UPDATE: San Francisco's Glen Park BART station has reopened about two hours after a person was fatally struck by a train there, BART officials said.
The person was struck around 4 p.m. at the station, located at 2901 Diamond St., BART spokeswoman Alicia Trost said. Medical personnel responded and pronounced the person dead at the scene minutes later, Trost said. Authorities are investigating the incident.
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A suspicious fire in San Francisco's Bayview District early this morning caused an estimated $2.75 million in damage to three buildings and displaced 30 people from the neighborhood, authorities said.
The four-alarm blaze was reported at 12:53 a.m. at a two-story home at 1644 McKinnon Ave. near Third Street and spread to two other buildings.
Fire department spokeswoman Mindy Talmadge said the fire brought down live power lines and caused a gas leak that fueled the flames, which continued to burn until 4:19 a.m.
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A man who was found fatally shot in a car in San Francisco's Bayview District last week has been identified by the medical examiner's office as 32-year-old Dwayne Tatum.
The shooting was reported at 3:22 p.m. on March 18 in the 1300 block of Thomas Avenue. Tatum, a San Francisco resident, was found sitting in a car with gunshot wounds to his head and chest. He was taken to San Francisco General Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, police said.
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Two Marines involved in a shooting at the Marine Corps Base Quantico in Virginia in Thursday have been identified as Bay Area residents, according to the U.S. Marine Corps.
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A man who was injured in a triple shooting at a nightclub in San Francisco's South of Market neighborhood early this morning is in critical condition but is expected to survive, a police officer said.
The victim, a man in his 30s, was shot around 1:30 a.m. along with two men in their 20s at the 330 Ritch nightclub on Ritch Street, a small alleyway off of Brannan Street, police said.
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A man convicted in September of more than a dozen felony counts stemming from a complicated scam at San Francisco's One Rincon Hill luxury residential tower was sentenced today to 20 years in state prison.
Jay Shah, 48, who was convicted along with co-defendant Winston Lum, was ordered this morning by San Francisco Superior Court Judge Charlene Kieselbach to serve the 20-year term and pay a fine of $14.1 million -- twice the amount taken in the scam.
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Police in San Mateo County arrested 12 people Friday during a tap operation to keep alcohol out of the hands of minors.
Officers from the Consumption of Alcohol Suppression Team participated in this statewide enforcement, arresting 12 adults who provided alcohol to minors, according to police.
Agencies in Brisbane, Broadmoor, Burlingame, Colma, Daly City, Pacifica, San Bruno, South San Francisco and the jurisdictions served by the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office participated in the operation.
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Anyone in San Francisco that may have too much to drink today while celebrating St. Patrick's Day, has the option to get a free cab ride home.
Between the hours of 10 p.m. tonight and 4 a.m. Monday, anyone who is either too inebriated to drive, or just doesn't have enough money to afford a cab ride home, can take a Luxor Cab for free.
The free ride will be granted on two conditions: that the rider mentions Berg Injury Lawyers - the sponsor of the program; and the cost of the would-be fare is less than $35.
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Two more San Francisco Symphony concert were canceled today due to a strike by musicians, according to symphony officials. Tonight's 8 p.m. and concert and Sunday's scheduled 2 p.m. performance were both canceled today as symphony officials and musicians continued contract talks.
Symphony officials will make an announcement Sunday on the status of the symphony's three-day East Coast tour, which is scheduled to start March 20. Symphony musicians announced the strike on Wednesday, prompting the symphony to cancel concerts starting Thursday.
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A defamation lawsuit filed against San Francisco Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi and his wife by their neighbors was dismissed Friday, according to court records.
Ivory Madison and her husband Abraham Mertens filed the lawsuit in San Francisco Superior Court in January, arguing that Mirkarimi and Eliana Lopez falsely accused them of various crimes and misconduct during the sheriff's domestic violence case last year that nearly led to his removal from office.
Court records show a judge dismissed the defamation case Friday without prejudice.
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A long-running case against a former San Francisco Police Department crime lab technician ended in a misdemeanor plea bargain Friday when she pleaded guilty in federal court to a reduced charge of possessing cocaine in 2009.
Deborah Madden, 63, of San Mateo, pleaded guilty to the misdemeanor charge before U.S. District Judge Susan Illston in San Francisco and will be sentenced by Illston on July 19.
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A strike by San Francisco Symphony musicians has caused the cancellation of another concert Friday night, according to symphony officials.
The musicians announced the strike on Wednesday, prompting the symphony to cancel a concert that had been scheduled for Thursday, then a second Friday night.
The musicians and symphony management negotiated for 13 hours Thursday and early Friday morning but have not yet come to a resolution. More talks are scheduled for today, symphony officials said.
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Child cruelty and battery charges against a Redwood City special education teacher were dropped Thursday after the aides who had originally accused her changed their statements, according to San Mateo County prosecutors.
Alexia Alika Bogdis, 44, a teacher at Roosevelt Elementary School, was arrested in February 2012 after aides accused her of slapping a student, twisting a student's wrist and kicking the back of a chair, causing it to hit a student.
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A federal appeals court in San Francisco today reinstated the murder conviction and death penalty of a Santa Clara County man who has been on death row for 33 years.
A panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a 2011 decision in which a federal district judge in Oakland overturned the conviction of Marvin Pete Walker, 53, and ordered a new trial.
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An alleged drunken driver accused of killing a 17-year-old girl as she crossed a street near San Francisco's Stern Grove last weekend was barely above the legal blood-alcohol limit when he was arrested, his attorney said today.
Kieran Brewer, 28, made his initial appearance in court today on felony vehicular manslaughter and DUI charges in connection with the death of 17-year-old Henren Chang, who was fatally struck as she crossed Sloat Boulevard at Vale Avenue at about 11:20 p.m. Saturday.
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