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Explosion in San Francisco's Outer Mission District
Three treated for injuries
By Brigid Gaffikin
May 25, 2007
Police are at the scene of an explosion in San Francisco's
Outer Mission neighborhood this morning, a police officer at the
Ingleside Station said.
An arson inspector has been called out to 5315 Mission
St., a strip of mostly small retail businesses, the officer said.
Police "got there, they saw the windows of
the cleaners blown out," Gittens said.
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Overheard in Fog City
Luke Thomas
FCJ Publisher and Editor-in-Chief
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By Luke
Thomas
May 24, 2007, 3:45 p.m.
Tony Hall files to run for Mayor of San Francisco
Former District 7 Supervisor Tony Hall has, today, ended months
of speculation about his intent to run for Mayor of San Francisco.
Hall called Fog City Journal this afternoon from City Hall indicating
he was in the process of filing the required papers at the Department
of Elections.
Asked what Hall's message and platform will consist of, Hall
responded: "To put it simply, to solve the problems that
have been ignored... the major problems of this city for the last
three and a half years.
"There's a whole host of problems, but we can start with
the major ones. Homelessness, his [Mayor Gavin Newsom] Care Not
Cash has been a colossal failure to the point where he's now warehousing
homeless people up at Laguna Honda to camouflage the failings
of Care Not Cash.
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City attorney extends deadline for Ed Jew
District 4 Supervisor Ed Jew at Tuesday's Board of Supervisors
meeting, is the focus of a federal and local investigation. Today,
the San Francisco City Attorney extended a deadline for Jew to
hand over documents to prove his true primary residence.
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By Tamara Barak
May 25, 2007
The deadline has been extended for San Francisco Supervisor Ed
Jew to hand over documents proving his primary residence is in
the district he represents, a spokeswoman for the city attorney's
office said yesterday.
Jew, who represents District 4, will have until June 8 to submit
a copy of his 2006 federal and state tax returns, driver's license,
vehicle registration and utility bills from 2450 28th Ave. in
San Francisco to City Attorney Dennis Herrera, said Herrera's
spokeswoman Alexis Truchan.
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Report: Golden Gate Bridge suicide barrier
concepts comply with wind stability criteria
By James Lanaras
May 25, 2007
All three concepts for a suicide deterrent system
on the Golden Gate Bridge comply with wind stability criteria
for the famous span, according to a report issued yesterday.
All three also would change the appearance of
the bridge that has long been a destination for those intent
on suicide.
There is an average of two suicides a month at
the bridge, according to Dr. Mel Blaustein, president and board
of directors of the Psychiatric Foundation of Northern California
and Medical Director of St. Francis Hospital in San Francisco.
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And in other news...
- MacArthur Maze reopens
- No injuries reported following Pittsburg power
plant emission of chlorine chemical cloud
- Garment factory owners convicted of conspiracy
to commit bankruptcy fraud
- Three plead guilty to airline travel tickets
swindle
- Two arrested on suspicion of murder
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