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Bay Bridge Bolt

Feds Now Probe Bad Bay Bridge Bolts; Opening Day In Doubt

The Federal Highway Administration said Monday that it had launched a probe into why seemingly undesirable bolts were used on portions of the new eastern span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge.

2013/05/13

San Francisco Chronicle newspaper vendor Dallas Ayers waits for customers February 24, 2009 in San Francisco. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

DA’s Office Drops Case In Killing Of SF Chronicle Vendor

A man who was arrested on suspicion of killing a newspaper vendor in San Francisco in January has had his case discharged pending further investigation, a district attorney’s office spokesman said Tuesday.

2013/03/20

Six abandoned puppies found at a Monterey County recycling plant. (Monterey County SPCA)

Decline In Printed Newspaper Leads To Puppy Poop Problems For San Francisco Animal Control

San Francisco’s animal control agency is relying on donated newspapers to solve pooping puppies problem.

2013/01/28

Notable Deaths 2013

SF Chronicle’s ‘Dear Abby’ Creator Dies At 94

Pauline Friedman Phillips, who under the name of Abigail Van Buren, wrote the long-running “Dear Abby” advice column that was followed by millions of newspaper readers throughout the world, has died. She was 94.

2013/01/17

File photo of elevators (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

SF Chronicle Deliverywoman Caught On Video Peeing Inside Apartment Building’s Elevator

Residents in a Marina district apartment building discovered they had been getting a nasty surprise along with their daily news when a San Francisco Chronicle delivery woman was caught repeatedly urinating in the building’s elevator.

2013/01/11

PG&E workers inspect a segment of gas pipeline.

PG&E Report Lists 239 Gas Lines ‘At Risk Of Failing’

Pacific Gas and Electric considers 239 of its natural gas transmission lines to be at risk of failing – in a fashion similar to the line that exploded in San Bruno almost two years ago.

2012/07/02

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