News
- Crime & Courts
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Hsu sentenced to three years in state prison
Former Democratic rainmaker, accused swindler and fugitive Norman Hsu will serve three years in state prison for the San
- Government & Politics
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Three storms to wallop San Francisco
The second of three back-to-back storms from the Pacific Northwest is expected to pound San F
- Government & Politics
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Storm handicaps Bay Area commuters
San Francisco was rocked Friday by the powerful punch of the biggest winter storm in two years with high winds and heavy rains disrupting transit service, causing widespread power outages and road and bridge closures.
- Government & Politics
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Ex-U.S. attorney hired by S.F. mayor
As homicides and violent crime plague The City, Mayor Gavin Newsom has hired a law enforcement heavy-hitter, former U.S. Attorney Kevin Ryan, to lead the Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice.
- Government & Politics
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Newsom keeps Fong on as police chief
Police Chief Heather Fong remains at her post despite months of speculation that she would be forced out as part of Mayor Gav
- Peninsula
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City Council may endorse Foster City school bond
Just in time for Valentine’s Day this year, San Mateo and Foster City voters could give their elementary and middle schools a gif
- Peninsula
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Millbrae ready to celebrate 60th anniversary
Costanoan Indians living off fish from San Francisco Bay, a Scottish entrepreneur named
- Peninsula
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Burlingame may have to pay for alleged sewage spills
Burlingame property owners may ultimately be pinned with a bill for a likely settlement that could reach into the millions of dollars for the city’s alleged spilling of millions of gallons of sewage into
- Peninsula
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San Bruno Mountain project may prompt lawsuit
As one environmental group is reaching a settlement with Burlingame about the alleged spilling of sewage into the Bay, another group gave a 60-day notice Thursday to a developer of 17 homes on
- Transportation
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Residents say bridge brings crime to neighborhood
Residents on Ringwood Avenue west of U.S. Highway 101 say that a pedestrian bridge linking their neighborhood to the community across the highway on the east side has become a conduit for crime — one they want destroyed.
- Other News
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Good Weekend: Sunday, January 6
A great bike ride — Mona Caron Mural Artist Tour: Anytime.
- Other News
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Bacteria levels in Bay, ocean could rise because of storm
San Mateo County Environmental Health Department officials are warning residents and visitors to avoid swimming in the ocean or
- Other News
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BART service restored toSFO
Bay Area Rapid Transit service resumed this afternoon between the 24th Street-Mission station in
- Other News
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Zoo officials: Security boost needed for polar bear exhibit
In the wake of a fatal tiger mauling at the San Francisco Zoo, officials there say they now must bolster the polar bear exhibit as well.
- Other News
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Hard rain descends upon Peninsula
Power outages, flooded streets and falling trees disrupted life on the Peninsula when a storm hit Friday, leaving 123,000 homes in the dark.
- Other News
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S.F. Police Blotter: Neighborhood crime log
These are excerpts from the San Francisco Police Department's daily log of activities. Incidents are listed by police precincts and the neighborhoods they patrol.
- Other News
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Marine reserve to build new interactive exhibits
By next year, the more than 115,000 annual visitors to Moss Beach’s beloved Fitzgerald Marine Reserve
- Other News
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Power outage closes S.F. zoo
A day after reopening following a Christmas Day fatal tiger attack, the San Francisco Zoo once again closed its doors Friday because of a massive storm sweeping through the Bay Area.
- Other News
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Where to get sandbags in S.F., Peninsula
San Francisco residents may get sandbags at the Department of Public Works yard at 2323 Cesar Chavez St., weekdays from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
San Mateo County officials are giving away sandbags at 25 locations. Call the local public works department:
Atherton Public Works Department - (650) 752-0570
- Other News
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Good Weekend: Saturday, January 5
A great city walk — Japantown, Urban Renewal and Fillmore Jazz: See Japanese architecture next to classic Victorians and learn about the rebirth of African-American culture in the Fillmore Jazz Preservation District. Offered first and third Saturdays at 2 p.m. Meet at the Peace Pagoda on Buchanan between Post and Geary.
- Other News
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Richmond-San Rafael Bridge closed due to big-rig crashes
Multiple big-rig collisions closed the eastbound Richmond-San Rafael Bridge on Friday morning, according to the
- Other News
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Popal preliminary hearing wraps up
No witnesses were presented this week in defense of the man accused of running down at least 17 people on the streets and sidewalks of San Francisco more than a year ago as his preliminary hearing came to a close.
- Other News
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Muni lines delayed
San Francisco Municipal Railway bus lines are facing delays in the city Friday morning due to stormy weather, according to a Muni spokesman.
- Other News
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Contra Costa issues sandbags to residents
Contra Costa County residents can pick up sandbags in four locations today toprepare for the 2 to 4 inches of rain expected in the Bay Area through Sunday.
- Other News
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Spilled fuel from Cosco Busan sent off for recycling
Trees will be pulped and ships will be repaired in the Pacific Northwest using some of the shipping fuel that wreaked environmental havoc when it spilled into the Bay from the damaged
- Other News
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Feinstein prods Newsom to reveal details about his upcoming nuptials
Under intense scrutiny from a U.S. senator, Mayor Gavin Newsom said he had not set a date for his wedding, but party planners indicate that it will be a summer affair.
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Peninsula Police Blotter: Neighborhood crime log
These are excerpts from Peninsula police departments’ daily log of activities. Incidents are listed by police precincts and the neighborhoods they patrol.
- Other News
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Alameda-Oakland ferry cancels morning trips
Alameda-Oakland Ferry officials canceled morning trips Friday between Oakland’s Jack London Square, Alameda Main Street and Pier 39 and the F
- Other News
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Trees on BART tracks force train evacuations
Bay Area Rapid Transit service between the 24th Street-Mission station in San Francisco and the Daly City station is still shut down today due to downed trees on the tracks, with no estimate for reopening, BART spokesman Jim Allison said.
- Other News
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Car race causes fatal crash on I-580
Two cars racing on a rain-soaked highway today caused an accident that killed a 21-year-old Oakland man, according to the California Highway Patrol.
The solo-vehicle crash occurred just before 12:30 p.m. on the westbound lanes of Interstate Highway 580 in Oakland.
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Woman hit is first Muni-versus-pedestrian accident of 2008
Weather may have played a factor into the first Muni-versus-pedestrian collision of 2008.
- Other News
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Delays, cancellations at SFO
Stormy weather has forced cancellations and delays affecting all airlines Friday at San Francisco International Airport, according to an airport spokesman.
SFO spokesman Mike McCarron said winds up to the low 50s have canceled about 40 outbound and inbound flights so far, with delays of many flights of up to two hours.
- Other News
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Marin County braces for storms
Marin County officials are preparing response and recovery actions to protect life and property during a series of storms this weekend.
- Other News
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Flights delayed at all Bay Area airports
Blustery weather is causing delays and cancellations at all three major Bay Area airports today.
- Other News
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Startup aims for free Wi-Fi in S.F.
A Silicon Valley startup is promising to blanket San Francisco with free wireless Internet service, reviving a crusade that crumbled last year after two much larger companies, EarthLink Inc. and Google Inc., scrapped their plans to build a high-speed network for Web surfing.
- Other News
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The worst is over
The worst of several severe winter storms passed over the Bay Area today, but don't expect to see stars in the night sky until at least Thursday, weather experts say.
- Other News
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3-Minute Interview: Sean Randolph
The president and CEO of the newly renamed Bay Area Council Economic Institute prognosticates on the economic trends of 2008 affecting the
- Other News
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Startup plans to offer city free Wi-Fi
A small startup wants to go big with its free wireless Internet technology and blanket The City in coverage by the end of 2008.
- Other News
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Mayor cleans house ahead of his new term
Mayor Gavin Newsom, days before he begins his second term Tuesday, cleaned house, issuing sweeping leadership changes in major city departments such as the
- Other News
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Pedestrian struck by Muni train
A San Francisco Municipal Railway K line train struck a pedestrian Friday morning while traveling inbound, just outside of West Portal Station, according to a Muni spokesman.
- Other News
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Newsom, Dellums announce new emergency plan
A new emergency response plan for the Bay Area was announced today as the region prepares for what could be its largest storm in two years.
- Other News
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Daly City lets residents report problems via Web site
The Daly City Department of Public Works is going high-tech with a new online service that allows residents to report pesky problems such as litter, traffic lights, construction and graffiti.
- Other News
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Elderly couple escapes two-alarm blaze
As Wednesday’s storm brewed, Frank Bergren fetched himself a cup of coffee to warm up on the chilly morning.
Sports
- San Francisco 49ers
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Liotta: Wrong person takes fall for 49ers’ issues
Mike Nolan returns. Neutered. Not good enough to be the man in charge of the 49ers’ football department.
- Other Sports
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Sacred Heart Cathedral romps
Tierra Rogers led 10 Sacred Heart Cathedral scorers with 12 points as the host Irish beat Notre Dame of Belmont 63-34 in a West Catholic Athletic League prep girls’ basketball opener.
- Other Sports
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Prep basketball preview: Mission guard keeps his eye on the prize
He leaves the sentence hanging for a second, like in his mind he’s already beaten his man and can see the lane open up and a teammate in the corner calling for the ball.
- Other Sports
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Harrison, Bellarmine get by Sacred Heart
Niyi Harrison scored four of his game-high 23 points late in the fourth quarter as Bellarmine defeated host Sacred Heart Cathedral 56-51 Friday in a
- Other Sports
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Prep basketball preview: Love and basketball for Cafferatas
Dezzirae Cafferata wants you to know she has nothing to do with the wardrobe.
- Glenn Dickey
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Dickey: Yorks keep Niners' circus going
With John York in charge, the 49ers have no hope. This week’s comic opera, with Mike Nolan returning as coach and Scot McCloughan becoming general manager, is only the latest example of York’s incompetence. It makes no sense from either a football or business standpoint.
Arts
- Other Arts
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Review: Voices from an occupation
Self-defeatingly plethoric but still invaluable, the Iraq documentary currently takes the form of "Meeting Resistance," a small but significant portrait of Iraq’s insurgency.
- Other Arts
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Review: ‘Blood’ runs pretty dry
"There Will Be Blood" is a capital-"A" art film concerned with weighty subjects and front-loaded with a big performance by Daniel Day-Lewis as fictitious oil man
- Other Arts
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Tasting Wine:
You made a resolution of no alcohol for an entire month. OK, that’s extreme, you told yourself — just two weeks on the wagon. But here you are, five days into January, the weather is terrible (at least as of this writing) and there is nothing you would like more than a glass of red wine.
Opinion
- General Opinion
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Putting gangbangers up in front?
Congratulations, alleged San Francisco street gang members!
- General Opinion
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Rep. Tom Lantos: Bay Area original
In what is sure to trigger a seismic shift of Bay Area politics, 14-term Congressman Tom Lantos, 79, made the shocking announcement this week that he will not seek re-election in November because he has been diagnosed with cancer of the esophagus.
Business
- Business & Real Estate
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NVIDIA, markets down
NVIDIA Corp. (NVDA) fell more than 8.4 percent Friday, the biggest change seen among local stocks tracked by the Examiner.
- Business & Real Estate
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Hot Property: An early vision of The City
Henry Doelger and the Gellert brothers were not the only visionaries eager to transform the sand dunes of the Sunset into real-estate gold.
Long before either started buying up land west of Twin Peaks, big-time San Francisco developer Fernando Nelson tried his luck with a plot of land just south of Golden Gate Park, in what is now the central Sunset.
- Business & Real Estate
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William Coleman: CEO pushes environmentally conscious practices
William Coleman, president and chief executive officer of Green Building Exchange, says he is gratified by the increasing number of businesses willing to adopt environmentally conscious practices.
He personally remembers a time when anyone mentioning that idea to corporations was greeted only with skeptical looks.
- Science & Technology
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Academy of Sciences prepares to move
Exotic animals will perform laps of their tanks and terrariums in front of hordes of gawking families this weekend before being put on stretchers, bagged and boxed up for a massive move from the California Academy of Sciences’ temporary home in the Financial District to its new digs in Golden Gate Park.
- Science & Technology
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Digital Breakdown: Get the ‘3:10 to Yuma’
Here’s a rare example of a remake that’s good: "3:10 to Yuma," the Russell Crowe and Christian Bale Western about a dangerous gunslinger and a desperate farmer who form an uneasy alliance in the deadly frontier. While the original film was a winner, the remake is better, featuring an awesome performance by Crowe — but Bale manages to best him.
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