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| Jan.1 |
SF Downtown |
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San Francisco welcomes 2011
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Highway 101 |
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1 dead in two-vehicle collision on 101 |
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North Beach |
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45 displaced by fire in North Beach
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San Francisco |
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Homicide up, overall violent crime down San Francisco residents witnessed an increase in homicides in 2010, with 50 people killed compared with 45 in 2009
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SF Tenderloin |
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Man fatally shot in Tenderloin |
| Jan.2 |
Candlestick |
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49ers top Cards 38-7
| Jan.3 |
SF Downtown |
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Man stabbed to death
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SF Tenderloin |
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Man killed during argument
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San Francisco |
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Rival papers settle lawsuit over ad pricing The Bay Guardian and SF Weekly engaged in a lengthy legal battle over predatory pricing have settled their dispute outside of court
| Jan.4 |
Golden Gate Bridge |
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32 committed suicide on GG Bridge in 2010
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South of Market |
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Police shoot man; officer stabbed
Map of 10th and Howard street San Francisco A knife-wielding man police say stabbed an officer who responded to a morning call of a man slashing car tires
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49ers |
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Niners promote Baalke as general mgr Trent Baalke was formally hired as the team's new GM, though he had largely been considered the front-runner for about a week
| Jan.5 |
SF City Hall |
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Ed Lee to have votes to be interim mayor City Administrator appears to have enough votes to be picked as SF interim mayor, but the Board of Supervisors didn't make a decision
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San Rafael |
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County OKs moratorium on SmartMeters The Marin County supes approved a one-year moratorium on the installation of Pacific Gas and Electric Co.'s SmartMeters
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Stanford |
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Harbaugh meeting with Niners Jim Harbaugh lifted the Stanford program to new heights, including an Orange Bowl win this season
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PG&E |
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PG&E facing more lawsuits over blast
| Jan.7 |
49ers |
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49ers hire Harbaugh Harbaugh is transforming Stanford to a 12-1 national-title contender from the 1-11 mess he inherited, by winning the Orange Bowl | |
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SF Downtown |
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Carbon monoxide exposure at hotel
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SF City Hall |
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Lee tentatively named interim SF mayor The supes has tentatively selected City Administrator Ed Lee as interim mayor, the first Asian-American mayor in San Francisco history | |
| Jan.8 |
SF City Hall |
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Supes re-elect Chiu as president |
| Jan.9 |
San Francisco |
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B. Area politicians react to Ariz. Shootings
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SF City Hall |
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Police chief named district attorney George Gascon was sworn as San Francisco's new district attorney in what Mayor Gavin Newsom called his final mayoral act | |
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South of Market |
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Two victims stabbed in front of nightclub
| Jan.10 |
Golden Gate Bridge |
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Plan would cut Bridge toll-takers
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Western Addition |
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Man shot and killed
| Jan.11 |
South of Market |
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Nightclub victim was UCSF med student Joe Olivares Hernandez, 30, a fourth-year medical student at UCSF died Tuesday of a brain injury he suffered in a weekend
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SF City Hall |
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Gavin Newsom changes offices at last Newsom finally gave up his title as San Francisco's mayor and was sworn in as the state's 49th lieutenant governor
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Schwab |
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Schwab settles SEC charges on YieldPlus
| Jan.12 |
San Francisco |
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Bid to reopen Facebook settlement Former Harvard classmates of Zuckerberg want to throw out a $65 million settlement of their lawsuit that alleged the network was their idea
| Jan.13 |
San Francisco |
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Pipeline safety meeting gets contentious
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Twitter |
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Twitter seeking more room
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SF Tenderloin |
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Man killed inside SF coffee shop
| Jan.14 |
Fishermans Wharf |
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Alioto-Lazio Fish Co. closes, for now
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San Francisco |
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Suspect arrested in coffee shop killing
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San Francisco |
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Big shakeup at underperforming schools |
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San Francisco |
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Wikipedia celebrates 10th anniversary The free collaborative encyclopedia grows over the last decade into the fifth most visited Internet site in the world
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SF Mission |
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Two-alarm fire damages two buildings |
| Jan.15 |
San Francisco |
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Twin Peaks murder sparked by altercation
A man was fatally shot at a lookout point atop Twin Peaks following some sort of altercation between two groups of people
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Cow Palace |
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Ariz. Shootings big topic at gun show
| Jan.16 |
PG&E |
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PG&E spiked 11 lines to limits since 2003 |
| Jan.18 |
Oakland City Hall |
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2 mayors to attend White House dinner The newly inaugurated Chinese-American mayors of San Francisco and Oakland will be guests at Wednesday's state dinner for Chinese President
| Jan.19 |
Wells Fargo |
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Wells Fargo 4Q profit rises
| Jan.22 |
San Francisco |
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Shovel attack ends in fatal stabbing
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San Bruno |
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Report on blast cause finds weld defects
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SF Downtown |
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Anti-abortion rally draws thousands
Map of Justin Herman Plaza San Francisco Abortion opponents gathered for a demonstration on the 38th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion
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Western Addition |
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9-year-old boy shot in Western Addition
| Jan.23 |
Visitacion Valley |
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Daly City officer shoots driver in SF
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San Francisco |
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Carnival Splendor dry-docks for repairs |
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SF Chronicle |
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Chances missed on pipeline rules |
| Jan.24 |
San Francisco |
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2 deaths in 4 days shake up Lower Haight
Map of Rose and Webster street San Francisco At Rose and Webster streets, an unidentified woman's body was found early Monday inside a burning car
| Jan.25 |
SF Bayview |
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1 dead, another injured in shooting
Map of 1600 Kirkwood Avenue San Francisco At about 1:30 a.m., officers found two shooting victims inside a home. One had been fatally wounded and another had been shot multiple times
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San Francisco |
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S.F. jury convicts skyscraper climber SF Superior Court jury found Dan Goodwin guilty of two misdemeanors for his attention-grabbing ascent of the 60-story Millennium Tower
| Jan.26 |
SF City Hall |
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Supe refuses to recite Pledge of Allegiance |
| Jan.27 |
PG&E |
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NTSB chair rips PG&E's records
| Jan.29 |
SF Downtown |
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Marchers support Egypt uprising Several hundred crammed into a small plaza waving Egyptian flags and raising chants in English and Arabic against President Mubarak | |
| Jan.30 |
San Francisco |
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New Matt Damon movie casting extras
Map of Fort Mason Center San Francisco A few thousand people stood in a long line many of whom hoped to get a glimpse of stars Matt Damon, Kate Winslet and Jude Law
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San Francisco |
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SF police seeking to revisit Taser debate
| Jan.31 |
Fishermans Wharf |
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Two slain at shop; merchant held
Map of 269 Jefferson St San Francisco Hong Ri Wu, the 56-year-old proprietor of a hole-in-the-wall store is a suspect in gunning down a man and a woman who worked at the shop next door. When police arrived they found Qiong Han Chu, and the woman... | |
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Potrero Hill |
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Dispute over cell phone ends in slaying