotel workers' march results in 37 arrests
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| Mar.2 |
Cable Cars Resume Service After Strike |
| 2004 |
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| Oct.26 |
Hotels refuse to end labor lockout
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| Oct.13 |
Hotel strike ends, workers locked-out
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| Oct.5 |
Hotel operators agree to extend lockout |
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| Sep.6 |
Arrests at demonstration by hotel workers |
| 2002 |
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| Jul.24 |
Rally in support of longshoremen |
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| 2002 |
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| Jul.13 |
Robertson Stephens bank closed |
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| 2008 |
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| Sep.9 |
Apple Unveils New iPods| A taller, slinkier iPod Nano, a slimmer iPod Touch and new iTunes software that includes an artificial intelligence system | |
|
| Jan.15 |
Apple introduces slim notebook CEO Steve Jobs introduced the world's thinnest notebook computer MacBook Air that measures between 0.16 inch and 0.76 inch thick
| 2007 |
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| Jan.9 |
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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| 2006 |
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| Jan.10 |
iMacs, laptops will use Intel chips
| 2002 |
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| Jan.7 |
Apple introduces revamped iMac Flat-screen 15-inch display, faster processor and a new look
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| 2002 |
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| Apr.21 |
Restaurant goes to Supr. Court over tax
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| 2008 |
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| Jul.23 |
Prada is newest addition to Union Square
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| Jul.17 |
Starbucks To Close 12 Locations Starbucks has named all 600 company-owned stores, including 12 in the Bay Area, to close to boost its business and weed out unprofitable loc...
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| Jul.6 |
New shops change face of Union Square
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| Jun.21 |
Levi's Could Leave S.F. Levi Strauss & Co., 155-year-old jeans maker, is considering moving its headquarters outside the city when its lease expires in 2013
| 2006 |
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| Sep.28 |
Westfield Center Opens 1.5-million square foot , the largest urban mall west of the Mississippi, expects the 25 million visitors each year
|
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| 2008 |
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| Sep.6 |
Tourism Boosts S.F. Economy San Francisco: The tourism where the weak $ brought an increased numbers of visitors and reversed a temporary drop in the hotel occupancy rate
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| May.29 |
Visitors to SF in 2007 set spending record San Francisco: More than 16 million visitors came to San Francisco in 2007 and spent $8.2 billion, both all-time highs for tourism in the city
|
| Feb.28 |
Huge InterContinental Hotel opened South of Market: The InterContinental San Francisco, the largest hotel to open in the city in nearly 20 years, hopes to serve Moscone crowds
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| Feb.24 |
InterContinental Hotel to open
|
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| 2008 |
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| Jan.7 |
Crews working to contain spill
| 2007 |
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| Sep.19 |
Harbor Ferry Service Halted Due To Wind
| 2006 |
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| Sep.25 |
Alcatraz Ferry Service Changes Hands
| 2001 |
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| Sep.7 |
1840's ship uncovered |
|
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| 2007 |
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| Jan.13 |
3rd Street Rail extension launched
|
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| 2008 |
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| Sep.22 |
Oracle unveils new units at OpenWorld
| 2007 |
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| Apr.18 |
CEO scoffs at allegations at Web 2.0 Expo
| 2006 |
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| Oct.24 |
Oracle OpenWorld Convention Invades SF| South of Market: The city has been invaded by the more than 42,000 people from 120 countries at the $30 million event | |
|
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| 2008 |
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| Apr.11 |
Schwarzenegger opens bridge approach
| 2007 |
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| Aug.7 |
Transbay Terminal Design Ideas Submitted South of Market: The new Transbay Transit Center promises to beef up the city skyline and improve public transportation
|
| Jul.9 |
Pelosi speaks at federal building ceremony
| 2003 |
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| Nov.13 |
Construction of Bloomingdale inaugurated Developers and city officials broke ground for a large new shopping and entertainment center
|
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| 2002 |
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| Mar.20 |
Pacific Stock Exchange closes |
|
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| 2008 |
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| Aug.28 |
St. Regis penthouse on sale for $70 mil Map| South of Market: Real estate mogul Victor MacFarlane has placed his huge penthouse on the sales block for a figure that would obliterate the previous record. The asking price for the completed condo works out ... | |
|
| Aug.24 |
Condos targets young first-time buyers. South of Market
|
| Jun.26 |
Builders' trade show feels pain Throng of West Coast building professionals gathered at Moscone Center for the annual Pacific Coast Builders Conference and trade show
|
| May.7 |
Protest on measure to end rent control Hundreds are expected to descend on Civic Center Plaza to a ballot measure that would end rent control across the state
|
|
| 2008 |
|
| Sep.10 |
Historic eyesore purchased SF Tenderloin: The Hibernia Bank building has been sold for $3.95 million. It has been home mostly to pigeons since 2000 and a haven for public drinking
|
| May.13 |
Commercial rentals abandoning S.F.
|
| Apr.26 |
New retail space for Market St.
|
| Mar.28 |
Chronicle site considered for development
|
| Jan.7 |
Cal Pacific Med Center signs lease |
| 2007 |
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| Sep.20 |
Design Picked For Transbay Terminal South of Market: A regional transportation commission picked a Connecticut architecture firm to design a new bus and train terminal and an adjacent skyscraper
| The winning design of a slender obelisk design was submitted by Pelli-Hines out of Houston
|
| |
| 2005 |
|
| Sep.23 |
Investors to buy BofA building for $1.05b |
| 2003 |
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| Aug.1 |
58-story skyscraper approved |
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| Feb.6 |
Largest urban retail center |
| 2001 |
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| Mar.28 |
Office rents down |
|
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| 2008 |
|
| Apr.8 |
Gere joins torch protests Hollywood's most outspoken Buddhist lent his voice to Tibetan protests with a condemnation of China and a call for nonviolence
|
|
| 2008 |
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| Mar.25 |
Supe Looks To Curb Business Energy Use
|