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submitted by Julia Leigh 52 weeks 2 days 18 hours 35 minutes ago
The blind, haggard harbor seal washed up on Cape May's shore in March.
Sent to the Marine Mammal Stranding Center in Brigantine, it has spent the past few months in its own tank, getting healthy and putting on weight.
The center, which doesn't have the space or money...(more)
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submitted by Gretchen Wright for team Bicyclism 23 weeks 4 days 18 hours 13 minutes ago
They are the deadliest stretches for Bay Area bicyclists - the chaotic city thoroughfares, the narrow, winding roads and the speed-demon highways.
A Chronicle analysis of accident reports has identified the most perilous roads and highways for Bay Area cyclists, including San Francisco's Market Street and Sonoma...(more)
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submitted by Julia Leigh for team Bicyclism 1 week 1 day 19 hours 17 minutes ago
Whether motivated by high gas prices, global warming or physical fitness, thousands of Caltrain's regular passengers are lugging their bicycles aboard. But the same incentives are also driving more commuters out of their cars and into the trains, causing a logjam inside to rival the gridlock...(more)
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submitted by Oscar Contreras 52 weeks 3 days 10 hours 12 minutes ago
Houses abandoned to foreclosure are beginning to breed trouble, adding neighbors to the growing ranks of victims.
Stagnant swimming pools spawn mosquitoes, which can carry the potentially deadly West Nile virus. Empty rooms lure squatters and vandals. And brown lawns and dead vegetation are creating eyesores in...(more)
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submitted by Gretchen Wright 6 weeks 5 days 37 minutes ago
Something was amiss last fall at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center in Burbank.
On Nov. 27, one patient had a wound infection in her groin after an operation. Another patient, who was in the hospital because of a blocked bowel, had a drug-resistant form of staphylococcus bacteria...(more)
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submitted by Lisa for team Bicyclism 9 weeks 16 hours 10 minutes ago
HERE'S THE DEAL Bike parking in S.F.: "Terrible." "Frustrating." "Hypocritical." These are the words of Darren Orgel, who's upset that San Francisco's new $144 million federal building has little room for bicycles. Orgel, who works there, would like to bike...
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submitted by Elizabeth for team Batboy's revenge! 14 weeks 5 days 2 hours 5 minutes ago
It's a clash between two Southern staples -- the Civil War and racing.
The dispute centers on a former textile mill and 130 acres of forest just north of this Rowan County railroad town near the Yadkin River.
Here, former Boston investment banker Dave Risdon, now of Huntersville,...(more)
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submitted by Gretchen Wright for team Batboy's revenge! 2 weeks 2 days 10 hours 1 minute ago
The Antonios can only guess at the number of times they've begun their day with a can of paint brushing over fresh graffiti left on the side of their store by taggers.
"Maybe 70 times," said Jacob Antonio Jr., 27.
His father, Jacob, begged to differ.
"More than 100...(more)
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submitted by Julia Leigh 7 weeks 5 days 7 hours 49 minutes ago
Multiple portions of 19th Avenue in San Francisco will be closed starting Monday for electrical upgrades of traffic lights in the area, according to the California Department of Transportation.
Various southbound lanes of 19th Avenue at Lincoln Way, Junipero Serra Boulevard and Irving and Vicente streets will...(more)
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submitted by Mr. Sweenie 23 weeks 3 days 6 hours 10 minutes ago
I'm going to make one of these to help my sister get up in the morning.
This is hella cool.
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submitted by Julia Leigh 46 weeks 5 days 21 hours 32 minutes ago
To drive along the winding canyon roads of Los Angeles just west of Santa Monica is to glimpse neighborhoods that are in the city but not of the city -- at least not the realm of asphalt and grit known to most Angelenos.
Instead of mini-malls and...(more)
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submitted by Lisa 52 weeks 4 days 7 hours 5 minutes ago
It's a story we've heard all too often: A little family-run business in a newly gentrified San Francisco neighborhood is suddenly hit with a staggering rent hike by a money-hungry landlord.
Only in this case, the landlord is the Port of San Francisco.
The little business getting jacked...(more)
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