New bike lanes, extended crossing zones and other traffic-calming measures on a three-block stretch of both Fell and Oak streets were approved Tuesday as part of a controversial plan that also will remove more than 50 parking spaces.
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Three short blocks are about to show whether city officials are truly serious about increasing bicycling in San Francisco.
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A proposal to transform Masonic Avenue from a six-lane thoroughfare to a four-lane boulevard was unanimously approved Tuesday by the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency’s board of directors.
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A proposal to close one lane of busy Oak Street to accommodate bicyclists coming from the Panhandle has critics predicting a parking and traffic nightmare along a stretch of road that drivers from the western part of The City use to reach the freeway.
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The Oakland man accused of boozing at a posh San Francisco restaurant before killing a German cyclist with a Mercedez Benz last year – and trying to cover up the crash by switching seats with his girlfriend – has been ordered to stand trial in the case.
Joshua Calder, 37, was driving south on Masonic Avenue near Turk Street when he allegedly struck 21-year-old Nils Linke on Aug. 13.
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A man who was attacked in San Francisco on Monday had an anti-President Barack Obama sign with a Hitler mustache drawn over Obama's face, a witness said Tuesday.
A 29-year-old Daly City man had set up a table with political literature and signs in the 1200 block of Fell Street in the city's North of Panhandle neighborhood when he was attacked at about 11:30 a.m. Monday, said San Francisco police Capt. Denis O'Leary of the Police Department's Park Station.
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UPDATE: Man attacked had an anti-Obama poster. Read the full story here.
A man campaigning for President Barack Obama’s re-election in front of the Bank of America on Fell Street in San Francisco was attacked by two transients Monday, police said.
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A man who set up a table with political literature and a sign supporting President Barack Obama was attacked in San Francisco's North Panhandle neighborhood on Monday morning, a police captain said Tuesday.
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A Panhandle-area resident told cops she found a trespasser in her kitchen on Monday meditating on the kitchen floor, police said.
The intruder, a 31-year-old San Francisco woman, apparently made herself comfortable, “sitting cross-legged" inside the home in the 400 block of Masonic Avenue around 7 p.m.
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The wire above the 21-Hayes bus snagged and hit a Pacific Gas and Electric Co. wire Thursday morning, knocking out power to about 3,000 customers in the Panhandle.
The incident happened around 8:45 a.m. and caused traffic jams while PG&E officials were fixing the wire.
Fire officials responded because residents nearby said there was a smell of smoke. However, nothing caught fire and no injuries were reported, according to fire officials.
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