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Video of Valencia Street attack rekindles calls for police action

Video of the late April vandalism attack along Valencia Street that recently surfaced has sparked outrage in San Francisco. The clip chronicles violence in the Mission on April 30th where some merchants said police didn't do enough to stop the attack. The black bloc anarchist protesters vandalized businesses under the ...

Obama, Dems redoubling money efforts to keep edge

His cash advantage threatened, President Barack Obama and his party are redoubling their fundraising efforts after robust hauls by Republican rival Mitt Romney. The likely Republican presidential candidate and a slew of GOP-leaning super PACs are raking in cash from the party faithful highly motivated to topple the Democrat. Obama ...

SFPD asks for public's help in post Bay to Breakers brawl investigation

A 31-year-old man remained on life support Wednesday night as the result of a fight between two groups in Golden Gate Park following Sunday’s Bay to Breakers race Police are asking for the public's help to identify the groups by providing photos of the people involved. SFPD's gang task force ...

President Obama arrives in Bay Area for fundraising visit

President Barack Obama has arrived in the Bay Area for a series of fundraising events Wednesday and Thursday. Air Force One flew in from Colorado this evening and touched down at Moffett Field in Mountain View at 6:18 p.m. The president, clad in a dark suit and blue tie, waved ...

Three women wounded in SF Tenderloin shooting

Three females were injured in a shooting in San Francisco's Tenderloin neighborhood Wednesday afternoon, a police spokesman said. The shooting occurred shortly after 1 p.m. near Ellis and Leavenworth streets, police spokesman Sgt. Daryl Fong said. A fire department spokeswoman said the shooting was reported at 483 Ellis St. The ...

Gold Dust Lounge hoping to move to SF Fisherman's Wharf

San Francisco's Gold Dust Lounge, the Union Square drinking establishment that was evicted from its longtime Powell Street home, was expected to close Wednesday night. But not forever, according to Lee Houskeeper, a publicist for the bar. The bar's owners, James and Tasios Bovis, were planning to recreate the Gold ...

SF Supervisor consults Ouija board before vote

A San Francisco supervisor says he consulted a Ouija board before city leaders voted on whether to recommend naming a Navy ship after slain gay rights activist Harvey Milk. Supervisor John Avalos tells the San Francisco Chronicle that he believes he made contact with Milk's spirit and that Milk spelled ...

Fire at former SF police station causes about $200,000 in damage

A two-alarm fire caused an estimated $200,000 in damage to a former police station in San Francisco's Dogpatch neighborhood on Tuesday, a fire department spokeswoman said. The fire was reported at 1:06 p.m. at 2300 Third St., located on the southwest corner of Third and 20th streets. The blaze was ...

Morgan Stanley defends Facebook IPO execution

Regulators are examining whether Morgan Stanley, the investment bank that shepherded Facebook through its highly publicized stock offering last week, selectively informed clients of an analyst's negative report about the company before the stock started trading. Rick Ketchum, the head of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, the self-policing body for ...

Survey: Bay Area ranks third in traffic congestion

While Honolulu may be a desired vacation getaway it is a nightmare when it comes to traffic congestion followed by Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay Area, according to an annual survey released Wednesday. Inrix, a company that builds apps for traffic information and directions, annually gathers data on ...

Police searching for suspects in GG Park assault after Bay to Breakers

San Francisco police are asking for the public's help to identify the people involved in a fight in Golden Gate Park on Sunday afternoon following the Bay to Breakers that left a man hospitalized with life-threatening injuries. The assault occurred shortly before 5 p.m. in the Sharon Meadows area of ...

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. ...

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 ...

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 ...

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. ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...