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U.S. / NEWS Fri Apr 18, 2008 @ 8:17am neoform

SF Gate -- A 12-year-old San Francisco girl who disappeared Monday has been found safe with a friend in Oakland, authorities said today. Billie McGee had last been seen Monday, and her family posted flyers and looked for her in and around her neighborhood near Ci.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Apr 9, 2008 @ 8:18am neoform

SF Gate -- The Olympic flame arrived in San Francisco from Paris early today under cover of darkness amid security typically reserved for head-of-state visits. No protesters were evident at San Francisco International Airport, which was largely deserted except fo.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Feb 7, 2008 @ 8:14am neoform

SF Gate -- Two days before she disappeared, Nina Reiser accepted a $50,000-a-year job with the San Francisco Department of Public Health to help Russian immigrants, the woman who hired her testified Wednesday. Prosecutors hope Patricia Erwin's testimony will help.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Jan 28, 2008 @ 8:14am neoform

SF Gate -- A San Francisco police officer shot and critically injured a man who fled to avoid a panhandling citation, then pulled out a knife and lunged at one of three officers pursuing him Sunday, a Police Department spokesman said. The man, believed to be in h.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Jan 10, 2008 @ 8:14am neoform

SF Gate -- For the second time in two years, a San Francisco prosecution witness who strayed from witness protection has been killed in the city, authorities said Wednesday. Justin Lee, 40, was chased down and slain Monday night in the Mission District, the very.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Dec 27, 2007 @ 8:23am neoform

SF Gate -- Carlos Sousa Jr.'s parents watched news coverage of the gruesome Christmas Day tiger attack at the San Francisco Zoo, but had no idea one of the victims was their son. "Someone called their house this morning," Patricia Fagunves, the teen's cousin, sai.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Dec 27, 2007 @ 8:23am neoform

CNN -- The mother of a 17-year-old boy killed by a tiger at the San Francisco Zoo said the attack has forever ruined Christmas for her, while police reportedly are investigating whether one of the victims taunted the deadly jungle cat. Sources close to the inves.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Jul 20, 2007 @ 7:19pm neoform

FOX News -- An earthquake jolted San Francisco Bay area residents awake early Friday, breaking glass and rattling nerves, although there were no immediate reports of injuries. The earthquake was recorded about 2 miles east of Oakland and had a preliminary magnitud.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon May 14, 2007 @ 9:51am neoform

SF Gate -- It has become almost a regular stop for San Francisco tourists. Once they've seen the Golden Gate Bridge and the Transamerica Pyramid, they can drive down Harrison Street to see the most amazing sight of all. Regular gas for $4 a gallon. Actually, i.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Apr 23, 2007 @ 10:11pm neoform

CBS News -- A San Francisco woman who allegedly walked away from her baby boy after giving birth to him on a street corner was arrested on suspicion of child endangerment and neglect, police said. Nadine Matthews gave birth on the sidewalk Sunday night, then walke.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Dec 22, 2006 @ 9:46am mrmdc

CBS News -- A woman who claimed God ordered her to make a human sacrifice chose to throw her three children into San Francisco Bay instead of herself, making her guilty of murder, a prosecutor said during closing arguments at the woman's trial... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Jun 16, 2008 @ 8:09am neoform

SF Gate -- Lesbian rights pioneers Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon, together for more than half a century, will get married in San Francisco City Hall this evening wearing the same pastel-colored pantsuits they donned four years ago when they wed the first time. Once.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Jun 4, 2008 @ 8:12am neoform

SF Gate -- San Francisco voters appeared to overwhelmingly approve Proposition G on Tuesday, endorsing plans for a major housing and commercial development at the Hunters Point Shipyard and Candlestick Point and also keeping alive hope of holding on to the 49ers foo.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri May 30, 2008 @ 8:07am neoform

SF Gate -- A 24-year-old San Francisco man has been sentenced to 77 years to life in prison after being convicted of a killing that authorities say was part of a gang feud in the city's Western Addition four years ago. A San Francisco jury convicted Kevin Carradi.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri May 30, 2008 @ 8:07am neoform

SF Gate -- A 57-year-old San Francisco bicyclist is clinging to life after being struck by a pickup truck at a freeway off-ramp, police said today. The cyclist, who was not identified, was struck at 2:10 p.m. Wednesday while riding north on Bayshore Boulevard at.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Apr 17, 2008 @ 8:13am neoform

SF Gate -- A San Francisco couple accused in the bludgeoning death of their roommate appeared in court this morning for the first time since they were arrested in Mexico and extradited back to California. Richard Carelli and his girlfriend Michele Pinkerton, both.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Apr 16, 2008 @ 8:10am neoform

SF Gate -- A San Francisco police officer put on desk duty after she was involved in a fatal shooting of an unarmed trespassing suspect in 2006 pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges of stealing confiscated cash and trying to cover it up. Officer Michelle Alvis, 3.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Apr 15, 2008 @ 8:14am neoform

SF Gate -- The city of San Francisco is poised to spend millions of dollars extra to hire a sewage-hauling company that failed to meet the city's criteria despite offers from a competitor that wants to do the dirty work for less. The Board of Supervisors is expec.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Apr 4, 2008 @ 8:15am neoform

SF Gate -- A San Francisco judge today ordered a 19-year-old Daly City man held without bail in the weekend shooting outside a Sunset District pizzeria that killed two patrons. Matthew Owyang is charged with Saturday's attack that killed Jason De La Cruz, 31, of.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Mar 31, 2008 @ 8:15am neoform

SF Gate -- Citing threats of violence by animal rights activists, the San Francisco Art Institute said Saturday that it is canceling a controversial exhibition that included video clips of animals being bludgeoned to death, as well as a public forum it had scheduled.. Read More