The Haight-Asbury Neighborhood Recycling Center will brainstorm Tuesday night on how to derail a looming eviction notice from The City after 36 years of operation.
The Recreation and Park Commission on Thursday is scheduled to vote on initial designs for a proposal to fill the space in Golden Gate Park next to Kezar Stadium with community garden plots, which have a history of being in high demand.
The swap, according Rec and Park documents, is supported by several big-na
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A woman says a creep snuck into her home Monday and swiped the MacBook computer that had been next to her as she slept in bed.
The 19-year-old woman told cops the disturbing burglary occurred sometime between 5:30 p.m. and 7:40 p.m. in the 300 block of Arballo Drive, which is near Lake Merced.
The woman said she simply went to sleep and placed the computer next to her bed.
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Even before taking his seat at the dais, District 8 Supervisor-elect Scott Wiener is already answering to constituents.
Wiener will be the next guest speaker at the California Music and Culture Association on Friday, Dec. 10.
He will exchange ideas with attendees and discuss his ideas around the entertainment and nightlife community, which has been under scrutiny for the recent wave of violence.
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A $187 million construction contract could be approved this week for work on the new Transbay Transit Center, San Francisco’s future downtown transportation hub that is slated to one day the host the terminus of the state’s high-speed rail project.
The Transbay Joint Powers Authority, which oversees development plans on the project, will vote Friday on approving the contract with Balfour Beatty Infrastructure Inc., the contractor that submitted the lowest bid for the construction work
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A thieving thug hurled a tip jar inside a Tenderloin restaurant Monday, injuring a person, but only after pocketing the tips, police said.The suspect waltzed into the eatery on the 900 block of Larkin Street, swiped the tip jar, pocketed its money, and then hurled the jar at a person who chased after him around 7:20 p.m., police said.A 53-year-old male victim suffered minor injuries after being struck by the jar. The suspect was described as a white man in his 20s.
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The hunt continues for this man’s killer.The Mayor’s Office is shelling out a $100,000 reward for the capture and prosecution of the man who shot 35-year-old Edgar Alfonso Ibarra dead in the 1200 block of Hampshire Street on Nov. 28, 2006.
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Google Earth 6 has planted more than 50 different species of trees all over the world on its virtual tours, including what used to be a bald San Francisco.
You can see The City’s eucalyptus and cypress on this Googleweb video of three-dimensions of hovering the Presidio, Coit Tower and the Golden Gate Bridge.
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Five people were injured, two critically, in a crash in San Francisco’s Excelsior neighborhood early Tuesday morning, police said. The crash happened at about 2:30 a.m. when a car ran into a pole at Brazil Avenue and Munich Street, police Lt. Troy Dangerfield said. A 30-year-old man who was sitting in the backseat was thrown through the windshield and suffered life-threatening injuries, Dangerfield said.
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By Bonta Hill
11/30/10 5:00 AM
Gibson’s two goals carry SI to victorySt. Ignatius senior forward Audrey Gibson scored two second-half goals and the Wildcats shut out last season’s Central Coast Section Division I finalist Palo Alto 2-0 in the season opener for both teams at J.B. Murphy Field.“First game of the season. I was definitely excited, so the adrenaline was running,” Gibson said. “I just came off the bench ready to play.”
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The man accused of running down the German student Nils Linke while he was visiting San Francisco in August will appear in court today. Josh Calder allegedly struck Linke at Masonic Avenue and Turk Street while driving with a blood-alcohol level of 0.10, which is 0.02 above the legal limit in California. An autopsy determined the death was vehicular homicide.
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