A couple involved in a six-hour standoff with a SWAT team in Daly City on Monday pleaded not guilty to gun charges in San Mateo County Superior Court this afternoon.Daly City resident Joseph Camilleri, 29 and his girlfriend Anna Tostanoski, 25, have each been charged with 12 counts of possession of illegal firearms and one count of firing a gun out of a building, District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe said.
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Redwood City police have arrested two people believed to have taken part in beating Tuesday afternoon in which a teenager was hit in the head with a rock.At about 3:35 p.m. Tuesday, officers responded to the intersection of Howland and Warren streets, where witnesses told police that three to five males in their teens or early 20s had attacked an 18-year-old man.Arriving officers found the victim with serious head injuries and facial lacerations, police said.He was taken to a hospital and was expected to survive, police said.
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The San Francisco Planning Department is holding public meetings Wednesday and Thursday night to discuss environmental issues that might arise from the America's Cup sailing race being held in The City in 2013.The public scoping meetings will help city officials determine what they should focus on when drafting an environmental impact report for the project, which will transform much of San Francisco's northern waterfront to handle the race activity, environmental planner Joy Navarrete said.
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Two couples who are challenging California’s ban on same-sex marriage asked a federal appeals court in San Francisco on Wednesday to allow gay and lesbian weddings to take place in the state while their legal case is pending.The couples asked the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to lift a stay it issued in August of a lower court decision overturning Proposition 8, the state’s voter-approved ban on gay marriage.
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The San Francisco Police Commission is discussing arming officers with Tasers nearly a year after the commission shot down a previous proposal to explore that possibility.The Police Commission voted 4-3 last March against a proposal by then-Police Chief George Gascon to study the use of Taser stun guns by the department.
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A San Bruno man accused of fatally striking a pedestrian in Pacifica on Sunday pleaded not guilty Tuesday afternoon to charges that include driving under the influence, according to the San Mateo County District Attorney's Office.
Leopoldo Tobilla, 57, was arrested after he allegedly drove up to police at Sharp Park Road and Skyline Boulevard and admitted to hitting someone walking in the roadway, police said.
Pacifica police and the California Highway Patrol were conducting an investigation in the area after Scott Garrigan was found dead near the road at about 1:35 a.m.
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U.S. Highway 1 has been shut down in both directions tonight following a potentially fatal crash in Pescadero in unincorporated San Mateo County, a California Highway Patrol officer said.The coroner was en route at about 7:10 p.m. to the scene of the two-vehicle crash in response to one possible fatality, Officer Ralph Caggiano said.The crash was reported at about 6:50 p.m. at Rossi Road.According to early reports, two other vehicle occupants suffered major injuries and three suffered moderate injuries, Caggiano said.
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All lanes on the Dumbarton Bridge have reopened following a fiery crash that involved a big-rig Tuesday morning, a California Highway Patrol spokesman said.The big-rig crashed into a stalled sedan and caught fire in the eastbound lanes of the bridge at about 11:05 a.m., CHP Officer Rachaude Crawford said.No one was seriously hurt in the crash, but the driver of the big-rig may have suffered minor injuries, Menlo Park Fire Chief Harold Schapelhouman said. The driver was transported to a hospital as a precaution, Crawford said.
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A six-hour police standoff in Daly City on Monday morning led to the arrest of two people who police said “recklessly” fired shots into an inhabited building and then refused to cooperate with authorities.Officers who were investigating an unrelated alarm call at the intersection of West Market and Mission streets at about 5 a.m. heard gunshots coming from a nearby home, Daly City police Sgt. David Mackriss said.
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Update: Eastbound traffic on the Dumbarton Bridge continues to be blocked by a crash involving a big-rig, a California Highway Patrol officer said.Crews are working to clear the big-rig and a sedan, which crashed into each other and caught fire in the eastbound lanes of the bridge at around 11:05 a.m., CHP Officer Rauchade Crawford said.No one was injured, but all eastbound lanes were still blocked as of 12:45 p.m. and traffic heading for the bridge was being diverted, Crawford said.All westbound lanes have been reopened to traffic.
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Characters from the latest “Disney on Ice” show will visit kids at a San Francisco hospital on Wednesday while the cast is in the Bay Area for a series of performances.The children at California Pacific Medical Center will have a party with the mixed themes of Mardi Gras, Valentine’s Day, Halloween and Christmas in honor of “Let’s Celebrate!,” a holiday-themed ice show.The party will include a visit from Mickey and Minnie Mouse, who will visit the bedsides of children who are too sick to attend the party at the hospital’s playroom.
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At least one motorist was injured in a hit-and-run crash on U.S. Highway 101 in Redwood City on Tuesday morning, a California Highway Patrol officer said.Just after 5:30 a.m., CHP responded to a crash on southbound U.S. Highway 101, just north of Whipple Avenue, California Highway Patrol Officer Kevin Bartlett said.CHP officers arrived at the scene and found a red car that had spun sideways, blocking the slow lane of the highway, Bartlett said.Barlett said that a full-sized Ford had crashed into the red car, sustaining major damage.
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Bay Area home sales have dropped since December, but sales are still higher in early 2011 than they were during the same period in 2010, a real estate information service said.It's normal for sales to be slow this time of year, meaning January and February are not necessarily predictive of upcoming trends, according to a report by real estate monitoring service DataQuick.Overall home sales rose slightly in early 2011 compared with the same time last year, with 4,966 sold in the Bay Area, DataQuick said.
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The U.S. Geological Survey is reporting an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 2.4 struck this afternoon in Sonoma County.The quake shook an area near the Geysers at 4:44 p.m. and had a depth of 1.7 miles, according to the USGS. The tremor was centered three miles north-northeast of the Geysers.The Geysers is the largest single geothermal field in the world, according to the U.S. Department of Energy, and experiences constant seismic events between 0.5 and 3.0 on the Richter scale.
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A man was shot in the leg in San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood on Sunday night, a police spokesman said.Police received reports of gunfire in the 400 block of Ellis Street, near Jones Street, at about 8:30 p.m., Officer Albie Esparza said Monday.Responding officers found a 50-year-old man who had been shot once in the leg, Esparza said. That injury was not considered life-threatening.Esparza said the victim refused to cooperate with authorities, and police do not have a suspect description.
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