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San Francisco supervisors Tuesday voted 10-1 to rename Columbus Day as Indigenous Peoples' Day despite a last-minute effort to delay the vote in response to objections from some members of the city's Italian-American community. Supervisor Aaron Peskin, who represents the North Beach neighborhood, where the annual parade on Columbus Day has long since been renamed as the Italian Heritage parade, asked the board to postpone a vote on the resolution after receiving a large number of emails from constituents. "I would like some time to figure out a path forward that works for our indigenous native peoples as well as...

A San Francisco man is fighting to stay in his apartment, after his landlord suddenly hiked his rent from $1,800 a month to $8,000. The tenant has appealed this incredible rent hike to the city, but it may be too late. He may find himself out of his apartment before the city's rent board decides if it's legal or not. One thing is certain -- it's one of the highest rent increases in recent history in San Francisco. The apartment building sits in the heart of North Beach, on the corner of Columbus and Scotland streets.

This really get me steamed! Are there any users here who vacation or have visited North Beach, Maryland? North Beach, Calvert County Maryland http://ci.north-beach.md.us: Mayor Mark Frazer: http://ci.northbeach.md.us/officials.html: Heres the deal folks. The residence of North Beach are blaming the fishermen for the noise and trash problems on the pier and the boardwalk. The fact is most of the noise and trash comes from their on people and children. They party out there all the time and race their cars up the strip at all hours keeping the waterfront residence awake at night and we are getting the blame. Last...

<p>San Franciscan Ed Yee's fight with city officials over the paper American flags he slapped on light poles has brought negative publicity and hateful letters to Mayor Willie Brown and his staff from around the country.</p> <p>As Yee continues to flirt with the talk show circuit, San Francisco officials are doing damage control and trying to explain how they define vandalism versus free speech.</p>