Two more fare increases loom for drivers crossing the Golden Gate Bridge despite the recent decision to increase tolls by $1.The toll hike approved last week means cash-paying drivers will shell out $6 to cross the Golden Gate Bridge, and that price could soon rise to $8.Citing the need to make up a projected five-year, $91 million operating budget shortfall, the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District agreed to a $1 increase on cash and FasTrak tolls. The new rates may take effect in September.
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In six years since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, the Department of Homeland Security — an agency assigned to protect the U.S. from another terrorist attack on domestic soil — has grown to include 200,000 employees, managed by a budget that is more than $40 billion.
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Homeland Security dollars have helped San Mateo County purchase siren warnings for tsunami alerts, improved communications systems, and an all-purpose emergency vehicle that resembles a tank, according to officials.
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The scenarios range from the unimaginably grim to the uncomfortably possible.A 6.9 magnitude earthquake that could kill 6,000 people, damage 1 million buildings, and leave an economic impact of $100 billion.An aerosol anthrax attack in downtown San Francisco that could expose 330,000 people, killing 99 percent of those who are untreated.A 10-kiloton nuclear warhead dropped on a major city in the Bay Area, resulting in tens of thousands of deaths and the evacuation of 500,000 people.
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High fuel costs will likely drive a $1 toll increase on the Golden Gate Bridge to be implemented sooner than originally planned, bridge officials said.
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A pickpocket on a Muni bus was apprehended by police officers, thanks in large part to the dogged pursuit of the victim. The incident occurred Sunday approximately 6 p.m. on the 28-19th Avenue Muni bus, headed toward the Sunset, when the victim felt a man reach into his jacket pocket, according to Capt. Paul Chignell of the Taraval Police Station.
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An armed burglar in the Excelsior district made off with an unusual cache of loot Monday night — a single lunchbox cooler.
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Water from a broken century-old underground pipe burst through the surface of Taraval Street on Monday morning, warping the asphalt, leaving businesses stranded without water for five hours and disrupting service on Muni’s L-Taraval train.
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For nearly a decade, Buffy Maquire has spent her days near Ocean Beach, a place she calls "a neglected jewel."The beach is frequently filled with litter, lacks appropriate lighting, needs emergency call boxes andfeatures ill-groomed walking paths, said Maquire, who owns the Java Beach Café on La Playa Street."It’s actually kind of gross," Maquire said. "Ocean Beach is sort of like a neglected jewel. A little beautification would benefit the entire city."
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Within six months it may cost $1 more to cross the Golden Gate Bridge, and another toll increase is looming on the horizon.
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It is property with a view of Alcatraz and a structure that has gone unused for 60 years.In the neighborhood where cable cars run down Hyde Street, residents walk their dogs at the modest Bay Street Park and tourists snap photos of the Bay, there is clamor for change at a Russian Hill site on Francisco street, between Larkin and Hyde streets.
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A flight instructor and his student were killed Friday morning in Alameda County after the helicopter they were piloting struck power lines.
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It is said that one man’s trash is another man’s treasure. But in the Sunnydale housing projects, neighborhood groups say refuse would just be a nuisance. Officials are proposing a recycling center in the housing projects to help clean up trash and promote sound environmental practices. Neighborhood groups, however, say the project is ill-conceived and would blight revitalization efforts at nearby McLaren Park.
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The owners of the plane that caught fire on Saturday at SFO received a threat against its aircraft shortly before the incident, according to a report issued by federal officials Thursday. The Boeing 767 cargo airplane, owned by ABX Air, burst into flames at 10:15 p.m. Saturday, forcing the evacuation of its two pilots. The fire originated just outside of the plane’s cockpit, eventually burning a hole through the fuselage.
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An early-morning raid at the San Francisco clubhouse of the Hells Angels motorcycle group led to the arrest of one man already awaiting felony battery charges in Sonoma Cou
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