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San Rafael |
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Winter storm caused power outages
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SFPD patrol car crashes, injuring 2 officers
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| Dec.2 |
San Francisco |
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San Francisco, Shanghai renew sistership| Sister cities since 1980 have revisited their agreement of friendship in Shanghai | |
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Treasure Island |
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Woman body found floating |
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| Dec.3 |
SF City Hall |
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Mayor Recruits Students For Anti-Graffiti The Department of Public Works is working to find volunteers around the city to commit to painting over graffiti
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Western Addition |
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Residents complain to DA
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| Dec.4 |
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Student died after falling from building Ivan Zimmerman, 21, fell from an exterior stairway landing in the Village at Centennial Square residential building
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PG&E |
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PG&E Seeks Rate Hike
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Officials Consider Closing 19 Schools |
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Bay Bridge |
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Anxious Moments During Bridge Closure Suspicious package was reported. Using a remote controlled robotic arm, officers determined it was not an explosive
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Wells Fargo |
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Christian conservative group dropping WF
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Candlestick |
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49ers Lose To Cardinals 17 to 10
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| Dec.5 |
SFSU |
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Fall victim may have been fight spectator
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San Francisco |
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Bus Accident Kills Pedestrian |
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| Dec.6 |
Treasure Island |
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Treasure Island School To Shut Its Doors The SF Unified School District Board voted unanimously to close Treasure Island School
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SF Mission |
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Police Probe Afternoon Shooting
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| Dec.7 |
SF City Hall |
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New Chief Hired For Troubled MUNI |
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San Francisco |
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Drug overdose later deemed homicide
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SF City Hall |
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Video sparked investigation into SFPD 
Video footage released by Newsom has sparked an investigation into allegations of racism, sexism and corruption
| Mayor Newsom and Police Chief Fong showed and denounced several clips produced by members of SFPD. At least one officer has been suspended after police officials learned of a videotape parodying life on the job that featured uniformed officers and stereotypes of suspects
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| Dec.8 |
SF City Hall |
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Police Officers Suspended Over Video A parody video that features officers has led to the suspension of at least 20 police officers
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Eastern Span |
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Governor's Stall Cost State $81 Million
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San Francisco |
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Trademark granted to 'Dykes on Bikes'
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| Dec.9 |
San Francisco |
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More Tapes in Police Scandal The new videos were not put on the officer's website; the mayor is not going to be making them public
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San Francisco |
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Oral HIV Test Delivering False Positives
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SF City Hall |
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Captain: I Did Not Participate In Video SFPD Capt. Richard Bruce said he had no idea his image was used in the video until he saw his picture in the Chronicle
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| Dec.10 |
San Francisco |
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SFPD Officers Defend Humor In Video
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San Francisco |
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Residents Escape 3-Alarm Fire
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San Francisco |
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Hotels rebuff unions |
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Golden Gate Park |
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Volunteers Search For Missing Man
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| Dec.11 |
San Francisco |
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3-alarm fire |
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| Dec.12 |
Giants |
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Giants land Morris
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| Dec.13 |
SF City Hall |
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8 video scandal officers returning to work The Bayview Station officers were less involved than other suspended in creating a video
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| Dec.14 |
San Francisco |
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Rents top U.S. charts |
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SF Bayview |
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3 Hurt, Car Mangled In Accident |
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| Dec.15 |
San Francisco |
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New Archbishop From Salt Lake City| Pope Benedict XVI has named Monsignor George Niederauer, 69, to be the archbishop of San Francisco | |
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North Beach |
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Water main break floods neighborhood
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Schwab |
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Charles Schwab leaving NYSE for Nasdaq |
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SF City Hall |
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All Suspended SFPD Officers Reinstated All 24 police officers involved in a controversial video skit are on the job again, including the videomaker Cohen
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| Dec.17 |
Bay Bridge |
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Rain Delays Opening Of FasTrak Lanes
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| Dec.18 |
San Francisco |
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Police discovered homicide victim
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San Francisco |
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Powerful Storm Knocks Out Power Some 44,000 businesses and homes are in the dark. There have been 100 separate blackouts
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Ocean Beach |
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Body Found Near Water On Ocean Beach
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SF Tenderloin |
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Deadly Shooting At Market
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| Dec.19 |
SF Zoo |
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New Female Tiger
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San Francisco |
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Pedestrian Fatally Struck by Bus 64-year-old who was hit by a Municipal Railway bus in the 1600 block of Haight Street near Golden Gate Park
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| Dec.20 |
SF City Hall |
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Supe Frustrated Over MUNI Deaths
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San Francisco |
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Tree crashed into bedroom
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San Francisco |
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Gasoline spill of about 20 gallons |
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San Francisco |
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Protestors Outraged By Pot Club Raid Nearly 100 medical marijuana demonstrators gathered in the rain to vehemently protest the pending raid
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| Dec.21 |
San Francisco |
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IBM to Buy Micromuse for $865M in Cash Micromuse makes software that manages video and voice traffic on computer networks
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San Francisco |
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Discrimination lawsuit can go to trial
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Giants |
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Giants finally acquire Finley
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| Dec.22 |
San Francisco |
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Officer arrested on sex, drug charges Michael Turkington, 35, was arrested for alleged violations of oral copulation, false imprisonment
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| Dec.23 |
Gap |
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Gap Pays CEO, Other Execs $10.1 Million |
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| Dec.24 |
San Francisco |
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Man stabbed multiple times |
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49ers |
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49ers Come Back On Rams, Win 24-20
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SF City Hall |
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City Seeks Wi-Fi Proposals For City The city issued a request for proposals to provide a 'free or affordable' city-wide wireless broadband network
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| Dec.26 |
North Beach |
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Drive By Shooting The male victim was killed at around 2 a.m. just outside the North Beach's Velvet Lounge
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| Dec.27 |
SF City Hall |
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SFPD May Have Exceeded OT Budget |
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| Dec.29 |
SF Downtown |
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RockSlide On Telegraph Hill Dozens were forced from their homes. The boulder dragged dirt and mud onto streets
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San Francisco |
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Rare Violin Stolen From Trunk Of Car A violin worth $175,000 is stolen from a musician Sabina Nakajima's car. The car was towed
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| Dec.30 |
SF City Hall |
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City Murder Rate Highest In 10 Years| Police Department maintains that many of the 96 killings this year could not have been prevented | |
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San Francisco |
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Police: Stolen Violin Story A Hoax| A passer-by saw the blue violin case. Sabina Rhee-Nakajima, 23, admitted making up the story | |
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