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San Francisco |
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Hundreds Gather For World AIDS Day People gathered at the National AIDS Memorial Grove
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| Dec.3 |
San Francisco |
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7 Colombian stowaways aboard a vessel
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San Francisco |
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Homelessness on Rise
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| Dec.5 |
San Francisco |
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Singer sued Opera Association Alexandra Nehra is claiming Association's fog machine has caused her asthma and other ailments
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San Francisco |
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Mail theft ring broken up |
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| Dec.6 |
SF Mission |
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Israeli products to be dropped |
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San Francisco |
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More Charges Against SFPD Rookie
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San Francisco |
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Wolfowitz speaks at Commonwealth Club
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| Dec.7 |
South of Market |
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Policeman kills self on Hall of Justice steps| Michael Block had been suspended for allegedly possessing child pornography at his home and at work | |
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| Dec.9 |
SF Presidio |
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Trust elects new executive director
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SF Downtown |
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Stabbing at United Nations Plaza |
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| Dec.10 |
San Francisco |
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Cry for help on 911 tape after fracas 23-year-old Adam Snyder told the dispatcher that off-duty officers started fight 'over nothing'
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San Francisco |
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911 tapes of alleged beating by officers
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SF City Hall |
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Financial privacy protections voted |
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SF Downtown |
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2 arrested following 120 mph chase |
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San Francisco |
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Investigation of son of Assistant Chief A criminal police report filed on what happened Nov. 20 involving 3 police officers, including Alex Fagan Junior
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SF Sunset |
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Fiona Ma wins race for supervisor
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| Dec.11 |
SF City Hall |
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No ballot shortages in runoff races |
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Pac Bell Park |
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Park Could Be Renamed as SBC Park
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San Francisco |
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Crack down on homeless along tracks |
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| Dec.12 |
Bay Bridge |
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2 steel plates caused commuter backup The pair of 3-foot-wide plates are located on the upper deck extended morning drives by an hour or longer this week
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| Dec.13 |
San Francisco |
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First Asian bishop in United States| Pope John Paul II has appointed Monsignor Ignatius Wang as the first bishop of Asian ancestry | |
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San Francisco |
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Car hit officer While officers were investigating accident another car came at them sliding sideways and slides right into them
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| Dec.14 |
Ocean Beach |
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Body of male was found |
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SF Downtown |
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Photo exhibition addresses human rights |
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San Francisco |
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Dry dock towed back to port |
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San Francisco |
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Scaffolding Collapsed High winds caused scaffolding on a 6-story building to collapse. Many boats have been pulled away from their moorings
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| Dec.15 |
SF City Hall |
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2 Supervisors sworn in |
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Treasure Island |
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Body recovery operation The body was located on the rocks near the marina on the north shore of the Treasure Island
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Candlestick |
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49ers lost to Packers, 20-14
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| Dec.17 |
SF City Hall |
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$450,000 for a sexual harassment |
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PG&E |
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Former PG&E CEO dies at age 72 |
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| Dec.18 |
Golden Gate Bridge |
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Mother filed lawsuit against Bridge Renee Milligan is the mother of a 14-year-old Santa Rosa girl who killed herself by jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge
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San Francisco |
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Bonds' home run ball must be sold| Neither Popov nor Hayashi could claim ownership of the historic ball, hit by Bonds for his 73rd home run | |
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| Dec.19 |
SF City Hall |
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'State of the bureau' report |
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SF City Hall |
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Projected budget deficit topped $200M Officials were expecting a $170 million local shortfall. The state's $35 billion cash crunch will increase the damage
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San Francisco |
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Fortuneteller crackdown possible |
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SF Mission |
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Women's mural vandalized for 5th time |
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| Dec.20 |
SF Downtown |
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Motorcyclist crashed into parked car
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SF Downtown |
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Pedestrian killed by taxicab |
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San Francisco |
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SLA fugitive pleads innocent| James Kilgore pleaded innocent to explosives counts and other charges | |
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San Francisco |
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Trial ordered in party boat slaying 27-year-old William O. Monaghan allegedly tossed a Swiss citizen off a party boat on the bay and had punched him
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San Francisco |
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Dog mauling civil suit settled |
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Ingleside |
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Stabbed in chest |
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| Dec.21 |
San Francisco |
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Blaze damaged 2 boats
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SF Mission |
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Thousands of Children Receive Free Toys 2,000 children received free toys in the annual giveaway at the police station
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San Francisco |
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Basketball great Hank Luisetti dies at 86
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SF Sunset |
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Storm closed Great Highway
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Fishermans Wharf |
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Museum reopens
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| Dec.22 |
Golden Gate Bridge |
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Zero-emission vehicles ride free Vehicles run only on electricity, propane or natural gas will ride free during the morning and afternoon commute
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SF City Hall |
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Not enough money to close investigations
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| Dec.23 |
San Bruno |
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Bald eagle from Zoo recovered After a brief flight of freedom, a prized eagle was recovered safely from a mountain top
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San Francisco |
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Rainbow Grocery ended Israeli boycott Grocery ended a partial boycott of Israeli-made goods after 200 demonstrators filled the parking lot of cooperative
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San Francisco |
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Giants' Benito Santiago, denies pot use |
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San Francisco |
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Lead in String of Murders
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SF Richmond |
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SFPD negotiating with shooter Officers and negotiators have set up a perimeter where a man with a gun remains holed up in a building
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SF Downtown |
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Sexual assault
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| Dec.24 |
San Francisco |
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New complaint involving rookie officer
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SF Richmond |
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Barricaded man apprehended
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SF Downtown |
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Squad car rear-ended during pursuit
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| Dec.25 |
San Francisco |
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4 separate assaults with deadly weapons| 5 injuried after fight. Man being assaulted with bottles and baseball bats. Woman rammed a car into her ex-husband's car | |
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SF Downtown |
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Church served 2,000 pounds of prime rib Glide Memorial United Methodist Church will be providing meals and hope to an estimated 8,000 people in need
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San Francisco |
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City to receive 4 turbines
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SF Downtown |
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FAO Schwarz leaving Union Square
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SF Sunset |
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Second annual 99-cent gas day
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| Dec.26 |
San Francisco |
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Atheists appealing to U.S. Supreme Court
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UCSF |
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Life-saving liver transplant
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SF Downtown |
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Massive water main break Area at Post and Stockton Streets in Union Square was closed to traffic while firefighters continue cleaning up
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| Dec.29 |
San Francisco |
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21-year-old woman missing
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| Dec.31 |
San Francisco |
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Inmate mistakenly released
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Main Event: Policeman kills self o... 