SFGate: John King

Will Travis being celebrated for work along SF Bay

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PST2012-02-08T08:07:28UTC

Thursday's bash at the Ferry Building included comedian Will Durst, legislative proclamations, and diced tuna with mango in delicate pastry. Chuck Prophet's band launched its set with "(Sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay." The guest of honor? A state bureaucrat...

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Golden Gateway - the City of Tomorrow, circa 1961

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PST2012-02-05T14:02:55UTC

This 1960s urban renewal project embodies everything misguided in the planning of that era, treating the existing city as a thing to be razed or ignored. But give credit to the creators and their times: The elevated residential world with its white stucco...

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Renovated Metreon opens doors to public

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PST2012-02-05T21:29:41UTC

With considerably less fanfare than it received in 1999, San Francisco's Metreon on Saturday debuted its modest and somewhat more open design. People visiting the former "entertainment center" from the adjacent Yerba Buena Gardens walked past seating lounges...

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Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PST

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Salesforce campus could be too much of good thing

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PST2012-02-05T08:09:42UTC

There are so many positive aspects to the fast-moving plans for the Salesforce.com campus in Mission Bay that architectural nitpicking might seem, yes, picky. But with the 9-acre first phase now one vote away from a final green light, the bold emphatic...

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Search called off for missing boater

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PST2012-02-05T08:09:30UTC

The U.S. Coast Guard has called off the search for a missing crabber from San Ramon whose boat was found off the coast near Ano Nuevo State Park. The 18-foot recreational boat of Shau Tsu Wong, 64, was discovered capsized on Friday morning by the crew of a...

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S.F. man killed on freeway in Daly City

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PST2012-02-05T08:09:37UTC

The California Highway Patrol is searching for dark blue Prius and its driver following an incident this morning on Interstate 280 that resulted in the death of a San Francisco man. David Hanna, 27, apparently was standing or walking when he was struck at...

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Redwood City teacher arrested in abuse case

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PST2012-02-05T08:09:44UTC

A Redwood City elementary school teacher suspected of physically abusing two students was arrested today by Redwood City police. Alexia Aliki Bogdisis, 44, turned herself in at police headquarters this morning after a warrant was issued on Wednesday. The...

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Man shot to death on Oakland street

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PST2012-02-05T08:09:44UTC

An Oakland man was shot and killed this afternoon by two other men who remain at large. The assault occurred at 2:40 p.m. on the 400 block of 105th Avenue, according to police. It was a short and violent encounter: two males approached the third and fired...

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Hard to see just one vision for growing Bay Area

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PST2012-02-01T16:04:04UTC

As someone who grew up in the Bay Area, returned in his early 30s and settled back into place, it's strange for me to now wonder if, in 2012, the Bay Area still even exists. As nine counties that encircle a vast estuary, yes. As the domain of obscure...

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Richmond's restored arts center offers inspiration

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST2012-01-30T08:08:11UTC

It's no wonder Richmond officials celebrated last Monday when Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory selected their city as the site of a bayside research campus that could house 800 workers. But the recovery of this long-troubled city of 103,000 ultimately...

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Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST

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