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U.S. / NEWS Wed Jun 18, 2008 @ 8:13am neoform

SF Gate -- Marital bliss, same-sex style, has broken out at county clerk offices all over the Bay Area, with eager gay and lesbian couples exchanging vows the moment the offices opened this morning. From Sonoma and San Mateo to San Francisco and Contra Costa, ebu.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed May 21, 2008 @ 8:12am neoform

SF Gate -- A wind-whipped grass fire burned several acres near the top of San Bruno Mountain on Tuesday, threatening one home before firefighters extinguished the blaze. Dozens of firefighters battled the three-alarm, 7-acre fire to keep it from spreading, and ma.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue May 13, 2008 @ 8:15am neoform

SF Gate -- A 31-year-old Fremont man accused running down and trying to kill pedestrians in San Francisco entered a plea today of not guilty by reason of insanity to 35 felony counts. Omeed Aziz Popal is accused of 16 counts of attempted murder, 16 assault charge.. Read More

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 Thu Apr 10, 2008 @ 8:14am neoform

SF Gate -- The state Supreme Court dealt a final blow Wednesday to San Francisco's voter-approved ban on handguns, rejecting the city's appeal of a lower-court ruling that sharply limited the ability of localities to regulate firearms. The court's unanimous order.. 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 Wed Mar 19, 2008 @ 8:06am neoform

CNN -- An organization that accredits zoos says the San Francisco Zoo had an "impressive" response to a tiger escape on Christmas Day but could have done more initially, according to a report the zoo released Tuesday. A Siberian tiger got out of its enclosure on.. 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 Tue Jan 29, 2008 @ 8:05am neoform

SF Gate -- A pedestrian was struck and killed by a southbound Caltrain commuter train in San Mateo this afternoon, authorities said. The pedestrian, who was not identified, was hit around 3:10 p.m. just north of the Hayward Park station. Trains stopped in both di.. 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 Thu Dec 6, 2007 @ 8:21am neoform

SF Gate -- The waves rolling across the fishing grounds off the San Mateo County coast were well over 20 feet Tuesday, big enough to keep most veteran fishermen in port. Two San Leandro men who had laid their crab pots a few days before decided to chance it. The.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Oct 24, 2007 @ 8:15am neoform

CNN -- More San Diego County residents faced orders to leave their homes early Wednesday as wildfires threatened new areas of charred, smoke-choked Southern California. The newest evacuees from De Luz, a community near the Camp Pendleton Marine base, and from th.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Oct 23, 2007 @ 8:06am neoform

MSNBC -- Around 300,000 told to flee Firefighters — who lost valuable time trying to persuade stubborn homeowners to leave — had their work cut out for them as winds gusting to 70 mph scattered embers onto dry brush, spawning spot fires. California official.. 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