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Voters instead chose a political outsider, wealthy philanthropist and Levi’s heir Daniel Lurie, who promised to shut down open-air drug markets and make San Francisco less welcoming to street encampments.

Beitcher asked around about an exemption for the $1.65-million tax bill but was shut down due to an odd wrinkle in the provision.

Eritrea is the only African country without privately owned media, having shut down its private press in 2001 under the pretext of "national security".

The South Bay is in for a large-scale transformation near the Port of Los Angeles as Phillips 66 shuts down its sprawling refineries and makes way for developers to reimagine the prime real estate.

They had no trouble shutting down offenses led by rookie quarterbacks still adjusting to the NFL or journeyman veterans.