San Francisco, California

...of all major U.S. cities, Santiesteban said. This is true provided one doesn't count San Francisco as a major U.S. city, and L.A. doesn't. Granted, San Francisco's population of about 800,000 spread over less than 50 square miles does look...

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California bank regulators closed United Commercial Bank, of San Francisco, on Friday, the 120th U.S. bank to fail this year. United Commercial Bank has a branch in Hong Kong and a subsidiary in Shanghai. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp...

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San Francisco's Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday in favor of an ordinance to ban cat declawing within the city and county. Supervisors are due to have a final vote on the issue next week, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. The...

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Article:Book tells history of San Francisco punk music:/c/a/2009/11/05/DDP01AFFT0. DTL Jack Boulware might be tired. He's in the middle of Litquake, the annual eight-day San Francisco literary festival he co-founded, which would be enough...

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Updated: 11/05/2009 07:26:12 PM PST President Obama on Thursday selected a prominent San Francisco environmental leader to run the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency region that oversees California and large sections of the West. Jared...

In this article: San Francisco, Barack Obama, EPA, California, Recycling, and Hazardous waste

...local newspapers struggle amid an advertising and economic slump. The foray is designed to lure local advertisers and boost circulation. San Francisco has a high number of educated, affluent people - the kind advertisers want to reach. The...

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Audio for this story from All Things Considered will be available at approx. 7:00 p.m. ET San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom walks at the main Zocalo square in Mexico City after a meeting in August with that city's mayor, Marcelo Ebrard.

In this article: Gavin Newsom, San Francisco, Mexico City, and NPR

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Voters have defeated a measure to allow advertising signs and billboards along a small area on one of San Francisco's major roadways. Proposition D would have allowed the signs on mid-Market Street and a percentage of...

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...would raise more than $8 million a year, free up more parking spots and help business, says the San Francisco Metropolitan Transit Agency. But San Francisco, always game for a good fight, is in for a battle royale if other cities that have...

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Unable to move beyond his ultra-liberal image and far behind his rival in fundraising, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom dropped his bid to become governor, leaving former governor Jerry Brown as the only Democrat in...

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