While it may not cause the residents of the many cemeteries for which this town is famous to rise up singing, "Colma: The Musical" has brought new life to the town, with an award-winning, feature-length production.The musical tribute by two Peninsula natives features three best friends, Rodel, Billy and Maribel, coming to grips with young adulthood after high school.
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In a decade, The City’s streets will be more beautiful, provide more spots for socializing and be more functional than today — that’s if a plan to improve The City’s streets gets the green light, city officials say.Part of the goal of the so-called Streetscape Master Plan is to make the streets drain better, allow sidewalks to get fixed faster and allow trees to grow where before there was only concrete.
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The median income earned by San Francisco residents is inadequate to buy a home, although many people decide to stay here despite the high cost of living, according to expertsand data from the U.S. Census Bureau. The 2005 American Survey data released this week shows the average household income in San Francisco is $57,496. The average salary of professional people living in The City is $70,000, said John Grubb, a spokesman for the Bay Area Council, a public-policy advocacy organization for the Bay Area.
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A 36-year-old alleged thief tried to flee from police Wednesday night by jumping into the San Francisco Bay.San Francisco police responded to a call at 11:40 p.m. about a man having broken into a car parked along the 3700 block of Fillmore Street. When police arrived, they saw the thief inside a Chevy Tahoe, which he allegedly broke into."As the police were coming up, he sees them and he takes off running," Sgt. Neville Gittens said.The man then jumped into the harbor waters near the Golden Gate Yacht Club and started swimming out into the Bay.
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Staff shortfalls and failures to warn beachgoers about sewer spills in waters off the coast are among a dozen deficiencies cited in a recent U.S. Environmental Protection Agency report on a coast side sewer agency following a two-year investigation.
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McKinley Elementary School has extended the kindergarten day this year in a pilot program designed to determine whether the longer session has a positive impact on learning and socialization.The school is the only one in the Burlingame School District participating in the program, which has added approximately half an hour of class time for all 46 kindergartners, Principal Paula Valerio said.School started districtwide Tuesday.
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The Peninsula Humane Society and Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals plans on pressing animal cruelty charges against two Portola Valley business owners, after officers on Saturday found 50 goats in poor living conditions.Saturday’s raid came a day after Peninsula Humane Society seized 200 animals from Laurelwood Pets in San Mateo that were allegedly being kept in similarly unclean and unhealthy conditions. One month ago, PHS seized farm animals from Triple Springs Ranch in Half Moon Bay.
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A father who reported his 5-month-old baby as kidnapped Sunday is now a suspect in her death after he led police to her body early Wednesday.Anthony Demone Theard, 24, had not been arrested for the death of his daughter Camille, but police identified him as a suspect and said he led them to her body sometime after midnight Tuesday.
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The randomness of the violence in San Francisco this year has proved beyond vexing for the experts. A man gets behind the wheel of a car and starts mowing down pedestrians with casualindifference. Bullets fly in the Bayview district over the weekend as if the Wild West were very much alive, leaving five more people dead.
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In the next 10 years, city officials hope Genentech’s complex east of U.S. Highway 101 will develop "true campus style" into something offering attractive architecture and public amenities.When Genentech brings its next 10-year master plan to the city next month, a "key concern" to the city, senior planner Mike Lappen said, was an effort to bring a "fresh look" to the area through architecture, access to the Bay and public squares, among other attributes.
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