San Francisco Security

Calm descended on troubled communities from San Francisco to Las Vegas on Saturday as curfews and heavy police patrols deterred protesters from returning to the streets. Over the objections of San Francisco Mayor Frank Jordan, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted overwhelmingly Saturday to rescind an emergency declaration that had allowed police to arrest demonstrators simply for refusing to disperse. A dusk-to-dawn curfew was ended.

Calm descended on troubled communities from San Francisco to Las Vegas on Saturday as curfews and heavy police patrols deterred protesters from returning to the streets. Over the objections of San Francisco Mayor Frank Jordan, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted overwhelmingly Saturday to rescind an emergency declaration that had allowed police to arrest demonstrators simply for refusing to disperse. A dusk-to-dawn curfew was ended.

On the high-society block where Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev and his wife, Raisa, will sleep tonight, the neighbors and their help know all about the demands of security. At Stanford University, where Gorbachev will speak Monday, students are taking the metal detectors and other precautions in stride, so anxious are they to get a glimpse of the Soviet leader and his wife. With Gorbachev's 8:45 p.m. arrival drawing near, hammer-and- sickle flags flap in the San Francisco Bay breeze.

On the high-society block where Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev and his wife, Raisa, will sleep tonight, the neighbors and their help know all about the demands of security. At Stanford University, where Gorbachev will speak Monday, students are taking the metal detectors and other precautions in stride, so anxious are they to get a glimpse of the Soviet leader and his wife. With Gorbachev's 8:45 p.m. arrival drawing near, hammer-and- sickle flags flap in the San Francisco Bay breeze.

A confident 1992 caper movie with a pleasant sense of humor, this film goes about its business in such a good-spirited way that it manages to make its familiar "Mission: Impossible" plot seem new. Its light spirits are due to both its ensemble cast, headed by Robert Redford (right) as the head of a San Francisco security systems firm and to director Phil Alden Robinson, who wrote the smart though convoluted script with producers Walter F. Parkes and Lawrence Lasker.

Two Pablo Picasso ink drawings and six other works of art with a total value of more than $250,000 were stolen from the Museum of Modern Art in San Francisco. A security guard discovered the theft from a fourth-floor gallery. Officers had responded to an alarm late Sunday night, but found nothing amiss. Police said there was no sign of forced entry. The stolen works include four pieces by Paul Klee, a 1931 photograph of Joan Crawford taken by Edward Steichen and a photograph by Man Ray.

Security Pacific National Bank said Wednesday that its discount stock brokerage unit has acquired this city's C. D. Anderson & Co., a discount brokerage with more than 20,000 brokerage accounts. Terms weren't disclosed. The acquisition represents an invasion by the Southern California banking giant into the home turf of rival BankAmerica Corp. and its Charles Schwab & Co. discount brokerage unit. Both are headquartered in San Francisco.

The U.S. Coast Guard halted its search for a tourist, who jumped overboard into the San Francisco Bay during a Valentine's Day dinner cruise, and the guard who tried to save him. The search for a Georgia 20-year-old and a cruise security guard will not be resumed, the Coast Guard said. Friends of Tavaris Willis of Marietta, Ga., told Coast Guard investigators they had no idea why he jumped overboard around 2 a.m. Saturday without warning, said Petty Officer Jeffrey Alger.

Sen. Dianne Feinstein offers plenty of tips on how California households can combat global warming, such as carpooling and running only a full dishwasher. But one bit of information Feinstein declines to share is the number of times that she flew last year on her husband's Gulfstream jet, which burns much more fuel per passenger-mile than commercial airliners. Gov.

Rap singer and actor Snoop Dogg was sentenced Thursday to three years' informal probation and ordered to serve 160 hours of community service after agreeing to plead guilty to carrying an illegal police baton in his luggage while boarding a plane at John Wayne Airport last year.

Rap singer and actor Snoop Dogg was charged Thursday with knowingly possessing a deadly weapon at John Wayne Airport in September, when a collapsible police baton was found in his computer bag. The artist, whose real name is Calvin Broadus, denied the charge. He has agreed to surrender at a time to be determined, said his attorney, Donald Etra. At that time, Broadus will post bail and an arraignment date will be set, Etra said.