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FILE - This undated file booking photo provided by the San Francisco Police Department shows Jose Ines Garcia Zarate. The Mexican man acquitted of murder but convicted of illegal gun possession for the shooting death of a San Francisco woman that sparked an immigration debate is seeking a new trial for the firearm charge. Lawyers for Zarate said Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017, that the judge presiding over the murder trial failed to properly instruct jurors before they acquitted him of killing Kate Steinle in 2015. (San Francisco Police Department via AP, File)

Man acquitted in pier shooting seeks new trial on gun charge

By PAUL ELIAS - Associated Press

Titans-49ers Capsule

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A woman and man pause to look at a memorial for Mayor Ed Lee on the steps of City Hall in San Francisco, Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2017. Lee died Tuesday at 65 after collapsing while grocery shopping. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Celebrations planned to honor San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee

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FILE - In this photo taken Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2016, file photo, Anthony Levandowski, then-head of Uber's self-driving program, speaks about their driverless car in San Francisco. A recent letter from the U.S. Attorney's office confirms the Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation connected to allegations that Levandowski, a former Uber executive, stole self-driving car technology from a Google spin-off to help the ride-hailing service build robotic vehicles. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)

Justice Department confirms criminal probe in Uber case

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 15, 2017, file photo, San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee listens to questions during a news conference at City Hall in San Francisco. The San Francisco Chronicle reported that Lee died early Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2017. He was 65. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)

San Francisco Mayor Edwin Lee leaves behind city in turmoil

By JANIE HAR - Associated Press

FILE- In this Aug. 15, 2017, file photo, Board of Supervisors President London Breed, center, gestures during a news conference as San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee, left, and police chief William Scott listen at City Hall in San Francisco. Breed became acting mayor in the wake of Lee's sudden death early Tuesday morning, Dec. 12, 2017. The 11-member Board of Supervisors will select a new mayor. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, file)

San Francisco native becomes city’s 1st black woman mayor

By PAUL ELIAS - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 14, 2016, file photo, San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee speaks during a meeting at City Hall in San Francisco by city leaders and community activists to reaffirm the city's commitment to being a sanctuary city in response to Donald Trump's support of deportations and other measures against immigrants. The San Francisco Chronicle reported that Lee died early Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2017. He was 65. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

The Latest: Safeway spokeswoman says workers will miss mayor

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Zarate and the 'Twinkie Defense' Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

The Kate Steinle verdict and the ‘Twinkie Defense’

By Abraham H. Miller

San Francisco 49ers quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo (10) smiles after a play during the second half of an NFL football game against the Houston Texans, Sunday, Dec. 10, 2017, in Houston. San Francisco won 26-16. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Garoppalo, 49ers optimistic after winning 3 of 4 games

By KRISTIE RIEKEN - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sunday, Dec. 3, 2017, file photo, San Francisco 49ers quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo (10) celebrates after their 15-14 win over the Chicago Bears in an NFL football game in Chicago. Garoppolo looks to follow up a successful first start for the 49ers with another this week against Houston. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

49ers hope defense gets boost from Jimmy Garoppolo addition

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San Francisco mayor approves recreational pot rules

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Jose Ines Garcia Zarate is led into the courtroom for his arraignment at the Hall of Justice in San Francisco. (Michael Macor/San Francisco Chronicle via AP, Pool, File)

Alternate juror: Steinle shooting jury was right to acquit

By PAUL ELIAS - Associated Press

In this Thursday, Aug. 31, 2017 file photo, Miami Marlins' Giancarlo Stanton reacts after he flies out during the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Philadelphia Phillies in Miami. Giants general manager Bobby Evans confirmed on San Francisco’s flagship radio station KNBR that the club has reached the parameters of a trade for Miami slugger Giancarlo Stanton. Evans spoke Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2017 of the Giants’ pursuit of the Marlins star. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)

Evans says Giants have parameters of potential Stanton trade

By JANIE McCAULEY - Associated Press

File - In this Nov. 21, 2017 file photo, demonstrators march in opposition to the sales of marijuana in San Francisco. San Francisco inched closer to recreational weed sales in January after supervisors gave marijuana regulations a mandatory second vote on Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017, and sent it to the mayor. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

Recreational pot rules in San Francisco reach last hurdle

By JANIE HAR - Associated Press

Jose Ines Garcia Zarate is led into the courtroom for his arraignment at the Hall of Justice in San Francisco. (Michael Macor/San Francisco Chronicle via AP, Pool, File)

Jose Garcia Zarate faces federal charges in death of Kate Steinle

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Jose Ines Garcia Zarate is led into the courtroom for his arraignment at the Hall of Justice in San Francisco. (Michael Macor/San Francisco Chronicle via AP, Pool, File)

Mexican acquitted of murder faces gun, immigration charges

By PAUL ELIAS - Associated Press

Mexican man acquitted in slaying wants gun conviction tossed

By PAUL ELIAS - Associated Press

Craig Warner of Palo Alto, Calif., leaves a bell at a memorial site for Kate Steinle on Pier 14 Friday, Dec. 1, 2017, in San Francisco. In this fiercely liberal city, city leaders remained attached to San Francisco's sanctuary city status despite a not guilty verdict in a killing that sparked feverish immigration debates because the man who fired the gun was in the country illegally after being deported five times. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

EDITORIAL: Jury’s verdict in Kate Steinle case shows danger of sanctuary cities

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

FILE - In this Thursday Nov. 30, 2017 file photo, Matt Gonzalez, chief attorney of the San Francisco Public Defenders Office, center, fields questions after a verdict was reached in the trial of Jose Ines Garcia Zarate in San Francisco. Gonzalez, the San Francisco defender who represented Garcia Zarate, is a veteran of the city’s criminal defense bar and its politics. A jury acquitted his client of murder and involuntary manslaughter for the shooting death of Kate Steinle. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

Man acquitted in San Francisco shooting got lucky on lawyer

By PAUL ELIAS - Associated Press

The Latest: Bay Bridge toll collector killed in crash ID’d

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