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Crews working to contain spill. 94107
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Cal Pacific Med Center signs lease |
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Apple introduces slim notebook CEO Steve Jobs introduced the world's thinnest notebook computer MacBook Air that measures between 0.16 inch and 0.76 inch thick
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| Jan.19 |
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2 Men Hospitalized After Shooting |
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| Jan.26 |
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Dead, Wounded In Gas Station Shooting
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| Feb.14 |
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Fire Burns Building |
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| Feb.22 |
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Cody's Books moving to smaller space |
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| Feb.23 |
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State GOP Gathers To Boost McCain
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Parade celebrates Chinese new year |
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| Feb.24 |
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10-Year-Old Girl Missing
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InterContinental Hotel to open |
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Missing 10-Year-Old Girl Found Safe |
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| Feb.28 |
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Huge InterContinental Hotel opened 
The InterContinental San Francisco, the largest hotel to open in the city in nearly 20 years, hopes to serve Moscone crowds
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| Mar.6 |
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Sex assault in hotel
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| Mar.10 |
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Tibetans protest hosting of Olympic torch |
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| Mar.11 |
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Excavation Begins On Old Chinatown Site |
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| Mar.12 |
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Homeless Beaten To Death |
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| Mar.19 |
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Protests, Arrests Mark War Anniversary
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| Mar.20 |
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150 arrested during anti-war protests| Demonstrators chanting anti-war slogans to mark the 5th anniversary of the Iraq war. Officers are taking people into custody for blocking traffic | |
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| Mar.25 |
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Supe Looks To Curb Business Energy Use
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| Mar.28 |
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Chronicle site considered for development |
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| Apr.3 |
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Hillary Clinton making fundraising stop
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| Apr.5 |
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Protesters rally before torch's arrival. 94108
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| Apr.8 |
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Gere joins torch protests 
Hollywood's most outspoken Buddhist lent his voice to Tibetan protests with a condemnation of China and a call for nonviolence
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| Apr.9 |
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Emotional Tibetan protests ahead of relay| Hundreds of activists carrying Tibetan flags and wearing traditional clothes gathered for the lighting of the Tibetan Freedom Torch | |
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Route changes mark Olympic torch relay Map of Pier 48 San Francisco 94158: Heavy security surrounded runners, as the threat of violent protests prompted officials to make dramatic last-minute changes
| The only North American leg of the Olympic torch relay has been marked by confusion. Thousands of pro-Tibet and pro-Beijing demonstrators had gathered. Officials sent the torch on a new route. The closing ceremony was moved to a new site
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| Apr.11 |
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Schwarzenegger opens bridge approach. 94132
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| Apr.18 |
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1 Survivor For '06 Quake Anniversary
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| Apr.26 |
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New retail space for Market St. |
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| Apr.27 |
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2 Wounded In SF Weekend Shootings |
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| May.1 |
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Nob Hill Apartment Fire |
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| May.7 |
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Protest on measure to end rent control
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Tavern on the Green coming to Metreon |
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| May.9 |
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Dead whale found stuck under pier The Coast Guard is monitoring a 25 feet long body of a dead whale that is stuck under a pier along waterfront
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Dozens sickened by norovirus at Moscone 94103: About 70 people who fell ill had been at the center between April 30 and Thursday. All but 3 were staff members working at the convention ce...
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| May.10 |
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Crews Remove Dead Whale |
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| May.11 |
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Mentally Retarded Man Goes Missing |
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| May.13 |
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Commercial rentals abandoning S.F. |
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| May.17 |
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23-year-old man fatally stabbed |
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| May.25 |
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Woman Killed By Bus |
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| May.29 |
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Visitors to SF in 2007 set spending record
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| Jun.5 |
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2 Men Shot |
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| Jun.9 |
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Contemporary Jewish Museum Opens |
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| Jun.21 |
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Levi's Could Leave S.F.
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| Jun.22 |
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Powell-Mason Cable Car Out Of Service |
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| Jun.24 |
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Underground Explosion in Financial District. 94111
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| Jun.26 |
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Builders' trade show feels pain
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| Jun.27 |
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4 People Injured In Muni Bus Crash |
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| Jun.29 |
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Marriage Freedom Is Focus Of Gay Parade A lesbian motorcycle group dressed in bridal veils lent a matrimonial touch to the pride parade as revelers celebrated their freedom to marr...
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| Jul.6 |
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New shops change face of Union Square |
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| Jul.12 |
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City to create car-free party zone
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| Jul.13 |
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Civic Center Welcomes Veggie Garden |
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| Jul.14 |
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Cable Car Derails, Passengers Injured. 94129
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| Jul.17 |
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Starbucks To Close 12 Locations 94102: Starbucks has named all 600 company-owned stores, including 12 in the Bay Area, to close to boost its business and weed out unprofitable loc...
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| Jul.18 |
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Police chase, arrest suspects; officer hurt |
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| Jul.23 |
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Prada is newest addition to Union Square |
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| Jul.31 |
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Clinton, Obama Rally Union Workers Hillary Clinton addressed a crowd of thousands of union members commending them for their public service
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| Aug.4 |
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14 Injured In Muni Streetcar Crash The collision occurred around 6:30 p.m. between two F-Market streetcars. 6 passengers were transported at hospitals; 8 were treated at the s...
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| Aug.16 |
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BART Train Hits Civic Center Passenger |
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| Aug.18 |
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Barack Obama Fundraises Obama was expected to raise $7 million at the Fiarmont Hotel, his largest one-night event in the history of his presidential campaign
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| Aug.24 |
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Condos targets young first-time buyers |
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| Aug.28 |
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St. Regis penthouse on sale for $70 mil Map of 125 3rd St San Francisco Real estate mogul Victor MacFarlane has placed his huge penthouse on the sales block for a figure that would obliterate the previous record
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| Sep.6 |
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Tourism Boosts S.F. Economy The tourism where the weak $ brought an increased numbers of visitors and reversed a temporary drop in the hotel occupancy rate
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| Sep.9 |
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Apple Unveils New iPods A taller, slinkier iPod Nano, a slimmer iPod Touch and new iTunes software that includes an artificial intelligence system
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| Sep.10 |
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Historic eyesore purchased |
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| Sep.11 |
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Burglary suspect chased, plunges to death |
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| Sep.21 |
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Man stabed to death |
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| Sep.22 |
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Oracle unveils new units at OpenWorld |
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New SF Muni Bus Line Tours Landmarks
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| Sep.24 |
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Cable Car Hits Pedestrian. 94133
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| Sep.25 |
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Woman Hit By Cable Car Dies The woman was hit shortly before 6 a.m. while the cable car was traveling north on Mason Street near Broadway
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| Oct.8 |
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Homeless Groups Protest Over Cuts
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| Nov.4 |
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Web 2.0 kicks off amid economic downturn Job cuts in the Internet industry, combined with a slowdown in venture investment, will cast a pall over the summit
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| Nov.8 |
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Thousands March Protest Against Prop. 8 Map of Market Street San Francisco| Thousands of protesters angered by the passage of a state measure banning gay marriage marched during rush hour Friday evening | |
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| Nov.9 |
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Veterans Day Parade Draws Crowd
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| Nov.18 |
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1 died, 1 injured in fire
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| Nov.20 |
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WAMU to eliminate 1,600 jobs in Bay Area Washington Mutual, sold to JPMorgan Chase, will shutter its Pleasanton campus and cut hundreds of SF positions
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| Nov.25 |
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Man Killed By Gunshots Outside Bar The fatal of a man outside the Fuse bar in the city's North Beach neighborhood at about 1 a.m.
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| Dec.16 |
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Body found at site of 2-alarm Nob Hill fire. 94109
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| Dec.17 |
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Cable Car Passenger Injured In Crash. 94109
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| Dec.18 |
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S.F. Office Rent Dips 22%| The rents made the largest decline in seven years, as the shrinking financial services industry flooded downtown with empty space. The average price for Class A space in the Financial Di... | |
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Hotel Fee To Aid Moscone
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| Dec.20 |
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Web 2.0 Expo goes into lemonade mode
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| Dec.31 |
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AsianWeek Stops The Presses An influential force politically and culturally for SF Asian Americans for 30 years, will cease publication of print edition
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| 2008 |
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| Jan.7 |
Crews working to contain spill. 94107
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| Feb.14 |
Fire Burns Building |
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| Feb.24 |
10-Year-Old Girl Missing
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| Feb.24 |
Missing 10-Year-Old Girl Found Safe |
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| May.1 |
Nob Hill Apartment Fire |
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| May.9 |
Dead whale found stuck under pier The Coast Guard is monitoring a 25 feet long body of a dead whale that is stuck under a pier along waterfront
|
| May.9 |
Dozens sickened by norovirus at Moscone 94103: About 70 people who fell ill had been at the center between April 30 and Thursday. All but 3 were staff members working at the convention ce...
|
| May.10 |
Crews Remove Dead Whale |
|
| May.11 |
Mentally Retarded Man Goes Missing |
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| May.25 |
Woman Killed By Bus |
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| Jun.22 |
Powell-Mason Cable Car Out Of Service |
|
| Jun.24 |
Underground Explosion in Financial District. 94111
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| Jun.27 |
4 People Injured In Muni Bus Crash |
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| Jul.14 |
Cable Car Derails, Passengers Injured. 94129
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| Aug.4 |
14 Injured In Muni Streetcar Crash The collision occurred around 6:30 p.m. between two F-Market streetcars. 6 passengers were transported at hospitals; 8 were treated at the s...
|
| Aug.16 |
BART Train Hits Civic Center Passenger |
|
| Sep.24 |
Cable Car Hits Pedestrian. 94133
|
| Sep.25 |
Woman Hit By Cable Car Dies The woman was hit shortly before 6 a.m. while the cable car was traveling north on Mason Street near Broadway
|
| Nov.18 |
1 died, 1 injured in fire
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| Dec.16 |
Body found at site of 2-alarm Nob Hill fire. 94109
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| Dec.17 |
Cable Car Passenger Injured In Crash. 94109
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|
| 2008 |
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| Mar.11 |
Excavation Begins On Old Chinatown Site |
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| 2008 |
|
| Mar.10 |
Tibetans protest hosting of Olympic torch |
|
| Apr.5 |
Protesters rally before torch's arrival. 94108
|
| Apr.9 |
Route changes mark Olympic torch relay Map of Pier 48 San Francisco 94158: Heavy security surrounded runners, as the threat of violent protests prompted officials to make dramatic last-minute changes
| The only North American leg of the Olympic torch relay has been marked by confusion. Thousands of pro-Tibet and pro-Beijing demonstrators had gathered. Officials sent the torch on a new route. The closing ceremony was moved to a new site
|
| |
|
|
| 2008 |
|
| Jan.7 |
Crews working to contain spill. 94107
|
| Jan.7 |
Cal Pacific Med Center signs lease |
|
| Jan.15 |
Apple introduces slim notebook CEO Steve Jobs introduced the world's thinnest notebook computer MacBook Air that measures between 0.16 inch and 0.76 inch thick
|
| Feb.22 |
Cody's Books moving to smaller space |
|
| Feb.23 |
Parade celebrates Chinese new year |
|
| Feb.24 |
InterContinental Hotel to open |
|
| Feb.28 |
Huge InterContinental Hotel opened The InterContinental San Francisco, the largest hotel to open in the city in nearly 20 years, hopes to serve Moscone crowds
|
| Mar.6 |
Sex assault in hotel
|
| Mar.25 |
Supe Looks To Curb Business Energy Use
|
| Mar.28 |
Chronicle site considered for development |
|
| Apr.8 |
Gere joins torch protests Hollywood's most outspoken Buddhist lent his voice to Tibetan protests with a condemnation of China and a call for nonviolence
|
| Apr.11 |
Schwarzenegger opens bridge approach. 94132
|
| Apr.26 |
New retail space for Market St. |
|
| May.7 |
Protest on measure to end rent control
|
| May.7 |
Tavern on the Green coming to Metreon |
|
| May.13 |
Commercial rentals abandoning S.F. |
|
| May.29 |
Visitors to SF in 2007 set spending record
|
| Jun.9 |
Contemporary Jewish Museum Opens |
|
| Jun.21 |
Levi's Could Leave S.F.
|
| Jun.26 |
Builders' trade show feels pain
|
| Jun.29 |
Marriage Freedom Is Focus Of Gay Parade A lesbian motorcycle group dressed in bridal veils lent a matrimonial touch to the pride parade as revelers celebrated their freedom to marr...
|
| Jul.6 |
New shops change face of Union Square |
|
| Jul.13 |
Civic Center Welcomes Veggie Garden |
|
| Jul.17 |
Starbucks To Close 12 Locations 94102: Starbucks has named all 600 company-owned stores, including 12 in the Bay Area, to close to boost its business and weed out unprofitable loc...
|
| Jul.23 |
Prada is newest addition to Union Square |
|
| Aug.24 |
Condos targets young first-time buyers |
|
| Aug.28 |
St. Regis penthouse on sale for $70 mil Map of 125 3rd St San Francisco Real estate mogul Victor MacFarlane has placed his huge penthouse on the sales block for a figure that would obliterate the previous record
|
| Sep.6 |
Tourism Boosts S.F. Economy The tourism where the weak $ brought an increased numbers of visitors and reversed a temporary drop in the hotel occupancy rate
|
| Sep.9 |
Apple Unveils New iPods A taller, slinkier iPod Nano, a slimmer iPod Touch and new iTunes software that includes an artificial intelligence system
|
| Sep.10 |
Historic eyesore purchased |
|
| Sep.22 |
Oracle unveils new units at OpenWorld |
|
| Sep.22 |
New SF Muni Bus Line Tours Landmarks
|
| Nov.4 |
Web 2.0 kicks off amid economic downturn Job cuts in the Internet industry, combined with a slowdown in venture investment, will cast a pall over the summit
|
| Nov.9 |
Veterans Day Parade Draws Crowd
|
| Nov.20 |
WAMU to eliminate 1,600 jobs in Bay Area Washington Mutual, sold to JPMorgan Chase, will shutter its Pleasanton campus and cut hundreds of SF positions
|
| Dec.17 |
Cable Car Passenger Injured In Crash. 94109
|
| Dec.18 |
S.F. Office Rent Dips 22%| The rents made the largest decline in seven years, as the shrinking financial services industry flooded downtown with empty space. The average price for Class A space in the Financial Di... | |
|
| Dec.18 |
Hotel Fee To Aid Moscone
|
| Dec.20 |
Web 2.0 Expo goes into lemonade mode
|
|
| 2008 |
|
| Jan.19 |
2 Men Hospitalized After Shooting |
|
| Jan.26 |
Dead, Wounded In Gas Station Shooting
|
| Mar.6 |
Sex assault in hotel
|
| Mar.12 |
Homeless Beaten To Death |
|
| Apr.27 |
2 Wounded In SF Weekend Shootings |
|
| May.17 |
23-year-old man fatally stabbed |
|
| Jun.5 |
2 Men Shot |
|
| Jul.18 |
Police chase, arrest suspects; officer hurt |
|
| Sep.11 |
Burglary suspect chased, plunges to death |
|
| Sep.21 |
Man stabed to death |
|
| Nov.25 |
Man Killed By Gunshots Outside Bar The fatal of a man outside the Fuse bar in the city's North Beach neighborhood at about 1 a.m.
|
|
| 2008 |
|
| Feb.23 |
State GOP Gathers To Boost McCain
|
| Mar.10 |
Tibetans protest hosting of Olympic torch |
|
| Mar.12 |
Homeless Beaten To Death |
|
| Mar.19 |
Protests, Arrests Mark War Anniversary
|
| Mar.20 |
150 arrested during anti-war protests| Demonstrators chanting anti-war slogans to mark the 5th anniversary of the Iraq war. Officers are taking people into custody for blocking traffic | |
|
| Mar.25 |
Supe Looks To Curb Business Energy Use
|
| Apr.3 |
Hillary Clinton making fundraising stop
|
| Apr.5 |
Protesters rally before torch's arrival. 94108
|
| Apr.8 |
Gere joins torch protests Hollywood's most outspoken Buddhist lent his voice to Tibetan protests with a condemnation of China and a call for nonviolence
|
| Apr.9 |
Emotional Tibetan protests ahead of relay| Hundreds of activists carrying Tibetan flags and wearing traditional clothes gathered for the lighting of the Tibetan Freedom Torch | |
|
| Apr.9 |
Route changes mark Olympic torch relay Map of Pier 48 San Francisco 94158: Heavy security surrounded runners, as the threat of violent protests prompted officials to make dramatic last-minute changes
| The only North American leg of the Olympic torch relay has been marked by confusion. Thousands of pro-Tibet and pro-Beijing demonstrators had gathered. Officials sent the torch on a new route. The closing ceremony was moved to a new site
|
| |
|
| Apr.18 |
1 Survivor For '06 Quake Anniversary
|
| May.7 |
Protest on measure to end rent control
|
| Jun.29 |
Marriage Freedom Is Focus Of Gay Parade A lesbian motorcycle group dressed in bridal veils lent a matrimonial touch to the pride parade as revelers celebrated their freedom to marr...
|
| Jul.12 |
City to create car-free party zone
|
| Jul.31 |
Clinton, Obama Rally Union Workers Hillary Clinton addressed a crowd of thousands of union members commending them for their public service
|
| Aug.18 |
Barack Obama Fundraises Obama was expected to raise $7 million at the Fiarmont Hotel, his largest one-night event in the history of his presidential campaign
|
| Oct.8 |
Homeless Groups Protest Over Cuts
|
| Nov.8 |
Thousands March Protest Against Prop. 8 Map of Market Street San Francisco| Thousands of protesters angered by the passage of a state measure banning gay marriage marched during rush hour Friday evening | |
|
| Nov.9 |
Veterans Day Parade Draws Crowd
|
| Dec.31 |
AsianWeek Stops The Presses An influential force politically and culturally for SF Asian Americans for 30 years, will cease publication of print edition
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