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A Swedish sailor with the Artemis racing team died today after the team's America's Cup catamaran capsized as the crew was training near Treasure Island.

The Chron reports that the Artemis boat tipped over at about 1:15 p.m. Authorities pulled 13 crew members from the water, including British national Andrew "Bart" Simpson, who was pronounced dead after arriving to the St. Francis Yacht Club.

See Also: America's Cup: Team Oracle Boat Capsizes by Golden Gate Bridge (Video)

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An apartment building in Noe Valley was evacuated earlier today after police found a suspicious device.

Officers were called to the 4100 block of Cesar Chavez at about 12:45 p.m. regarding a suspicious person. When police arrived, they located the suspicious man and interviewed him.

After a brief talk, police detained the man and the bomb squad was called in, said Officer Gordon Shyy.

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The Boston Police Department has confirmed that 22 people were injured and two died after two explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon.

Authorities are telling news outlets that it's "clear this was a bombing," saying the explosions were caused by "small, multiple portable devices."

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Trains are stopped for now

Update 2:40 p.m.: Caltrain service has resumed as normal, and the evening commute is expected to be a smooth ride.

Update 2:03 p.m.: Caltrain confirmed the pedestrian was an adult male. Also, the train involved in the incident will be moved into the Burlingame Station, where the 170 passengers will be able to transfer to southbound #150 to continue their commute.

Update 1:13 p.m.: Here's the latest news from Caltrain: Trains will begin single-tracking around the incident scene, while the investigation continues. Northbound train #147 will proceed north first, and Southbound #150 will then proceed south.

Original Story 12:59 p.m.: Caltrain officials just confirmed that a person was killed this afternoon on the train tracks in Burlingame.

There's not a lot of information at this time, but according to Caltrain, the #146 train killed the pedestrian at about 12:30 p.m. The pedestrian was at the Oak Grove crossing, just north of the Burlingame train station when he or she was hit.

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An East Bay teen was hit and killed by a train last night after he was reportedly playing a game of "chicken" with two friends, police said.

The boy -- who, according to press reports, has been identified as 15-year-old Austin Christopher Price -- was on the tracks off Lewelling Boulevard near San Lorenzo High School just before 7 p.m. on Thursday when the Amtrak train hit him.

The other boys were not injured.

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PG&E "Green Option" expected to cost far less than tentative CleanPowerSF rates

In the current edition of SF Weekly, we explore the long-term goal of CleanPowerSF to provide San Francisco with "a local build-out which would supply the city with vast quantities of renewable power, energy independence, and jobs, jobs, jobs."

A "goal," however, is not the same thing as a "plan." And, when it comes to a plan to transition CleanPowerSF from its initial phase of procuring "100 percent renewable" energy from Shell to the verdant world of a local build-out, the city and its Public Utilities Commission are empty-handed.

Say what you will about PG&E, the century-old monopolistic San Francisco utility that blew up the town next door. But, today, terms were announced for a "PG&E Green Option" following lengthy settlement talks before the California Public Utilities Commission. And this proposal does present a plan for potential build-out of in-state  -- or even local -- renewable facilities:

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Muni buses were diverted and streets were closed in the Richmond District this morning when police discovered a suspicious device near a trash can.

According to Officer Gordon Shyy, the call came in at about 9:15 a.m., and police closed off the roadway between 8th Avenue and California Street while the bomb squad's weird robot investigated.

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Update 4:30 p.m.: According to press reports, the person who was hit by the BART train has died. Trains are not stopping at the Glen Park Station.

Original story 4:09 p.m.: BART just tweeted out the news that the evening commute has been disrupted after a person was found underneath a train at the Glen Park Station.

According to CBS News, a person was hit by a train at about 4 p.m.

There's very few details at this point, but what we can tell you is that there are major delays in the SFO, Millbrae and East Bay directions. Best you find another way home tonight.

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Train hits man

Caltrain is reporting brutal delays this morning after a train down in Palo Alto hit and killed a pedestrian.

Caltrain Spokeswoman Christine Dunn says that at about 6:50 a.m., a no. 211 train headed north hit a man at Charleston Road in Palo Alto. The man was pronounced dead at the scene. The trains were stopped and a bus bridge was set up briefly.

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This is all you're gonna see unless you got tickets

Dave Chappelle is an inscrutable fellow. Living legend, comedic icon, he's also a very mercurial performer. His live shows are notorious -- for their unscripted, off-the-cuff nature, for their length (we saw him at Cobb's once, and he outlasted the audience and the production staff), and for the sheer variety of moods Dave goes through while onstage.

Here in the Bay Area, where Dave performs a half-dozen or so times a year, his live shows also sell out really fucking fast, oftentimes with very short notice and next to no advertising. The latest example:The Independent announced a pair of Chappelle shows Monday at about 11:32 a.m. The $55 tickets went on sale at noon -- and within 30 seconds, they were gone -- all gone.

In other words: the old Chappelle maneuver.

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