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Reopening of an S.F. classicvisit|blogPost-1493310|river_fixed_height-44730-2col-hp-v2-0|1

After being closed for three months, this piece of dining history is back in business.

PG&E's Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant near in 2006.

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The loggia revolves around a wood-burning fireplace and includes a slate floor.

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Luxury (and green) living in Saratogavisit|article-5853432|river_fixed_height-44730-1col-hp-fixed-height-2|1

Bay area State Senator Mark Leno speaks to reporters after Gov. Jerry Brown's State of the State address at the State Capitol January 24, 2013 in Sacramento, Calif.

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M&R: Mark Leno considers challenging S.F. mayorvisit|article-5853796|river_fixed_height-44730-1col-hp-fixed-height-4|1

Giants Madison Bumgarner pitches during Game 3 of the NLDS on Monday, Oct. 6, 2014 in San Francisco, Calif.

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Wishful thinking for Game 7visit|article-5854611|river_fixed_height-44730-2col-hp-v2-6|1

Scott Ostler wants the Giants' best pitcher to start, but it won't happen.

The Hotel Utah Saloon on Fourth Street in San Francisco, Ca. on Thursday Mar. 28, 2013. San Francisco Architectural Heritage has named twenty five legacy bars and restaurants important to the city's cultural scene.

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16. Another oddly-named Ferrari creation, the F12berlinetta is the Italian automaker's fastest road car ever. In November, the first one sold for $1.125 million at a Formula 1 US Grand Prix event to benefit Hurricane Sandy victims.

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Baker Hugo Hernandez removed hot baguettes from the oven at Boudin Bakery on Fisherman's Wharf on April 20, 2008 in San Francisco, Calif.

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These 10 pricey costumes found on eBay will certainly blow your budget.

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This undated image provided by University of Texas at Arlington shows Kaci Hickox. In a Sunday, Oct. 26, 2014 telephone interview with CNN, Hickox, the nurse quarantined at a New Jersey hospital because she had contact with Ebola patients in West Africa, said the process of keeping her isolated is "inhumane."

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Acupuncture This complementary medicine, a go-to treatment for conditions like back pain and migraines, is now recognized as a viable way to help prevent colds and the flu. "Acupuncture aids in the production of natural killer cells, our primary defense against organisms that make us sick," says Jamie Starkey, lead acupuncturist at the Cleveland Clinic. This means your "army" will be larger and stronger if a virus invades. Starkey recommends one session per week for five weeks. 19 Smart Solutions for Around the House 7 Diet Mistakes Nutritionists Are Sick of Seeing You Make 21 Cleaning Problems You Can Solve With Baking Soda 10 Bizarre Things Your Body Does While You Sleep 10 Sneaky Ways to Hide Household Eyesores 7 Super-Smart Ways to Organize Under the Sink

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Barbara Beno, president of the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges, at the City College of San Francisco trial at San Francisco Superior Court on Oct. 27, 2014.

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Dramatic testimony shakes up CCSF trialvisit|article-5854492|river_fixed_height-44730-1col-hp-fixed-height-17|1

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An unmanned Orbital Sciences Corp.'s Antares rocket explodes shortly after takeoff at Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Va. on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2014. No injuries were reported following the first catastrophic launch in NASA's commercial spaceflight effort.

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Members of the Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders and guest prepare to perform in Halloween costumes at half time of an NFL football game against the Washington Redskins, Monday, Oct. 27, 2014, in Arlington, Texas.

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FILE - This June 3, 2010, file photo shows Jose Canseco talking with reporters in Washington. A celebrity boxing promoter has won a default judgment against Jose Canseco for breach of contract after the former major-league slugger instead sent his twin brother for the bout. Damon Feldman, of Broomall, Pa., won his complaint Wednesday, July 20, 2011, after Canseco failed to show for his district court appearance.

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Jose Canseco accidentally shoots his left handvisit|article-5854446|river_fixed_height-44730-1col-hp-fixed-height-22|1

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On Monday, Oct. 27, the lava flow continued to consume vegetation as it neared the residential area of Pāhoa and the primary road into the southeastern side of the Big Island's Puna District.

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A photo St. Louis Cardinals outfielder, Oscar Taveras stands on top of the coffin containing his body during his funeral in Sosua, Dominican Republic, Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2014. Taveras died Sunday in a car accident in his native Dominican Republic. He was 22.

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FILE - This undated photo provided by David Perry & Associates, shows Lynne Spalding, found dead in a stairwell at San Francisco General Hospital In October 2013. (AP Photo/Courtesy of David Perry & Associates)

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Dispatcher fired in botched Lynne Spalding huntvisit|article-5854256|river_fixed_height-44730-1col-hp-fixed-height-27|1

Janis Joplin, at Winterland in S.F. on New Year’s Eve 1967, shared the bill with Jefferson Airplane, Quicksilver Messenger Service and Freedom Highway.
Janis Joplin, backstage at Winterland in San Francisco on New Year’s Eve 1967, shared the bill with Jefferson Airplane, Quicksilver Messenger Service and Freedom Highway.

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NaVorro Bowman sacks Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson in the first half of the NFC Championship Game in January. Bowman tore two knee ligaments in the fourth quarter.

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This Sept. 2014 photo provided by Deutsche Post/DHL shows a flying DHL drone in Germany. Deutsche Post/DHL says Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2014, it is starting Germany's first ever drone package delivery service, a test program transporting medication to a pharmacy on a difficult-to-access North Sea island. The company said the quad-rotor “DHL Paketkopter 2.0” will begin daily flights Friday to bring a maximum payload of 1.2 kilograms of medicine to the island of Juist. The island, with a population of about 1,500, is usually served by one ferry per day and an occasional small-aircraft flight, depending upon the weather. (AP Photo/Nikolai Wolff Fotoetage)

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This Monday, Oct. 27, 2014 photo provided by Dr. Don Harris of the Avian & Exotic Animal Medical Center in Miami shows a detail rom an X-ray of a 15-pound male African spurred tortoise named Lola who had swallowed a turtle pendant. Lola’s owner told Harris she didn’t recognize the pendant, but Harris said tortoises graze like cattle. They eat grass, plants and other vegetation, sometimes consuming rocks and other objects as well.

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Bernard Mayes founded the first suicide prevention hotline in San Francisco and is generally credited with starting the suicide prevention hotline movement nationwide. He also was the founding station manager of KQED-FM.

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Dr. Laurie Marker interacts with Sahara, a cheetah, at Safari West in Santa Rosa, California, Wednesday, October 08, 2014. Marker is the world's foremost cheetah expert. Ramin Rahimian/Special to The Chronicle

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Ernie Cervantes, owner of the Grateful Dog, a doggy day care center in San Francisco, recently fell victim to a $769 phone scam that used convenient prepaid debit cards he bought at local Walgreens stores.

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The Just For Men World Beard and Moustache Championships crowned 18 title winners, highlighting the best and boldest examples of facial hair from across the globe on Saturday, October 25th, 2014 in Portland, OR.

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