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Death On Tracks Shuts Colma BART Station
The Colma Bay Area Rapid Transit station was shut down after a body was found on the tracks Tuesday Morning.
7 hrs ago | KTVU Oakland
Naked BART station acrobat pleads not guilty
A man accused of stripping naked and harassing people while doing acrobatic moves at a BART station in San Francisco last month pleaded not guilty Tuesday to seven felony and misdemeanor charges.
About 15 months ago, Paragon created the SF Demographics Analysis . These figures offer a look at who we are, how we live, what we do, and finally, how we rank.
'Urban harvesting' takes root in Bay Area
For years, Barbara Stackhouse would go out every spring with her husband, Richard, to pick oranges from three big trees in her backyard in San Jose's Willow Glen neighborhood.
San Francisco: Motorcycle crash blocks 3 lanes of southbound Highway 101
A motorcycle collision is blocking the three left lanes of U.S. Highway 101 in San Francisco this morning, according to the California Highway Patrol.
Hard times for Orchard Supply Hardware. Good times for Lowe's
In the biggest retail failure nationally this year, the Bay Area's Orchard Supply Hardware declared bankruptcy over the weekend, and looks like it's headed into the arms of an out-of-state big box chain.
Taxi driver chokes, robs passenger after dispute over tip in San Francisco
A taxi driver choked and robbed a passenger in a dispute over a tip near San Francisco's Buena Vista Park early Sunday morning, a police spokesman said today.
SF trains shut down over man with knife on ledge
Officials in San Francisco say a commuter train line shut down at rush hour as police had to talk down a man with a knife from an overpass.
Armed man forces Caltrain shutdown in San Francisco during afternoon commute
A standoff between police and a man armed with a knife shut down Caltrain service in and out of San Francisco for one hour during the evening commute Monday, authorities said.
Armed Man On San Francisco Overpass Shuts Down Caltrain Service
Caltrain service was shut down Monday evening as police talked a man with a knife down from a ledge near Caltrain's 22nd Street station in San Francisco, police and Caltrain officials said.
The national security state: Too big to succeed?
Edward Snowden's leaks, showing the massive scope of the National Security Agency's surveillance of phone and internet information, covers ground that previous whistleblowers have already trodden.
Naked BART acrobat charged with felonies
Yeiner Alberto Perez Garizabalo, 24, was taken into custody in San Francisco around noon by district attorney's investigators with help from immigration officials, said Alex Bastian , a district attorney spokesman.
SF Waterfront to Host "World's Largest Pop-Up Bar"
Drinking will be done at Pier 27 this summer in San Francisco for the America's Cup races, where what is dubbed the "world's largest pop-up bar" will be set up, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.
The Five Coolest Pop-Ups in San Francisco
True foodinistas may be quick to say that pop-ups are so 2009, but the fact of the matter is that the nonstaurant scene in San Francisco is still going strong.
Vacaville native making a name for himself as Bay Area chef
You don't have to travel far to taste the creativity that Itani cooks up in his kitchen at Hopscotch, 1915 San Pablo Ave. at 19th Street in Oakland.
Victims in fatal Emeryville crash identified as 22-year-old Berkeley, Richmond residents
The two 22-year-old men killed in a car crash Saturday were friends who grew up playing sports together, family members said Sunday.
The Buzz: Bay Bridge's western span to be named for Willie Brown?
While controversy continues over construction of the new eastern span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, a group of legislators is working on a new name for the western portion.
San Francisco has one of the hottest food scenes in the US - here are 10 of the top places to snag a table on your next visit, from a creative take on Chinese cuisine to a super-hip bakery and the best spots to sample some Mexican favourites.
Neighbors in San Francisco's D11 join the battle for green space and community
KPFA EVENING NEWS, 06.15.2013: Occupiers attempted to save San Francisco's Hayes Valley Farm, renamed Gezi Gardens to invoke the battle for green space in Istanbul, Turkey, but police raided it this week to make way for condo development, in the early morning hours of June 13th.
Ruined Contra Costa County road getting new life as scenic trail...
A washed-out and washed-up county road is about to be remade into a new, $5.5 million regional shoreline trail along the scenic Carquinez Strait, linking Central and West Contra Costa County.



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