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Morning News


Aug.27   San Francisco   Prisoner to be free after held for 13 years  A judge overturned the conviction of John Tennison's in murder case, ruling that prosecutors withheld information

  San Francisco SF Shuts Down Controversial High School  District will shut down the Urban Pioneer Academy that served students who had trouble in traditional high school

  Richmond Boy guilty of sexual assault on woman, 46  A 12-year-old overpowered the woman and sodomized her repeatedly along a hiking trail in Richmond

  Redwood City Boy to be honoring for fire heroics  11-year-old evacuated his grandmother and baby sister from a building after it caught on fire

Day News


  SF City Hall   Alex Fagan Sr. named chief of SFPD
  Police commissioners were accepting Mayor Willie Brown's choice as the city's new police Chief


  East Palo Alto   Shoppers Pack New Ikea Store
  Company closed the doors and did not allow anyone else in for about 40 minutes


  Mountain View   Silicon Graphics cuts 600 more jobs
  SGI is cutting nearly 17% of its work force to keep costs in line with sagging revenues


  Oakland   Co-workers rally in support of ex-teacher  30 people rallied in support of Shannon Williams who was arrested during an undercover prostitution sting

  East San Jose Wildfire started by lightning  Fire burned more than 2000 acres and are in inaccessible areas

  San Rafael Road rage incident involved 4 people  Man driving a Honda Prelude allegedly cut off a blue Mazda Protégé

  SF Downtown No bomb found at theater evacuated  The AMC 1000 movie theater is about to be reopened after 300 people were evacuated due to a bomb threat

  Fisherman's Wharf Worker Survives 60-Foot Fall  A construction worker at Fisherman's Wharf was on top of a crane when it tipped over during repairs on a parking facility

Evening News


  West Oakland   Man dead after multi-car crash  Man slammed into several cars, killing one man and injuring several others

  Coliseum Athletics 6, Orioles 2  Tejada hit 2 homers and Zito pitched 8 innings

  San Francisco Police officer hit by motorcycle  Officer who was hit during a foot pursuit of a man allegedly carrying some sort of assault weapon

  Genentech Genentech, Amgen settle patent dispute  Biotechnology rivals have settled a long-running patent dispute over the technology used to produce Neupogen
World , August 27, 2003 Timeline