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Skier Jonny Moseley of Tiburon wins gold medal in freestyle moguls at Nagano Olympic games. — Feb. 11
El Niño's winter cavalcade of violent storms continued Friday with two more major weather systems headed for Northern California, as the death toll and damage costs mounted. — Feb. 20
San Francisco beefs up program to catch red-light scofflaws on surveillance cameras, expanding program from five intersections to 34. — April 9
BankAmerica, the proud corporation that has called San Francisco its home for nearly a century, will wed East Coast powerhouse NationsBank Corp. in a $64 billion super-merger that will create the nation's largest bank. — April 13
Thousands watch as Geneva Towers, a notorious public-housing failure, tumble down in San Francisco's first building implosion, and California's largest ever. — May 17
State officials are investigating whether Kaiser Permanente's refusal to cover the cost of the impotence drug Viagra violates a state law requiring doctors to make decisions for their patients without regard to costs. — July 4
Muni metro riders who thought the problems plaguing the system might improve by the end of the week got a shock Friday when the morning commute disintegrated into chaos and confusion. A whopping 67 of The City's 79 Boeing streetcars were out of service for the morning commute. — Aug. 28
Former Oakland A Mark McGwire slugs two home runs as season ends, for a record-shattering total of 70. — Sept. 28
Poll finds 65 percent of Californians who frequent bars like the 9-month-old ban on smoking, up from 59 percent in February and March. — Oct. 6
City Planning Commission approves 80-foot high Coca-Cola bottle in children's playground at Giants' new Pac Bell Park. — Oct. 23
Voters pass measure to demolish Central Freeway — instead of retrofitting it — and replace it with a tree-lined boulevard. — Nov. 4
An apologetic PG&E promised not to sock customers with the cost of claims stemming from Tuesday's massive blackout, but said its stockholders will pay up to $10 million in claims. — Dec. 11