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Kevin Collins vanished from a street in San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury on February 10, 1984. (CBS)

Ex-Owner Of SF Home Surprised About Search In Kevin Collins Case

The former owner of the home searched by police on Tuesday in connection with the disappearance of 10-year-old Kevin Collins nearly three decades ago said he was shocked to hear the house could be tied to the famous case.

2013/01/30

Kevin Collins as he appeared at the time of his disappearance (CBS)

SF Home Searched In 1984 Cold Case, Remains Likely From Animal

A search of a Haight-Ashbury home Tuesday investigating the 1984 disappearance of 10-year-old Kevin Collins uncovered bones under the home’s garage, but initial assessments indicate that the bones are from an animal.

2013/01/29

Construction workers at the Transbay Transit Center in San Francisco found this Columbian mammoth tooth on September 10, 2012. (Transbay Joint Powers Authority)

Mammoth Tooth Found In SF Displayed At Academy Of Sciences

The unique find of an Ice Age Columbian mammoth tooth discovered during construction at San Francisco’s Transbay Transit Center in September is now on display at the California Academy of Sciences in Golden Gate Park.

2012/11/09

Construction workers at the Transbay Transit Center in San Francisco found this Columbian mammoth tooth on September 10, 2012. (Transbay Joint Powers Authority)

Downtown SF Construction Dig Unearths Mammoth Tooth

Crews working on the massive Transbay Transit Center project in downtown San Francisco made an archeological find on Monday – what appears to be the tooth and jaw of an extinct mammoth.

2012/09/12

San Francisco Central Subway

New Phase Of SF Central Subway Construction To Disrupt Traffic

Construction of the underground extension of San Francisco Muni’s T-Third line, better known as the Central Subway Project, is set to mark a milestone in the construction phase Tuesday – setting up some notable traffic disruptions.

2012/06/11

Speed Freak Killers Loren Herzog and Wesley Shermantine (CBS)

Digging Resumes In Search For Speed Freak Killing Victims

Wesley Shermantine and Loren Herzog, known as the Speed Freak Killers, went on a methamphetamine-fueled killing in the 1980s and 1990s. Some people believe they could be responsible for as many as 25 unsolved murders.

2012/05/02

Speed Freak Killers Loren Herzog and Wesley Shermantine (CBS)

More Than 1,000 Bones Found In ‘Speed Freak Killings’ Evidence Dig

Crews were again using a large backhoe to search a rural well where a convicted killer said he and a friend dumped several bodies during a murder spree known as the Speed Freak Killings.

2012/02/15

Chevelle "Chevy" Wheeler prior to her disappearance in 1985.

Mother Confirms ID Of Remains Found In ‘Speed Freak Killers’ Case

Authorities are back excavating an abandoned well in search of more human remains believed to be victims of the notorious “Speed Freak Killers.”

2012/02/14

Artist rendering of the Chinatown subway station indicating stair/escalator and elevator access. (SFMTA)

San Francisco Central Subway Project Gets Green Light

San Francisco’s central subway project will move forward after approval of a $233 million contract to dig a tunnel underground to Chinatown.

KCBS–2011/06/29

Scow Schooner Alma

1880s-Era Schooners Unearthed At Dig Near Candlestick Park

Utility crews digging out an area near San Francisco’s Candlestick Park have unearthed two 1880s-era schooners that had once been used to ferry goods throughout the Bay Area, long before bridges and highways existed here.

CBS San Francisco–2011/02/11

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