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  • SFO unveils billion-dollar plans for new hotel rebuilt terminals

    Among projects detailed in San Francisco International Airport's capital plan for the next decade is a four-star hotel. The $4.1 billion plan also calls for rebuilt terminals and boarding areas and a rehabilitated air traffic control tower. The hotel, designed to hold 400 guests, is slated to be built near the U.S. Highway 101 entrance to the airport and will be accessible by SFO's ...

  • Youths get deep discounts on SamTrans pass

    Young people in San Mateo County can get around at a huge discount this summer with the SamTrans Summer Youth Pass. The $40 pass gives riders ages 17 and younger unlimited access to SamTrans bus service from June 1 through Aug. 31, according to SamTrans officials. The bus system includes dozens of routes throughout San Mateo County and into San Francisco and Palo Alto. Starting Tuesday, passes ...

  • Shooting victim identified as East Palo Alto boy 15

    A teenager who was shot and killed in East Palo Alto on Sunday night has been identified by the San Mateo County coroner's office as 15-year-old Jose Quinonez. Police responded to a ShotSpotter activation in the 2800 block of Fordham Street at about 11 p.m. Upon arrival, officers found three teenage boys with gunshot wounds, police said. Quinonez, an East Palo Alto resident, was found ...

  • President Obama visiting Peninsula next month for fundraisers

    President Barack Obama is returning to the Bay Area in a couple of weeks to raise money for his Democratic colleagues in the U.S. Senate, according to party officials. Obama will be attending fundraising events on June 6 in Palo Alto and Portola Valley on behalf of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. The president's trip will include a 5 p.m. reception at the Palo Alto home of ...

  • City might hit mute on street acts

    A street musician plays his drums on Powel Street, Monday, May 20th 2013. Businesses and hotels are hoping to put a stop to loud, lengthy street performances in and around Union Square. The music goes on "for hours on end," says Kevin Carroll, president of the Hotel Council for San ...


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Movie Review

City of Angels

City of Angels

There is a striking scene early in "City of Angels," where all the angels who live unseen in our midst, gather at the beach to watch the sun rise. The camera moves above them, showing the endless rows of ethereal men and women, all garbed in black. Then the camera moves in on the face of Seth, an angel played by Nicolas Cage, and as the sun rises, he smiles and his entire face lights up. You see, ... ...

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  • Brown Bay Bridge not going to open unless its ready

    An acoustic sensor is attached to an anchor rod securing a critical shear key on the new Bay Bridge Friday afternoon May 3, 2013. Caltrans is using acoustic and hardness monitors to determine if the remaining anchor rods that did not snap are viable. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News ...

  • May 21 Devendra Banhart at the Regency Ballroom and more San Francisco events

    Zimbabwean author NoViolet Bulawayo appears in conversation with San Francisco-based novelist Sarah Ladipo Manyika at Litquake's "Epicenter" gathering. "We Need New Names" is the debut novel by Bulawayo, who received the Caine Prize for African Writing for her short story "Hitting Budapest." [7 p.m., Lone Palm, 3394 22nd St., ...

  • PGE set to begin gas pipe replacement project in Foster City

    In this Sept. 9, 2010 file photo, a massive fire roars through a mostly residential neighborhood in San Bruno, Calif. The California agency investigating a deadly pipeline explosion and the City of San Bruno are set to propose major fines they say Pacific Gas & Electric Co. should pay for its negligence leading up to the ...

  • Coach Allen Talks Week 1 OTAs

    The 32nd Annual Walnut Creek Chamber of Commerce & Visitors Bureau Art & Wine Festival, will be held June 1 and June 2 at Heather Farm Park and Raider Nation On Location will be on ...

  • Jones Joins Bay Area Hall of Fame

    In what will mark the team's final season at Candlestick Park, the 49ers open the 2013 campaign by facing playoff teams from 2012 in four of the first five weeks, starting with the Green Bay Packers on September 8. This marks the second consecutive season that the 49ers and Packers have met in Week 1. Last season, San Francisco defeated Green Bay in two contests, 30-22 on the road in Week ...

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