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  San Francisco Hotels : San Francisco Real Estate : Tours : Restaurants
As a historic center for theatre on the west coast with a colorful and diverse population, San Francisco boasts a ceaseless parade of events and festivals that hum with excitement year round.
From the Ohlone settlement to the Hippie Generation, from the Gold Rush to the biotech boom, San Francisco's history as vibrant as the characters that have colored its foggy hills and valleys.
San Francisco International Airport's new international terminal is North America's largest, while San Francisco itself features some of the most charming and sophisticated public transportation systems in the world, including the Muni, BART, historic cable cars and ferry systems linking the entire Bay Area.
www.sanfrancisco.com   (1997 words)

  
 SF Gate: News and Information for the San Francisco Bay Area
The San Francisco Chronicle honors departing staff members.
The 37th annual San Francisco LGBT Pride parade is a memory.
Mystical San Francisco by Fred Larson and Herb Caen
www.sfgate.com   (576 words)

  
  San Francisco Hotels - Hotels in San Franciso - Discount Hotels San Francisco.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
SAN FRANCISCO proper occupies just 48 hilly square miles at the tip of a slender peninsula, almost perfectly centered along the California coast.
Within a year fifty thousand pioneers had traveled west, and east from China, turning San Francisco from a muddy village and wasteland of sand dunes into a thriving supply center and transit town.
San Francisco is a city of hills and distinct neighborhoods.
discounthotel-worldwide.com /hotels/discount/hotel-san-francisco.htm   (524 words)

  
 Only In San Francisco - The Official Visitors Site for San Francisco
San Francisco's diversity is perhaps most evident in its neighborhoods.
It is known as San Francisco’s “Little Italy,” but the neighborhood’s history is painted in more hues than just green, white and red.
In a city such as San Francisco, it takes a lot to say that one particular neighborhood has the most activity, but in the case of “SoMa,” it’s pretty much true.
www.onlyinsanfrancisco.com   (821 words)

  
 San Franciso HQ - San Francisco
The San Francisco Foundation - The Community Foundation of the Bay...
San Francisco News - San Francisco Newspaper - San Francisco...
Daily newspaper for the greater San Francisco area.
www.sanfranciscohq.com   (618 words)

  
 CTV.ca | Gay marriage goldrush Friday in San Franciso
— Despite accusations the mayor of San Francisco is riding roughshod over the law, conservative groups failed to stop the city from issuing same-sex marriage licences Friday as hundreds more gay couples rushed to tie the knot before the opportunity slipped away.
The San Francisco marriage spree began Thursday with Mayor Gavin Newsom's blessing, drawing the ire of conservatives.
San Francisco appears to be the first city in the country to officially support same-sex marriage licences.
www.ctv.ca /servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1076729639147_72138839/?hub=World   (739 words)

  
 San Francisco   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
The San Joaquin County to Alameda County commute is the fastest growing of all Bay Area commutes.
A characteristic that may be unique to the regional transportation planning process in the San Francisco Bay Area is that the MTC is authorized under state law to be the designated recipient of a major percentage of the federal and state transit and highway funds available to the area.
In the most populated counties (Alameda, Contra Costa, San Francisco, San Mateo, and Santa Clara) two commissioners are appointed, one by the countys council of mayors and city council members, and one by the county board of supervisors.
www.fta.dot.gov /library/planning/plnrpt/sfhtm.htm   (12649 words)

  
 UrbanRail.Net > America > USA > California > San Francisco - BART and MuniMetro
BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) is a modern rapid rail system (30 km underground in downtown San Francisco Oakland and Berkeley) which crosses the Bay in a 5.8 km long tunnel and serves surrounding cities like Berkeley, Oakland and Richmond in the counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, San Francisco and San Mateo.
Its construction began in 1964 between Concord and Walnut Creek, and the lowering of the transbay tube and the excavation of the Market Street subway in downtown San Francisco followed in the late 1960's and beginning of the 1970's.
Out of 152 km of total length (1997), 30 km run in subways through city centres, 5.8 km underneath the San Francisco Bay, 5.5 km is the Berkeley Hills tunnel, 36.8 km run elevated and the remaining 70.5 km are at grade.
www.urbanrail.net /am/snfr/san-francisco.htm   (595 words)

  
 San Francisco
You couldn't just move to San Francisco because there were no techie employers up there; you'd have to commute an hour every day down to Palo Alto or the truly hellish towns farther south.
The San Francisco Opera is the second best in the United States (after the Metropolitan in New York) but they perform in the drably functional War Memorial Opera House in a dreary part of town.
San Francisco Street Photography by Lee Mclaughlin - Image gallery portfolio of san francisco and other places by San Francisco native, Lee Mclaughlin.
www.photo.net /ca/san-francisco.html   (4081 words)

  
 San Franciso HQ - San Francisco Conservatory
University of the Pacific -- Stockton, San Francisco, Sacramento...
Main campus in Stockton, school of dentistry in San Francisco, and law school in Sacramento.
Unlimited San Francisco Sightseeing at over 30 San Francisco...
www.sanfranciscohq.com /sanfranciscoconservatory   (633 words)

  
 San Francisco History Index
San Francisco History and Escapes from Alcatraz - lots of great source materials collected by Ron Filion - a fine example of someone adding the available information about San Francisco history online.
California Landmarks - San Francisco County - by Donald Laird
It all happened on Fillmore Street - When the Earthquake and Fire of 1906 destroyed most of San Francisco, the Fillmore was untouched and for several months afterwards served as the commercial and political center of the city.
www.zpub.com /sf/history   (1459 words)

  
 Museum of the City of San Francisco
I am pleased to share this wonderful news with all of you who have taken the time to participate in our Great Register research project.
MISSION STATEMENT: The Virtual Museum of the City of San Francisco, sfmuseum.org, functions as a general multi-media website utilizing text, graphics, and sounds.
In order that history shall not always have to be repeated I am asking your participation in an important new research study involving your family members who were living or visiting San Francisco in April of 1906.
www.sfmuseum.com   (247 words)

  
 UCSF/John A. Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence / UCSF School of Nursing / nurseweb.ucsf.edu
Centers were established in January 2001 at the University of California San Francisco, Oregon Health Sciences University, the University of Arkansas, the University of Iowa, and the University of Pennsylvania.
San Francisco community organizations are leaders in elder care, and may provide sites for observation, practice, or research.
Chater is a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley, San Francisco State University, and the University of San Francisco.
nurseweb.ucsf.edu /www/hcgne.htm   (2192 words)

  
 San Francisco Hotel: Fairmont San Francisco - San Francisco Hotel Reservation
World-renowned, The Fairmont San Francisco presents an awe-inspiring picture of historic San Francisco.
Central to the Financial District, Union Square and Fisherman's Wharf, The Fairmont San Francisco is located at the only spot in San Francisco where each of the City's cable car lines meet.
Celebrating its 100-year anniversary in 2007, The Fairmont San Francisco is delighted to invite you to indulge in the ''deal of the century.''
www.fairmont.com /sanfrancisco   (278 words)

  
 San Francisco History by Subject - Museum of the City of San Francisco
San Francisco History by Subject - Museum of the City of San Francisco
San Francisco and the Civil War, by Charles B. Turrill – 1861
San Francisco – Clubs – Fraternal – Social
www.sfmuseum.org /hist1/index0.html   (907 words)

  
 Timeline of the San Francisco Earthquake and Fire - 1906
San Francisco was wrecked by a Great Earthquake at 5:13 a.m., and then destroyed by the seventh Great Fire that burned for four days.
Headquarters and First Battalion 22nd Infantry, were brought from Ft. McDowell by boat, and were held for a time in reserve at O’Farrell St. They were later utilized as patrols and to assist the fire department.
Seismonetry is in its infancy and those therefore who venture out with predictions of future earthquakes when the main shock has taken place ought to be arrested as disturbers of the peace.
www.sfmuseum.org /hist10/06timeline.html   (2027 words)

  
 San Francisco 49ers | NFL Football at CBS SportsLine.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Aaron Salkin was named the San Francisco 49ers' director of public relations on Monday, replacing an administrator who resigned during a scandal surrounding an offensive training video.
The San Francisco 49ers acquired cornerback Willie Middlebrooks from the Denver Broncos on Friday for defensive end John Engelberger.
The San Francisco 49ers have acquired Willie Middlebrooks from the Denver Broncos in exchange for DL John Engelberger.
www.sportsline.com /nfl/teams/page/SF   (491 words)

  
 San Franciso Voter Fraud : SF Indymedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Toward that end, I echo the San Francisco People of Color Caucus’ demand for an investigation into all 150 complaints coming from every community, and to encourage everyone to join in the call for voter justice.
The Matt Gonzalez Anti Fraud Task Force, not John Arntz, called the San Francisco Police Department on many of the Newsom campaign more serious violations, due to the seeming lack of genuine concern shown by SFDE (and their inability to even reply to the Task Force inquiries).
America’s Electoral system has to be cleaned up and it would be appropriate for San Francisco to led by the new Democrat mayor to lead the nation in the long overdue exercise.
sf.indymedia.org /news/2004/02/1678018.php   (793 words)

  
 San Francisco, California (94101) Conditions & Forecast : Weather Underground
The current conditions were observed at San Francisco.
Potrero Hill - High Above Hospital Curve, San Francisco, CA
Pier 40, South Beach Harbor, San Francisco, CA
www.wunderground.com /US/CA/San_Francisco.html   (393 words)

  
 The Official Site of The San Francisco Giants: Homepage
The Official Site of The San Francisco Giants: Homepage
Giants notes: Bonds to break record at home?
Use of the Website signifies your agreement to the.
www.giants.mlb.com   (76 words)

  
 Generation Vegan :: Podcast - GenV #8 - San Franciso Vegan Guide   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
In this episode we provide an overview of our favorite places to eat vegan in San Francisco and the surrounding SF Bay Area.
With a strong vegetarian and animal rights community, nearly 90 vegetarian restaurants in the region (which includes over 30 vegan restaurants), vegetarian and animal rights events happening every weekend, moderate weather, beautiful natural scenery, progressive and relatively pro-veg climate, the SF Bay Area is the best place to live as a vegetarian.
Tammy and Chris are founders of San Francisco Bay Area Vegetarians - one of the largest local grassroots vegan advocacy organizations in the nation.
www.generationv.org /2006/02/18/generation_vegan_podcast_8   (347 words)

  
 San Francisco 49er Hats Online - 49ers Hat - San Francisco 49ers Caps   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
This 6-panel fitted 49er hat is constructed of strong, durable wool and has 6 eyelets that allow your head to breathe.
The officially San Francisco 49ers licensed cap is decorated in the 49er team colors and proudly displays the NFLĀ® shield embroidered at the crown, along with the official team logo shown at the back.
This process brings the San Francisco 49ers logo to life, and at the same time provides the same level of comfort as a traditional hat.
www.carefreeshopping.com /49ers.html   (490 words)

  
 z San Francisco
The city (and county) of San Francisco has progressively improved it's site along with the SF Public Library.
The state and federal government are also starting to pay attention — but email to our local representatives is a waste of time.
San Francisco history has made an online presence — though there is much historical information in archives and libraries which are not yet available online.
www.zpub.com /sf   (281 words)

  
 News from DEA, Domestic Field Divisions, San Franciso News Releases, 09/26/06
News from DEA, Domestic Field Divisions, San Franciso News Releases, 09/26/06
OAKLAND – United States Attorney Kevin V. Ryan announced that Kenneth Affolter and four other individuals pleaded guilty today for their role in a conspiracy to manufacture and distribute marijuana plants and marijuana products that mimicked well known candy and soft-drink brands.
The prosecution is the result of an extended DEA investigation led by the DEA Oakland Resident Office.
www.usdoj.gov /dea/pubs/states/newsrel/sanfran092606.html   (472 words)

  
 Pac Bell Park - San Franciso, California Poster by Mike Smith at AllPosters.com
Pac Bell Park - San Franciso, California Poster by Mike Smith at AllPosters.com
Pac Bell Park - San Franciso, California by Mike Smith
It appears this is not a valid email address.
www.allposters.com /-sp/Pac-Bell-Park-San-Franciso-California_i334488_.htm?aid=37254838   (72 words)

  
 San Franciso Home Page
The WCE San Francisco volunteers have moved our storage from the third deck of ABC to a storage container at the back of their property.
Former WCE San Francisco Coordinator Anne-Catherine Yon wins NetAid Volunteer of the Year Award in May of 2003: Timothy Anderson, WCE president, praised Anne-Catherine's work, "Anka came into WCE and asked all of the right questions and really invented how WCE should operate in cities in industrialised countries.
ABC Storage in Mountain View, CA, has graciously donated space in their storage facility to house donated computers for WCE until they can be moved to containers and shipped to developing countries.
www.worldcomputerexchange.org /offices/san_francisco/bayarea_home.html   (881 words)

  
 1906 Earthquake and the San Francisco Fire Department History
San Francisco Fire Dept. Response to the 1906 Earthquake and Fire
Condition of Injured San Francisco Firemen in Vallejo
Return to the 1906 San Francisco Fire Department Exhibit.
www.sfmuseum.org /1906/sffd.html   (62 words)

  
 "San Francisco Call" Database - Index 1869-1895   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Marriages are reported both by the groom and by the bride to allow a search in either surname file.
San Francisco Call 1869-1895 Births, Marriages and Deaths (27 year index) - 277,396 records.
Printed Indices to San Francisco Newspapers In The Holdings of the California State Library
feefhs.org /fdb2/sfcalli.html   (198 words)

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