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| Dec.1 |
San Rafael |
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Winter storm caused power outages
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San Francisco |
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SFPD patrol car crashes, injuring 2 officers
| 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 |
| 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
| Dec.4 |
SFSU |
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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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SF City Hall |
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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
| 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 |
| 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
| 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'
| 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
| 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
| Dec.11 |
San Francisco |
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3-alarm fire |
| Dec.12 |
Giants |
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Giants land Morris
| 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
| 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 |
| 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
| Dec.17 |
Bay Bridge |
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Rain Delays Opening Of FasTrak Lanes
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| Dec.23 |
Gap |
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Gap Pays CEO, Other Execs $10.1 Million |
| 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
| 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
| Dec.27 |
SF City Hall |
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SFPD May Have Exceeded OT Budget |
| 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
| 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 | |