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High Bridge Arms, San Francisco’s last gun shop, to close over new regs

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Pittsburgh Pirates center fielder Andrew McCutchen tries to catch a single off the bat of Colorado Rockies' Jose Reyes in the fourth inning of a baseball game Monday, Sept. 21, 2015, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Marte’s 4 hits lead Pirates past Rockies 9-3

By MICHAEL KELLY - Associated Press

Baltimore Ravens head coach John Harbaugh watches from the sideline as his team plays the Oakland Raiders during the second half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2015, in Oakland , Calif. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

Ravens face unprecedented challenge under Harbaugh at 0-2

By DAVID GINSBURG - Associated Press

Pittsburgh Steelers running back DeAngelo Williams (34) scores a touchdown against the defense of San Francisco 49ers defensive tackle Tank Carradine (95) in an NFL football game, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2015, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Don Wright)

Steelers go for 2 and everything else, crush 49ers 43-18

By WILL GRAVES - Associated Press

Deanna Hingst, right, embraces her mother Shirley Leuzinger as they stand at the family's destroyed home Monday, Sept. 14, 2015, in Middletown, Calif. Two of California's fastest-burning wildfires in decades overtook several Northern California towns, killing at least one person and destroying hundreds of homes and businesses and sending thousands of residents fleeing highways lined with buildings, guardrails and cars still in flames. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Fierce California wildfire claims life of ‘true adventurer’

By Janie Har and Justin Pritchard - Associated Press

A firefighter lights a back burn along Highway 29 north of Middletown, Calif., Sunday. Two of California’s fastest-burning wildfires in decades overtook at several Northern California towns, destroying over a hundred homes and sending residents fleeing Sunday. (The Sacramento Bee via Associated Press)

Northern California wildfires wipe out more than 180 homes

By Ellen Knickmeyer and Olga R. Rodriguez - Associated Press

In this Nov. 12, 2012 file photo, Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone, of San Francisco, center, and Archbishop William Lori, of Baltimore, listen to a speaker during the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops' annual fall meeting in Baltimore. Local Catholics have gone public with their complaints about the San Francisco archbishop. On Thursday, April 16, 2015, an advertisement in the San Francisco Chronicle shows more than 100 Catholics have signed a full-page newspaper advertisement asking Pope Francis to remove Cordileone. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky/File)

Cordileone thankful for San Francisco teacher contract agreement

Catholic News Agency

San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Jerome Simpson stands on the field during practice at an NFL football facility in Santa Clara, Calif., Friday, May 29, 2015. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

NFL suspends 49ers WR Jerome Simpson for 6 games

By JANIE McCAULEY - Associated Press

San Francisco Giants pitcher Ryan Vogelsong works against the Washington Nationals in the first inning of a baseball game Thursday, Aug. 13, 2015, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

Ryan Vogelsong outduels Stephen Strasburg as Giants beat Nationals

By Janie McCauley - Associated Press

In this July 30, 2015, photo, Mohammed Nuru, director of San Francisco Public Works, talks about the city's latest effort to clean up urine-soaked walls outside a Mission District transit station in San Francisco. San Francisco now has multiple public walls covered with a repellant paint that makes pee spray back on the offender. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

San Francisco uses paint to fight public urination

By Kristin J. Bender - Associated Press

A firefighter rests at a staging area near Clearlake, Calif., Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2015. Thousands of firefighters battling an unruly Northern California wildfire were aided overnight by cooler temperatures and higher humidity, but the fire is still less than a quarter contained. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Fire crews gain ground against Northern California blaze

By Janie Har - Associated Press

James Logan and his wife Lisa embrace during a community meeting for evacuees as a wildfire burns near Clearlake, Calif., Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2015. Firefighters made some progress Tuesday afternoon with some help from light rain that fell in the area. (AP Photo/Josh Edelson)

Crews report some progress against huge California wildfire

By Janie Har and Kristin J. Bender - Associated Press

Firefighters spray a hose at a fire along Morgan Valley Road near Lower Lake, Calif., Friday, July 31, 2015. A series of wildfires were intensified by dry vegetation, triple-digit temperatures and gusting winds. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Wildfire raging north of San Francisco threatens homes

Associated Press

"A lot of people, even a lot of pro-choice people, are upset by these videos," Sen. Rand Paul, Kentucky Republican, said Sunday on CNN's "State of the Union." "I think most Americans don't want their tax dollars going to this. So I think when something is so morally repugnant to so many people, why should tax dollars go to this?" (Associated Press)

Planned Parenthood: Senate to vote on defunding as judge weighs ban on video footage

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Jim Steinle, second from left, father of Kathryn Steinle, in photograph, testifies next to Montgomery County (Md.) Police Department. Chief J. Thomas Manger, right, before a Senate Judiciary hearing to examine the Administration's immigration enforcement policies, in Washington, Tuesday, July 21, 2015. Kathryn Steinle was killed on a San Francisco pier, allegedly by a man previously deported several times. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)

House passes bill to punish sanctuary cities in wake of Steinle killing

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Juan Francisco Lopez-Sanchez (right) is led into the courtroom by San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi and Assistant District Attorney Diana Garciaor for his arraignment at the Hall of Justice in San Francisco on July 7, 2015. More than 1,800 immigrants that the federal government wanted to deport were nevertheless released from local jails and later re-arrested for various crimes, according to a government report released July 13, 2015. The controversy was re-ignited after 32-year-old Kathryn Steinle was shot to death while walking on a San Francisco pier and authorities arrested suspect Lopez-Sanchez, who was released from jail in April even though immigration officials had lodged a detainer to try to deport him from the country for a sixth time. (Michael Macor/San Francisco Chronicle via Associated Press)

White House defends sanctuary cities, threatens to veto crackdown bill

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Flowers and a candle lay on the ground following a vigil for Kathryn Steinle, Monday, July 6, 2015, on Pier 14 in San Francisco. Steinle was gunned down while out for an evening stroll at Pier 14 with her father and a family friend on Wednesday, July 1. (AP Photo/Beck Diefenbach)

San Francisco moves to cancel sanctuary policy

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times