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San Francisco Pioneers Smart Parking Spots

Wireless sensor network will alert drivers to open spaces

Jul 12, 08 7:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - The streets of San Francisco will be getting smarter this fall, reports the New York Times. The city is pioneering a program to add sensors to thousands of parking spaces; drivers will be alerted to empty spaces through displays on street signs or via their smartphones. City officials hope the... More »

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San Francisco • traffic • parking space • sensor • congestion • smartphones • parking meters • urban planning

SF Mayor Exploring Bid For Governor

Dem Newsom, 40, is hero of same-sex marriage movement

Jul 2, 08 5:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom is exploring a bid for governor of California in 2010, the Los Angeles Times reports. Arnold Schwarzenegger is prevented from running again by term limits, making for the state's first open governor's race in 12 years. Newsom has made a name for himself as a... More »

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California • San Francisco • Gavin Newsom

 Newlyweds Toasted
 at SF Gay Pride
 Parade 

City celebrates same-sex marriage, families at annual march

Jun 29, 08 7:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - Weeks after wedding bells began tolling for San Francisco's gay couples, revelers had extra reason to celebrate at today’s annual Pride Parade. Thousands watched a procession of kids, drag queens, politicians, and topless men shimmy along Market Street—where a small group of protesters demonstrated against California’s approval... More »

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gay marriage • San Francisco • New York • homosexuality

NRA Sues San Francisco, Chicago Over Gun Laws

Suit quickly follows Supreme Court 2nd Amendment ruling

Jun 28, 08 9:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - Close on the heels of the Supreme Court ruling that Americans have the right to own guns for self-defense, the National Rifle Association filed suits yesterday against San Francisco and Chicago over gun-control laws in those cities. In San Francisco, the NRA hopes to overturn a law keeping guns out... More »

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San Francisco • Chicago • gun control • lawsuit • US Supreme Court • National Rifle Association • gun ban

Gay Weddings Go on Without Bridezillas

Flamboyant or offbeat Calif. ceremonies
could hurt the cause

Jun 17, 08 1:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - Same-sex couples getting married in California are trying to avoid offbeat weddings that gay marriage opponents could use in a campaign against them, reports the LA Times. "We want everybody to be free, but the image does matter. They are going to try to make us look like freaks,... More »

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California • gay marriage • San Francisco • Gavin Newsom

 Gay Couples Tie Knot
 Across California 

Dozens say 'I do' in Calif. as lesbian activists tie first knots

Jun 16, 08 7:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Dozens of gay couples legalized their love in California today as the state embraced same-sex marriage, the Los Angeles Times reports. While small groups demonstrated outside county clerk's offices, activist couples got first dibs in San Francisco and Los Angeles. "We just love each other," said Robin Tyler,... More »

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California • gay marriage • San Francisco • lesbians • Gavin Newsom

ARCHITECTURE REVIEW

 Jewish Museum
 in SF Unsettles 

But architect too distracted by secret signs, allegories, writes NYT critic

Jun 9, 08 7:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - Architect Daniel Libeskind won worldwide acclaim for his stark, unsettling Jewish Museum in the heart of Berlin. Now the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco has moved into a new Libeskind-designed building. But as a critic for the New York Times observes, the Bay Area institution shies away from the... More »

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architecture • San Francisco • Jews • Judaism • Daniel Libeskind • Contemporary Jewish Museum

Travel

 Sin City Opens Arms
 to Gay Scene 

Las Vegas now tops SF as gay, lesbian getaway

Jun 9, 08 5:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - Once known for its Rat Pack-style homophobia, Las Vegas has become a getaway hotspot for gays and lesbians—even more popular than San Francisco, one study says. Among its  gay attractions are a bar on the Strip, a mayor who marches on Gay Pride Day, and a slew of fabulous... More »

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Elton John • San Francisco • Las Vegas • Lesbian • gays

commentary

Author Cracks Open Calif. Fortune Cookie Battle

Chinese rejection sparks food fight for bragging rights

Jun 8, 08 7:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - The fortune cookie caps any good Chinese meal in America, and Los Angeles and San Francisco both claim credit for it, Steve Harvey writes in the Los Angeles Times. Angelenos say an LA restaurateur invented the famed wafer in 1918, while their neighbors to the north insist an official gave... More »

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San Francisco • Los Angeles • Chinese food • Japanese food

San Francisco, Seattle Top US Fittest Cities List

Los Angeles trails in measures of healthy living, environment

May 30, 08 12:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - San Francisco has narrowly edged out Seattle for the distinction of being America's fittest big city, says a new study released by the American College of Sports Medicine. Judging 16 large metropolitan areas on factors ranging from exercise frequency and fruit intake to the availability of parks and public transportation,... More »

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San Francisco • Boston • Detroit • Los Angeles • public health • Seattle • exercise • healthy eating • fitness • commuting • parks • American College of Sports Medicine

 San Francisco Coffee Scene Heats Up 

Next-gen roasters brew plans to tap premium market

May 16, 08 6:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Plans for tapping the premium coffee market are percolating in the Bay Area, the San Francisco Chronicle reports in an in-depth look at the new generation of roasters. Emphasizing freshness and preparation, next-gen roasters are building Northwest-inspired businesses that offer patrons ground-to-order $8 cups, or $9-$11 pots prepared by a... More »

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San Francisco • Starbucks • coffee • coffee roasting • gourmet coffee • Peet's Coffee

 Mayor Vows to Fill SF
 With Electric Cars 

Electric outlets to be as common as cable cars

May 15, 08 10:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - The streets of San Francisco might not be paved in gold, but they'll soon be clogged with electric cars if Mayor Gavin Newsom has anything to say about it. Newsom is in talks with Project Better Place to fill the city with electric car charging stations, a move that could... More »

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San Francisco • Nissan • electric cars • Gavin Newsom • Project Better Place • Plug-In America

Bonds Hit
With New Indictment

Revised charges are essentially the same: He lied about steroids

May 13, 08 9:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - The feds filed a new indictment against Barry Bonds today, charging him with 14 counts of perjury for allegedly lying when he told a grand jury that he never used performance-enhancing drugs and one count of obstructing the government's investigation, ESPN reports. The charges are essentially the same ones lodged... More »

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steroids • San Francisco • San Francisco Giants • Barry Bonds • perjury • obstruction of justice • BALCO • federal indictment

SF Meters Will Take Coins
for Homeless

City, aiming to cut panhandling, will give change to non-profits

May 13, 08 1:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - San Francisco’s got a new plan to address panhandling: The city is installing old parking meters in popular begging areas where passers-by can drop their spare change rather than giving it to panhandlers. The money will go to local non-profits to help the homeless, the Chronicle reports. “We're... More »

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San Francisco • homeless • charity • donation • nonprofit • panhandler • parking meters • Gavin Newsom

 $4 Gas Driving
 San Franciscans
 From Cars 

Sky-high milestone boosts mass transit numbers

Apr 18, 08 7:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Bay Area is used to being on the cutting edge, but becoming the first to pay $4 for a gallon of gas is a milestone San Francisco could do without, the Chronicle reports. Prices are expected to nudge past the mark next week—but many Bay Area residents have... More »

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California • San Francisco • transit • gas prices • commuting

SF Bay Area Businesses Face Penalties for Pollution

Fines would range from $1 to $195K per year

Apr 17, 08 11:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - San Francisco Bay Area businesses could face major fines—the first ever imposed by a local government—based on the amount of climate-changing emissions they produce annually, the New York Times reports. The move, which the Bay Area Air Quality Management District could make official May 21, would skirt plodding... More »

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environment • San Francisco • Bay Area • oil refineries • Shell Oil • air quality

SF Mayor
Takes Heat for Torch Dodge

Rerouting Olympic flame relay enrages duped protesters

Apr 10, 08 7:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - The San Francisco leg of the Olympic torch relay avoided some of the chaos that plagued London and Paris, but pro-Tibetan activists were fuming that Mayor Gavin Newsom rerouted the flame's path at the last minute to dodge protesters. "He did it so China can report they had a... More »

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China • San Francisco • 2008 Beijing Olympics • Tibet • Olympic torch • Gavin Newsom • Olympic protests • torch relay

 Torch Changes Keep 
 Protesters Off Balance 

San Francisco's bait-and-switch approach keeps Olympic flame's tour mainly peaceful

Apr 9, 08 4:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - Throngs of pro- and anti-China demonstrators in San Francisco forced drastic changes in the Olympic torch's tour of the city, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. Officials bused the flame and relay runners from the bayside opening ceremony miles across town; after heading west toward the Golden Gate Bridge, the convoy... More »

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China • San Francisco • 2008 Beijing Olympics • protests • Tibet • Olympic Games • Olympic torch • political protest • political demonstrations • Olympic protests

 San Francisco
 in Fine Frenzy
 Over Torch 

Security tightens as protesters hit streets for relay

Apr 9, 08 4:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Olympic torch winds its way through San Francisco today and authorities are bracing for big trouble from protesters who have already hit the streets, AP reports. The torch was buffeted by protests in London and Paris, where the relay was cut short, and the worst may be yet to... More »

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San Francisco • 2008 Beijing Olympics • Tibet • Olympic torch • Olympic protests • torch relay

 Flame Arrives in San Francisco 

Protesters absent amid heavy security; torch in hiding before tomorrow's city tour

Apr 8, 08 3:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Olympic flame landed in San Francisco early this morning, accompanied by Chinese officials and protected by riot-ready security, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. The 3:40am landing was followed by a round of photographs before a quick retreat to an undisclosed location, where the torch will await tomorrow's relay... More »

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San Francisco • 2008 Beijing Olympics • Tibet • Olympic torch • Gavin Newsom • Olympic protests

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