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FILE - In this May 23, 2020, file photo, a firefighter sprays into a warehouse after a fire broke out before dawn at Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco. Commercial fishers are suing the Port of San Francisco, claiming gross negligence that resulted in a massive fire in May that destroyed a warehouse the size of a football field where the fishers stored their gear. The fishers claim in a lawsuit filed Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020, that the port knew homeless people entered the warehouse and cooked in it, failed to maintain its aging electrical system, stored flammable materials in the building and even failed to ensure enough water on the premises to fight the fire. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

Fishers sue San Francisco over huge Pier 45 warehouse fire

By JANIE HAR - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 20, 2016, file photo, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, smile as they prepare for a speech in San Francisco. Supervisors in San Francisco are voting on a nonbinding resolution Tuesday, Dec. 15 to condemn the naming of the city's public hospital for Zuckerberg and his wife in 2015 after the couple gave $75 million toward the building of a new acute and trauma center. The resolution does not have the force of law and would not require the hospital to do anything if approved. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

San Francisco board rebukes naming hospital for Facebook CEO

By JANIE HAR - Associated Press

Washington Football Team strong safety Kamren Curl (31) runs back an interception for a touchdown as San Francisco 49ers quarterback Nick Mullens (4) tries to defend during the second half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Dec. 13, 2020, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

49ers mull change at QB after Mullens’ miscues lead to loss

By JOSH DUBOW - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 9, 2013, file photo, is the Cliff House overlooking Seal Rocks in San Francisco. The iconic Cliff House restaurant that has served tourists and locals for more than a century from atop a hill overlooking the Pacific Ocean is closing its doors at the end of the year. Dan and Mary Hountalas, the restaurant's proprietors since 1973, said in a post Sunday, Dec. 13, 2020, on the restaurant's website they are closing Dec. 31 because of losses brought on by the pandemic and not being able to renew a long-term operating contract with the National Park Service. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)

San Francisco’s iconic Cliff House restaurant to close

By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ - Associated Press

Washington Football Team strong safety Kamren Curl (31) dives into the end zone for a touchdown after an interception against the San Francisco 49ers during the second half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Dec. 13, 2020, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)

Washington leads NFC East after gritty 23-15 win over 49ers

By DAVID BRANDT - Associated Press

This is a file copy of a cryptogram sent to the San Francisco Chronicle in 1969 by the Zodiac Killer. A coded letter mailed to a San Francisco newspaper by the Zodiac serial killer in 1969 has been deciphered by a team of amateur sleuths from the United States, Australia and Belgium, the San Francisco Chronicle reported Friday, Dec. 11, 2020. (San Francisco Chronicle via AP, File)/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)

Zodiac killer cipher is solved, 51 years later

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FILE - San Francisco 49ers offensive tackle Trent Williams (71) walks off the field after the 49ers were defeated by the Philadelphia Eagles in an NFL football game in Santa Clara, Calif., in this Sunday, Oct. 4, 2020, file photo. All the bitterness and anger that characterized Trent Williams’ final year in Washington when he sat out the 2019 season, feuded with management and ultimately forced a trade to San Francisco are in the past. Williams is headed into his first game against his former team on Sunday when the 49ers take on Washington, saying he holds no ill will to his former franchise. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar, File)

49ers’ Williams harbors no grudges to former Washington team

By JOSH DUBOW - Associated Press

Zodiac cipher solved 51 years after it was sent to newspaper

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FILE - In this Feb. 22, 2018, file photo, Airbnb co-founder and CEO Brian Chesky speaks during an event in San Francisco. Thirteen years after its founders first rented air mattresses in their San Francisco apartment, Airbnb is making its long-awaited stock market debut. The home sharing company priced its shares at $68 apiece late Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020 giving it an overall value of $47 billion. Starting Thursday, it will trade on the Nasdaq Stock Market under the symbol “ABNB.” (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)

Airbnb shares more than double in price in long-awaited IPO

By DEE-ANN DURBIN - Associated Press

49es take on former QB Alex Smith, Washington

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

San Francisco 49ers quarterback Nick Mullens (4) throws over Buffalo Bills defensive tackle Harrison Phillips (99) during the second half of an NFL football game, Monday, Dec. 7, 2020, in Glendale, Ariz. The Bills won 34-24. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)

Loss leaves 49ers with no margin for error in playoff run

By JOSH DUBOW - Associated Press

Washington Football Team head coach Ron Rivera, center, walks on the sideline during the first half of an NFL football game against the Pittsburgh Steelers in Pittsburgh, Monday, Dec. 7, 2020. (AP Photo/Barry Reeger)

PowerPoint: On 3-game run, Washington’s Rivera eyes humility

By HOWARD FENDRICH - Associated Press

Rodeo Drive has less cars and pedestrians doing holiday shopping this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020, in Beverly Hills, Calif. With coronavirus cases surging at a record pace, California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a new stay-at-home order Thursday and said if people don't comply the state's hospitals will be overwhelmed with infected patients. (AP Photo/Pamela Hassell)

Most of California to enter sweeping new virus lockdown

By JOCELYN GECKER - Associated Press

Rodeo Drive has less cars and pedestrians doing holiday shopping this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020, in Beverly Hills, Calif. With coronavirus cases surging at a record pace, California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a new stay-at-home order Thursday and said if people don't comply the state's hospitals will be overwhelmed with infected patients. (AP Photo/Pamela Hassell)

Southern California, San Joaquin Valley under restrictions

By JOCELYN GECKER - Associated Press

Democratic candidate for Senate Jon Ossoff points to a reporters after a news conference Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020, in Atlanta. Ossoff is facing Republican Sen. David Perdue, a top Trump ally, in a Jan. 5, 2021 runoff. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

Ossoff’s heart is in San Francisco

By Newt Gingrich

49ers set to host Bills in temporary Arizona home

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Goforth, Jones carry No. 17 Oregon St women past USF 89-80

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In this March 28, 2020, file photo, San Jose, Calif., Mayor Sam Liccardo speaks during a news conference at the Bloom Energy campus in Sunnyvale, Calif. (Beth LaBerge/KQED via AP, Pool, File)

Politicians eat own words after dining out, taking trips

By JULIET WILLIAMS - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 16, 2019, file photo, Salesforce chairman Marc Benioff speaks during a news conference, in Indianapolis. In a deal announced Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020, business software pioneer Salesforce.com is buying work-chatting service Slack for $27.7 billion in a deal aimed at giving the two companies a better shot at competing against longtime industry powerhouse Microsoft. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings, File)

Salesforce buying work-chat service Slack for $27.7 billion

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE and MATT O'BRIEN - Associated Press