The ashes of Dan Murphy, a hang-gliding pilot gunned down in a Fort Funston parking lot, will return to the sky.The 48-year-old San Francisco master hang glider died Saturday, five days after a gunman shot him in a seemingly random attack before turning the gun on himself. Murphy’s ashes will be scattered by a hang glider over Fort Funston in the next week or so, said Fort Funston Fellow Feathers Club member and friend Gordon Pollack."It’s what he wanted," Pollack said.
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Legislation that would ask a judge to give an early ruling on whether a revised plan for a new San Francisco 49ers stadium project is within the will of the voters, who approved a different plan in 1997, is on the desk of the governor, who has until the end of the day to sign or veto the measure.Senate Bill 1842, sponsored by state Senator Carole Migden, at the request of Mayor Gavin Newsom, passed through both legislative houses as of Aug. 15.
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Starting next year, wildlife officials hope to transform Bair Island into an "island in an urban sea" where locals can escape city life and freeway noise and explore the 1,400-acre area’s restored wetlands habitats.
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The long awaited Central Park renovation project, complete with improved access and a better drainage system, should wrap up by the beginning of October.The park, at 477 Lincoln Circle, will boast new pathways, improved ADA accessibility and an enhanced drainage system — something that officials particularly noticed the need for during the heavy spring rains.The main field is shaped like a bowl, and it took a long time to drain water from it, Community Development Director Ralph Petty said.
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If voters thought the days of hanging chads and alleged vote switching were past, they’d be wrong, according to local activist Brent Turner.
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Legislation doubling penalty for speeding on Highway 1 is reintroduced in SacramentoA piece of legislation that would double the traffic fines for speeders along 19th Avenue will be reintroduced in Sacramento, after it was vetoed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.The pedestrian safety bill would create a double-fine zone along state Highway 1, also known as 19th Avenue and as Park Presidio Boulevard, from Junipero Serra Boulevard to Lake Street. Highway 1 is a state road and not under the jurisdiction of San Francisco.
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The shooting death of an intruder into an apartment in the Potrero Hill housing projects Thursday marks the 59th homicide in San Francisco this year, and the 11th homicide this month, indicating a possible spike.In the eight-day period between Aug. 11 and Aug. 19, seven people were shot to death in San Francisco. The surge in killing appears to follow a pattern demonstrated in the last two years, wherein The City’s homicide rate peaks, rather than staying constant.
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Three with attacker fled, two occupants of housing project also shot, police sayA would-be armed attacker was shot dead Thursday after he entered an apartment in the Potrero Hill housing project, according to police.Melvin Brown III, 28, was killed by an occupant of the apartment in the 1000 block of Connecticut Street, after he entered carrying an assault weapon. He was with a group, but the rest of the people ran off, and Brown entered the apartment alone, police spokeswoman Officer Maria Oropeza said Friday.
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There’s nothing quite like an election year for a politician to make new friends and influence people. And it’s all the more touching when those friends turn out to be former bitter adversaries.That will explain how one of the wealthiest American Indian tribes recently got the deal of a lifetime from Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. The deal will allow the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians to more than double the number of slot machines in its two Palm Springs casinos and bring Las Vegas-scale gambling to the California desert.
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The construction of a new six-story office building along Terry Francois Boulevard is the latest addition to the Mission Bay redevelopment plan that is dramatically transforming the former site of rail yards.Lowe Enterprises Investors, a Los Angeles-based real estate firm, announced Friday it has acquired for an undisclosed price the waterfront property next to the new Old Navy headquarters.
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