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“I'm not there yet, and I'm not sure we need to go there”

The cost to ride San Francisco's buses and street cars would go up if a city task force gets its way. via Planning

“Our thoughts turned to him, because we knew that he gave his life, 30 years earlier, for that same right in that same building”

They were playing in a movie, but marchers who gathered in San Francisco last week to recreate a 1970s gay rights protest were not just acting. via Reuters

San Franciscans are getting their first look at new voting machines purchased by the city after officials alleged machines from its old supplier did not meet state certification standards. via KTVU

San Francisco is now the latest city to officially declare war against artery-clogging trans fats. via KFMB-TV San Diego

Environmentalists and local politicians lashed out Thursday at new plans to spray much of the Bay Area with a chemical mist this summer to kill off an invasive moth. via The Press Democrat

Home sales in the San Francisco Bay area tumbled in January to the lowest level in more than 20 years, as buyers continued to wait out the housing slump or were unable to find affordable financing as lenders ... via CBS 5

Investigators are looking into what caused a cargo ship to lose power and drift close to San Francisco's waterfront.

The cargo ship is undergoing repairs after its engines failed Wednesday evening while it made its way through San Francisco Bay.

Coast Guard officials say the ship did not pose a danger to people on the shore.

The ship was not damaged in the incident and no one was hurt.

Crew members of "The Williamsberg Bridge" notified the Coast Guard they were in trouble and tug boats moved it to an anchorage. Read more

Leonard Milo Hoskins, 49, was reportedly attacked with a piece of lumber Dec. 23 at or near his home at 60 Lamartine St. via SFGate

California agricultural authorities announced Wednesday plans to spray a pesticide over cities in the Bay Area and central coast to stop a crop-eating moth. via Press-Enterprise

“He stood tall in the most difficult of circumstances. And he represented his district with a dignity and a forcefulness that's unprecedented. It's a great loss.”

Local and national officials today are mourning the loss of Congressman Tom Lantos, D-San Mateo/San Francisco, who died early Monday of complications from cancer at the Bethesda Naval Medical Center in ... via Palo Alto Weekly

“It's a pretty spectacular line-up”

WonderCon, Northern California's largest comic book and popular arts convention today announced additional special guests for the February 22-24, 2008 convention to be held in San Francisco. via ComingSoon.net

“It's totally inappropriate to discuss a not yet signed report”

Budget Analyst Harvey Rose says he couldn't believe it when he got a call from the San Francisco Chronicle reporters on Feb. via SFBG Politics Blog

“There's always going to be a concern of how much you're doing it, but some level has gone on forever”

A scathing report is expected to be released later this week that slams San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom. via ABC7 - KGO-TV/DT

A San Francisco environmental group filed a lawsuit in federal court Monday against the City of Burlingame, claiming it routinely discharges sewage into the bay. via KCBS

“We're hoping that people comply with federal law”

San Francisco supervisors Tuesday will consider a resolution condemning federal authorities for issuing landlords that lease space to pot clubs letters notifying them of the possibility of prison and seizure of ... via KTVU