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Noah Cowan tapped to lead San Francisco Film Society
by Janos Gereben After a period of quick and dramatic turnovers in its leadership, the San Francisco Film Society on Wednesday named Noah Cowan as executive director. Cowan, 46, a creative executive...
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Two men expected to plead guilty in beating of Giants fan Bryan Stow
by Staff Report Two men accused of viciously beating Giants fan Bryan Stow are expected to plead guilty in a Los Angeles courtroom today, according to a report by NBC. The alleged beating by Louie...
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Group files environmental-impacts appeal of SF tech bus program
by Jessica Kwong An appeal of the California Environmental Quality Act exemption for an 18-month commuter shuttle pilot program in San Francisco was filed Wednesday. The appeal by a group that...
View ArticleEx-Bay Area deputy sentenced in 'dirty DUI' case
by The Associated Press A former Bay Area sheriff's deputy will spend 15 months in federal prison for his role in a scheme to arrest men for drunken driving to help their ex-wives' divorce and custody...
View ArticleJudge upholds San Francisco gun magazine ban
by The Associated Press A judge on Wednesday upheld San Francisco's ban on gun magazines that can hold more than 10 bullets, the latest in long series of court rulings grappling with gun rights since...
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Two men admit guilt in Dodger Stadium Giants fan attack
by The Associated Press Two men pleaded guilty Thursday to a 2011 beating at Dodger Stadium that left San Francisco Giants fan Bryan Stow brain damaged and disabled. Defendant Marvin Norwood pleaded...
View Article15-Year-old boy struck by car; man was killed in same crosswalk weeks ago
by Bay City News A 15-year-old boy was hit by a car Wednesday evening at the same location in San Francisco's Sunset neighborhood where an elderly man was fatally struck earlier this month, police...
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Woman waiting for cable car robbed of cellphone
by Rob Nagle View Larger Map A woman was robbed of her cellphone while she was waiting for an iconic San Francisco cable car in Nob Hill on Wednesday, police said, just a few blocks away from the...
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Poll says Bay Area residents favor soda tax
Supporters of San Francisco's proposed sugary beverage tax for the November ballot are applauding the results of a poll released Thursday that shows 78 percent of Bay Area residents favor a soda tax to...
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Milpitas store that sold $425M lotto gets $1M
by The Associated Press A Northern California convenience store that sold the sole winning ticket to the $425 million Powerball jackpot received a $1 million check on Thursday, as state lottery...
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Controversial Ellis Act lawyer to hold fundraiser for David Chiu's Assembly...
A San Francisco attorney who is on housing activists’ blacklist for representing landlords in controversial Ellis Act evictions is hosting a fundraiser for David Chiu’s Assembly race Thursday evening,...
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District 7 residents encouraged to weigh in on budget priorities
For the first time in The City’s District 7, residents will have the opportunity on Saturday to weigh in on how hundreds of thousands of dollars are spent in pedestrian safety improvements and other...
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New recording site dedicated for StoryCorps at Main Library
by Jessica Kwong For several years, San Francisco resident Natalie Bell was simply a listener of National Public Radio’s “Morning Edition” segments of StoryCorps, one of the largest collections of...
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Mixed reactions from Peninsula residents on CVS cessation of tobacco sales
by Brendan P. Bartholomew CVS Caremark Corp.’s recent announcement that it will stop selling tobacco products has elicited a variety of responses on the Peninsula and around the country. Ayse Gursoz,...
View ArticleMotionloft founder arrested, charged with defrauding investor of $210,000
by Bay City News The founder and former chief executive of a San Francisco startup has been arrested and charged in federal court with wire fraud for allegedly bilking an investor of $210,000,...
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Two workers hurt in fall from scaffolding at building under construction
by Bay City News Two workers were seriously injured after falling from scaffolding at a skyscraper under construction in San Francisco's South of Market neighborhood this afternoon, a fire department...
View ArticleSettlement proposed for lobbying lawsuit against former supervisor
by Bay City News City Attorney Dennis Herrera announced Thursday a proposed $75,000 settlement with a former Board of Supervisors member whom he had sued for allegedly violating the city’s lobbying...
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Wealth gap is widest in some affluent US cities, including San Francisco
by The Associated Press The gap between the wealthy and the poor is most extreme in several of the United States' most prosperous and largest cities. The economic divides in Atlanta, San Francisco,...
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2 men sentenced in brutal attack on Giants fan
by The Associated Press An angry judge lashed out Thursday as he sentenced two men who pleaded guilty in the savage beating of an avid San Francisco Giants fan at Dodger Stadium, calling them cowards...
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Proposed law seeks to protect elected trustees like those at CCSF
by Jonah Owen Lamb When City College of San Francisco’s elected leaders were emasculated in July after state authorities took control of school affairs, little was said about when the board of...
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