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Bicycle coalition encouraging transit riders to bike during Muni shutdown

In advance of the upcoming 10-day transit shutdown that will affect several key San Francisco light-rail and bus routes, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency is encouraging transit riders to get around by bicycle or on foot. Beginning at 7 p.m. Friday, May 25 and ending at about 5 a.m. ...

Teen magazines push unrealistic images on young girls

Open any teen magazine and you'll see models with lustrous hair, shiny lips, and gleaming, slender limbs. And for every girl in the magazine, there are thousands of girls in real life, reading and absorbing the messages found inside. "I just remember we'd be getting ready for dances in middle ...

SF supes approve new regulations for tour buses

Tour buses traveling around San Francisco faced new regulations that were given unanimous initial approval Tuesday by the city's Board of Supervisors. The legislation, sponsored by board president David Chiu, was meant to address problems caused by the large buses that travel to various tourist destinations around the city. "Despite ...

Miniature horse farm given 90 days before eviction

A Sonoma County couple facing eviction from their farm where they care for their 40 miniature horses went to court Tuesday to see if they could find a way out of their predicament. Lovepatch Farms, owned by Lee Romero and Cory Vandergeld, is a small 2-and-a-half acre haven for miniature ...

Oakland meeting to discuss ban on protest shields disrupted

New efforts to try to control violence during demonstrations in Oakland met fierce resistance Tuesday night as activists were removed from a meeting to discuss the banning of certain items at protests that could be used as weapons. The Oakland City Council Public Safety Committee was considering a new law ...

Sunnyvale woman dies in early morning motor home fire

A woman died and two people were displaced after a mobile home fire in Sunnyvale early Tuesday morning, fire officials said. Sunnyvale firefighters received a report of a fire in a mobile home park at 4:31 a.m. When firefighter arrived at the site of the fire, located at 1220 Tasman ...

Fire extinguished at former SF police station

Firefighters have extinguished a two-alarm fire that burned at a former police station in San Francisco's Dogpatch neighborhood Tuesday afternoon. The fire was reported at 1:06 p.m. at 2300 Third St., located on the southwest corner of Third and 20th streets. It started in a one-story building along Third Street ...

Fire damages former police station in SF's Dogpatch neighborhood

Firefighters have gained the upper hand on a two-alarm fire that burned at a former police station in San Francisco's Dogpatch neighborhood Tuesday afternoon. The fire was reported at 1:06 p.m. at 2300 Third St., located on the southwest corner of Third and 20th streets. It started in a one-story ...

Brown seeks business support for tax-hike proposal

Gov. Jerry Brown on Tuesday pitched his proposal to raise the state sales and income taxes to an audience that traditionally opposes tax increases — members of the California Chamber of Commerce. The Democratic governor wants voters to approve the temporary tax increases in November as part of what he ...

Jury finds Richmond man guilty of 2010 fatal shooting outside nightclub

A jury found a Richmond man guilty of first-degree murder Tuesday for a shooting that killed another man outside a nightclub near San Francisco's Fisherman's Wharf in 2010. Keandre Davis, 22, was accused of fatally shooting 19-year-old Lawon Hall outside Club Suede at 383 Bay St. on Feb. 7, 2010. ...

Charges against Occupy Oakland protesters dropped

Alameda County prosecutors have dropped robbery and hate crime charges against three Occupy Oakland protesters. Thirty-three-year-old Michael Davis, 23-year-old Nneka Crawford and 25-year-old Randolph Wilkins were facing trial on the charges before they were dropped on Monday. The three were accused of involvement in a confrontation with 42-year-old Kelly Stowers ...

Facebook shares continue their downward slide

Facebook's newly public stock is sliding further on its third trading day as investors reconsider how much the social network is worth. The company's long-anticipated initial public offering of stock raised $16 billion, valuing the company at $104 billion -- more than Amazon.com Inc., at $98 billion. But Facebook's stock ...

Golden State Warriors confirm move to San Francisco

Sitting on the shore and staring at one of the world's most majestic metropolitan views, Joe Lacob leaned over to hear fellow Golden State Warriors co-owner Peter Guber whisper in his ear. "Man," Guber said, "we got to do this." And with that, the franchise's new vision started to come ...

Early morning SUV crash knocks out San Mateo Bridge lights

A man was killed and the power knocked out to a portion of the San Mateo Bridge early Tuesday when an SUV slammed into the central divide and careened into a utility building, according to the California Highway Patrol. The crash forced the closure of two lanes in the eastbound ...

Teen search-and-rescue volunteer helps find Alzheimer's patient

A high school senior from Marin County is being hailed a hero for finding an Alzheimer's patient who had been missing for three days in Monterey County, but she's not comfortable taking the credit. Nicole Rehder, 17, trains in search and rescue techniques every month in preparation for emergency calls ...

Veterans meet with VA officials to discuss delayed disability claims

Hundreds of veterans gathered in San Francisco Monday afternoon to meet with members of Congress and Department of Veterans Affairs' officials about their backlogged disability claims. The regional VA office in Oakland has approximately 34,000 backlogged cases, VA Western Regional Director Willie Clark said. Additionally, an inspection by the department's ...

Hundreds mourn Alameda soldier killed in Afghanistan

Family and friends in Alameda are mourning an Army staff sergeant who was killed earlier this month in a bomb blast in Afghanistan. The San Francisco Chronicle reports 30-year-old Thomas Fogarty died while commanding a vehicle on May 6, when enemy forces attacked his unit. Fogarty deployed to Afghanistan in ...

Rumors of Warriors move to San Francisco gain momentum

As rumors continue to swirl about the future home of the Golden State Warriors, more evidence surfaced on Monday that the team could well be relocating across the Bay to San Francisco. News of a possible impending deal prompted the city's mayor, Ed Lee, to choose his words carefully Monday ...

Camera-equipped street sweepers could capture parking violators

There is one sound that sends thousands of Bay Area drivers running to their cars: street sweepers. Every day, parking control officers in Oakland ticket drivers who've waited too long to move their cars for street cleaning. In Oakland, street sweeping citations brought in almost $10 million last year and ...

Woman blames eclipse for South San Francisco crash

A driver who hit a mother and daughter crossing the street in South San Francisco is blaming the crash on glare from the "ring of fire" eclipse. Police say the driver -- a 26-year-old San Bruno woman -- struck the mom and her 10-year-old daughter around 7:10 p.m. Sunday while ...