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| Oct.26 |
Napa |
Officials ride Napa Valley Wine Train to spur tourism Cal Fire reports 93 percent containment now on fires that destroyed some 1,200 buildings and burned 56,000 acres
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| Feb.16 |
SF Downtown |
San Francisco tourists may have to pay toll to drive down Lombard Street
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| Aug.23 |
San Francisco |
Tourists mugged at gunpoint on San Francisco’s Twin Peaks 
Map of Twin Peaks San Francisco Two photo-snapping sightseers, one from Russia and another from outside California, in their 20s were robbed at gunpoint Monday night
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| Feb.19 |
San Francisco |
British tourist stabbed in head during S.F. robbery
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| Dec.29 |
San Francisco |
Tourists on alert after French couple robbed at Twin Peaks
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| Dec.26 |
SF Downtown |
9 injured in San Francisco tour bus crash along The Embarcadero Map of Embarcadero and Broadway San Francisco| A double-decker tour bus collided with an SUV. The first report of the crash came in at 5:53 p.m. Paramedics tended to six adults and two children | |
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| Oct.20 |
SF Downtown |
Hotel room rates skyrocketing for Super Bowl 50 weekend |
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| Aug.25 |
Russian Hill |
Russian Hill shooting leaves tourist wounded, 2 suspects in custody Map of 800 Lombard San Francisco| A tourist on his way to visit iconic Lombard Street was shot in the shoulder by one of two assailants during a brazen midday robbery | |
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| May.16 |
SF Downtown |
Cruise ship docks in S.F. after norovirus outbreak |
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| May.12 |
Oakland Downtown |
Oakland’s downtown Marriott hotel sold |
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| Oct.23 |
Chinatown |
Tour guide spewing racial epithets in Chinatown |
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| Sep.1 |
Fishermans Wharf |
Labor Day marchers look to unionize Fisherman's Wharf hotel |
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| Aug.17 |
SF Tenderloin |
Tourist injured in shooting in S.F.'s Tenderloin
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| May.20 |
SF Downtown |
Officials voted to close Lombard Street four weekends
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| May.12 |
SF City Hall |
S.F. sues family that operates residential hotels |
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| Mar.10 |
SF City Hall |
Plan would triple cost of riding S.F.'s historic streetcars |
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| Feb.18 |
SF Downtown |
Mark Hopkins bought by owner of the Fairmont Hotel |
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| Nov.30 |
OAK |
Oakland airport travel down, passengers up at SFO |
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| Nov.27 |
SFO |
Thanksgiving rush underway for travelers at SFO 
With a big storm hitting the East Coast, airline passengers have been waiting to see if their flights will leave on time
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| Oct.16 |
SF Downtown |
Coit Tower shuts for repairs - high time, critics say |
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| Sep.28 |
Western Addition |
Alamo Square in S.F. looks to limit tour buses |
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| Jul.17 |
San Francisco |
Thieves targeting San Francisco tourists'
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| Jul.2 |
SF Downtown |
Ritz Carlton sold for $161 million |
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| May.20 |
San Jose Downtown |
San Jose Marriott Hotel, a downtown icon, is bought for $83 million |
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| Apr.6 |
South of Market |
Tourists stabbed, robbed in SF's SOMA 2 tourists were stabbed and robbed at 11 p.m. by a group of several hispanic men and women in their 20s, who escaped in a blue SUV
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| Oct.6 |
SF Downtown |
Crowds flock to SF for event-filled weekend More than a million people are descending upon SF this weekend for all the festivities; including a long standing Fleet Week tradition
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| Oct.5 |
SF Downtown |
Record crowds expected for SF's busy weekend
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| Aug.13 |
Google |
Google buys Frommer's travel guidebook |
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| Mar.27 |
San Francisco |
S.F. tourism bounces back |
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| Jan.31 |
SF Downtown |
Ground broken on America's Cup terminal |
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| Oct.11 |
SF Downtown |
S.F.'s Huntington Hotel reportedly sold |
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| May.1 |
San Francisco |
False Alcatraz alarm- tourists evacuated |
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| Mar.10 |
South of Market |
Westin S.F. hotel up for auction
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| Feb.2 |
Oakland Hills |
Claremont Hotel files for bankruptcy |
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| Dec.29 |
Santa Rosa |
Tourist killed by fallen tree
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| Oct.13 |
San Francisco |
Hilton Hotel workers start 6-day strike About 850 workers walked off the job today at one of San Francisco's largest hotels: Waiters, housekeepers and other employees
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San Francisco |
SF set to get water taxi service |
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| Sep.24 |
San Francisco |
Cruise lines plan more S.F. stops
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| Sep.2 |
San Francisco |
SF tourism picks up, but spending flat
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| Jun.11 |
SF Downtown |
3-day strike at Hyatt Regency ends |
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| Jun.8 |
SF Downtown |
S.F. Hyatt workers walk off job |
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| May.25 |
SF Downtown |
Foreign investors eye SF hotels |
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| May.6 |
SF Downtown |
Huntington Hotel reportedly up for sale |
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| May.5 |
SF Downtown |
Debate over Tonga Room's fate |
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| Mar.30 |
San Francisco |
Hotels, union workers at odds |
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| Mar.11 |
SF Downtown |
Four Seasons' owners end loan default
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| Feb.22 |
SF Downtown |
Lembi empire's hotels hang on for dear life
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| Jan.6 |
SF Downtown |
Union boycotts Hilton S.F.
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| Jan.5 |
SF Downtown |
140 Cited In Hotel Workers Protest Map of Market Street San Francisco More than 100 demonstrators were detained at a rally held by hotel workers who have been without new contracts since August
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| Nov.6 |
SF Downtown |
S.F. hotel workers open 3-day strike Map of Union Square San Francisco| About 300 workers began a strike against Grand Hyatt, as tensions escalated over contract negotiations with Unite Here Local 2 and the owners | |
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| Oct.22 |
SF Downtown |
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 st...
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| Sep.15 |
SF Downtown |
Crystal Cruises back to S.F. port in 2011
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| Aug.9 |
Millbrae |
Applicants flood Kohl's job fair
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| Jul.8 |
San Francisco |
W Hotel sold to Hong Kong company |
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| Jun.10 |
SF Downtown |
$3.5 million OKd for new cruise ship port |
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| May.14 |
SF City Hall |
SF going after online bookers for hotel tax |
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| May.1 |
SF Downtown |
Flu outbreak diverts Mexico's cruises to SF
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| Feb.22 |
Sausalito |
Sausalito Ferry 2nd Most Scenic In World |
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| Feb.20 |
Moffett Field |
Fresh cash windfall for zeppelin
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| Feb.17 |
San Francisco |
S.F. Tourism's Dim Outlook Travel from Europe and Asia, business people expected to fall even more this year
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| Dec.18 |
SF Downtown |
Hotel Fee To Aid Moscone |
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| Dec.12 |
San Francisco |
Good year for visitor, convention business |
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| Nov.9 |
Byron |
Developer grand plan for crumbling resort |
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| Sep.22 |
SF Downtown |
New SF Muni Bus Line Tours Landmarks |
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| Sep.6 |
San Francisco |
Tourism Boosts S.F. Economy
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| May.29 |
San Francisco |
Visitors to SF in 2007 set spending record
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| May.22 |
SFO |
SFO expects holiday travel to jump 5% |
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| Mar.6 |
SF Downtown |
Sex assault in hotel
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| Feb.28 |
South of Market |
Huge InterContinental Hotel opened 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 |
SF Downtown |
InterContinental Hotel to open |
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| Feb.22 |
San Francisco |
Upbeat S.F. tourism outlook |
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| Dec.20 |
SF Downtown |
Cable cars running after closures |
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| Aug.28 |
Emeryville |
Hotel Workers Win Battle For Back Wages After a tense, rowdy hearing the City Council ordered the Woodfin Hotel to pay workers $350,000 dollars in back wages and penalties
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| Jun.30 |
Menlo Park |
3 Offices Holding Passport Fairs |
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| Feb.6 |
SF Downtown |
Queen Mary 2 Sets Sail From San Francisco
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| Feb.4 |
SF Downtown |
Queen Mary 2 Arrives The largest and grandest ocean cruise liner, which towers 200 feet above water, is making its first visit ever to SF
| The ship is 1,132 feet long; 17 decks equal the height of a 23-story building. The mammoth passed beneath the Golden Gate bridge, clearing the bottom of the span by 27 feet before a nail-bitingly tight tour of the Bay
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| Sep.25 |
SF Downtown |
Alcatraz Ferry Service Changes Hands Some union workers who used to drive the ferry weren't hired by this nonunion operator, Hornblower Tours
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| Sep.12 |
San Francisco |
Tentative Agreement In Hotel Dispute Union leaders representing 4,200 workers announced that a tentative agreement was reached on a contract
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| Aug.24 |
SF Downtown |
Hotel wokers vote to authorize strike
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| Aug.20 |
SF Downtown |
Weak Dollar Means More Tourists In S.F. |
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| May.13 |
San Francisco |
Nearly 10% More Tourist Dollars Spent
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| Apr.7 |
SF Downtown |
Chicago firm buys Westin St. Francis |
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| Feb.26 |
SF Downtown |
Hotel Occupancy Rate Increases |
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| Jan.29 |
East Palo Alto |
4 Seasons Hotel Opens
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| Jul.9 |
SF Downtown |
Unions Urging Conventions to Not Meet
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| May.3 |
SF Downtown |
Hotel workers' march results in 37 arrests During a march for a new union contract, 37 people were arrested for trespassing at the Hilton Hotel
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| Mar.26 |
SF Downtown |
Hotel Dispute Makes City Less Competitive |
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| Nov.20 |
San Francisco |
Hotel employees to return to work About 4,000 maids, bellhops, cooks and other will return to their jobs while contract negotiations continue
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| Nov.16 |
San Francisco |
Kaiser covers locked-out hotel workers Health care provider is agreeing to provide 2 months of medical coverage to 3,500 workers and their families
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| Oct.26 |
SF Downtown |
Hotels refuse to end labor lockout The operators of 14 hotels are facing a deadline and an ultimatum from SF mayor
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| Oct.13 |
SF Downtown |
Hotel strike ends, workers locked-out Thousands of workers ended a 2-week strike but remained off the job as operators of the 14 hotels imposed a lock-out
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| Oct.5 |
SF Downtown |
Hotel operators agree to extend lockout
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| Oct.4 |
San Francisco |
Hotel Strike and Lockout Goes Strong |
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| Oct.3 |
San Francisco |
London Cabbies Ride SF Streets |
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| Sep.29 |
San Francisco |
Hotel workers begin two-week strike| Cooks, housekeepers, bellboys at 4 hotels began a noisy action that could spread to other venues and discourage visitors | |
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| Sep.22 |
SF Downtown |
Cable car shutdown |
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| Nov.11 |
San Francisco |
SF Named Best City in the World to Visit |
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| Sep.21 |
San Francisco |
Tourism on hold |
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