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US Police Rarely Deploy Deadly Robots to Confront Suspects
The unabashedly liberal city of San Francisco became the unlikely proponent of weaponized police robots last week after supervisors approved limited use of the remote-controlled devices, addressing head-on an evolving technology that has become more widely available even if it is rarely deployed to confront suspects.
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US Cities Mark 1st Anniversary of Thai Grandfather's Killing
San Francisco on Sunday is marking the one-year anniversary of Vicha Ratanapakdee, an 84-year-old Asian man killed in yet another attack against Asians in America.
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San Francisco's Vaunted Tolerance Dims Amid Brazen Crimes
A recent surge in home break-ins and brazen shoplifting has some San Francisco residents feeling that the city they fell in love with is in decline.
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All of South Lake Tahoe Ordered to Leave as Wildfire Grows
Thousands of people rushed to get out of South Lake Tahoe as the entire tourist resort city came under evacuation orders and wildfire raced toward the large freshwater lake of Lake Tahoe, which straddles California and Nevada.
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California Fires Claim 4 Lives, Threaten Thousands of Homes
Wildfires that blackened skies, took at least five lives and forced tens of thousands of people from their homes were blazing through California on Thursday, straining firefighting resources by the sheer vastness of the battle lines.
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Civil Rights Pioneer and Face of Gay Marriage Phyllis Lyon Dies at 95
Gay rights pioneer Phyllis Lyon, who with her longtime partner was among the first same-sex couples to marry in California when it became legal to do so in 2008, has died at her San Francisco home.
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Coronavirus Concerns Strand Cruise Passengers Off California
Thousands of people were confined to a cruise ship circling in international waters off the San Francisco Bay Area Saturday after 21 passengers and crew members tested positive for the new coronavirus.
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San Francisco Official Charged With Corruption in FBI Probe
A top San Francisco public official and go-to bureaucrat to mayors over two decades was charged with public corruption Tuesday, upending City Hall as elected leaders scrambled to reassure the public that bribery and kickbacks would not be tolerated. The complaint unsealed against San Francisco Public Works Director Mohammed Nuru and longtime restaurateur Nick Bovis focuses on an aborted attempt…
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San Francisco Aims to Rein in Tests of Tech Ideas on Streets
Tired of San Francisco streets being used as a testing ground for the latest delivery technology and transportation apps, city leaders are considering requiring businesses to get permits before trying out new high-tech ideas in public. Supporters of the legislation, which the Board of Supervisors will take up Tuesday, say it would be the first of its kind in the…
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Evacuations Lifted for Flooded California Wine Country Towns
Authorities in Northern California have reopened the roads into two towns cut off for days by a rain-swollen river and residents and work crews have started cleaning up the muck that flooding left behind.
