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| Dec.1 |
San Francisco |
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Levi Strauss hires turnaround specialists |
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SF City Hall |
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Candidates Hurl Accusations Over Email
| Dec.2 |
San Francisco |
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Gore endorses Newsom Former Vice President's defeat in the presidential election has been attributed to support taken by the Green Party's Nader
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SF Sunset |
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Pedestrian Hit on Notorious 19th Ave |
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San Francisco |
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Gonzalez, Newsom in final debate In mayoral debate the 2 candidates emphasized their differences but did not appear to open any new wounds
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SF Bayview |
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Escalation of student violence |
| Dec.3 |
San Francisco |
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Federal agents raid Hells Angels HQ
Map of Tennessee and 22nd San Francisco Federal agents raided motorcycle gang San Francisco headquarters. 17 arrested
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San Francisco |
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Examiner fires more staff, hires new CFO |
| Dec.4 |
SF Presidio |
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4-vehicle crash |
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San Francisco |
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Bonds Appears for Steroid Probe The jury is focusing on possible tax and drug violations by a lab that supplied nutritional supplements to sports stars | |
| Dec.5 |
San Francisco |
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Number of pedestrian deaths rises in city
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SF Presidio |
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Rent-your-own wine cellar |
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SF City Hall |
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Runoff races tighten Matt Gonzalez received 50% backing in the group of telephone surveys, compared to 48% for Gavin Newsom
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PG&E |
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State objects to PG&E's bankruptcy plan
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SF City Hall |
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Federal Jury wants records of Fagan Jr. |
| Dec.6 |
North Beach |
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SBC van hits, kills woman in crosswalk |
| Dec.7 |
SF Tenderloin |
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4 people shot
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Candlestick |
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49ers 50, Arizona 14
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SF City Hall |
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Gonzalez, Newsom supporters clash
| Dec.8 |
SF Bayview |
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Domestic fight leads to kidnap
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San Francisco |
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Early Voters Targeted in Mayor's Race
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San Francisco |
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Clinton backs Newsom The former president flew into town aboard a Newsom supporter's jet for a 20-minute pep- talk at Newsom campaign HQ
| Dec.9 |
San Francisco |
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Police officer arrested for child abuse
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Gap |
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Founder to step down as chairman
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SF City Hall |
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Gavin Newsom New San Francisco Mayor Supervisor Gavin Newsom, 36, beat rival Matt Gonzalez and will replace outgoing mayor Willie Brown
Born on Oct. 10, 1967, in San Francisco. From 1992 was a founder, owner of PlumpJack wine shop. Mayoral candidate's platform focused on homeless policy, economic development and measures to improve the quality of life in the city's neighborhoods
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San Francisco |
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DA Hallinan unseated by Kamala Harris A 39-year-old political newcomer from the city attorney's office won 56% of the vote against incumbent District Attorney | |
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San Francisco |
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Charges dismissed against Hill
| Dec.10 |
San Francisco |
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Raess named assistant chief for AP in SF |
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SF Downtown |
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Construction Causes Traffic Delays |
| Dec.11 |
SF City Hall |
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Fire chief Trevino resigns
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San Francisco |
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Players testify in steroid investigation
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San Francisco |
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Harris supporters face suspension |
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UCSF |
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Researchers find 'intoxicating' gene |
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San Francisco |
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Home-invasion robbers stabbed man
| Dec.12 |
SF Bayview |
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Man wielding machete arrested |
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SF City Hall |
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Newsom: Changes Coming to SFPD |
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San Francisco |
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Marshall, Harris new AP broadcast editors |
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PG&E |
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PG&E reconsider $80 million to executives
| Dec.14 |
San Francisco |
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Howard Dean campaigned Presidential candidate tells crowd his views on Iraq are unchanged
| Dec.15 |
San Francisco |
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Rain popped off 50 manhole covers |
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SF City Hall |
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Renne to head Newsom's transition team |
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San Francisco |
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Tourists to pay 14% city tax |
| Dec.16 |
PG&E |
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PG&E reaches compromise on bankruptcy PG&E has agreed to demands that would trim about $1 billion from the $7.2 billion bailout bill facing the customers
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San Francisco |
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Flu Worries Spark Changes at Church
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Schwab |
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Schwab to reinstate contribution to 401k |
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SF City Hall |
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Supervisors reject SFO contract City voted not to revive a big-ticket plan to allow a developer to construct a new cargo facility at the airport
| Dec.17 |
San Francisco |
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Flu Prompts Precautions for Hospitals
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San Francisco |
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Judge sets execution date for 1983 killer |
| Dec.18 |
SF Richmond |
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Sea lion traveling on Great Highway |
| Dec.19 |
San Francisco |
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Man arrested after allegedly killing 2 kids
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San Francisco |
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Man killed in front of his new bride Man apparently tried to rob Daniel Price's wife. When he tried to step in, the gunman shot him in the head
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San Francisco |
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77 projects at Summit Reservoir |
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SF Mission |
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Power outage affecting 7,700 customers |
| Dec.20 |
SF City Hall |
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Newsom announces transition team Mayor-elect announced the names of 180 people, including many sitting commissioners and two former rivals
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San Francisco |
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Hundreds for strike outside of Safeway |
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SF Mission |
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Fire causes widespread power outage A fire at an electrical substation has caused an outage affecting about 120,000 customers | |
| Dec.21 |
San Francisco |
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Muni, BART still strained by outage BART trains are not stopping at the Powell Street and Civic Center. 46,000 people still without power
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San Francisco |
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Howard Dean campaigned
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San Francisco |
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Power almost fully restored after blackout Only about 1,800 customers were still without power
| Dec.22 |
San Francisco |
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Power fully restored after major blackout At the War Memorial Opera House, the SF Ballet canceled a matinee performance of the Nutcracker
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San Francisco |
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Marijuana clinic robbed during blackout
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PG&E |
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Judge approves PG&E's reorganization
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SF Zoo |
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New executive director and president San Francisco Zoological Society's Board of Directors appointed Manuel Mollinedo, former zoo director of the LA Zoo
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San Francisco |
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Retail Fallout from Blackout Safeway suffered a huge loss because it had to get rid of all its perishable products
| Dec.23 |
PG&E |
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Delayed Response Worsened Outage PG&E says its delayed response to a circuit failure may have added to the severity of power outage | |
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San Francisco |
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DNA Solves 35-year old Murder Case DNA from a fluid sample during an autopsy linked 61-year old William Speer to the murder of a 14-year old girl
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SF Sunset |
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Pedestrian serioulys injured on 19th Ave.
| Dec.27 |
Candlestick |
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Seattle 24, 49ers 17
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SF Downtown |
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Electrical problem delayed Muni trains
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SF Bayview |
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Fire displaces 4 people
| Dec.28 |
Golden Gate Park |
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Academy of Sciences closing its doors The California Academy of Sciences is closing its doors later this week for a major renovation project
| Dec.30 |
San Francisco |
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30-foot-wide sinkhole
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San Francisco |
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Muni crash resultes in 9 minor injuries
| Dec.31 |
San Francisco |
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Marjorie Knoller to be freed soon The woman convicted of manslaughter in dog-mauling case is having served 3 years behind bars altogether