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San Francisco International Airport officials said Friday they are happy JetBlue Airways is restarting its nonstop service to and from Boston and rebelling a nationwide trend of decreasing air travel.

"More choice means more options, and more options mean SFO’s passengers receive better service,” SFO Director John Martin said in a prepared statement.

The airline stopped the service to Logan International Airport in Boston last summer but restarted it because "the market was there,” SFO spokesman Mike McCarron said.

The airline also provides nonstop service from SFO to Long Beach; Austin, Texas; and New York City, along with connections to nearly 60 other destinations in the United States and the Caribbean.

Former kidnapping victim injured in rollover crash

Midsi Sanchez, the Vallejo girl who escaped after she was kidnapped in 2000 by pedophile Curtis Dean Anderson, was seriously injured in a rollover crash in Vallejo early Friday morning.

She suffered major injuries and was taken to the John Muir Medical Center, police said.

Vallejo police said Sanchez, 16, was sitting in the right front seat of a four-door 2006 Toyota Tundra that was speeding down Columbus Parkway.

The driver, a 21-year-old Vallejo woman, lost control of the truck, crossed the center median and struck a streetlight shortly after 2 a.m., police said. The truck left the road, overturned at least once and Sanchez was ejected from the vehicle, according to police.

The driver is suspected of being under the influence, Officer Michael Nichelini said. Her name has not been released.

She was still trapped in the back seat of the pickup when the Vallejo Fire Department arrived and was extricated in 18 minutes, fire department spokesman William Tweedy said.

Police to conduct DUI checkpoint

San Francisco police will conduct a DUI enforcement operation Saturday night in an effort to get drunken drivers off city streets.

The DUI and drivers license checkpoint will take place from 8:30 p.m. to 3 a.m.

The operation is intended not only to reduce drunken driving and the potential for serious injury and death, but also to ensure drivers have a valid driver’s license.

Confirmed: Chinese-imported items contained lead

U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced Thursday that thousands of Chinese-imported children’s necklaces that officers seized in March are tainted with lead.

Customs and Border Protection officers detained about 10,242 pieces of children’s necklaces suspected of containing excessive amounts of lead. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission confirmed in April that the items contained lead that did not comply with its lead paint ban.

"This seizure showcases the vital role that CBP officers perform in keeping children safe from potentially dangerous goods,” CBP San Francisco director of field operations Richard Vigna said in a statement.

Lead is harmful to adults and especially to children.