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San Francisco stories: 173 news summaries

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APPRECIATION

Hoops Coach Newell 'Simply the Best There Ever Was'

Wooden, Knight just two to praise man who scored Olympic gold, NCAA, NIT titles

Nov 18, 08 3:05 PM CST
(Newser) - Pete Newell will be remembered as perhaps the “greatest basketball coach of all time,” Bruce Jenkins writes for the San Francisco Chronicle. The legendary UC-Berkeley coach died yesterday, at 93; he was the first man to win NIT and NCAA titles and Olympic gold.  “He built... More »

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California • NCAA • San Francisco • basketball • obituary • UC Berkeley • NIT • Pete Newell • Bobby Knight • John Wooden • University of San Francisco

 Crew Still 'Jailed' Year 
 After SF Bay Spill 

Chinese witnesses fight to return to families

Nov 4, 08 2:44 PM CST
(Newser) - Six crew members from the ship crash that caused San Francisco Bay’s largest oil spill in 20 years remain detained a year later, unable to return to families in China. Though they live rent-free in San Francisco, get $1,200 monthly plus their salaries, and are free to roam,... More »

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China • San Francisco • oil spill • Bay Bridge • Cosco Busan • witness • detainees • John Cota

Palin: Chronicle Suppressed Obama Coal Interview

Paper: It's been online since January

Nov 3, 08 7:07 AM CST
(Newser) - Sarah Palin apparently believes the San Francisco Chronicle suppressed a January interview with Barack Obama, in which he threatens to bankrupt the coal industry. “You gotta listen to the tape,” Palin told an Ohio crowd yesterday. “Why is this audio tape just now surfacing? This interview... More »

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Barack Obama • media • San Francisco • cap and trade • coal • coal power • Election 2008 • media bias • Sarah Palin

San Francisco May Soon Be Hooker Haven

Proposed law would ban cops from
arresting prostitutes

Oct 22, 08 7:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - San Francisco could soon become the first major city in the US where prostitutes won't be arrested, the AP reports. The city votes next month on the controversial Proposition K to decriminalize sex work. The measure won't actually legalize the trade, but will forbid local law enforcement from investigating or... More »

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prostitution • San Francisco • human trafficking • prostitute • sex trade

SF Mayor Becomes Unwitting Gay-Marriage Bugbear 

Newsom presided over lesbian teacher's wedding attended by students playing hooky

Oct 14, 08 1:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - In California’s gay marriage fight, San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom finds himself cast as the villain, reports the San Francisco Chronicle. Newsom, a ban opponent, had largely kept a low profile. But he gave Proposition 8 supporters fodder on Friday by officiating at the wedding of a lesbian teacher,... More »

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California • gay marriage • San Francisco • Gavin Newsom • Proposition 8

 Suicide Nets 
 Set for 
 Golden Gate 

Board approves barrier to foil jumpers at world's top suicide magnet

Oct 11, 08 6:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - A panel has approved a plan to hang nets along the Golden Gate bridge to catch would-be suicides, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. The bridge's board voted 14 to 1 in favor of installing the barrier after hearing testimony from psychiatrists, suicide prevention experts, and family members of  people who... More »

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suicide • San Francisco • Golden Gate Bridge • suicide prevention • San Francisco Suicide Prevention

Alcatraz Garden Blooms Despite Years of Neglect

Once cared for by prisoners, plants still thrive on 'The Rock'

Sep 27, 08 6:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - The hardened inmates on San Francisco’s Alcatraz Island had tough neighbors who endure to this day: sun-kissed geraniums, snapdragons, gazanias, and roses. Thanks to an ambitious restoration project, “The Rock” is blooming, the Sacramento Bee reports. After work began 5 years ago, gardeners discovered 145 plant varieties that... More »

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San Francisco • prison • flowers • inmates • Alcatraz • renovation

 Drinkers Sour on Sarah Syrah 

Alaskan's entrance gives SF drinkers second thoughts on Palin Syrah

Sep 24, 08 4:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - A San Francisco wine bar says customers have soured on its star vintage since John McCain picked his running mate, Amy Monroe writes on Serious Eats. Palin Syrah, an organically grown red from Chile “was our best-selling wine before” Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin arrived, laments Chris Tavelli, owner of... More »

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San Francisco • wine • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • syrah • Chilean wine • wine bars • Palin Syrah

 Stone Denied Custody of Son 

Ex Phil Bronstein keeps sole physical custody

Sep 24, 08 9:36 AM CDT
(AP) - Sharon Stone lost another round of custody proceedings over her oldest son. A judge denied her request for primary custody of 8-year-old Roan, who's been living with his father, former San Fransisco Chronicle executive editor Phil Bronstein. The couple divorced in 2004 after six years of marriage. More »

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San Francisco • child custody • custody battle • celebrity divorces • Sharon Stone

 Parking Goes Green, For a Day 

Drivers from NY to LA find lawns in place of their favorite spots

Sep 19, 08 4:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - Signs of a movement to highlight the need for more urban green space sprouted in cities across the US today, the LA Times reports, turning parking spaces into bite-sized parks. The second annual Park(ing) Day may prove an inconvenience to commuters from San Francisco to New York, but that’s... More »

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San Francisco • New York • Los Angeles • parking space • Pittsburgh • urban planning • Park(ing) Day • city parks

Crazed Police Horse Kills Football Fan

Man strikes head in accident with runaway at Candlestick Park

Aug 31, 08 8:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - An elderly San Francisco 49ers football fan suffered a fatal head injury when he was knocked to the ground by a runaway police horse, reports the San Francisco Chronicle. The horse panicked when a white plastic bag blowing in the wind became entangled in his reins. He tumbled to the... More »

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San Francisco • police • football • horse • San Francisco 49ers • Candlestick Park

Slow-Food Fest Plans Political Mouthful in San Fran

After showcasing local, sustainable eating, organizers will head to Congress

Aug 28, 08 10:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - With the slow-food movement taking center stage in San Francisco at a 4-day festival beginning tomorrow, organizers are hoping the momentum carries all the way to Washington, the Chronicle reports. With lectures, garden tours, cooking demos, and restaurant dinners, Slow Food Nation aims to change US food policy by promoting... More »

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food • San Francisco • farming • green products • Slow Food • Alice Waters

MUSIC REVIEW

 Tokio Hotel Rocks
 Screaming
 Tweens

With big hair, big riffs and MTV buzz, Germans threaten to go mainstream in US

Aug 24, 08 10:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - Having dominated Europe, German rockers Tokio Hotel are threatening to go mainstream in the US, if the reception their riff-heavy pop metal earned among screaming preteens in San Francisco this week is any indication. "The best way to describe the glam-metal-emo-pop-tween group," Aidin Vaziri writes in the Chronicle,... More »

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Britney Spears • San Francisco • Germany • MTV • pop music • Tokio Hotel • Miley Cyrus • heavy metal • Jonas Brothers • music review

New Sites Try 'Crowdfunding'
to Finance Journalism

New site solicits story ideas and funding to write them

Aug 24, 08 6:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - As newspapers nationwide struggle to stay afloat in the internet era, a new online venture aims to harness the power of the people—or at least their checkbooks. The San Francisco-based Spot Us site solicits story ideas and donations from the public. If enough cash is raised for a particular... More »

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newspaper • online media • media criticism • San Francisco • online newspapers • Citizen journalism

Gadfly Stalls San Francisco Bike Measures

Activist argues that urban cycling results in environmental damage

Aug 20, 08 3:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - San Francisco's plans to make the city more bike-friendly are stuck in the slow lane thanks to litigation from an anti-cycling activist, the Wall Street Journal reports. Rob Anderson believes adding bike lanes causes pollution by clogging up traffic. The progressive city is now unable even to install new bike... More »

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environment • San Francisco • pollution • cycling • bicycle • transport

Obama Scores $7.8M in San Francisco Blitz

Biggest take for a
single day; this time
no 'bitter' gaffes

Aug 18, 08 9:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama raised $7.8 million at a series of San Francisco fundraisers last night, the Los Angeles Times reports, reportedly a record single day's take for the candidate. Obama spoke before three separate groups in the same hotel, including one ballroom filled with 350 VIPs paying a reported $28,... More »

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Barack Obama • San Francisco • fundraiser

 The Hardest-Drinking US Cities

CDC figures dub Austin nation's drinking capital

Aug 11, 08 2:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Famous for its arts festivals and home to a large college population, Austin, Texas, takes top honors as America’s hardest-drinking city, reports Forbes in its distillation of behavioral data from the CDC. Here are the top 5:
  1. Austin—1 in 5 admit to binge drinking, and 9% of
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San Francisco • Chicago • alcohol • Milwaukee • beer • binge drinking • Austin • Providence, RI

OPINION

 'Coercive Paternalism' 
 Is Bad Parenting 

Laws designed to force public to choose healthy options is 'Orwellian'

Aug 9, 08 9:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - Under the banner of what’s good for you, an insidious new trend is growing. “Coercive paternalism,” Steve Chapman writes in Reason, is the wrong-minded older sibling of the much-in-vogue “libertarian paternalism” responsible for dietary information in chain restaurants. “Libertarian paternalists … limit themselves to promoting... More »

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nanny laws • San Francisco • Los Angeles • public health • fast food • government • cigarette • paternalism

 SF Votes Today on
 Tobacco Sales Ban

May be nation's first city to shut down drugstore sales

Jul 29, 08 3:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - San Francisco's Board of Supervisors votes today on whether to ban the sale of cigarettes at the city's pharmacies. City and state legislatures across America—as well as giant pharmacy chains like CVS and Wal-Mart—are carefully watching the outcome of what could be a harbinger of things to come,... More »

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San Francisco • American Cancer Society • Yale University • tobacco • CVS • Gavin Newsom • Wegmans • Wal-Mart • cigarette sales • Walgreen • California Pharmacists Association • California Medical Association • Convenient Care Association

No Kidding: Bush Sewage Plant Makes Nov. Ballot

SF group secures enough signatures to make satirical measure legit

Jul 18, 08 2:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - San Francisco voters will decide in November not only who will succeed President Bush but also how they will remember him. A group calling itself the Presidential Memorial Commission has pushed through a ballot initiative to rename an area sewage plant after the outgoing president, the Chronicle reports. A White... More »

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California • Republican • San Francisco • sewage • referendum • liberal • George W. Bush • liberal rage • ballot initiative

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