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American cyclists rolled in Friday to take the top three spots in Stage 6 of the Amgen Tour of California.
Stage 6, the Individual Time Trial of the Amgen Tour of California came to a finish in the Santa Ynez Valley town of Solveng. Among the top three competitors were Americans Dave Zabriskie, Levi Leipheimer, and Tejay Van Garderen.
You’d better check to see whether the costume you’re wearing to the 100th running of the Bay to Breakers footrace is waterproof.
A slight chance of rain may greet participants to the venerable San Francisco event Sunday morning, National Weather Service forecasters predict, but runners should avoid the heaviest rain that will drench the city before race time.
A piece of artwork — valued at $75,000 and last seen on display at Moscone Center before it was stolen eleven years ago — was recovered this week after San Francisco Police officers conducted an undercover sting operation to arrest the alleged thief.
Police Inspectors apprehended Margarita Andino, 51, of San Francisco and booked her on felonious possession of stolen property.
Newly-married Prince William and Kate Middleton — the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge — will visit California for three days in July, Buckingham Palace confirmed Thursday.
The royal couple will visit to the Golden State for beginning on July 8, the Palace announced.
This weekend, pure-bred Italian sports cars will take to the track in the Sonoma hills.
Every year Infineon Raceway hosts a segment of the Ferrari Challenge, an international motor racing championship comprised of races held in the United States, Italy and other European countries. It is a single-marque championship, meaning that all cars racing in the series are Ferraris.
Dozens of entries will participate in Saturday’s Southwest Airlines Chinese New Year’s parade starting at 5:15 p.m. in Downtown San Francisco in celebration of the Year of the Hare.
The parade is billed by organizers as the largest celebration outside of Asia and is poised to attract a million spectators who will line the parade route down Market Street, around Union Square and up Kearny Street into Chinatown.
SAN FRANCISCO — The United States Navy’s Blue Angels flight team rattled windows and frazzled nerves throughout the Bay Area Thursday afternoon when it took to the skies for Fleet Week practice flights.
The iconic blue and gold F/A-18 jets could be heard from every part of the city and throughout much of the Bay Area.
SAN FRANCISCO — This year’s Fleet Week celebration, an annual event that celebrates the city’s rich contribution to the United States armed forces, will be the largest one held in 20 years, organizers and city officials said Wednesday.
Ten ships, eight of them active military vessels, will take part in this year’s event, scheduled to kick off today and run through Monday. The eight active military ships — including two from the Canadian naval fleet — will bring nearly 1,000 sailors into San Francisco, according to Fleet Week organizers.
SAN FRANCISCO — With a thunderous roar, the United States Navy’s Blue Angels landed at San Francisco International Airport Monday afternoon to prepare for this weekend’s annual Fleet Week celebration.
The annual salute to the city’s rich military history will commence on Thursday when the Blue Angels perform practice flights over the Bay Area.
Growing old. The joys of masturbation. Looming mortality. Spicing up one’s sex life. Finding new purpose in one’s later years. All are topics — and the subjects of some catchy tunes — in the new musical “Sex Tapes for Seniors” by Mario Cossa, playing this month at the Victoria Theater in San Francisco.
