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NOVEMBER 9, 1969: The San Francisco Chronicle received what became known as the “Death Machine” letter from the Zodiac Killer whose claims, taunts and threats terrorized the City for a decade.

NOVEMBER 9, 1969: The San Francisco Chronicle received what became known as the “Death Machine” letter from the Zodiac Killer whose claims, taunts and threats terrorized the City for a decade.

The Zodiac Killer was the pseudonym for a serial killer who terrorized the San Francisco Bay Area in the late 1960s. It is a name…

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NOVEMBER 4, 2004: Richard “Dick” Hongisto, one of San Francisco’s more contentious politicians, died.

NOVEMBER 4, 2004: Richard “Dick” Hongisto, one of San Francisco’s more contentious politicians, died.

Richard “Dick” Hongisto was born in 1936 in Minnesota to Finnish immigrants. He and his family moved to San Francisco in 1942 where Hongisto’s father…

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