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Inn-To-Inn Hikes</a></h4></li> </ul> </div> </div>    <div class="hr_dotted"><hr/></div>     <div class="sfg_poll clearfix"> <div class="corner2"><div class="corner3"><div class="corner4 clearfix"> <h2><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20080926174035im_/http://imgs.sfgate.com/graphics/polls/moduleheading_question.gif" alt="The Question"/></h2> <div id="/polls/2008/09/26/meltdown">   <p class="question">Will there be a deep recession if bailout bill not passed?</p> <form action="/web/20080926174035/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/polls/user/vote" method="GET" name="/polls/2008/09/26/meltdown" onsubmit="return voteRequest(this);"> <div class="choices clearfix"><table> <tr><td><input type="radio" name="answer" value="1"/></td><td>Yes, financial meltdown will spread to all sectors</td></tr> <tr><td><input type="radio" name="answer" value="2"/></td><td>No, Wall Street is hyping the consequences</td></tr> </table></div> <input class="submit" type="submit" value="Vote" id="/polls/2008/09/26/meltdown/vote"/> </form>  <div class="refresh"><a href="/web/20080926174035/http://www.sfgate.com/polls/result.shtml?/polls/2008/09/26/meltdown" name="/polls/2008/09/26/meltdown" onclick="return ajaxLink(this);">View Results</a></div> <div class="footer"> <p class="disclaimer"><a href="" name="/polls/2008/09/26/meltdown/disclaimer" onclick="return displayDiv(this);">Disclaimer</a></p> <p class="more"><a href="/web/20080926174035/http://www.sfgate.com/polls/">More Polls »</a></p> <div id="/polls/2008/09/26/meltdown/disclaimer" class="sfg_poll_disclaimer" style="display:none"> <h4>About This Poll</h4> <p>SF Gate polls are strictly surveys of those who choose to participate and are therefore not valid statistical samples.</p> <p>Our poll software uses a variety of methods to ensure that only votes determined to be valid are tabulated. When this determination cannot be made, we may not process your vote.</p> <p>No actions are taken by SF Gate as a result of the polls.</p> <p><a href="#" name="/polls/2008/09/26/meltdown/disclaimer" onclick="return hideDiv(this);">Close</a></p> </div> </div>  </div> </div></div></div></div>   <div class="hr_dotted"><hr/></div>    <div class="sfg_edi005 clearfix"> <h2>SPECIAL REPORTS</h2><div class="item clearfix"> <h4><a href="/web/20080926174035/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/08/10/MNUN123MP1.DTL">Foreclosure And Farewell</a></h4> <a href="/web/20080926174035/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/08/10/MNUN123MP1.DTL" border="0"><img class="thumb" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20080926174035im_/http://imgs.sfgate.com/c/pictures/2008/08/09_t/mn-gardner01_ph1_0498831209_t.gif" alt=""/></a> <div class="desc"> <p>Oakland home's been in the family for 54 years.</p> </div> </div><div class="item clearfix"> <h4><a href="/web/20080926174035/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/08/03/MNJH120OUN.DTL">S.F. Shield System</a></h4> <a href="/web/20080926174035/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/08/03/MNJH120OUN.DTL" border="0"><img class="thumb" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20080926174035im_/http://imgs.sfgate.com/c/pictures/2008/07/03_t/ed-perez07_ph_0498723801_t.gif" alt=""/></a> <div class="desc"> <p>The city's policy for illegal immigrant offenders.</p> </div> </div><div class="item clearfix"> <h4><a href="/web/20080926174035/http://www.sfgate.com/maps/restaurantrobberies/">Restaurant Robberies</a></h4> <a href="/web/20080926174035/http://www.sfgate.com/maps/restaurantrobberies/" border="0"><img class="thumb" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20080926174035im_/http://imgs.sfgate.com/blogs/images/sfgate/chroncast/2008/08/20/thumb-restaurantrobberies64x64.jpg" alt=""/></a> <div class="desc"> <p>Google map of the spate of holdups of E. Bay eateries.</p> </div> </div> </div>   <div class="hr_dotted"><hr/></div>    <div class="sfg_chr001"> <h2>TODAY'S CHRONICLE</h2> <a href="/web/20080926174035/http://www.sfgate.com/chronicle/"><img class="chronicle" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20080926174035im_/http://imgs.sfgate.com/c/front/00_t.jpg" alt=""/></a> <p>View Section:</p> <form name="chr001form" class="chronicle clearfix" action="/web/20080926174035/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/artlist.cgi" method="get"> <select class="chronicle" name="key" onchange="if (this.selectedIndex > 0) document.chr001form.submit();"> <option value="MN" selected="selected">-- select --</option> <option value="WI">Wine</option> <option value="ED">Commentary</option> <option value="BA">Bay Area</option> <option value="MT">Cars</option> <option value="SP">Sports</option> <option value="BU">Business</option> <option value="MN">News</option> <option value="DD">Datebook</option> </select> <input name="d" type="hidden" value="/c/a/2008/09/26"/> <img class="submit" name="Go" alt="Go" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20080926174035im_/http://imgs.sfgate.com/graphics/utils/gobutton_31x17.gif"/> </form> </div>   </div> </div> <div class="column2 ">      <div class="sfg_hed001 hed_module"><div class="w410"> <div class="item clearfix"> <h2><a href="/web/20080926174035/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/09/26/national/w085043D71.DTL">Congress Restarts Troubled Bailout Talks</a></h2> <a href="/web/20080926174035/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/09/26/national/w085043D71.DTL"><img class="thumb" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20080926174035im_/http://imgs.sfgate.com/c/pictures/2008/09/26_t/ba-bush_financia_0499205763_t.gif" alt="Congress Restarts Troubled Bailout Talks"/></a> <div class="desc"> <p> President Bush told Congress it must "rise to the occasion" and pass legislation bailing out the struggling financial system, and leading lawmakers arranged to resume difficult negotiations. </p> <ul class="subitems"> <li class="first"><a href="/web/20080926174035/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/09/26/politics/p082115D27.DTL">Poll: Few support Bush's market rescue plan</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20080926174035/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/09/25/MNUI135BTU.DTL">Frenetic Thursday on Capitol Hill as bailout falters</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20080926174035/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/09/26/national/w082254D97.DTL">Senate Republicans block economic stimulus bill</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="item clearfix"> <h2><a href="/web/20080926174035/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/09/26/politics/p084135D35.DTL">Debate Is On; McCain Agrees To Participate</a></h2> <a href="/web/20080926174035/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/09/26/politics/p084135D35.DTL"><img class="thumb" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20080926174035im_/http://imgs.sfgate.com/c/pictures/2008/09/25_t/ba-83006050je005_0499201454_t.gif" alt="Debate Is On; McCain Agrees To Participate"/></a> <div class="desc"> <p> John McCain agreed to attend the first presidential debate tonight even though Congress doesn't have a bailout deal, reversing an earlier decision to delay the event until the crisis was resolved. </p> <ul class="subitems"> <li class="first"><a href="/web/20080926174035/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/09/26/MN4K135397.DTL">Will economic crisis be a campaign turning point?</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20080926174035/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/09/25/politics/p110751D26.DTL">McCain won't commit to tonight's debate</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20080926174035/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/09/26/MNUL1343DC.DTL">If held, tonight's debate could be key</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20080926174035/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/indexn?blogid=14">Politics blog</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="item clearfix"> <h2><a href="/web/20080926174035/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/09/25/BUQF135ES8.DTL">Heller Ehrman Law Firm To Dissolve Today</a></h2> <div> <p> Storied S.F. law firm, which rode out the 1906 earthquake and arranged financing to build the Golden Gate Bridge, will dissolve after 118 years, according to a legal paper. <span class="byline">Chronicle Staff Report</span> </p> </div> </div> <div class="item clearfix"> <h2><a href="/web/20080926174035/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/09/26/MNP3135RKJ.DTL">Feds Seize WaMu, Sell Most To JPMorgan</a></h2> <a href="/web/20080926174035/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/09/26/MNP3135RKJ.DTL"><img class="thumb" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20080926174035im_/http://imgs.sfgate.com/c/pictures/2008/09/25_t/ba-jpmorgan_wash_0499203067_t.gif" alt="Feds Seize WaMu, Sell Most To JPMorgan"/></a> <div class="desc"> <p> Washington Mutual came to a sorry end when federal regulators seized it and sold its branches, deposits and loans to banking giant JPMorgan Chase in the largest bank failure in U.S. history. </p> </div> </div> <div class="item clearfix"> <h2><a href="/web/20080926174035/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/09/26/BUBO135DR1.DTL">Napa Food, Wine Mecca Coming To S.F.</a></h2> <a href="/web/20080926174035/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/09/26/BUBO135DR1.DTL"><img class="thumb" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20080926174035im_/http://imgs.sfgate.com/c/pictures/2008/09/25_t/bu-copia26_ph_0498775175_t.gif" alt="Napa Food, Wine Mecca Coming To S.F."/></a> <div class="desc"> <p> Copia, the Napa food and wine mecca conceived by Robert Mondavi to highlight the best of Wine Country, is expanding south to San Francisco. </p> <ul class="multimedia"> <li><a href="/web/20080926174035/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?f=/c/a/2008/09/26/BUBO135DR1.DTL&o=0"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20080926174035im_/http://imgs.sfgate.com/graphics/utils/mmicon_photo.gif" alt="Photos"/> Photos</a></li> </ul> </div> </div></div></div>  <div class="hr_dotted"><hr/></div>     <div class="sfg_hed003"> <h3><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20080926174035im_/http://imgs.sfgate.com/graphics/contentmodules/hed003/more_headlines.gif" alt="More Headlines"/></h3> <ul class="subitems"> <li><a href="/web/20080926174035/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/09/23/international/i132846D08.DTL">China tainted food scandal expands</a> <span> 8:48 AM</span></li> <li><a href="/web/20080926174035/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/09/26/BA5K135V9F.DTL">Woman, 80, dies after being hit by cable car</a> <span> 4:00 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href="/web/20080926174035/http://www.sfgate.com/news/nation/">»</a></h3> <a href="/web/20080926174035/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/09/26/national/w085043D71.DTL"><img class="thumb" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20080926174035im_/http://imgs.sfgate.com/c/pictures/2008/09/26_t/ba-bush_financia_0499205763_t.gif" alt=""/></a> <div class="desc"> <ul> <li class="connecting"><a href="/web/20080926174035/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/09/26/national/w085043D71.DTL">Congress Restarts Troubled Bailout Talks</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20080926174035/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/09/26/politics/p082115D27.DTL">Poll: Few support Bush's market rescue plan</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20080926174035/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/09/25/MNUI135BTU.DTL">Frenetic Thursday on Capitol Hill as bailout falters</a></li> </ul> <p class="more"><a href="/web/20080926174035/http://www.sfgate.com/news/nation/">More 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href="/web/20080926174035/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/09/25/international/i144124D52.DTL">Pakistan Warns U.S. After Exchange Of Fire</a></li> </ul> <p class="more"><a href="/web/20080926174035/http://www.sfgate.com/news/world/">More World »</a></p> </div> </div>     <div class="category clearfix"> <h3><a class="mute" href="/web/20080926174035/http://www.sfgate.com/politics/">Politics</a> <a href="/web/20080926174035/http://www.sfgate.com/politics/">»</a></h3> <a href="/web/20080926174035/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/09/26/politics/p084135D35.DTL"><img class="thumb" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20080926174035im_/http://imgs.sfgate.com/c/pictures/2008/09/25_t/ba-83006050je005_0499201454_t.gif" alt=""/></a> <div class="desc"> <ul> <li class="connecting"><a href="/web/20080926174035/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/09/26/politics/p084135D35.DTL">Debate Is On; McCain Agrees To Participate</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20080926174035/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/09/26/MNUL1343DC.DTL">If it's held, tonight's debate could be key</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20080926174035/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/09/25/politics/p150117D52.DTL">Liberal groups make issue of McCain's skin cancer</a></li> </ul> <p class="more"><a href="/web/20080926174035/http://www.sfgate.com/politics/">More Politics »</a></p> </div> </div>     <div class="category clearfix"> <h3><a class="mute" href="/web/20080926174035/http://www.sfgate.com/news/crime/">Crime</a> <a href="/web/20080926174035/http://www.sfgate.com/news/crime/">»</a></h3> <a href="/web/20080926174035/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/09/26/BAGS1351UN.DTL"><img class="thumb" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20080926174035im_/http://imgs.sfgate.com/c/pictures/2008/09/25_t/ba-CATSHOT26_PH_0499202423_t.gif" alt=""/></a> <div class="desc"> <ul> <li class="connecting"><a href="/web/20080926174035/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/09/25/BAGS1351UN.DTL">The Cat Came Back; The Lawsuits Never Left</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20080926174035/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/09/26/BAQO134DH2.DTL">S.F. 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