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SFMTA Seeking $625 Million for Cable Car Renovations
The San Francisco cable cars are an iconic piece of the city’s history. But now SFMTA officials said they need a lot of work.
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SFMTA Says Cable Car Renovations Could Cost $625 Million
Cable Cars are an iconic piece of San Francisco history but they need a lot of work. SFMTA officials said the renovations could run upwards of $625 million. Christie Smith reports.
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Technician to Blame in Italy Cable Car Crash That Killed 14, Judge Says
The three suspects in Italy’s cable car disaster have left prison after a judge indicated that for now, most of the blame fell on the service technician who intentionally disabled the car’s brake because it kept locking spontaneously.
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3 Arrested in Italy Funicular Crash; Clamp Deactivated Brake
Police in northern Italy have made three arrests in a cable car disaster that killed 14 people
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Italy Probes Cable Car Crash as Lone Child Survivor Recovers
A cable car taking visitors to a mountaintop view of some of northern Italy’s most picturesque lakes has plummeted to the ground, killing at least 14 people
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San Francisco's Legendary Doorman to Hang Up His Beefeater Coat After 43 Years
Tom Sweeney, San Francisco’s famous Beefeater-cloaked doorman who greeted visitors at the threshold of Union Square’s Sir Francis Drake Hotel for over four decades, said he is hanging up his red coat, and closing the door on his long career.
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Bolivia Clashes After Opposition Leader Declares Herself President
Bolivians have new uncertainty to grapple with now that opposition Sen. Jeanine Añez declared herself interim president of the crisis-torn Andean country just hours after Evo Morales flew off to self-exile in Mexico. Questions remained about who might rally around Añez, while Morales’ supporters angrily accused her of trying to seize power in her declaration Tuesday, raising the prospect of...
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5 Injured After Truck Collides With Cable Car in San Francisco
Five people were hospitalized following a collision involving a cable car Monday afternoon in San Francisco’s Nob Hill neighborhood, fire officials said.
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Park-goers Stuck On Disney World's New Aerial Cable Cars
The Skyliner air gondolas opened to visitors last week. The cable cars whisk visitors from hotels to theme parks three stories above the ground while going 11 mph (18 kph). No more than 10 people are allowed in each cable car.
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SFMTA to Dedicate Cable Car to Operator Killed in 2015 Collision
One of San Francisco’s iconic cable cars was dedicated on Tuesday to an operator who was killed after being hit by a drunk motorcyclist while working in 2015.
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San Francisco's Iconic Cable Cars to Shut Down for Repairs
San Francisco’s iconic cable cars will stop running for 10 days starting Friday while they undergo the final repairs in a three-year restoration project of the gearboxes that propel the world-famous system up the city’s notoriously steep hills.
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Oakland Gallery Celebrates Counter-Culture Instigator John Law With Exhibit
It’s pretty-much impossible to cram all of John Law’s feats of the last 40 years into a single paragraph. Much like trying to stuff mementoes of all that stuff into a single gallery exhibition. Which is what makes a visit to his current exhibition in Oakland’s Pro Arts Gallery a feat in itself.
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San Francisco's Oldest Cable Car Returns to Streets After 77 Years
After 77 years in storage collecting dust and rumors about its fitness, San Francisco’s oldest cable car is heading back to the streets following restoration by a band of devoted Muni workers.
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Facebook Ad Leads Historian to Lost San Francisco Cable Car
A San Francisco cable car that was sold off in the 1950s and eventually dropped off the historical radar — has turned up for sale in an ad on Facebook in the Sacramento area.
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World Champion Cable Car Bell-Ringer Crowned in San Francisco
Leonard Oats wowed the crowd with a bell-ringing rendition of Michael Jackson’s song “Bad” and took home a giant trophy, a stack of cash, lots of Ghirardelli chocolate and a fair amount of bragging rights for his effort Thursday afternoon.
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Willie Mays' Birthday: SF to Dedicate Cable Car 24
San Francisco was set to celebrate the 85th birthday of baseball great Willie Mays on Friday by dedicating a cable car to him.
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San Francisco Cable Car Operator Dies Months After Injury, DA Considers Amending Charges Against Motorcyclist
The San Francisco District Attorney is considering amending charges against a 22-year-old motorcyclist first arrested on DUI charges after a cable car operator died two days ago.
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