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October 25, 2018 at 9:34 pm

Yosemite rangers recover bodies of 2 who fell from overlook

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Yosemite National Park rangers have recovered the bodies of two people who fell 800 feet (245 meters) from a popular overlook...

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FILE – In this Sept. 27, 2018 file photo a wedding couple are seen being photographed at Taft Point in California’s Yosemite National Park. A Yosemite National Park official says two visitors have died in a fall from the popular overlook. Park rangers are trying to recover the bodies of a man and a woman Thursday, Oct.25, 2018. He didn’t say when the couple fell from Taft Point, which is at an elevation of 7,500 feet. Gediman says the deaths are being investigated and offered no other information. (AP Photo/Amanda Lee Myers,File) LA405 LA405

October 25, 2018 at 10:48 am

2 Yosemite National Park visitors die in fall from overlook

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Two visitors died in a fall from a popular overlook at Yosemite National Park that allows people to walk to the...

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October 23, 2018 at 1:34 pm

Blaze guts apartment project amid Oakland housing struggles

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A massive fire on Tuesday engulfed an Oakland apartment complex under construction and destroyed four buildings in the latest of a...

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October 9, 2018 at 11:53 am

Officials: Power lines ignited fatal blaze in California

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Two sagging Pacific Gas & Electric power lines made contact, sparked and ignited a Northern California wildfire last year that killed...

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October 4, 2018 at 10:15 am

Thousands of San Francisco hotel workers join strike

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Thousands of housekeepers, cooks and other workers at Marriott-affiliated hotels went on strike in San Francisco and San Jose on Thursday...

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FILE – This Sept. 26, 2016, file photo, shows the Millennium Tower in San Francisco. City inspectors have issued a violation to management of the Millennium Tower, after a large crack formed in a 36th floor window of the building. Officials have blocked off part of the sidewalk as a precaution and ordered management to report back this week on the extent of the problem and soundness of the building’s facade. The 58-story Millennium Tower, which is sinking and tilting, has been dubbed the Leaning Tower of San Francisco. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File) FX311 FX311

September 13, 2018 at 4:38 pm

Safety measures ordered at sinking San Francisco tower

The downtown tower has settled about 18 inches since it opened over a former landfill in 2009. Now a window on the 36th floor of...

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September 11, 2018 at 12:55 pm

Charities pledge nearly $500M against deforestation

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A coalition of charitable groups and the government of Norway on Tuesday pledged to spend nearly half a billion dollars over...

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September 8, 2018 at 8:37 am

Massive boom hopes to corral Pacific Ocean’s plastic trash VIEW

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Engineers are deploying a trash collection device to corral plastic litter floating between California and Hawaii in an attempt to clean...

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August 31, 2018 at 9:49 am

2 men try to push young man off San Francisco train

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A young man who was pushed out of a commuter train by two men following a scuffle declined to press charges...

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August 30, 2018 at 11:02 am

Missing Canadian mom, daughter found in California

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A Canadian woman and her 10-year-old daughter who vanished on their way to a Northern California camping trip were found Thursday...

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