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Defendant in 2008 SF traffic killings testifies
A man accused of fatally shooting a father and two of his sons in San Francisco traffic testified in his murder trial Monday, describing a childhood of verbal and physical abuse that led him to seek refuge with gangs.
S.F. eyes tax on cottage services offered online
Milton Aparicio, a 50-year-old homeless man living in a San Francisco shelter, is an unlikely embodiment of the city’s technology-led push into a new type of 21st century economy.
SF man suspected of 5 murders gets new lawyer
A judge cited a conflict of interest Thursday while denying a public defender’s request to represent a man charged in the grisly slayings of five people inside a San Francisco home.
SF Treasurer: Airbnb must pay city hotel tax
Online home rental service Airbnb and companies like it have to pay San Francisco’s hotel tax, the city’s treasurer says. The treasurer’s office has issued a regulation that includes such companies in the city’s hotel...
Occupy SF booted from building
After a short-lived occupation of less than 24 hours, Occupy participants in San Francisco were evicted Monday from a previously vacant building they had attempted to re-purpose as a social and community center. Around 80 people were arrested...
Battered racing yacht, crew limp toward SF Bay
A battered yacht and its bruised crew limped into port Monday after a giant wave smashed over the stern with such force that it carried away the boat’s steering wheel and knocked the crew about like bowling pins.
A Coast Guard cutter reached...
Keith Olbermann out at S.F.’s Current TV
That didn’t last long. After only 40 weeks on the air, San Francisco-based Current TV just fired Keith Olbermann, host of “Countdown,” its most popular show.
Famed S.F. bar owner’s Tiffany lamps going up for sale
The dozens of vintage motorcycles that hang from the ceiling of Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker’s pub may be the first things patrons notice, but another vintage collection spent years nestled behind the bar of the San Francisco watering hole:...
S.F. slaying suspect charged with 5 counts
The man suspected in the brutal slaying of five people in a San Francisco home has been charged with five counts of murder with special circumstances, making him eligible for the death penalty.
The San Francisco district attorney’s office...
Second stabbing at Occupy S.F. camp in two days
A 27-year-old Occupy protester was stabbed Monday night outside the Federal Reserve Bank in San Francisco, one day after another activist was stabbed in the same spot, police and demonstrators said today.
