After years of planning, The City is welcoming a new hospital specializing in the treatment of debilitating muscular diseases such as multiple sclerosis and Lou Gehrig’s disease.California Pacific Medical Center has been working with neighbors for four years to finalize plans for a new four-story 46,000-square-foot building, located on the corner of Noe Street and Duboce Avenue, next to the campus of the Davies Medical Center.
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The first debate of the election season in Pacifica will not include any of the seven candidates running for City Council seats.Instead, R. Don Peebles, the property owner and developer hoping to bring mixed-use rights to 83 acres of the Rockaway Quarry, and Peter Loeb, who served two years as Pacifica’s mayor during his tenure on the council from 1982-1990, will square off in a debate on the ballot initiative facing the coastside town.On Nov. 7, voters will not only choose three City Council members but also vote on whether to allow residential development in the quarry.
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The San Bruno Park School District is seeking a new board member to replace President Charles Zelnik, who is stepping down after nearly six years on the board, officials announced Thursday.Board members voted Wednesday night to make a provisional appointment to serve the remainder of Zelnik’s term, which would have ended in November 2007.Zelnik, a stay-at-home father of two with a background in construction and the automotive industry, said he decided to resign Aug. 9 in order to re-enter the work force now that his daughter is heading to college.
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Some elected officials are rushing to create new rules that would restrict subdivisions on hillsides, but critics say those officials are upsetting an important public process in order to adopt laws that won’t effectively protect against erosion and landslides. Councilmember Coralin Feierbach is worried a clause in Proposition 90, the statewide eminent-domain measure on the Nov. 7 ballot, will take away cities’ power to control subdivision zoning.
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Summit Preparatory High School Director Diane Tavenner stood among towers of boxes Thursday, preparing for the school’s move from its three-year downtown home to 20 new portable buildings on the Sequoia High School Campus.The move, which begins today, marks the end of one chapter in a long struggle to find a home for Summit, but not the final one. The Sequoia Union High School District, which adopted the school’s charter in June, has opted to find the school a temporary home on the Sequoia campus but is still hunting for a long-term, permanent location for the charter school.
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Fire officials hope that a newly purchased rescue boat, able to launch in just a few minutes, will be instrumental in rescuing some of the more than two dozen people a year who fall into the Bay.Equipped with GPS navigation, infrared capabilities and night-vision technology, South City’s 23-foot Safeco rescue boat is scheduled to begin responding to calls in early October. "The reason we wanted this boat is because we get about 25 calls a year for rescues on the water in our jurisdiction alone," Fire Chief Philip White said.
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When it rains it pours for Stacy Ball-Weaver, who was faced this week with a choice between gambling on her dreams of owning a home or taking the sure thing of a space in public housing.
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A $2.3 billion shortfall in building costs hangs over the heads of a number of the 19 major transportation projects in the pipeline for the Bay Area.The Metropolitan Transportation Commission, a planning agency for nine counties including San Francisco, has placed 19 transportation projects on a priority list that will significantly change Bay Area transportation during the next 25 years.The fate of these projects ultimately depends on whether the financing is secured, according to James Corless, MTC senior planner.
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When it rains it poursfor Stacy Ball-Weaver, who was faced this week with a choice between gambling on her dreams of owning a home or taking the sure thing of a space in public housing.
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A citizens’ group is pursuing a legal challenge against a deal to rebuild Peninsula Medical Center, even as ballots pour in for an election seeking approval of the deal.
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