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Home prices falling faster in most metro areas

Prices in San Francisco and Los Angeles, which had been increasing, both fell in August from July. Home prices are falling faster in the nation's largest cities, and a record number of foreclosures are expected to push prices down further through next year.

 

Traffic on Bay Bridge into San Francisco shut down during armed standoff

Traffic on Bay Bridge into San Francisco shut down during armed standoff

Traffic entering San Francisco through the upper deck of the Bay Bridge came to a standstill Thursday morning during a standoff between law enforcement and a gun-wielding man in a car, authorities said.

 

McDonald’s Happy Meal Ban Goes Through in San Francisco!

We’ve been covering the progress of the proposal to ban the inclusion of toys in unhealthy fast food meals.

 

Aging gas pipe at risk of explosion nationwide

Aging gas pipe at risk of explosion nationwide

The tragic explosion of a gas pipeline in a San Francisco suburb has shed light on a problem usually kept underground: Communities have expanded over pipes built decades earlier when no one lived there.

 

Residents Return Home After Calif. Blast

Residents returned Sunday to the ruined hillsides of their suburban San Francisco neighborhood, three days after a natural gas pipeline exploded into a deadly fireball.

 

Gas Pipe Ranked 'High Risk' in California Explosion Horror

Gas Pipe Ranked 'High Risk' in California Explosion Horror

As search crews find the remains of more victims in the suburban San Francisco blast that killed at least four and injured dozens, authorities say the gas pipeline that caused the inferno was ranked as high risk.

 

Calif. Homes Ablaze After Massive Explosion

Calif. Homes Ablaze After Massive Explosion

A huge explosion apparently fueled by a ruptured gas line tore through a San Francisco suburb Thursday night, destroying about 20 homes and critically injuring a number of people.

 

Cell users to get radiation warning

Cell users to get radiation warning

San Francisco, California, likely will become the first U.S. city to require cell phone companies to disclose how much radiation their gadgets emit.

 

SF Police Commission rejects Tasers

SF Police Commission rejects Tasers

The San Francisco Police Commission voted 4-3 late Wednesday against drafting a policy to allow officers to use Tasers, after hearing from several researchers and advocates who warned the panel about the lethal risk ...

 

Gunman Opens Fire at Calif. Church, Wounds 2 Teens

Gunman Opens Fire at Calif. Church, Wounds 2 Teens

A gunman wearing a hooded sweatshirt and flanked by two companions walked into a San Francisco Bay area church and stalked the aisles before opening fire during a Sunday service, wounding two teenagers, police said.

 

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