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SFO To Evict Charities Soliciting Donations
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco International Airport is set to evict all charities soliciting donations on airport property. The commission that manages the airport was expected to pass a...
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Paperwork Issue Delays Enforcement Of San Francisco Sit/Lie Law
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) – A majority of San Francisco police officers have been trained in how to deal with the city’s new sit/lie ordinance, but enforcement is being delayed by a paperwork problem. The...
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San Francisco Poll Ranks Homelessness, Panhandling As Top Concern
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) A new poll by the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce has ranked a decades-long problem as the top concern for voters in the city. The 2011 CityBeat poll found that 32 percent of...
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San Francisco Sit-Lie Ordinance Ineffective, Police Brass Told
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) – San Francisco’s controversial sit-lie ordinance has been mostly ineffective in preventing transients from loitering in the city’s Haight-Ashbury neighborhood, a police...
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Closer Look: San Francisco Sit-Lie Law Effective?
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS 5) – San Francisco’s Sit-Lie law prohibits people from sitting or lying on any public sidewalk or street in the City. Enforcement of the law began in March, after it was passed by...
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Sex Offender Arrested In Milpitas For Parole Violation
MILPITAS (CBS SF) — Milpitas police arrested a registered sex offender who was wanted for a parole violation Thursday night, police said. Officers responded to the Save Mart Shopping Center in the 200...
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About The Bay: SF Union Square Panhandlers Aggressive As Ever
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) – A new program by the San Francisco Police Department aims to crack down on aggressive panhandling in and around Union Square. But it doesn’t appear to be doing much to curb the...
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Oakland School With Panhandling Students Gets Tax Dollars, Inflates Enrollment
OAKLAND (CBS 5) — You may have seen them, children asking for donations at Bay Area BART stations. Two years ago, a CBS 5 investigation raised questions about their school and fundraising practices....
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Official Seeks Review Of Oakland School With Panhandling Students
OAKLAND (CBS 5) — A member of the Oakland School Board is taking action, following a joint CBS 5 and California Watch investigation into a school that sends children out to panhandle. Students from...
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San Francisco Offers Puppy Dogged Solution For Panhandling Problem
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF/AP) — San Francisco hopes a cold nose and a warm heart will help end the problem of panhandling. Beginning in August, the city will offer panhandlers up to $75 a week to stop...
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Oakland School Board Hears From Parents Of Panhandling Students
OAKLAND (CBS 5) – School officials in Oakland heard an earful Wednesday night from parents and former students of Saint Andrew Missionary Baptist Church Private School, which sends students out to...
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Students Of Oakland School Keep Panhandling As Scrutiny Grows
OAKLAND (CBS 5) — The state is taking action against the Oakland Unified School District, because of a private religious school that has been taking taxpayer money, while students are sent out to...
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Video Claims To Show Abuse At Private Oakland School
OAKLAND (CBS 5) — A private school in Oakland that sends students to panhandling at BART stations is facing abuse allegations after a video from a former student surfaced. Former students at Saint...
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PETA Balks At SF Plan To Pay Panhandlers To Care For Shelter Puppies
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS 5) – A creative proposal to find homes for needy dogs is facing some strong opposition from an unlikely source, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. Beginning in August, the...
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BART Targets Panhandling Oakland School Students
OAKLAND (CBS 5) — A joint CBS 5 and California Watch investigation into an Oakland school that sends students out panhandling at BART stations has prompted the transit agency to take action. The...
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Oakland District Cuts Ties To Controversial School, FBI Gets Involved
OAKLAND (CBS 5) — A joint CBS 5 investigation with our media partners at California Watch is getting results. The Oakland Unified School District said it is severing financial ties with a private...
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Aggressive Palo Alto Panhandler Punches Man, Rifles Through Pockets For...
PALO ALTO (CBS/AP) — An aggressive panhandler was arrested for punching a man in Palo Alto and going through his pockets because he refused his plea for money. The victim was on a break from his job in...
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Benches Pulled To Discourage SF Street People From Congregating In Castro
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) – Benches originally installed in Harvey Milk Plaza to encourage people to gather and create community in the Castro District were removed Friday to discourage a small number of...
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Martinez Bans ‘Aggressive’ Panhandling
MARTINEZ (KCBS) – The Martinez City Council has responded to complaints by merchants and residents about the number of people panhandling at shopping centers and intersections by banning aggressive...
View ArticleMan Arrested After Allegedly Throwing Hot Coffee At 7-Eleven Clerk In San...
SAN LEANDRO (CBS SF) — A man was arrested for allegedly throwing a cup of hot coffee at a 7-Eleven clerk’s face after an altercation in the store early Monday morning, police said Tuesday. The incident...
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