Laura Dudnick
SF Examiner
San Francisco, CA, United States
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Women’s March in SF draws thousands
The second annual Women’s March took place Saturday, beginning at the Civic Center Plaza and ending with a march to The Embarcadero on Saturday. Photos by → Read More
Woman bitten by sea lion while swimming at Aquatic Park
A woman was bitten by a sea lion while swimming at Aquatic Park on Thursday morning, becoming the latest victim of a pinniped attack in the San Francisco B → Read More
SF enduring biggest rainstorm in nearly a year
Rain will continue to fall in San Francisco at least through Tuesday, marking what could be the most rain to fall in The City in nearly a year, according t → Read More
Earthquake rattles Bay Area early Thursday morning
An earthquake with a preliminary 4.5-magnitude rattled the Bay Area awake early Thursday morning. The U.S. Geological Survey is reporting that the earthqua → Read More
Four injured in Fillmore District shooting Friday night
Four people were injured in a shooting in the Fillmore District on Friday night, police said. The shooting was reported at 7:25 p.m. in the 1100 block of F → Read More
Ferry rescues passengers from sinking boat near Alcatraz Island
A ferry rescued 10 people from a sinking boat in San Francisco Bay waters near Alcatraz Island on Thursday night, according to the U.S. Coast Guard. The Co → Read More
CHP rescues kitten stuck in Golden Gate Bridge median
A kitten rescued from the middle of the Golden Gate Bridge on Saturday afternoon is apparently making good use of his nine lives. At about 2:50 p.m., Calif → Read More
Teenage girl who died after falling off cliff at Lands End is ID’d
A 17-year-old girl who died after she fell off a cliff and into the Pacific Ocean on Thursday evening while walking in the area of Lands End has been ident → Read More
Teenage girl falls off cliff to her death at Lands End
A teenage girl died after she fell off a cliff and into the Pacific Ocean on Thursday evening while walking in the area of Lands End with two other people, → Read More
Four dead, including suspect, in shooting at UPS facility in Potrero Hill
Four people have died, including the suspect, and at least seven more were injured in a shooting involving UPS employees at the company's facility in the P → Read More
Two SFPD officers injured in rollover crash near Ocean Beach
Two San Francisco police officers were injured in a rollover crash near Ocean Beach on Friday night. The crash occurred at about 8 p.m. on the Great Highwa → Read More
Wayward sea lion rescued near Great Highway
Animal officials rescued a wayward juvenile California sea lion that had somehow found its way to a "bad location" on the median between the Great Highway → Read More
Man shot by police at Oceanview home released from custody
A judge Friday ordered the release without bail of a man shot by San Francisco police in January while prosecutors appeal a ruling that dismissed all but t → Read More
SFPD fatally shoots suspected stabber on busy Market Street
Police shot and killed a man who was reportedly stabbing another man blocks from busy Union Square on Market Street late Wednesday morning. The incident be → Read More
Large power outage reported in multiple SF neighborhoods
San Francisco residents and workers were reporting a large power outage affecting multiple neighborhoods Friday morning. The outage began at about 9 a.m. a → Read More
SF Zoo’s only polar bear dies
The beloved polar bear "Uulu," one of the oldest polar bears in captivity, died Friday at the San Francisco Zoo at age 36, zoo officials announced. Uulu, S → Read More
SF looks to create task force examining safe injection sites
San Francisco is set to explore whether opening a facility that allows people to inject drugs under supervision would help intravenous drug users recover f → Read More
Gilbert Baker, creator of the rainbow flag, dies
Gilbert Baker, who created the rainbow flag that became an international symbol of gay rights, has died at age 65. Baker created the flag in June 1978 for → Read More
Market Street briefly shut down after report of suspicious bag
Police briefly shut down Market Street between Fourth and Fifth streets on Monday afternoon while reportedly investigating a suspicious bag. Market Street → Read More
BART service stopped between Oakland, SF due to downed power lines
All BART service between San Francisco and Oakland was stopped Monday morning due to downed power lines in the West Oakland area, agency officials said. Th → Read More