Despite protests from residents in neighboring communities, The City is moving forward with plans to install parking meters in Mission Bay.In January, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, which regulates traffic in The City, pulled back on a proposal to install 5,000 meters, mostly in eastern neighborhoods near Mission Bay, after hearing hundreds of residents speak out against the plan.
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Three alleged scrap-metal pirates were busted after sailing into a sting operation at the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard last weekend — but the bumbling swabbies missed the real booty sitting on a nearby pier.
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It’s been an up-and-down season for the USF men’s basketball team, and Saturday offers one last regular-season test at home against first-place St. Mary’s.After starting the season with a 9-4 preseason record, the West Coast Conference schedule was tougher, as the Dons are 8-7 in the conference, and hope to keep their record above .500 with a win this weekend at War Memorial Gymnasium.
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The man who was tackled by an off-duty cop after walking out of a Stonestown Galleria store without paying for eyeglass frames has been banned from coming near the mall for three years.Evert Brown, 21, pleaded guilty to burglary Wednesday for the Jan. 14 shoplifting incident in which he allegedly socked the cop in an attempt to run, Assistant District Attorney Marisa Rodriguez said.
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The driver of a UC San Francisco shuttle involved in a fatal crash was distracted before the accident by a conversation with the doctor who died in the collision, according to new court documents.The driver, 64-year-old Wallace Richardson, was charged with misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter, the District Attorney’s Office announced Thursday.
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He apparently couldn’t see the error of his ways.A San Francisco man allegedly stole prescription eyeglass frames from a Stonestown Galleria Mall store Saturday and then punched an off-duty cop who had detained him.Police identified 21-year-old Evert Brown as the alleged four-eyed crook.“He put them on and just basically walked out with them,” San Francisco police spokesman Officer Albie Esparza said Monday.
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Laying blame on the state while searching for solutions, UC regents and other officials discussed a doomsday scenario of skyrocketing tuition Thursday as funding shortfalls continue to mount.
Tuition at University of California campuses could rise 16 percent a year for four years if the state does not provide adequate funding, administrators said during the Board of Regents’ September meeting at UC San Francisco’s Mission Bay campus.
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The Concert for UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital: On Thursday, Alanis Morissette and Jay Leno appeared in a big benefit show at Davies Symphony Hall. Proceeds from the event, which was underwritten by the Salesforce.com Foundation, will go toward building a new home for UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital at UCSF’s Mission Bay campus. The 183-bed facility is slated for completion in 2014.
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Chelsea Anna YoungThe second-year medical student at UC San Francisco was one of about 40 people this year who received grants from Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to finding a cure for all kids with cancer. Only 24, Young’s eight-week summer project focuses on battling leukemia cells. She hopes for a career in pediatrics.
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San Francisco police towed several cars safely away from potentially hazardous trees across the street from UC San Francisco property, on the south side of Clarendon Avenue near Christopher Street, earlier this month.
The property was under the jurisdiction of the Recreation and Parks Department, but UCSF spokeswoman Barbara Bagot-Lopez said the university tries to keep watch of all dangerous situations.
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