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San Francisco is getting serious about the 2024 Olympics bid.  
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SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) 鈥?A magnitude 7.4 earthquake off the Pacific coast of El Salvador late Monday disrupted power to several communities and claimed the life of one man who had been sleeping on a street.
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That was the message I got the other day at a sit-down in the mayor鈥檚 office, where all the city department heads who would be involved with bringing the big Games here were in attendance.
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The quake was part of a series of strong temblors that rattled much of Central America. The strongest quake was centered in the Pacific Ocean about 169 kilometers (105 miles) southeast of San Salvador and occurred at 9:51 p.m. local time (10:51 EDT; 0251 GMT), according to the U.S. Geological Survey. It had a depth of 70.5 kilometers (43.8 miles).
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No sooner did I arrive than Mayor Ed Lee leaned over and said, 鈥淚 have to be out of here in 10 minutes, which means you are the mayor emeritus.鈥?
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The quakes shook the southern coast and interior of the region from Guatemala to Costa Rica, according local reports. Power outages were reported in El Salvador, and Nicaragua put out an internal alert announcing that schools would be closed on Tuesday.
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鈥淲hat does that mean?鈥?I asked.
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, director of Civil Protection for El Salvador, said a homeless man was killed when he was hit by a power pole in San Miguel, a city 135 kilometers (84 miles) east of the capital.
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鈥淚t means you can鈥檛 do your normal thing and leave after 10 minutes,鈥?he said.
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The quake caused minor damage to the national hospital in San Miguel, as well as landslides on highways in the coastal state of Usulutan.
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So I stayed, and it became apparent over the next hour and 45 minutes that Giants President Larry Baer, who was pretty much leading the meeting, is the driving force behind
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, minister of the environment and national resources, issued a tsunami warning for residents along the coast, but Melendez said all appeared normal and that "it looks like the most dangerous situation has passed."
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What I learned is that the U.S. Olympic Committee wants the competition to be held near the city. In other words, no equestrian events in Davis.
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Pohl warned that residents should be prepared for aftershocks that could provoke landslides in areas soaked by several days of rain.
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The committee also wants the Central Subway, the Transbay Terminal and BART to San Jose to be done sooner rather than later.
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Officials in Costa Rica said the quakes were "strong and of long duration" there, but the country's  had no reports of major damage.
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As for where the Olympic Stadium would be? The idea is for Brisbane to make land across from Candlestick Park available for a 鈥減op-up鈥?stadium, built at minimal expense, that can go away the day after the Games are over.
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In Nicaragua, there were no signs of damage, according to government spokeswoman .
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There were a lot of empty seats at last Sunday鈥檚 49ers game. And don鈥檛 you believe the story that everyone fled to the shade 鈥?I鈥檝e never seen anyone leave their seat at a pro game in the first quarter.
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AP writers  in Costa Rica and in Nicaragua contributed to this report.<p>Related Articles:</p><ul><li><a href=http://www.buycelinebags.com>Celine Bags</a></li><li><a href=http://www.buycelinebags.com>Buy Celine Bags</a></li><li><a href=http://www.buycelinebags.com>Celine UK Outlet</a></li></ul>
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I know the 49ers say the stadium is selling out, but I also know that tickets are readily available on the Internet at below cost. And I鈥檓 getting way more invites to games than I did when the team was at Candlestick.
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The fact is, San Francisco fans are not as rabid about the Niners anymore. It鈥檚 not just Levi鈥檚 Stadium where you can find empty seats on game day 鈥?check out the city鈥檚 sports bars.
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It鈥檚 Fleet Week, a time when upward of a million people come on foot, by bike, by car, train or boat to enjoy the city and the most spectacular air show there is: the Blue Angels.
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It just wasn鈥檛 the same last year without them.
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I have a confession to make: I have a Walter Mitty fantasy about flying with the Angels.
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But like everything except the value of motherhood and apple pie, the Angels come with their share of controversy.
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It was in 1997 or 鈥?8 that the naysayers in this town decided to make the winged wonders an issue. It started with supposed concerns about the safety of flying over the city. Then it was the folks who said the jets violated noise laws.
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Nothing, however, was going to stop us from hosting the Angels.
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On the day of the show, I was with a group watching from the roof of the Maritime Museum at Aquatic Park. Near the end, one of the Angels dipped down so low that we could see the flame coming out the jet鈥檚 tail.
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It was one of the best 鈥渢hank yous鈥?a mayor could get.
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Movie time: 鈥淕one Girl.鈥?A clever mystery in which Ben Affleck as the husband-turned- suspect proves once and for all that he really can act, and Rosamund Pike turns in a performance as the missing wife that will probably earn her an Oscar nod.
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But there鈥檚 a problem 鈥?the film runs out of steam over its nearly two hours and 30 minutes. For the life of me, I cannot understand Hollywood鈥檚 obsession with movies that go on for two hours. It鈥檚 not like anyone鈥檚 going to buy a second bag of popcorn, so the theaters are not making extra money in the deal.
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And a movie that long will seriously mess up your day, not to mention your bladder.
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Quite a turnout at the annual Three I (Italy, Ireland, Israel) lunch in North Beach the other day. And the loudest applause went to Fire Chief Joanne Hayes-White.
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Hotel restaurants may soon be a thing of the past here in San Francisco. I鈥檝e had more than one manager tell me the city鈥檚 continuously rising minimum wage and union rules are making it impossible to make money anymore.
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鈥淲e take in a million a year at our restaurant, but it鈥檚 costing us $1.6 million a year to operate,鈥?one hotel manager told me.  
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The prediction is, hotels will convert their restaurants to self-serve breakfast buffets, just like the Hampton Inns out in the suburbs.
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Have you noticed that when it comes to bicyclists running red lights and stop signs, it鈥檚 usually a guy under 30?
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And who are are the most law-abiding two-wheelers?
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Scooters. People who drive them tend to obey all the traffic laws, they don鈥檛 weave in and out of lanes and they drive at the speed limit.
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They also don鈥檛 make a lot of noise.
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The only problem is, guys don鈥檛 go for Vespas. They think it鈥檚 a girl thing.
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Of course, if they did, they鈥檇 probably start running red lights.
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Revision as of 19:46, 29 October 2014

@@@ SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) 鈥?A magnitude 7.4 earthquake off the Pacific coast of El Salvador late Monday disrupted power to several communities and claimed the life of one man who had been sleeping on a street. The quake was part of a series of strong temblors that rattled much of Central America. The strongest quake was centered in the Pacific Ocean about 169 kilometers (105 miles) southeast of San Salvador and occurred at 9:51 p.m. local time (10:51 EDT; 0251 GMT), according to the U.S. Geological Survey. It had a depth of 70.5 kilometers (43.8 miles). The quakes shook the southern coast and interior of the region from Guatemala to Costa Rica, according local reports. Power outages were reported in El Salvador, and Nicaragua put out an internal alert announcing that schools would be closed on Tuesday. , director of Civil Protection for El Salvador, said a homeless man was killed when he was hit by a power pole in San Miguel, a city 135 kilometers (84 miles) east of the capital. The quake caused minor damage to the national hospital in San Miguel, as well as landslides on highways in the coastal state of Usulutan. , minister of the environment and national resources, issued a tsunami warning for residents along the coast, but Melendez said all appeared normal and that "it looks like the most dangerous situation has passed." Pohl warned that residents should be prepared for aftershocks that could provoke landslides in areas soaked by several days of rain. Officials in Costa Rica said the quakes were "strong and of long duration" there, but the country's had no reports of major damage. In Nicaragua, there were no signs of damage, according to government spokeswoman . ___

AP writers in Costa Rica and in Nicaragua contributed to this report.

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