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| Jan.1 |
Noe Valley |
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Power outage affecting 6,000 |
| Jan.2 |
SF Downtown |
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Granite planters secure BofA tower |
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SF Presidio |
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70-foot tree falls on bus |
| Jan.3 |
San Francisco |
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Providian to cut 800 jobs Credit card issuer will cut a 6% of its work force, to make the troubled company more efficient | |
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SF Chronicle |
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Columnist and baseball Hall of Famer dies |
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San Francisco |
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Advertising Association folded
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SF Downtown |
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City takes over Old Mint |
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SF City Hall |
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Ex-supervisor Nelder dies |
| Jan.4 |
Bay Bridge |
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One killed, 2 injured in scaffold collapse 18,000-pound section collapsed as it was being moved. Victims worked on project to strengthen the span
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SF Downtown |
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Rescued from burning building |
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San Francisco |
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Couple asks for separate trials
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San Francisco |
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Co-founders buy back Webshots |
| Jan.5 |
SF Richmond |
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Broken pipe floods neighborhood |
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Pacific Heights |
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4-alarm blaze at building 40 people displaced at 308 Locust St. near Clay Street
| Jan.7 |
SF Downtown |
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Apple introduces revamped iMac Flat-screen 15-inch display, faster processor and a new look | |
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SF City Hall |
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Proposal to crack down panhandlers
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San Francisco |
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Critical Path names McGlashan CEO |
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San Francisco |
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Agreement for Jerry Garcia's Guitars
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SF City Hall |
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Supervisors certify November election
| Jan.8 |
SF City Hall |
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Recount of two elections expected |
| Jan.9 |
SF City Hall |
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Agreement between police and blacks |
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SF Downtown |
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Al Gore at biotech conference |
| Jan.10 |
San Francisco |
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Bratt brings family to movie premiere |
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PG&E |
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PG&E Corp. sued for $4.6 billion
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San Francisco |
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Settlement on power plant |
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San Francisco |
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Univ. controller charged embezzlement |
| Jan.11 |
San Francisco |
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Examiner fires editor in chief
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San Francisco |
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Seminary names new interin dean |
| Jan.12 |
SF City Hall |
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Embezzlement suspect found |
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San Francisco |
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Greenspan make speech |
| Jan.13 |
49ers |
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Green Bay 25, 49ers 15, at wild card Favre is completing 16-of-21 passes for 226 yards in second half
| Jan.14 |
San Francisco |
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Couple argue for separate trials
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SF Mission |
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Feamle nude body found |
| Jan.15 |
Giants |
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Bonds Signs With Giants The San Francisco Giants signed Bonds to a 5-year contract worth $90 million dollars | |
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Schwab |
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First quarterly loss in 14 years Business is picking up again after bogging down in 2000 market muck
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Wells Fargo |
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Mortgage boom boosts earnings Bank earned $1.18 billion, or 69 cents per share. That surpassed the consensus estimate
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San Francisco |
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Separate trials denied in dog attack
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SF City Hall |
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Young Museum project approved |
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San Francisco |
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SF Labeled 'Mean' for Homeless Policy
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San Francisco |
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Killed in accident at demolition site |
| Jan.16 |
SF Downtown |
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Downed wires slow MUNI service Overhead wires on the K, L and M Metro lines are not functioning
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San Francisco |
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Attempted kidnapping at club |
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San Francisco |
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Court allows destruction of 2nd dog |
| Jan.18 |
SF Bayview |
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Homicide
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San Francisco |
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Election Splits Gay Community |
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SF Downtown |
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Bonds, Burnett carry Olympic Torch Deena Burnett ran with the torch in Oakland
| Jan.19 |
Palo Alto |
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24-hour bus service on El Camino Real
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San Francisco |
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Towing company settles discrimin. Suit
| Jan.21 |
SF Downtown |
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Freedom March Honors King Martin Luther King celebration in San Francisco is now the second largest march on the West Coast for Dr. King
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Chinatown |
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Chinese Herb Burglaries
| Jan.22 |
San Francisco |
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Whistle-blowers offered settlement 2 workers who filed a federal lawsuit that helped uncover a bribery scandal at the Housing Authority would get $320,000
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SF Mission |
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2 anti-Semitic graffiti incidents
| Jan.23 |
Eastern Span |
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$1.04 billion contract Caltrans awarded contract for construction of the eastern replacement span to Kiewit/FCI/Mason Joint Venture
| Jan.25 |
San Francisco |
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Arrested for robbing 15 banks Michael Minahen, 39, has dubbed him the Boring Bandit
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SF Downtown |
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Pinned under MUNI bus
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Golden Gate Bridge |
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10 new officers for bridge
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San Francisco |
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Stabbing
| Jan.26 |
San Francisco |
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Bicyclist, 15, stabbed 3 times
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San Francisco |
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Candlelight marks year since dog attack 200 friends and supporters of Diane Whipple held a candlelight to show they hadn't forgotten the woman mauled to death | |
| Jan.27 |
San Francisco |
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Police-impersonating thieves Victims thought they were being interviewed by undercover officers
| Jan.28 |
Daly City |
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4,400 customers lost power
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San Francisco |
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Dies Under 10,000-Pound lb Trailer Firefighters used air bags and heavy equipment to try to move the tractor
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SF Downtown |
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Boxer with Clinton raised $400,000 U.S. Sen. re-election campaign is off to a strong start after a fund-raising dinner at the Fairmont Hotel
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SF Downtown |
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Stabbed multiple times
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SF Mission |
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Big rig crushes car, killing driver
| Jan.29 |
Golden Gate Bridge |
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Black ice shuts lane The ice patch has not been sanded
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San Francisco |
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Alleged discrimination at TV station
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Eastern Span |
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Eastern span works begin Gov. Gray Davis kicked off the $2.6 billion dollar construction project
| Jan.30 |
San Francisco |
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2nd Dog in Fatal Attack Put to Death Hera has been put to death by Animal Care and Control
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San Francisco |
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Wrongful death lawsuit
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San Francisco |
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NextCard lays off 170
| Jan.31 |
SF Downtown |
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Ballet began its 69th season Gala in War Memorial Opera House included three pre-performance dinners
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Golden Gate Bridge |
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2 Air force jets scrambled Bridge officials noticed 2 small airplanes circling the famous span during the evening commute hours | |
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San Francisco |
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Providian delays results announcement
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SF Downtown |
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Union Protest at Transbay Terminal