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Last updated 02/03/2012 at 7:49 p.m. PST
San Francisco Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi arriving at court on Jan. 26, 2012.

Mirkarimi: 'I'm Dying to See My Son'

Judge denies sheriff's emergency visitation request
By Trey Bundy and Ryan Jacobs    6:30 p.m.
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Pot Crackdown Sends Chill through Sacramento

Lawmakers defeat a bill that would have decreased the penalties for growing pot
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Bevan Dufty at a mayoral forum at the Castro Theatre in San Francisco on Monday, August 8, 2011

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