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Last week’s SFPD shooting — A frame-by-frame breakdown with expert analysis

In the time it takes to tie a shoelace, a night of Warriors-related revelry was shattered by another officer-involved shooting in San Francisco.

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Most SF police stations falter in communicating with residents (update)

Would you like to know what the police are up to in your neighborhood?

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Good luck.

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Mission Station, others, still fail to send out newsletters to community

Many San Francisco residents receive regular communiques from their local police stations by way of an e-mail newsletter. In fact, if you live in the Ingleside, Richmond, Bayview or Park Districts, you get them once a week. Central District denizens get them biweekly, and Taraval District every month.

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Resident of SFGH campus reported missing ten days before she was found in a SFGH stairwell

The 75-year-old woman found dead at San Francisco General Hospital had been missing for ten days before an engineer found her in a stairwell of a power plant building, hospital authorities said Thursday at a press conference.

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SFMTA unveils bike design plans for Valencia Street to pleased workshop attendees

The 100 cyclists who attended Thursday night’s meeting on the city’s three options for protected bike lanes on Valencia Street showed an interest in the novel center bike lanes, probably a preference for protected lanes on both sides of the street, and less enthusiasm for two bike lanes on one side of the street...

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A captain’s-eye-view of SF’s Northern police district

A year and a half ago, Capt. John Jaimerena took command of San Francisco’s Northern District Police Station. And what a year it has been — auto break-ins are up, and more homeless residents are living on the streets.

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Mission Critter Pet Shop Pushed Out as Internet Shoppers Move In

Mission Critter, which has helped the neighborhood hand pick the best pet foods and products for the Mission’s furry friends for the last five years, will close at the end of the month. 

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Mobile printing stations are popping up in local coffee shops

If you’ve recently felt the need to print out a document in a pinch — and you’re among the growing swath of the population that had a printer in your home 10 years ago and no longer do — you have probably experienced the frustration of dashing to the nearest printing station.

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BART station musician Ron Kemp brings simple joy to frazzled commuters

Rush hour at San Francisco’s Civic Center BART station brings one word to mind: nightmare.

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Whether being sandwiched between other strap-hangers during your commute or braving pedestrian road rage en route to holiday shopping...

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Leno maintains slim lead over London Breed as marathon vote count ensues

Update, 12:21 a.m, June 6: We’ve got another ranked-choice voting run and, tentatively, it puts Mark Leno atop London Breed by a 50.42 to 49.58 percent margin. That is not razor thin. It’s thinner than that. How is this happening?

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SF Pride in full swing as Dyke March kicks off in Dolores Park (Update)

San Francisco’s Pride celebration was in full swing as a sea of tens of thousands of revelers filled Dolores Park and the surrounding area on a balmy, 75-degree Saturday afternoon.

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If Halloween reflects SF’s psyche, Trump is no longer funny

In the weirdest city, on a weird holiday, San Francisco’s celebration of Halloween offered a barometer of pop culture and politics. Donald Trump masks, no longer funny, were nowhere to be found. A man dressed as Colin Kaepernick popped up at the corner of 18th and Valencia streets and then disappeared...

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The Danger Assuming Every Veteran Who Does Something Crazy Has PTSD

Major news organizations have a long history of tying acts of violence to military service and post-traumatic stress disorder regardless of their relevance to the events that unfold.

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Incarcerated Veterans Are Finding Relief In Meditation And Yoga

It's an age old story. Troops return home from fighting a war and struggle to readjust to civilian life. From the dreads of shell shock post-World War I, to the most recent afflictions of post-traumatic stress disorder among Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom veterans, many return home and struggle to cope with their experiences. 

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