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Daily news roundup for Thursday, November 12, 2015

"San Francisco Police Car", by Manoel Netto, used under CC license/ Resized and cropped

Here's what's happening in the Bay Area, as curated by KALW news:

San Francisco: Man armed with a shotgun near St. Luke's Hospital shot, killed by police // Inside Bay Area News

"A man armed with a shotgun was shot and killed by police Wednesday afternoon at a construction site near St. Luke's Hospital on Cesar Chavez Street, authorities confirmed.

"According to San Francisco police Chief Greg Suhr, the suspected gunman, identified as a man in his late 20s, was believed to be the same suspect in a robbery at the Big 5 Sporting Goods store in San Bruno earlier Wednesday afternoon. In that incident, Suhr said, the suspect, who was armed with a handgun, robbed the store of a shotgun and ammunition. He then made his way to San Francisco, Suhr said, where he somehow got onto the roof of a service elevator and opened fire as San Francisco officers responded to the scene."

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S.F. Pulls Plug on Controversial Bayview Homeless Shelter // KQED

"San Francisco has dropped a divisive plan to build a shelter in a neighborhood that has the second highest homeless population in the city.

"Around 19 percent of San Francisco’s homeless residents live in District 10, which encompasses the Bayview, according to the city’s latest homeless count. That report found that 1,272 people were living on the streets in the district last January.

"The neighborhood has only one other shelter. The Providence Baptist Church on McKinnon Ave. is open for homeless people overnight but not during the day."

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Oakland's Toxic Failure  // East Bay Express

"Public records and interviews with state regulators show that since the early 2000s, the Oakland Fire Department has repeatedly failed to protect city residents from hazardous materials stored and used at hundreds of locations, inspect businesses and other facilities, and enforce state hazardous materials laws.

"But that's not all: The state has also uncovered financial discrepancies in how Oakland handled more than a million dollars in funds that were supposed to be dedicated to the city's hazardous waste program. In addition, the city illegally transferred another quarter million dollars of hazmat program funds into Oakland's general fund. Moreover, both city and fire officials have provided few answers to account for these failures of management, which have thus far gone unreported in the news media."

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Nonarts proposals for Palace of Fine Arts anger residents // San Francisco Examiner

"As San Francisco moves closer to selecting a future long-term tenant for the Palace of Fine Arts, several proposals that include building a hotel or restaurants have drawn the ire of residents who want the site preserved for the arts.

"But on Saturday, San Francisco resident Kirsten Selberg created an online petition urging the Recreation and Park Department and Mayor Ed Lee to preserve the site as a cultural and educational center. The petition had garnered more than 13,000 signatures as of Tuesday evening."

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In-N-Out sues startup for delivering its food, using logo without permission // SF Gate

"In-N-Out Burger is suing food delivery company DoorDash for trademark infringement and unfair competition.

"DoorDash's mobile app and website are used to order food from restaurants, such as Umami Burger, Tout Sweet, Rangoon Ruby and The Plant Cafe. The San Francisco-based startup has no affiliation with In-N-Out, but uses an imitation of the burger spot's logo to advertise that it delivers their food, according to the complaint filed in U.S. District Court for the Central California District on Nov. 6.

"The startup's actions suggest that In-N-Out has sponsored the services and overseen that delivery meets safety, food handling and temperature standards, according to the complaint. That's not the case."

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Legendary S.F. stripper Carol Doda dies at 78 // SF Gate

"Carol Doda, who helped take stripping out of the shadowy margins of American society and gained worldwide fame as a topless dancer in the 1960s and ’70s, died Monday of complications related to kidney failure. She was 78.

"“Carol Doda was a part of that early scene that transformed North Beach into what one would expect to see in New Orleans or in some of the areas in Paris,” said former Mayor Willie Brown. “She was bright, able, beautiful, creative and outrageous.” So outrageous that columnist Herb Caen “made her one of his weekly figures, and that was an honor,” said Brown."

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