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Sailor Dies in Capsize of America’s Cup Boat
(SAN FRANCISCO) — One sailor died another was hurt after a boat carrying a Swedish flag capsized Thursday in San Francisco Bay while practicing for the upcoming...
Calif Agency Says PG&E Should Pay $2.25B for Blast
(SAN FRANCISCO) — The California agency investigating the deadly 2010 gas pipeline explosion in a San Francisco Bay Area neighborhood says Pacific Gas & Electric...
San Francisco’s New Exploratorium: A Bigger, Better Playground for the Mind
A visit to the remarkable new home of a pioneering science museum for kids and grownups.
The Wonderful Weirdness of Super Bowl XLVII
A blackout, wild momentum swings, fodder for second guessing: this Super Bowl had it all. How the Baltimore Ravens pulled off the win.
With Decline of Print Newspapers, San Francisco Puppy Pound Faces Cage-Liner Crisis
Who says print media is dead?
San Francisco 49ers Cornerback Chris Culliver Apologizes after Anti-Gay Statements
The build up to the Super Bowl got derailed slightly after the athlete said he'd have trouble sharing a locker room with a gay man.
Giants Pitching Pariah Barry Zito Leads San Francisco to Game One World Series Win
With Game One of the 2012 World Series already being quickly followed by Thursday’s follow-up battle between the San Francisco Giants and the Detroit Tigers, the...
Seagull Steals Camera, Gives Tourist Inadvertent Panoramic View of SF Bay
When a seagull flew away with Nathalie Rollandin’s camera, she probably feared all her precious holiday snaps of San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge had been lost...
Lyft: Ride Sharing Startup Zimride Hits the Gas Pedal in San Francisco
John Zimmer had been at Lehman Bros. for a year when he realized he didn’t like Wall Street. It was early 2008, and Zimmer, who graduated from Cornell University...
The Zen of Air Travel: San Francisco Airport Opens Yoga Room
The San Francisco International Airport continues its quest to make itself its own destination. The airport has just opened a yoga room for harried travelers...
Oily: How a San Francisco Oil Spill Took Its Toll on Fish
How quickly have Americans forgotten about the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill? Fast enough that that last week BP launched an advertising blitz aimed at giving a...
Stadium Goes Dark—Twice—During Monday Night Football Game in San Francisco
Candlestick Park, which originally opened in 1960, couldn’t handle the energy created by a primetime Monday Night Football game, going dark twice during the...
Occupy San Francisco Starts Its Own Credit Union
Occupy protesters as financiers? It’s strange but true: Some Occupy San Francisco members announced plans to create the People’s Reserve Credit Union. Are the...
To Skirt Ban, McDonald’s to Charge for Happy Meal Toys in San Francisco
In an effort to skirt a new San Francisco law that bans toy giveaways in kids’ meals that don’t comply with the city’s strict nutritional standards, local...
Fear the ‘Stache: San Francisco Mayor is '2 Legit 2 Quit' in Insane Campaign Video
This is going to be the best video you've watched all day. This morning saw the drop of quite possibly the most amazing campaign video ever (yup, even better...
Airbnb Renter Wrecks Woman's San Francisco Home
Airbnb, a startup company that links travelers seeking a more homey place to stay with hosts willing to rent their homes, is trying to make amends after one...
Picasso Drawing Worth $200,000 Snatched From San Francisco Gallery
Where's Sherlock Holmes when you need him? Just before noon on Tuesday, a sharply dressed man looted the Picasso pencil drawing "Tête de Femme" (A Woman's Head)...
San Francisco's Circumcision Ban: An Attack on Religious Freedom?
In the 1960s and '70s, the San Francisco Bay Area was where the counterculture really started -- the Free Speech Movement in Berkeley, the Summer of Love in...
