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Giants sign first-round pick SS Arroyo

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:41:18 -0400

SAN FRANCISCO - The San Francisco Giants have signed first-round draft pick Christian Arroyo.

Giants expect Sandoval to begin rehab games Friday

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:56:42 -0400

SAN FRANCISCO - Giants third baseman Pablo Sandoval is expected to begin a rehabilitation assignment in the minors on Friday.

Workers, firefighter injured in SF hospital fire

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:13:36 -0400

SAN FRANCISCO - Seven construction workers and a firefighter sustained minor injuries after a fire broke out at on the seventh floor of a San Francisco General Hospital building under construction.

Calif. city sues MLB over A's proposed move

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:24:25 -0400

SAN FRANCISCO - Major League Baseball is dragging its feet on having team owners vote on the Oakland Athletics' proposed move to a new ballpark 40 miles south in San Jose, San Jose city officials said in a lawsuit filed Tuesday.

Bill would honor Buffalo Soldiers' role in parks

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:01:10 -0400

SACRAMENTO, California - In the decades after the Civil War, the nation's first black Army regiments guarded Yosemite and Sequoia national parks against poaching and timber thefts, a role that in hindsight made them some of the United States' first park rangers.

Compute: Apple's product lineup increases mobile...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:52:21 -0400

By ANDREA ELDRIDGE - Apple's recent announcement of its new product lineup revealed what technology items and innovations Apple users can look forward to in the coming months. Following its World Wide Developers Conference last week in San Francisco, here are some highlights of what to expect from the iPhone, iPad or Apple computer in the months to come.

Giants lose to Padres on safety squeeze in 13th

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 03:53:33 -0400

SAN FRANCISCO - Bruce Bochy had reigning NL MVP and batting champion Buster Posey as a perfect option off the bench to lead off the 13th inning.

Padres beat Giants 5-3 on safety squeeze in 13th

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 03:45:41 -0400

SAN FRANCISCO - Andrew Cashner provided quite the thrilling warmup for his Tuesday start against San Francisco: a tiebreaking bunt as a pinch hitter in the 13th inning Monday night.

SF trains shut down over man with knife on ledge

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:31:35 -0400

SAN FRANCISCO - Officials in San Francisco say a commuter train line shut down at rush hour as police had to talk down a man with a knife from an overpass.

Judge considers effect of fungus on Calif. inmates

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:49:12 -0400

SAN FRANCISCO - A lawyer representing inmates at two California state prisons told a federal judge Monday that an airborne fungus occurring in the San Joaquin Valley presents the deadly threat of valley fever and that thousands should be transferred immediately.

Lincecum gets no run support as Braves top Giants

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 01:17:39 -0400

ATLANTA - Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez had several plays to choose as the game's best moment.

Gas leak clears San Francisco convention center

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 19:27:17 -0400

SAN FRANCISCO - A gas leak that prompted the evacuation of San Francisco's largest convention center has been capped, allowing a meeting of endocrinologists to resume at Moscone Center.

Georgia convict arrested in Calif. after 4 years

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 21:21:07 -0400

SAN FRANCISCO - A convicted child molester who fled his 2009 trial in Georgia has been captured in San Francisco, authorities said Friday, ending a four-year manhunt that included several profiles of the fugitive on the TV show "America's Most Wanted."

NY's Bloomberg and SF mayor announce tech summits

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 19:02:20 -0400

SAN FRANCISCO - New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and his San Francisco counterpart, Ed Lee, said at a news conference Friday that they are sponsoring a pair of technology summits over the next year.

Mayor wonders if barriers could stop suicide leaps

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 08:02:19 -0400

BRUNSWICK, Georgia - As residents debate installing barriers on an Oregon bridge to prevent suicides, a Georgia mayor wonders whether similar barriers should be installed on the Sidney Lanier Bridge near the Georgia coast.

Giants spoil Morton's return, pound Pirates 10-0

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 23:48:27 -0400

PITTSBURGH - Matt Cain's mind drifted. He couldn't help it.

Morton OK in return as Pirates fall to Giants 10-0

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 23:32:33 -0400

PITTSBURGH - Charlie Morton didn't view his return to the majors after undergoing Tommy John surgery as a make or break proposition.

Prosecutors push for anti-phone theft measures

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 21:13:20 -0400

NEW YORK - Law enforcement officials nationwide are demanding the creation of a "kill switch" that would render smartphones inoperable after they are stolen, New York's top prosecutor said Thursday in a clear warning to the world's smartphone manufacturers.

49ers RB Frank Gore inspired by critics

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 20:32:22 -0400

SANTA CLARA, California - Frank Gore doesn't see turning 30 as a bad thing, even if it's the age when most NFL running backs start to decline.

California home prices jump 26 percent in May

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 19:01:44 -0400

SAN DIEGO - California home prices surged to their highest level in more than five years last month as demand outpaced a thin supply of properties, a research firm reported Thursday.

Giants call up C Sanchez, send 1B Pill to Triple-A

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 18:09:41 -0400

PITTSBURGH - The San Francisco Giants have called up catcher Hector Sanchez and right-handed reliever Jake Dunning.

San Francisco parking spot sells for $82,000

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 16:53:26 -0400

SAN FRANCISCO - Parking spots apparently aren't immune from the recent surge in San Francisco real estate prices.

Giants fan beaten at Dodger Stadium returns home

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 16:32:06 -0400

SANTA CRUZ, California - A San Francisco Giants fan who suffered brain damage after a beating at Dodger Stadium has returned home after two years in hospitals and rehabilitation centers.

Membership airline Surf Air begins Calif. service

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 14:32:14 -0400

SANTA MONICA, California - A membership-only airline has begun service between Southern California and the San Francisco Bay area.

Membership airline Surf Air begins Calif. service

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 11:24:35 -0400

SANTA MONICA, California - A membership-only airline has begun service between Southern California and the San Francisco Bay area.