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| Jan.1 |
San Francisco |
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S.F. minimum wage rises to $9.79
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Giants |
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Giants may enter Ramirez sweepstakes
| Jan.2 |
SF Downtown |
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36 Arrested in New Year's Celebrations SFPD made 30 arrests for being drunk in public in the areas of Broadway, Market Street and the Embarcadero
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SF City Hall |
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Officials working to cut down on homicides
| Jan.3 |
Bernal Heights |
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Officer-involved shooting Map of Cortland Avenue San Francisco Officers responded to a report of a burglary; upon making contact with the suspect, 'some kind of physical confrontation' ensued
| Jan.5 |
SF City Hall |
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NRA, Housing Authority near settlement
| Jan.6 |
Russian Hill |
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Another Portable Toilet Set Afire In SF For at least the 13th time since November, a portable toilet was set ablaze in Russian Hill neighborhood
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SF Downtown |
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Apple unveils software updates, laptop
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Candlestick |
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Fan Searches Challenged In Court
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San Francisco |
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Marin coup plot conviction reinstated
| Jan.7 |
SF Downtown |
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Stacey's Bookstore closing down The iconic shop called Market Street home for all of its 85 years and had carved out a niche for technical publications
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San Francisco |
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Yelp Posting Lands In Court In a case that could chill free speech online, chiropractor Christopher Norberg, 26, has sued a local artist over negative reviews published...
| Jan.8 |
SF City Hall |
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Chiu Elected Board Of SF Sups President Freshman Supervisor David Chiu was elected president of the Board of Supervisors after 7 rounds of voting | |
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SF Richmond |
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Man fatally stabbed
| Jan.9 |
Russian Hill |
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At Least 16 SF Portable Toilet Arsons City law enforcement officials are still trying to find the person who has set as many as 16 portable toilets ablaze in Russian Hill neighborhood
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San Francisco |
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Gang members fire into funeral procession
| Jan.11 |
Wells Fargo |
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Wells has more branches than any bank Wells Fargo & Co., which began in 1852 as a 'Express and Banking House' serving gold miners, now controls more branches than any U.S. bank | |
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Levi's Stadium |
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49ers Face Delays In 2012 Stadium Move
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SF Downtown |
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Pro-Israel March Follows Palestinians' One About 200 people rallied outside the Israeli Consulate, in response to the large pro-Palestinian demonstrations around the Bay Area | |
| Jan.12 |
San Francisco |
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Cameras little help in cutting crime
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SF Downtown |
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Carbon Monoxide Leak Kills Man One person was found dead and 8 injured at a apartment building that has been evacuated Monday night due to a carbon monoxide leak
| Jan.14 |
Russian Hill |
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18th portable toilet was set ablaze Map of Washington Street and Taylor street San Francisco Another portable toilet was set ablaze in Russian Hill neighborhood, at least the 18th such incident in the area since November
| Jan.16 |
SF Downtown |
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Protesters call banks to help consumers 100 demonstrators marched through Financial District, calling on the recipients of bailout funds to do more to funnel that money to consumer...
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Schwab |
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Charles Schwab Sees Steady 4Q Profit The profit matched what it earned in the same period a year ago, but shares tumbled as the company warned that it faces market headwinds
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SF Tenderloin |
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Charged with murder for stabbing
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South of Market |
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Big Rig Kills Elderly Pedestrian |
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San Francisco |
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4 teens took part in attack A juvenile court judge determined that four teenagers in a gang took part the the killing of a 17-year-old Antwanisha Morgan in March 2007
| Jan.17 |
San Francisco |
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S.F. filmmaker honored Larry Adelman
| Jan.20 |
Giants |
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Taschner Agress To $830K, 1-Year Deal
| Jan.21 |
San Francisco |
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Williams-Sonoma to slash jobs, close sites
| Jan.22 |
SF Downtown |
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Condo developers hunting for buyers The company behind Millennium Tower, the 60-story luxury project in SoMa set to open in April, will soon announce it is slicing all prices by...
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Western Addition |
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Dies from shooting
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Oakland Hills |
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Power Outage Affects 4,000 Customers
| Jan.24 |
San Francisco |
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Muni Reduces Service On Culture Bus Line
| Jan.25 |
SF Richmond |
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Double shooting in inner Richmond District
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SF Downtown |
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Anti-Abortion Activists March Thousands marched on the waterfront, vowing to continue to fight vehemently for their beliefs in spite of a new president
| Jan.26 |
SF Bayview |
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Young man found shot dead
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SF Sunset |
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81-Year-Old Woman Struck By Vehicle
| Jan.27 |
San Francisco |
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French probe finds S.F. death a homicide The French government and the family of Hughes de la Plaza who died in his SF apartment are offering a $100,000 reward for the information | |
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Golden Gate Bridge |
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Tanker Ship Runs Into Rocks Near Bridge A tanker ship headed out of bay struck some underwater rocks and was in distress just west of the Golden Gate Bridge | |
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Berkeley |
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Chocolate Plants Closing The Hershey Co. plans to close Scharffen Berger's W. Berkeley plant as well as the SF factory that makes Joseph Schmidt chocolates
| Jan.28 |
Wells Fargo |
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Wells lost $2.83 billion in 4th quarter Wells Fargo is revealing signs of strain as the bank digests Wachovia. Still, the numbers were better than most analysts had expected
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SF Sunset |
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Vehicle Collides With 2 Muni Trains
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San Francisco |
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Possible Murder-Suicide At Motel Map of 5000 Mission Street San Francisco A man and woman were found fatally shot in a San Francisco motel in what is being investigated as a possible murder-suicide
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49ers |
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49ers bring in Raye to lead offense
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SF Sunset |
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82-Year-Old Driver Killed In Crash
| Jan.29 |
Golden Gate Bridge |
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Quick action helped ship stranded in Bay Capt. Dave McCloy quickly dropped anchor the only thing he could do without any power or steering
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Schwab |
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Schwab will cut 500-600 jobs, many in SF
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San Francisco |
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$13 chocolate bar with a conscience
| Jan.30 |
Barry Bonds |
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Estalella To Testify Against Bonds
| Jan.31 |
San Francisco |
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OpenTable files for $40 million IPO Despite a gloomy stock market, restaurant reservation service filed for a $40 million initial public offering
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