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Toppled by loan losses and misstated financial reports, San Francisco's United Commercial Bank was shut down by regulators Friday night and immediately sold to Pasadena, Calif.'s East West Bancorp, creating by far the largest U.S. bank focused on the Chinese American market. Comment?
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San Francisco's top tourist attraction is nation's 'greenest' - ...
San Francisco's top tourist attraction is nation's 'greenest' - and perhaps most hip - museum, offering worlds of information for the whole family Cool science Posted November 8, 2009 at 12:01 a.m. American Museum of Natural History Within a cloud of gas and dust, our sun formed billions of years ago in a tightly packed group of stars called a ... Comment?
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Travelogue: Sea lions rule docks of San Francisco
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To accommodate the record number of sea lions camped out at Pier 39's West Marina in San Francisco, six new sea lion floats have been installed at the facility's K Dock. Comment?
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Buddhism anchors 'Emerald Cities'
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History, a hint of glamour, and the truth behind Hollywood fantasies are reflected in "Emerald Cities: Arts of Siam and Burma, 1775-1950" at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco. Comment?
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Carmel's a fairy tale village; touring it on foot is magical
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... in 1903), we chatted with our guide, Gale Wrausmann, who founded Carmel Walks 14 years ago. She grew up in San Francisco and holds a master's degree in business administration from the University of California, Berkeley; it was her passion for ... Comment?
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Lincecum's reputation going to pot
... about his own experience with domestic violence, will donate revenue from shows in San Diego, Los Angeles and San Francisco. Six shelters have closed since Schwarzenegger eliminated their funding in July. Thumbs up to the West Fresno Health Care ... Comment?
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Holiday Airfares Close to Last Year and Climbing
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... FILE - In this Nov. 25, 2008 file photo, passengers wait in long lines at United Airlines domestic terminal at San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco. Most carriers pushed through a $10 fare increase at the end of October, 2009. For ... Comment?
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Getting bullet train, Gold Line on track
... up the next year. Construction from L.A. to San Diego could begin in 2015 and end in 2020, with the route to San Francisco done by 2025. So I wouldn't pack my bags and head down to one of those undecided stations just yet. Still, an 800-mile bullet ... Comment?
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... to California in 1865 so he could work in the mines. He came by steamship by way of Panama. First landing in San Francisco, he worked mines in the Owens River Valley and in Kern County in the San Joaquin Valley, and later in gold mines near Carson ... Comment?
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Holiday airfares at 2008 levels -- and rising
... FILE - In this Nov. 25, 2008 file photo, passengers wait in long lines at United Airlines domestic terminal at San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco. Most carriers pushed through a $10 fare increase at the end of October, 2009. For ... Comment?
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... That ball of fire you thought you saw in the sky? It really happened. From the as far south as Hollister, to San Francisco, and even Marin County, witnesses described seeing a fiery object trailed by a winding curl of smoke just after 5:00 Saturday ... Comment?
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Exeter school expansion ignites controversy
... removed: "L Guggenhime Dealer -- Wagons Farming Implements & Grain." Guggenhime was a farm equipment dealer in San Francisco, but the articles make clear that he once lived in Visalia. Here's the Tulare Times from June 30, 1877: "Mr. L. Guggenhime, ... Comment?
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Metallica's Hetfield, county work on Terra Linda trail deal
... preserve. He noted the new trail will ascend gradually. "It will provide great vistas of Benicia to downtown San Francisco, as well as connect to the Bay Area Ridge Trail." Hetfield purchased a nearby 500-acre parcel at 3001 Lucas Valley Road in ... 6 comments
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Dan Krieger: World War I meant prosperous times here
... brought unprecedented prosperity to the Central Coast. The local newspapers were filled with ads from San Francisco-based food wholesalers stating, 'We are always ready to buy beans!' Thousands of acres of heretofore idle or pasture land had been ... Comment?
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Saturday roundup: St. Ignatius beats SHC
... unanswered touchdowns late to pull away from Sacred Heart Cathedral 42-14 in the 84th meeting between the San Francisco rivals... Saturday roundup: St. Ignatius pulls away from Irish; Mitty, Ygnacio Valley also prevail Saturday roundup: St. Ignatius ... Comment?
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Wonderland brightens Tenderloin, artists' spirit
... have to save 20 bucks to go there," he said. "I'm surprised that a project like this hasn't happened yet in San Francisco." Fung, who was born in Pacific Heights and raised in Saratoga, usually curates much grander public art installations like ... Comment?
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City Insider Law and odor: Migden shows flash in verse about trash
It looks like Carole Migden is a poet of sorts. The former state senator, who hurt her re-election bid by going on an erratic 30-mile drive in Solano County, where she hit guardrails and scared the tar out of other drivers before rear-ending another car, e-mailed Insider her thoughts on San Francisco's new mandatory composting and recycling law, ... Comment?
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State exploring detailed strategy for growth
... system that could put now-distant portions of the Central Valley within commuting distance of Los Angeles and San Francisco. Proponents say there's no way to make wise long-term decisions without data to gauge the impact of different patterns of ... Comment?
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Newsom campaign spent $100,000 monthly
Before exiting the governor's race, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom raised roughly $3.8 million - and from the looks of things, it's all been spent. Comment?
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Great balls of fire in the Bay Area skies
(11-07) 19:07 PST SAN FRANCISCO -- The annual Taurids meteor showers put on a show in the Bay Area Saturday evening, with one especially spectacular fireball wowing residents from around the region. April Orcutt caught a glimpse of the slow-moving ... Comment?
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