Saturday 28th January, 2012
San Jose State student arrested in dorm gropings
University student who broke into four female students' dorm rooms and groped them early Friday has been arrested, campus officials said. Michael Escobar, 21, is being held at Santa Clara ...
7-year-old 49ers fan commiserates with receiver
San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Kyle Williams answer questions during a news conference as he cleans out his locker at the 49ers NFL football headquarters in Santa Clara, Calif., Monday, Jan. 23, ...
Man shoots self in leg waiting for haircut
(01-27) 16:00 PST SAN FRANCISCO -- A man suffered life-threatening injuries today after he apparently shot himself in the leg while waiting for a haircut in San Francisco's Fillmore ...
Obama pushes college cost reduction plan
San Francisco Chronicleeducation by increasing the amount of federal grant money available in low-interest loans and tying it directly to colleges' ability to reduce tuition. In an impassioned speech before 4,000 ...
CPUC fines PG&E millions for safety breaches
San Francisco ChroniclePacific Gas and Electric Co.'s failure to conduct required gas leak surveys on nearly 14 miles of its distribution system in eastern Contra Costa County - including one Danville neighborhood ...
Berkeley barber mourns slain nephew
San Francisco ChronicleRaiders fan parking only, all others will be towed." "He was a real family man" who doted on his three daughters, ages 8 to 16, and two sons, ages 14 and 15, said his sister ...
California approves strict clean-fuel regulation
San Francisco ChronicleThe clean fuel revolution got a kick start Friday when the California Air Resources Board unanimously approved strict vehicle emissions regulations that will mandate production of more than a ...
Court rejects bid to hold up new voting districts
San Francisco ChronicleState Senate district lines drawn by a citizens' commission must be used in this year's elections, the California Supreme Court ruled Friday in rejecting a Republican group's request ...
Girl, 15, killed in San Leandro stabbing, police looking for boyfriend
Oakland TribunePolice are looking for Henry Leon, 19, in connection with the stabbing death of a 15-year-old girl Friday night in San Leandro. The girl was not named by police late ...
U.S. Figure Skating Championships: Jeremy Abbott wins men's short program
Oakland TribuneJeremy Abbott had a problem with one of his triple jumps just before taking the ice Friday night at HP Pavilion.Coach Yuka Sato told him to straighten his shoulders and sent him on his way.It was ...
Golden State Warriors lose to Oklahoma City Thunder 120-109
Oakland TribuneThe Warriors, on a given night, can beat any team in the NBA, so this year's mantra goes. Not when they turn the ball over 20 times. Not when they get out-rebounded by 19. Not when two of their ...
Fatal shooting in West Oakland
Oakland TribunePolice are investigating a fatal shooting that happened in West Oakland late Friday. Officers responded to the 800 block of Center Street around 9:20 p.m., police said. A man was taken to a hospital ...
Get crime alerts from the Oakland Police Department on your phone
Oakland TribunePeople can now register to receive crime updates and public safety information from the Oakland Police Department through email, websites or text messages.Oakland police on Wednesday joined 4,600 ...
Alameda County weathers storm of cuts and realignment
Oakland TribuneAlameda County is weathering the double storm front of prison realignment and the dismantling of redevelopment, District 1 Supervisor Scott Haggerty told a crowd of elected officials and business ...
President Obama to raise funds in SF on Feb. 16
Oakland TribunePresident Barack Obama will be in San Francisco to raise campaign funds on Thursday, Feb. 16. There'll be a reception at a location yet to be named (when he did something like this last April, ...
Abbott Breezes To Big Lead At Skating Nationals In San Jose
CBS 5Jeremy Abbott, finishes his program in the Senior Men’s Short Program during the 2012 Prudential U.S. Figure Skating Championships at the HP Pavilion on January 27, 2012 in San Jose. (Matthew ...
PG&E fined $16.8 million for missed inspections
San Francisco ChroniclePacific Gas and Electric Co.'s failure to conduct required gas leak surveys on nearly 14 miles of its distribution system in eastern Contra Costa County - including one Danville neighborhood ...
Citywise: Lease approved for historic Hayward airport site
Oakland TribunePlans to renovate the Air National Guard site at the Hayward Executive Airport took wing this week, when the city approved a lease agreement that will include an upgrade of a historic hangar as well ...
Fans can meet with Oakland A's co-owner Lew Wolff during the team's FanFest
Oakland TribuneA's co-owner Lew Wolff is volunteering one-on-one chat time with fans Sunday during the team's FanFest at Oracle Arena.At least one VIP member planning to attend knows what question he ...
Hercules man and father of five killed Thursday in Berkeley
Oakland TribuneBERKELEY -- Kenneth Warren had just left his uncle's barbershop Thursday evening and was walking up the steps to a home next door on Emerson Street when he was gunned down, his uncle said ...
State's newest park near Brentwood is named Marsh Creek State Park
Oakland TribuneOriginal materials are saved to be used in the restoration of the John Marsh House as the California State Park and Recreation Commission, along with the public, visit the house on Thursday, Jan. ...
Richmond woman stabbed during altercation outside liquor store
Oakland TribuneRICHMOND -- A woman was stabbed three times in the shoulder during an altercation outside a liquor store Friday morning, police said.Police were contacted around 9:58 a.m. by a woman at Kaiser ...
Anguished 4-year-old 49ers fan's video goes viral, gets team owner's attention
Oakland TribuneAs Ryan Price returned home from work Tuesday, he opened the front door to find his 4-year-old son, Johnny, walking toward him, his face a portrait of devastation."What's wrong, ...
San Francisco Giants sign veteran infielder Ryan Theriot
Oakland TribuneEven if shortstop Brandon Crawford's bat proves as capable as his glove and second baseman Freddy Sanchez stays on the field for the whole season, the Giants lacked a right-handed hitter for ...
Martinez man receives probation for fatally stabbing man in self-defense in 2008 bar fight
Oakland TribuneMARTINEZ -- Murder charges were dropped in Contra Costa County Superior Court on Friday against a Martinez man who fatally stabbed a man during a September 2008 bar fight in an apparent act of ...
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