San Francisco Informer

Dog bites bedevil SF letter carriers In his 27 years of delivering mail in San Francisco's Castro neighborhood, letter carrier Nery Montano has been "stalked like prey" by a neighborhood dog, flung his mail satchel toward gaping canine jaws in self-defense a dozen times and sprinted down … Read more on San Francisco Chronicle

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Diseased SF Embarcadero Palm Trees Will Be Costly To Replace SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) – Dozens of the palm trees San Francisco planted after Loma Prieta to evoke feelings of California dreaming along the Embarcadero have been dying a slow death, a city official said Thursday. So far, four of the Canary Island date … Read [...]

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Melky Cabrera (quietly) gets his ring from SF Giants manager Bruce Bochy He just as clearly was not eager to talk to three San Francisco writers. As we stood in the clubhouse he walked past us as if we weren't there. When he later went to his locker I asked if he'd give us a [...]

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More on injuries to SF Giants' Casilla and Pagan UPDATE, 7:10 p.m.: Indeed, Santiago Casilla has a cyst in his right knee causing pain and is not expected to pitch for a couple of days. The Giants had the right-hander take an MRI exam late Wednesday afternoon and decided not to place him on the [...]

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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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SF Presidio Heights sinkhole repairs expected to take two weeks SAN FRANCISCO — Repairs at the site of a large sinkhole that appeared in San Francisco's Presidio Heights neighborhood on Monday are now expected to take two weeks, according to the city's Public Utilities Commission. The sinkhole was reported at … Read more on abc7news.com

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SF Pride Parade organizers accused of discrimination SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — Delaware's governor was expected to sign a measure Tuesday making it the 11th state in the nation to allow same-sex marriage. The U.S. Supreme Court will make a decision soon on California's same-sex marriage ban. Read more on abc7news.com

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SF firefighters put out 2-alarm fire at Treasure Island home SAN FRANCISCO — Firefighters in San Francisco were able to douse a two-alarm blaze at a home in Treasure Island Sunday morning, fire officials said. Crews responded to a report of a fire in the area of Sturgeon Street and Avenue B just before 4 [...]

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SF Super Bowl bid boosted by Florida The Bay Area's effort to play the 2016 game at the San Francisco 49ers' $ 1.2 billion stadium under construction in Santa Clara, with many events planned in San Francisco, has gained perhaps an insurmountable lead after the Florida Legislature ended its … Read more on San Francisco [...]

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SF local-hire law challenges loom San Francisco's groundbreaking ordinance could change as a result of an ongoing review of how the requirements have impacted the construction industry during its first two years. In the first year of the law, which applies to publicly funded … Read more on San Francisco Examiner

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Officer-involved shooting shows why SF police need stun guns A week after the San Francisco Police Department abandoned its proposal to issue stun guns to a select few officers, a fatal officer-involved shooting proved why it was the wrong decision. San Francisco has long resisted providing its police officers … Read more on San Francisco [...]

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SF takes first step to approve watered-down cellphone radiation settlement … takes first step to approve watered-down cellphone radiation settlement. San Francisco's Board of Supervisors approves a proposed settlement with the wireless industry over the "Right to Know" ordinance. Health care advocates wanted a tougher measure. Read more on CNET

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Man Armed With Hammer Fatally Shot By SF Police SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — A man who allegedly stabbed his brother-in-law and was then fatally shot by police in San Francisco's Potrero Hill neighborhood on Wednesday night has been identified by the medical examiner's office as 60-year-old Dale … Read more on CBS Local

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SF Giants' Affeldt discusses injury, Belt his big night UPDATE, 10:25 p.m.: Everyone had fun with speculation on how Jeremy Affeldt strained his oblique, almost hoping he did it by sneezing or trying to lift a boulder. It was much simpler than that. He said he felt tightness when he pitched in Chicago on … [...]

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Goldman Prize winners inspired during trip to SF Inside San Francisco's massive recycling complex, garbage is sorted by hand and machine. It's a dream come true for Italian Rossano Ercolini and Columbian Nohra Padilla. They are two of this year's Goldman Environmental Prize winners. Both had heard of … Read more on abc7news.com

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