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LPA spotted off San Jose Occidental Mindoro
MANILA, Philippines – While tropical storm "Emong" has yet to leave the Philippine area of responsibility, another weather disturbance that that may intensify into a cyclone is being monitored by the state weather bureau Wednesday afternoon. The low-pressure area (LPA) was last spotted 550 kilometers west of San Jose, Occidental Mindoro, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical ...
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Boy 6 dies after being attacked by family dog in Union City
UNION CITY -- What may have begun as typical child's play ended in a "tragic accident" Monday morning, police said, as a 6-year-old boy died after being bitten by the family dog at a Union City home.The boy, identified as Nephi Selu, was playing in the backyard of his grandparents' home in the 32400 block of Elizabeth Way just after 11:30 a.m. when the dog -- a young pit bull ...
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Urban harvesting takes root in Bay Area
For years, Barbara Stackhouse would go out every spring with her husband, Richard, to pick oranges from three big trees in her backyard in San Jose's Willow Glen neighborhood. The couple would give the juicy navels and Valencias to friends, family members and neighbors.But as they got older, climbing ladders and hauling down all those oranges wasn't possible any more. "They fall. ...
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South San Francisco Husband Wife Charged With Operating Brothels
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO (CBS / AP) — Authorities say a South San Francisco man and his wife have been charged with bringing women from the East Coast to ...
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San Francisco Fire Breaks Out In Tenderloin District Building
Bret Burkhart tweeted that firefighters were trying to rescue people from the roof of the building. KGO later reported that the fire was started during a barbecue on the roof, and that no one was injured. ...
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Goleta Sues Department of Finance Over Funds for San Jose Creek Project
The City of Goleta filed a lawsuit late yesterday against the California Department of Finance (DOF) regarding the money earmarked to complete the public safety improvements to the San Jose ...
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Reward fund swells to $30000 in slaying of Emeryville man last week
OAKLAND -- As the reward for information leading to Emeryville resident Aya Nakano's killer grew to more than $30,000 Tuesday, friends and family said goodbye to a young man with an intense love for basketball and a passion for Motown and soul music.Nakano, 22, who was gunned down last week after an unknown driver rear-ended him, was remembered as a guy who loved to tease and poke fun at ...
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Fruitvale Station private screening to be held in Oakland
(L-R) MICHAEL JAMES, MICHAEL B. JORDAN, TRESTIN GEORGE, THOMAS WRIGHT, KEVIN DURAND and ALEJANDRA NOLASCO star in FRUITVALE STATION The Weinstein Company. All Rights ...
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Alex Boone Honored by Rhino Naming
is "honored" to have a black rhino, a critically endangered species, named after him at the San Francisco Zoo."I love all animals, especially rhinos," Boone told 49ers.com. "I think they're awesome. It's definitely an honor to have such a big, large, beautiful creature named after you, especially with there being so few in the world."The San Francisco Zoo ...
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MLB notebook San Jose sues MLB over A’s stalled move
Major League Baseball is dragging its feet on having team owners vote on the Athletics' proposed move to a new ballpark 40 miles south in San Jose, San Jose city officials said in a lawsuit filed ...
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Davis to Speak at NFL Symposium
The Niners will have a short week as they will travel to St. Louis for a Thursday night, NFL Network showdown with the Rams on September 26. The overall series is split at 62-62-3, and 31-31-1 on the road. Both contests last season went into overtime, with the Rams winning, 16-13, in St. Louis, and the teams tying, 24-24, in San ...
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Police identify Oakland man fatally shot by deputy at Castro Valley burger joint
Quincy Williams, age 32, of Oakland, was shot and killed by an Alameda County sheriff's deputy Friday during an armed robbery at Boulevard Burger in Castro ...
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Filipinos celebrate Philippine Independence Day at SF’s Union Square
Moreau high school dancers in Union Square, San Francisco. https://www.facebook.com/KalayaanSF SAN FRANCISCO--What a way to celebrate the 115th year of Philippine independence--Filipinos transformed San Francisco's landmark Union Square into a Philippine town plaza for a day last June 15. Where there were usually art shows and buskers, was now filled with food booths vending lumpia, ...
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49ers Host PLAY 60 Character Camp
preseason contest between the two teams, with Denver holding an 18-16 edge over San Francisco. During last year's preseason matchup in Denver, the 49ers defeated the Broncos 29-24.-This will mark Denver's first preseason trip to Candlestick Park since 2009 when the 49ers edged the Broncos ...
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Oakland counting on brighter lights to fight crime
OAKLAND -- By the end of this year, Oakland expects to have outfitted all 30,000 overhead streetlights with more brighter energy efficient bulbs -- an upgrade city officials said should help reduce crime and electricity bills.The $14.8 million project is already underway in East Oakland where more than 1,000 bulbs have been replaced. "This is extremely important," Councilmember Larry ...
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Cyclist Killed By Hit-And-Run Driver In San Jose
SAN JOSE (CBS SF) — A bicyclist was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver in San Jose Monday afternoon, according to police. The bicyclist was found lying in East Taylor Street west of state Highway 87 at 3:25 p.m. He was pronounced dead at the ...
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Raiders at Saints At-A-Glance
In Week 2 of the 2013 Preseason, the Oakland Raiders travel to New Orleans for the first time since a 2008 regular season match up. Kickoff is set for August 16 at 5:00 p.m. PT at the Mercedes-Benz ...
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Northern California Real Estate Investor Agrees to Plead Guilty to Bid Rigging at Public Foreclosure Auctions
WASHINGTON-A Northern California real estate investor has agreed to plead guilty for his role in conspiracies to rig bids and commit mail fraud at public real estate foreclosure auctions in Northern California, the Department of Justice announced. Felony charges were filed today in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California in San Francisco against Robert Williams of ...
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Get to Know David Bass
out of Missouri Western State University. The small school defensive player joined the Silver and Black and immediately immersed himself in the off-season process. "I actually thought it was going to be harder. At the end of the day, football is football, so going against guys, it's the same movements, same technique," said Bass. "It boils down to who wants it more, who has ...
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Vic Fangio Outlines Rookie Progress
At the end of the week, a seven-week offseason program will come to an end for the 49ers rookie class. The NFL newcomers have been consistent in their approach to learning the professional game and it's been a positive development for San Francisco's coaching staff.Defensively, coordinator Vic Fangio has noticed the hard work from his rookies. At last week's veteran minicamp, the ...
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Hundreds of Livermore lab employees volunteer for buyout program
LIVERMORE -- About 400 Lawrence Livermore Lab workers have taken advantage of a voluntary separation program, choosing to resign and accept buyouts, a lab spokeswoman said Monday.A total of 383 employees had their last day on the job on Thursday. The buyouts are part of a program meant to trim jobs and prepare the lab for budget cutbacks.Director Parney Albright announced the program in May, ...
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Dave Chappelle to headline Bay Area comedy show
Since his television show came to an abrupt end in 2005, relatively little has been heard from comedian Dave Chappelle, with most of live appearances limited to unannounced standup gigs at clubs around the country.So it comes as something of big news in comedy world that Chappelle is going to headline a new comedy tour under the banner of the website Live Funny or Die. The Oddball Comedy & ...
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Oakland man may face felony DUI after two children injured in Hayward crash
The wreck happened at 10:14 p.m. in the northbound direction of Interstate 880 south of Hacienda Avenue, CHP Sgt. Joe Azevedo said. The children, an 8-year-old boy and 9-year-old girl, were passengers in the back seat of a 1997 Honda driven by the 24-year-old Oakland man. The children were ejected when the car bumped another, lost control and slammed into a traffic camera pole, Azevedo said.The ...
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Motorcycle Crash Causes Traffic Jam On 101 South In San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — A motorcycle collision was blocking two of three left lanes of U.S. Highway 101 in San Francisco Tuesday morning, according to the California Highway Patrol. A Sig-alert was issued about 6:25 a.m. for the collision on southbound U.S. Highway 101, near Silver ...
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Therese Polettis Tech Tales San Francisco’s haves and have-nots
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Every weekday morning, sleek buses with smoked glass windows whisk tech workers down major thoroughfares through the city's neighborhoods, to the freeways and ultimately to Silicon ...
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Hunter's Point redevelopment going forward
Hunter’s Point and the redevelopment project for the idle shipyard may or may not see a neglected part of the city transformed into a upward moving residential and commercial suburb, but the effort will be a long and costly process.
The Hunter’s Point project is an ambitious plan to redevelop a former naval shipyard and make it one of the premier residential and commercial areas of the city of San Francisco, it will cost a fortune at a time when housing prices are down and will throw up many hurdles for the company, Lennar Corporation, undertaking the project. Read more
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