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Pedestrian Killed After Being Hit By Amtrak Train In San Lorenzo SAN LORENZO (CBS SF) – A pedestrian was killed after being hit by an Amtrak train in San Lorenzo Wednesday afternoon, an Amtrak spokeswoman said. Amtrak Capitol Corridor train No. 537 was heading from Sacramento to San Jose when it struck the … Read [...]

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Olympic Gold Medalist Killed After America's Cup Racing Boat Capsizes On SF … SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS/KPIX 5) – An America's Cup racing boat crew member died and another was hurt when their catamaran overturned on San Francisco Bay Thursday afternoon during a practice run. The 36-year-old deceased sailor, identified as … Read more on CBS [...]

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Man Killed After Hitting Curb, Flipping Car Near SF's Lake Merced SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) – A 24-year-old man was killed in a car crash near San Francisco's Lake Merced on Monday night, police said Tuesday. The solo-car crash was reported at 10:01 p.m. at Lake Merced and Sunset boulevards. The man was driving … [...]

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Berkeley Firefighter Escapes Injury In Shooting After Bullet Hits Pager At approximately 1:30 a.m., a paramedic team that included three firefighters and a two-person ambulance crew arrived at a home on the 1200 block of Dwight Way near San Pablo Ave. in West Berkeley; entered, and attempted to initiate treatment on one of … Read [...]

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Car thief crashes after wild chase in SF (02-15) 09:44 PST SAN FRANCISCO — A car thief swerved onto a Tenderloin sidewalk and eluded police gunfire before causing a four-car wreck in the South of Market, injuring him and three other people, San Francisco police said Friday. The incident … Read more on San Francisco [...]

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San Francisco condo conversion effort delayed after long debate After nearly four hours of debate Monday afternoon, a vote on a proposal that would give San Francisco tenancy-in-common owners a one-time opportunity to bypass The City's condo-conversion lottery system by paying a fee was postponed by a Board of … Read more on San Francisco [...]

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Drum Store Closes After 20 Years in San Francisco Drum Store Closes After 20 Years in San Francisco. by Rachel Dornhelm | December 26, 2012 — 7:28 AM. Wednesday is packing day for a beloved Bay Area music store. Sam Adato's Drum Shop shut its doors on Christmas Eve after 20 years selling new … [...]

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San Francisco: Mother to be charged after newborn found unresponsive A mother whose newborn was found unresponsive in San Francisco's Bayview District early Wednesday morning is being charged with two counts of child cruelty and neglect, prosecutors said Thursday. Nneka Nash, 39, is expected to be arraigned Friday … Read more on San Jose Mercury [...]

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Death toll after Sandy now 72, benefit concert will happen Top news coming in to a rainy San Francisco today, right after the news of Hurricane Sandy leaving behind death, damp and darkness (See that article here: Hurricane Sandy leaves behind death, damp and darkness), is about the current death toll after … Read more [...]

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Apple Falls After Cook Remakes Management: San Francisco Mover –With assistance from Ryan Faughnder in New York and Adam Satariano and Peter Burrows in San Francisco. Editors: Lisa Rapaport, Niamh Ring. To contact the reporter on this story: Lisa Rapaport in New York at lrapaport1@bloomberg.net. To contact the … Read more on San Francisco Chronicle

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San Francisco sheriff reinstated after domestic abuse scandal SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A divided San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted to reinstate Ross Mirkarimi to his elected post as sheriff late on Tuesday after he was suspended by the mayor following a domestic-abuse conviction. The vote to return … Read more on Reuters

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San Francisco: Man arrested after attack in AT&T Park bathroom SAN FRANCISCO — A man was arrested for allegedly attacking another man in a bathroom at AT&T Park during a San Francisco Giants baseball game on Sunday evening, police said Monday. Christopher Torii Smith, 26, was arrested in connection with the … Read more on [...]

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Chevron buying gasoline in San Francisco after refinery fire: trade Trades were heard Thursday at NYMEX September RBOB futures plus 38 cents/gal and plus 40 cents/gal for San Francisco CARBOB, which was assessed at plus 35 cents/gal Wednesday. Los Angeles CARBOB, the main grade of California-specific gasoline … Read more on Platts

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Gasoline in San Francisco gained for a fourth day after Valero Energy Corp. said a process unit at the Benicia refinery in Northern California will remain shut until the middle of August. Valero’s 170,000-barrel-a-day Benicia plant took the … San Francisco – Bing News

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