It was a heartbreaking work of staggering idiocy.A man was rushed to the hospital with chest pains Tuesday after allegedly committing the stressful act of robbery on a Muni bus.
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An elderly man taking a photograph in McLaren Park got an image of hell when he was pistol-whipped and robbed of his camera, police said.The 76-year-old man was taking photos in the park near Mansell Street and Visitacion Avenue about 11:15 a.m. A gun-toting crook surprised the man, snatching his camera and attempting to steal his backpack, police said. The victim struggled to keep the backpack and the crook pistol-whipped him, knocking him to the ground.
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A hiker who got stuck in San Francisco’s John McLaren Park was rescued by police Monday night with the help of a good Samaritan, cellphones and a police car’s siren.Officers from the department’s Ingleside Station received a report at about 5 p.m. Monday about a woman who had suffered a seizure, fallen down an embankment and become trapped in the park.
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FRIDAY NIGHT Eating Food: For fine dining in a shopping mall, of all places, try the excellent, authentic Cupola Pizzeria on the fourth floor of Westfield Centre. Drinking Wine: While naturally occurring sulphur dioxide is in every wine, we offer examples of wines made by vintners who take pride in the fact that they don’t add sulfites. On the town
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The music never stopped for thousands of fans of Grateful Dead guitarist Jerry Garcia as they celebrate his 69th birthday in San Francisco's Excelsior district Sunday.The ninth annual Jerry Day will celebrate Garcia's life and music at the Jerry Garcia Amphitheater in McLaren Park near his childhood home on Harrington Street.
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Early-morning bloodshed among transients in Golden Gate Park has San Francisco officials reassessing a possible nighttime closure of the park. Because of safety concerns, Mayor Ed Lee supports the establishment of specific hours for the park, his spokeswoman Christine Falvey said. In an email, she said the mayor is discussing the matter with supervisors whose districts border the park.
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A plan to close Golden Gate and McLaren parks at night has stalled with the new mayoral administration even as more late-night violence broke out last weekend.
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Boxes of HIV test kits that had been stolen in San Jose were discovered in a San Francisco park on Wednesday, police said.Cops got a call about the boxes of medical supplies that had been found at McLaren Park, near Russia and La Grande avenues, around 5:30 a.m.An officer recovered the HIV test kits, which had been stolen earlier that morning, police said. The company that shipped the boxes was notified as well as the San Jose Police Department, police said.
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A man went into a park playground and hung out by a pond on Saturday. Only problem? He apparently forgot that he was still in his car, police said.The allegedly drunken driver drove into a playground at McLaren Park at around 2:20 a.m., according to police at Ingleside Station. Cops said they found the car stuck “half off the road and in the air” alongside the pond.The officers said the driver failed all the field sobriety tests.No injuries were reported.
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Earlier this week, San Francisco police blatantly told city supervisors that there is more crime in Golden Gate Park than what's being reported, especially homeless on homeless crime.
Mayor Gavin Newsom had already caught onto this trend and on Tuesday introduced legislation to close Golden Gate Park and McLaren Park from 1 a.m. to 5 a.m.
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