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San Francisco
Electric scooters power back onto San Francisco streets
Powered scooters are back on San Francisco streets after a more than three-month hiatus.
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Northern California power outages to stretch into Monday night
PG&E said Monday morning that most customers will have their power restored by Monday night.
San Francisco
Fremont Street to open in time for Monday morning commute
The Transbay Joint Powers Authority say they will reopen Fremont Street in time for the Monday morning commute.
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Strong winds expected to sweep across North Bay
The North Bay likely will be hit Sunday and Monday with its strongest wind gusts since last October.
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Thousands savored her Tamales. Dozens showed up for her funeral.
Virginia Ramos, San Francisco's "Tamale Lady," used to say “I don’t know you, but I love you."
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Red flag warning issued for Bay Area
Gusty offshore winds and dry conditions prompted the National Weather Service today to issue a red flag warning for critical fire conditions this ...
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Reopening date for Salesforce Transit Center remains unclear
Officials with the Salesforce Transit Center are still not clear when they will reopen the $2.2 billion facility.
Transportation
Bay Bridge overnight lane closures start Monday
Motorists should expect various overnight lane closures on the western side of the Bay Bridge through Oct. 27.
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Striking hotel workers arrested at downtown Marriott
Union officials said 41 Marriott hotel workers were arrested Friday evening in San Francisco as they rallied for changes from their employer.
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Woman acquitted of battery against Starbucks barista
A 44-year-old woman was acquitted Tuesday of battery in a case involving an August incident in a San Francisco Starbucks.
Crime
Transient arrested after chasing, threatening McDonald’s workers
A transient was arrested at a McDonald's in Hercules Thursday after chasing an employee around inside the restaurant and threatening to fight the ...
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Oakland man arrested for allegedly peeping into home
An Oakland man has been arrested on suspicion of felony stalking and misdemeanor peeping after he was allegedly caught Wednesday morning looking in ...
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Palo Alto police investigating attempted strong-armed robbery
Police in Palo Alto are investigating an attempted strong-armed robbery that occurred Wednesday at a park.
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BART sinks $982,000 into cleaning Mission Street plazas
BART is quadrupling its efforts to power wash the plazas at its 16th and 24th Street Mission stations.
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SF commits millions toward slashing youth homelessness
A new campaign in San Francisco seeks to cut youth homelessness in half by 2022.
Bay Area
BART fined record $1.3 million over 2013 worker deaths
The California Public Utilities Commission, which regulates rail transit safety, issued its largest fine ever to a public agency Thursday.
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Utilities commission approves higher fee for local programs
The California Public Utilities Commission at a meeting in San Francisco Thursday approved a revised fee calculation that will result in higher charges ...
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Monterey County beaches safe after fecal matter advisory
Public health officials in Monterey County have lifted health advisories that were issued at three beaches due to fecal matter contamination.
Crime
Santa Cruz man arrested for child annoyance
A 23-year-old Santa Cruz man was arrested on suspicion of child annoyance for approaching eight teenage girls last week and asking them on ...
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Breed accelerates SFMTA projects on high-injury corridors
Mayor London Breed announced Thursday she's expedited projects on three of The City's most dangerous streets.
Crime
Shopkeeper found guilty of murder for second time
A former San Francisco shopkeeper, charged with killing two rival shopkeepers in the city's Fisherman's Wharf neighborhood nearly eight years ago, has been ...
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San Jose kicks off Airbnb disaster housing program
San Jose will be the inaugural city to partner with Airbnb for the "Host Corps" project, offering free housing through local hosts during ...
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Pedestrian killed in Salinas intersection
A vehicle struck and killed a woman in Salinas on Wednesday evening, police said Thursday.
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Fire extinguished at Alameda preschool
A storage shed on the property of a preschool in Alameda burned in a fire Thursday morning.
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Judge orders towed car returned to homeless man
A federal judge on Wednesday ordered the city of San Francisco to return a towed car to a homeless man who couldn't afford ...
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Mobile shower program launches for Marin homeless
Marin Mobile Care will display its mobile shower service program for homeless residents Thursday at four locations in Sausalito.
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Monsanto granted new trial after $250 million judgement
A San Francisco judge Wednesday granted a new trial in a case against pesticide manufacturer Monsanto brought by a cancer-stricken Vallejo man.
San Francisco
Fremont Street reopening delayed until next week
The Transbay Joint Powers Authority is delaying the opening of Fremont Street from this Friday until next Wednesday.
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42 years after dual murders, ‘Gypsy Hill’ killer, rapist sentenced to life
A man convicted in the decades-old cold case murders of two teenage girls in San Mateo County will likely spend the rest of ...
East Bay
Cal student reports sexual assault in campus housing
A student at University of California at Berkeley was sexually assaulted in university housing early Friday morning.
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Oakland warehouse fire sends plume of smoke over city
A two-alarm fire destroyed a warehouse in East Oakland Wednesday morning, causing plumes of smoke that were visible through much of the city.
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SF slow to install pedestrian signals for visually impaired
San Francisco is moving at a slow pace when it comes to installing accessible pedestrian signals.
Election
San Francisco kicks off City Hall voting
San Francisco voters who have already decided on how to vote for the upcoming election in November can already begin voting.
Government
SF redirects surplus medications to public health clinics
Medications from patients no longer using them will soon be able to go to low-income clinic patients in San Francisco.
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Town Hall to discuss future of bankrupt Seton Medical Center
A town hall meeting will be held in San Francisco to mobilize people to keep Seton Medical Center in Daly City open following ...
Crime
Pedestrian struck last week in Haight dies
A 60-year-old man who suffered critical injuries in a hit-and-run collision last week in the Haight has died, according to the city's medical ...