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1,524-Pound Giant Pumpkin Crowned King

Saturday, October 13, 2007 6:59:00 PM

HALF MOON BAY, CA—A whopping 1,524-pound pumpkin from Oregon won this year's Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off at the World Pumpkin Capitol of Half Moon Bay, California.   Full Story

Corporate Sponsorship of Golden Gate Bridge Challenged

Thursday, October 04, 2007 6:51:00 AM

A corporate sponsorship program for the Golden Gate Bridge is intended to mirror the successes of the Statue of Liberty and Washington Monument in generating revenue through displaying low-key corpora ...   Full Story

Chinese Support for Myanmar's Junta Sparks Olympics Boycott

Tuesday, October 02, 2007 6:55:00 PM

To convey the international concern over last week's deadly crushing of monk-led protests in Myanmar (also known as Burma), a few dozen demonstrators converged in front of the Chinese Consulate in ...   Full Story

Are You the Next 'Natural Face' for the Face Shop?

Monday, October 01, 2007 6:54:00 PM

Aspiring models from all around the San Francisco Bay Area gathered in Santa Clara, California recently to compete in the preliminary round of the Face Shop's "Natural Beauty Contest."   Full Story

A Slender Tower Rises in the Heart of San Francisco

Thursday, September 27, 2007 6:53:00 PM

The new Transportation Transit Center will be erected in downtown San Francisco by 2014, replacing the outdated current Transbay Terminal, officials confirmed last week.   Full Story

Health Care at Stake for Bay Area Private Security Officers

Thursday, September 27, 2007 6:52:00 PM

San Francisco's private security guards, for the first time ever, walked off their jobs and formed picket lines to stand up for fair wages and family healthcare.   Full Story

San Francisco's Halloween Tradition in Jeopardy

Thursday, September 20, 2007 6:56:00 PM

A group of San Francisco residents and merchants say that the city's decision to ban this year's Halloween party in the Castro neighborhood will not deter the throngs of people from showing up ...   Full Story

Rocking in the Park

Saturday, September 15, 2007 12:35:00 PM

Love and peace permeated San Francisco this past weekend as the Summer of Love Anniversary Concert took the stage. The Love Pageant Rally was the first outdoor concert in Golden Gate Park in October 1 ...   Full Story

Silicon Valley Area Code May be Exhausted in 2010

Friday, September 14, 2007 6:54:00 PM

The 408 area code covering several regions across the Bay Area including Santa Clara County south of Sunnyvale and Cupertino, and small portions of Alameda, Santa Cruz, and Stanislaus Counties is bein ...   Full Story

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