A wind advisory is in effect for the San Mateo-Hayward Bridge, a California Highway Patrol Officer said.The advisory was issued at 4:03 a.m. in response to the strong winds and rain, Officer Ralph Caggiano said.A wind advisory for the Bay Bridge, which was issued at 12:33 a.m., is still in effect and another wind advisory could be issued for the Richmond-San Rafael later Monday, Caggiano said.The CHP recommends motorists exercise caution while driving and are urging drivers to reduce speed and allow distance between cars on the road.
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A man suspected of rape in San Francisco's Hayes Valley this morning was already acquainted with the victim, according to police. Officers responded to the 1800 block of Market Street on the report of a suspected rape at about 3:35 a.m., according to police.They found a victim who said the alleged rapist was about 22 years old with a light complexion, weighing about 160 pounds and nearly 5 feet 10 inches tall.The suspect was wearing a gray button down shirt with a blue hat at the time of the rape, police said.
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More than 3,000 Valentine's Day cards are being delivered to Bay Area veterans from students at San Mateo County Schools.Rep. Jackie Speier, D-San Mateo/ San Francisco, mobilized the effort by asking about 50 Peninsula schools to write the holiday cards to thank servicemen and women for their sacrifice and work in the military, according to a statement from the congresswoman's office."I am deeply touched by the heartfelt comments and beautiful art our students have created," Speier said. "They clearly care about the sacrifices made by our veterans.
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Two children were injured and four adults were hospitalized from being pepper sprayed at the Powell Street Muni station in San Francisco Saturday evening, a police spokesman said.Someone sprayed pepper spray for unknown reasons near turnstiles to the Powell Street Muni metro station at about 6 p.m., according to a police spokesman and the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency.
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Hundreds of actors and production crew have been filming in front of San Francisco’s City Hall on Friday for a movie starring Matt Damon, Kate Winslet and Jude Law.“Contagion,” an action-thriller about preventing the spread of a deadly virus, had its crew and military tanks stationed around Civic Center Plaza on Friday afternoon along with hundreds of extras wearing pandemic flu masks.Production assistants declined to comment on the scene they were filming.
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A San Carlos man pleaded guilty Thursday to involuntary manslaughter for the one-punch death of another man in a fight outside San Francisco's AT&T Park during a San Francisco Giants game in 2008, a prosecutor said.Taylor Buckley agreed to a plea bargain this morning that includes one year in jail and five years of probation for his role in the death of 18-year-old Anthony Giraudo on May 9, 2008, San Francisco Assistant District Attorney Brian Buckelew said.
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San Francisco International Airport is on schedule to open its newly renovated Terminal 2, the first LEED Gold certified airport terminal in the county, in April, airport officials announced today.Designers of the $388 million remodel project emphasized sustainable building principles and how the more than 3 million passengers expected to pass through Terminal 2 every year will choose to spend their time there."T2 demonstrates how we can achieve sustainability in a way that enhances the traveler experience," airport Director John Martin said.
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Bay Area public transportation riders are now able to use the long-awaited Clipper Card program on San Mateo County Transit District services, a district spokeswoman said.SamTrans, which has buses serving San Francisco, Palo Alto, and San Mateo County, began accepting Clipper Cards this week. The Clipper program offers refillable cards for riders to use on several Bay Area transportation services, district spokeswoman Tasha Bartholomew said in a statement.Other services using Clipper Card include AC Transit, BART, Caltrain, Golden Gate Ferry, and Muni.
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A woman was shot and injured in San Francisco's Dogpatch neighborhood Thursday afternoon, according to a fire dispatcher.Ambulances responded to reports of a shooting at 5001 Third St. at about 2:35 p.m., the dispatcher said.The woman was apparently walking into a store near Quesada Avenue and Third Street when she got caught in the crossfire of a suspect who was allegedly shooting at someone else, San Francisco police Officer Eric Chiang said.
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The San Francisco Police Commission voted Wednesday night to set up a new team to handle crisis situations involving mentally ill suspects.The seven-member commission voted unanimously to create a crisis intervention team within the Police Department, which has dealt with two shootings of mentally ill suspects by officers in the past two months.
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A new stem cell research building opened Wednesday at UC San Francisco’s Parnassus campus.The Ray and Dagmar Dolby Regeneration Medicine building will be the headquarters for UCSF’s regeneration and stem cell research program, one of the largest programs of its kind in the U.S.“It is a great day for the field of stem cell research, and, most importantly, for the human race,” UCSF Chancellor Susan Desmond-Hellmann said.The $123 million building encompasses 125 laboratories with scientists researching the earliest stages of human and animal development.
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A federal appeals court ruled in San Francisco today that Levi Strauss is entitled to a second try on its claim that Abercrombie & Fitch weakened the value of the trademark arch pattern on the back pocket of Levi's blue jeans.San Francisco-based Levi Strauss & Co. claimed in a federal lawsuit filed in 2007 that Abercrombie & Fitch Trading Co. diluted its trademark by adopting a similar pattern on its own blue jeans.
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San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee joined Supervisors David Chiu and Jane Kim at City Hall this afternoon to announce a plan that would offer tax exemptions to Twitter Inc. and other companies to the city's Mid-Market neighborhood.The microblogging company, currently located in the South of Market neighborhood, would be exempt from payroll taxes for new employees for six years if it moved on or near Market Street between Fifth and 10th streets.
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A Fisherman’s Wharf souvenir shop worker accused of fatally shooting two employees at a neighboring business last month pleaded not guilty to the charges in San Francisco Superior Court on Tuesday morning.Hong Ri Wu, 56, of San Francisco, allegedly shot Feng Ping Ou, a 30-year-old woman, and Qiong Han Chu, a 30-year-old man, inside the souvenir and luggage shop where they worked at 269 Jefferson St. at about 8:20 p.m. on Jan. 30, according to police.
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All lanes of southbound U.S. Highway 101 just south of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco have been reopened following a solo vehicle crash early Tuesday morning that injured the car’s driver and passenger, a California Highway Patrol officer said.The crash just south of the toll plaza was reported at 12:40 a.m., and CHP Officer Ralph Caggiano said the circumstances surrounding the collision were unclear.
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