After the celebration had ended, Joey Railey jokingly referred to Mitchell Bialosky as"The Blur." And considering the speed display the lumbering first baseman put on in Friday’s Game 1 of the West Coast Conference Championship Series against Pepperdine, who could blame him?
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Two candidates, Lillian Sing and Eric Safire, are vying for a seat on the San Francisco Superior Court bench in the June 6 election. Sing served on the bench for more than 20 years, developing a reputation for integrity and even-handedness. She stepped down in 2004 to make an unsuccessful run for the Board of Supervisors, and has served as an assigned judge since then.
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San Francisco will have exceeded its overtime budget by almost $37 million this fiscal year, which ends June 30. Ninety percent of the OT overruns are incurred by six agencies.The "Big Six," as they are called in the city controller’s nine-month report released in May include the Municipal Transportation Administration, the police department, the public health department, the fire department, the sheriff’s office and the Public Utilities Commission.
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Many voters may not be aware that there is an election in less than two weeks, and delays at The City’s Department of Elections are not helping them get educated.With 12 days to go until the June 6 election, more than 80,000 San Francisco voters still have not received their local voter information guides.The election involves hotly contested Democratic primaries for congressional seats and several top state seats, but voters have already received information guides for those races.
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With less than two weeks to the primary election, Senate District 8 candidate Mike Nevin has gone on a spending spree, outpacing his nearest Democratic competitor by $81,000 in recent months.Nevin, a former San Mateo County supervisor, former Assemblyman Lou Papan and Assemblyman Leland Yee are locked in one of the tightest races in the area. The three are vying to replace state Sen. JackieSpeier, D-San Francisco/San Mateo, who will be termed out.
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After watching Skyline freshman Thomas Mora shut down Washington’s normally potent offense for a 3-0 Transbay Series-tying victory Thursday, Eagles senior Dan Reznik and sophomore O’Koyea Dickson decided to bring their team together for an impromptu meeting."I told everyone that we needed to give their pitcher a lot of respect for what he’d done and then we had to move on," Reznik said. "O’Koyea and I made sure everyone was keeping their heads up and remembered what we’ve been doing on offense all season. We knew we wouldn’t stay down for long."
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City Hall inefficiency has real effectTwo interesting stories appeared in Thursday’s paper — an article on $2 million in annual waste by the SFPD at San Francisco International Airport ("Audit: SFPD wasting $2 million," May 25), and an article on the paving of Valdez Street after 37 years of having not been repaved ("After 37 years, streets gets due," May 25).
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The Democratic primary race for California’s 12th Assembly District pits two smart, energetic candidates in Fiona Ma, a longtime state Senate aide and current member of the Board of Supervisors, and Janet Reilly, who currently serves on the Golden Gate Bridge board. The 12th Assembly District covers the west side of San Francisco and parts of Daly City, Colma and Broadmoor in San Mateo County. While we believe residents would be well-served by either candidate in Sacramento, our nod goes to Ma, whose legislative experience and understanding of state politics give her the edge.
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There have been many famous pairs in history: Abbott and Costello. Bogie and Bacall, Montana and Rice. But an extremely dangerous combination is about to be launched here in The City. Soon the historic and creaky old boards behind the bar at the Washington Square Bar and Grill will be graced by the deeply religious combination of The Bishop of Booze and the Right Reverend. That’s right, from Monday through Friday, Michael McCourt (the Reverend) works the pulpit. Starting next Saturday, the newly recruited Tim Stookey (The Bishop) will take over the honors. We will see you at services.
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Decade-old plans to construct an arch over Hillcrest Boulevard are being revived in an attempt to attract more shoppers downtown, officials said Thursday.A decade ago, the city looked into putting an arch over Hillcrest Boulevard at El Camino Real, to bring more shoppers to retail districts along Broadway, Victoria Avenue and El Camino.The chamber has now asked the city’s Downtown Process Committee to take another look at the issue, particularly with many new developments getting under way near the Millbrae BART station, Chamber of Commerce President John Ford said.
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With less than two weeks to the primary election, state Senate District 8 candidate Mike Nevin has gone on a spending spree, outpacing his nearest Democratic competitor by $81,000 in recent months.Nevin, a former San Mateo County supervisor, former Assemblyman Lou Papan and Assemblyman Leland Yee are locked in one of the tightest races in the area. The three are vying to replace state Sen. Jackie Speier, D-San Mateo/San Francisco, who will be termed out.
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The San Francisco Police Department’s airport bureau is rife with inefficiencies and redundancies costing almost $2 million a year, according to an audit by the Controller's Office.The report found a duplication of duties among police staff at San Francisco International Airport, a failure of the bureau to cross-train officers, thereby driving up overtime costs, and uniformed officers doing clerical and administrative jobs that could be performed by civilians. The report recommends that 58 positions at the airport be eliminated.
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The former president of a nonprofit organization was charged with embezzling approximately $166,000 in philanthropic donations intended to help poor hospital patients, the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office said Wednesday.Gariel Freund, 59, of San Francisco was arrested Wednesday morning and charged with 30 felony counts of grand theft and forgery for allegedly taking general operating funds from the Auxiliary at University of San Francisco Medical Center at Mount Zion.
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It has been 37 years since sleepy Valdez Avenue near The City’s Monterey Heights neighborhood was repaved. But with a crew of 12, the San Francisco Public Works Department started its $15 million quest for pothole-free living on the deteriorated street Wednesday.Valdez Avenue and a "substantial number" of other residential streets have not been maintained for years, developing bumpy conditions and sparking complaints, DPW officials said.
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Two new candidates for a congressional seat and for coroner have jumped into the race at the last minute, qualifying as write-in candidates.Belmont resident and Libertarian Party member Harland Harrison will challenge U.S. Rep. Tom Lantos, D-San Mateo. Stacie Nevares of San Mateo will take on Robert Foucrault for coroner.Harrison attacks Lantos for his support for the war in Iraq and the Patriot Act. Lantos could not be reached at press time to respond.
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