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Suspect In SF Robberies Pleads Not Guilty To 37 Felony Counts

2012-02-09T06:35:00Z

A man accused of committing dozens of Bay Area robberies using a chrome revolver pleaded not guilty to 37 felony counts in San Mateo County Court today. Ricky Renee Sanders, 34, was nicknamed the...

Two Hospitalized After In-Home Explosion

2012-02-08T14:15:00Z

An explosion at a home in San Francisco's Ingleside neighborhood Tuesday night sent two people to the hospital, according to San Francisco police. The blast was reported at 8:50 p.m. as some sort of...

High Surf Advisory For Bay Area Coast Wednesday

2012-02-08T13:35:00Z

A fog advisory has been issued on a Bay Area bridge and a high surf advisory is in affect along the Bay Area coastline this morning, according to weather and California Highway Patrol officials....

Man Shot In Tenderloin Takes Shelter In SOMA SRO

2012-02-08T13:09:00Z

A man was shot in his upper body in San Francisco's Tenderloin neighborhood this morning, San Francisco police said. A call about the shooting came in this morning at 3:09 a.m. from a hotel...

SFMTA Tweaks Study Methodology, Says Cycling's Increased By 7%

2012-02-08T05:54:00Z

San Francisco is experiencing a sustained pedal revolution, according to a report released by the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency this month. The annual Bicycle Count Report indicates that the number of people riding...

City Officials Laud Prop 8 Ruling, 8 Years After First Same-Sex Weddings In SF

2012-02-08T05:17:00Z

Related: Lawyers Fighting Prop 8 To Ask Court To Allow Same Sex Marriages To Resume "within a few weeks" Crowd Celebrates Prop 8 Decision Outside SF Courthouse, Ignores Single Counter-Protester Mayor Lee: "San Francisco...

Supes Unanimously Approve Shopping Bag Ban, Fee

2012-02-08T04:55:51Z

A proposal to institute a fee for each paper bag provided at a store in San Francisco and also expand the city's ban on plastic bags was unanimously approved by the Board of Supervisors...

Naomi Kelly Sworn In As First Black Female City Administrator

2012-02-08T01:25:06Z

San Francisco's first female black city administrator was sworn in at a ceremony at City Hall today. Naomi Kelly was nominated last month by Mayor Ed Lee, who swore her in to the post...

SFPD Seeks Mission Bank Robber

2012-02-08T00:39:33Z

San Francisco police are looking for a suspect in an afternoon bank robbery in the city's Mission District. The crime was reported at 2:20 p.m. in the 2000 block of Mission Street, near the...

Russian Hill Buildings Evacuated Due To Possible Gas Leak

2012-02-07T23:22:11Z

Three buildings have been evacuated in San Francisco's Russian Hill neighborhood this afternoon because of a possible gas leak, a fire dispatcher said. The leak was reported in the area of 2422 Polk St.,...

Supes To Vote On Shopping Bag Ban And Fee Today

2012-02-07T21:14:17Z

A proposal to expand San Francisco's plastic bag ban and to institute a fee for each checkout bag stores in the city provide will return to the Board of Supervisors for a vote today....

Arrest Made In Fatal SOMA Stabbing

2012-02-07T20:24:00Z

View SF Appeal Homicide Map 2012 in a larger map SFPD has announced an arrest in Monday night's fatal stabbing at a SOMA homeless shelter, San Francisco's fourth homicide of 2012. Officers responded to...

Ramos Brother-In-Law Says MS-13 Forbade Drive Bys

2012-02-07T20:06:34Z

The brother-in-law of Edwin Ramos, an alleged MS-13 gang member accused of murder in a drive-by shooting that killed a father and his two sons in San Francisco in 2008, said such shootings are...

Supe To Introduce Legislation Allowing Food Trucks At Colleges, Hospitals

2012-02-07T20:06:32Z

Colleges and hospitals in San Francisco would be allowed to have food trucks on their campuses under legislation being introduced at today's Board of Supervisors meeting. The proposal by Supervisor Scott Wiener would alter...

Lawyers Fighting Prop 8 To Ask Court To Allow Same Sex Marriages To Resume "within a few weeks"

2012-02-07T19:48:10Z

Related: Crowd Celebrates Prop 8 Decision Outside SF Courthouse, Ignores Single Counter-Protester Mayor Lee: "San Francisco stands ready to begin marrying same sex couples" 5:06 PM: California's ban on same-sex marriage, enacted by voters...