Pacifica Police Seek Three in Connection With Home Invasion and Robbery The Pacifica Police Department is seeking three suspects in connection with a home invasion and robbery that occurred Sunday night. The victims of the robbery were not injured during the break-in, police said. Police units arrived at the house in the 100 block of McKinney Avenue at about 9:55 p.m. Sunday, according to a statement. The multiple victims then gave police an account of the robbery. Read More..
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Two Killed, Three Hospitalized with Critical Injuries After SF Car Crash Lake Merced Boulevard was reopened as of 3:30 a.m. Sunday after a fatal collision Saturday night caused a closure of the road from John Muir Drive to Brotherhood Way, a San Francisco police spokesman said. Read More..
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Flight Controls on Plane Involved in Crash were in Correct Position The flight controls on a small plane that crashed in a lagoon off San Francisco Bay, killing three people on board, were in the correct position, an official with the National Transportation Safety Board said Saturday, as two of the victims were identified. Read More..
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San Mateo Co.: Two Dead Animals Found in August Carried West Nile Virus Two animals in San Mateo County were found to be carrying West Nile Virus last month, the county's Mosquito and Vector Control District reported in a statement. The infected raven and squirrel found in August raised concern about the possibility of West Nile Virus circulation in the county.
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Wreckage of Crashed Plane Removed From Redwood Shores Lagoon The wreckage of a small plane that crashed into a lagoon in Redwood Shores Thursday was floated to the water's surface and pulled to shore Friday, a Redwood City spokesman said. The plane crashed Thursday at about 11:50 a.m. into the lagoon, located just north of Twin Dolphin Drive, and killed all three people on board, including a man believed to have been the founder of a Palo Alto steel company. Read More..
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Environmentalists Sue to Block Hunters Point Bridge Two environmental groups are suing to block the redevelopment of San Francisco's abandoned Hunters Point Naval Shipyard, saying a key part of the plan could permanently damage shoreline and wildlife. At issue is a 41-foot bridge that would be built over Yosemite Slough. It would provide a high-speed bus link and pedestrian and bicycle connection between the two parts of the project area.
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Update: Three Confirmed Dead in Small Plane Crash Near Oracle Lagoon At least three people were killed, including one believed to be the founder of an East Palo Alto steel company, in a plane crash in Redwood Shores Thursday afternoon. A woman's body was recovered from a lagoon just north of Twin Dolphin Drive, where the small plane crashed at about 11:50 a.m., and two bodies were still trapped at the bottom of the lagoon under the wreckage, fire Battalion Chief Dave Pucci said. Read More..
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Independent Report Shows California 'Smart Meters' Mostly Accurate An independent analysis of the electronic meter-reading system operated by California's largest utility says the devices are highly accurate, despite thousands of customer complaints. The report on Pacific Gas & Electric Co.'s "smart meter" program was released Thursday at a meeting of the California Public Utilities Commission. The regulators had ordered the five-month review. Read More..
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Court Won't Force State Officials to Appeal Prop 8 Ruling California court has refused to order Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Attorney General Jerry Brown to appeal a ruling that overturned the state's gay marriage ban. The 3rd District Court of Appeal in Sacramento on Wednesday denied a conservative legal group's request to force the officials to defend Proposition 8 in court. The court did not give a reason why it turned down the request by the Pacific Justice Institute. Read More..
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