Provides the latest RSS feeds for San Francisco News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page San Francisco News.Net http://www.sanfrancisconews.net/ en-us Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:20:07 -0500 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:20:07 -0500 30 (03-11) 06:30 PST PLEASANTON -- Two brothers were arrested on suspicion of operating a methamphetamine lab hidden in a Pleasanton home, police said today. http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33026552&cat=20134e53b4e12830 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:34:13 -0500 San Francisco Chronicle http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33026552&cat=20134e53b4e12830 Millrock Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE:MRO) ("Millrock" or the "Company") announced today it has signed an option agreement with Inmet Mining Corporation (TSX:IMN) for the exploration of the San Jose... http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33024936&cat=20134e53b4e12830 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:28:23 -0500 Market Wire http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33024936&cat=20134e53b4e12830 SAN JOSE, Calif. (KCBS) -- Starting Thursday, Alaska Airlines will fly three times a week to Maui and four times a week to Kona. The new routes are welcome news for an airport that has lost thousands... http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33026550&cat=20134e53b4e12830 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:25:25 -0500 KCBS http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33026550&cat=20134e53b4e12830 SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) -- East Bay Congressman George Miller has proposed sending $100 billion to local governments over the next two years to prevent layoffs in the public sector. The type of massive ... http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33026549&cat=20134e53b4e12830 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:25:23 -0500 KCBS http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33026549&cat=20134e53b4e12830 SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) -- Construction of key elements for the new eastern portion of the Bay Bridge are fifteen months behind schedule, and Caltrans is no longer confident it can make up the lost time.... http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33026551&cat=20134e53b4e12830 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:25:20 -0500 KCBS http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33026551&cat=20134e53b4e12830 If professional schools within the University of California want to raise student fees, they might soon be allowed to set new prices by considering what private universities are charging. http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33026553&cat=20134e53b4e12830 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:00:46 -0500 San Francisco Chronicle http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33026553&cat=20134e53b4e12830 San Francisco supervisors voiced skepticism Wednesday that the mayor's plan to cut costs by laying off more than 17,000 city employees and rehiring them to work fewer hours will net the nearly $111 mi... http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33026554&cat=20134e53b4e12830 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:00:44 -0500 San Francisco Chronicle http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33026554&cat=20134e53b4e12830 -- A June ballot measure to change California's primary elections would eliminate write-in candidates in general elections and, opponents say, doom third parties in the state. http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33026555&cat=20134e53b4e12830 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:00:42 -0500 San Francisco Chronicle http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33026555&cat=20134e53b4e12830 Some leading Republicans expressed concern Wednesday that GOP gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman broke new political ground this week in Oakland - and not in a good way - saying the billionaire CEO's... http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33026556&cat=20134e53b4e12830 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:00:39 -0500 San Francisco Chronicle http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33026556&cat=20134e53b4e12830 (03-11) 04:00 PST Sacramento - -- The California Teachers Association spent $211.8 million - more than any other special interest group - over the past decade to influence state voters and politician... http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33026557&cat=20134e53b4e12830 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:00:37 -0500 San Francisco Chronicle http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33026557&cat=20134e53b4e12830 If professional schools within the University of California want to raise student fees, they might soon be allowed to set new prices by considering what private universities are charging. http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33026558&cat=20134e53b4e12830 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:00:35 -0500 San Francisco Chronicle http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33026558&cat=20134e53b4e12830 LOS ANGELES (AP) ― The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power has pulled the plug on plans to build an 85-mile power line through desert wilderness preserves. http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33026559&cat=20134e53b4e12830 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:29:17 -0500 CBS 5 http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33026559&cat=20134e53b4e12830 CLEVELAND (AP) ― The name of the Cleveland Cavaliers basketball team was the brainchild of a fan who will get special recognition for his winning contest entry in 1970. http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33026560&cat=20134e53b4e12830 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:29:16 -0500 CBS 5 http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33026560&cat=20134e53b4e12830 SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) ― Responding to voter anger, Democrats in the California Legislature and an independent group are proposing major reforms to the way state government operates. http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33026561&cat=20134e53b4e12830 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:29:15 -0500 CBS 5 http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33026561&cat=20134e53b4e12830 Emmy Award-winning political editor Hank Plante is on the political beat for CBS 5 Eyewitness News. Hank has been with CBS 5 since 1986. Hank has spent more than three decades in journalism, both i... http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33023653&cat=20134e53b4e12830 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:41:32 -0500 CBS 5 http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33023653&cat=20134e53b4e12830 San Francisco courtrooms on Thursday stemming from allegations of evidence tampering in the city's crime lab.At least two-dozen drug cases were dropped Wednesday as prosecutors were left with no choic... http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33021490&cat=20134e53b4e12830 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:21:28 -0500 Examiner http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33021490&cat=20134e53b4e12830 Allen Martin co-anchors the 5 pm and 6 pm news Monday through Friday. He was hired by CBS 5 in August of 2004 as a reporter in the South San Francisco Bay area. Twelve months later he was promoted to... http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33021489&cat=20134e53b4e12830 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:11:08 -0500 CBS 5 http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33021489&cat=20134e53b4e12830 Q: Every time I drive to the San Jose airport, my blood pressure goes up. This is the only major airport I know of that has arrival and departures on the same level, and I don't understand why. This i... http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33018254&cat=20134e53b4e12830 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:03:43 -0500 Oakland Tribune http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33018254&cat=20134e53b4e12830 The information you provide will be used only to send the requested e-mail and will not be used to send any other e-mail communications. Read more in our http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33019335&cat=20134e53b4e12830 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:43:36 -0500 CBS 5 http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33019335&cat=20134e53b4e12830 Hemet police say 18-year-old Jose Campos and his 17-year-old girlfriend, Felicia Sharp, were returned to Riverside County from Mexico on Wednesday. They were being questioned late Wednesday at the Hem... http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33019337&cat=20134e53b4e12830 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:43:35 -0500 CBS 5 http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33019337&cat=20134e53b4e12830 SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) ― The Orange County district attorney has scheduled a news conference for Thursday to warn the public about the scheduled release of a convicted child molester. http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33019336&cat=20134e53b4e12830 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:43:32 -0500 CBS 5 http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33019336&cat=20134e53b4e12830 LOS ANGELES (AP) ― Groups pushing for robust Hispanic participation in the 2010 census are enlisting a new corps of foot-soldiers in their battle to reach that hard-to-count demographic: tech-s... http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33019338&cat=20134e53b4e12830 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:43:29 -0500 CBS 5 http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33019338&cat=20134e53b4e12830 Lawrence Karnow is the weekend weather anchor for CBS 5 Eyewitness News. Prior to joining CBS 5 in July 1997, Karnow served as the morning weather forecaster at KSBW-TV in Salinas, the city where h... http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33019339&cat=20134e53b4e12830 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:43:28 -0500 CBS 5 http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33019339&cat=20134e53b4e12830 If professional schools within the University of California want to raise student fees, they might soon be allowed to set new prices by considering what private universities are charging. http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33017293&cat=20134e53b4e12830 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:18:21 -0500 San Francisco Chronicle http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33017293&cat=20134e53b4e12830 (03-11) 04:00 PST Sacramento - -- The California Teachers Association spent $211.8 million - more than any other special interest group - over the past decade to influence state voters and politician... http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33017294&cat=20134e53b4e12830 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:18:19 -0500 San Francisco Chronicle http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33017294&cat=20134e53b4e12830 Instead of being recycled, a heap of computer and electronic parts in Santa Clara burned and melted Wednesday in a fire that had officials urging nearby workers to stay inside, away from the fumes. http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33017295&cat=20134e53b4e12830 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:18:15 -0500 San Francisco Chronicle http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33017295&cat=20134e53b4e12830 Efforts to pick up the pace of progress on the new east span of the Bay Bridge are working, as evidenced by the steel deck pieces from China finally being lifted into place off Yerba Buena Island, tra... http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33017296&cat=20134e53b4e12830 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:18:10 -0500 San Francisco Chronicle http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33017296&cat=20134e53b4e12830 SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KCBS) -- A report by the California Postsecondary Education Commission has found that the state’s public colleges and universities must prepare to serve 387,000 more undergra... http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33017292&cat=20134e53b4e12830 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:09:29 -0500 KCBS http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33017292&cat=20134e53b4e12830 "I'm a reporter," she nearly shrieks before running her hands spontaneously through her white hair and then raising her arms triumphantly.All of us, regardless of career, should love our work as much ... http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33017290&cat=20134e53b4e12830 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:41:19 -0500 Oakland Tribune http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33017290&cat=20134e53b4e12830 Q: Every time I drive to the San Jose airport, my blood pressure goes up. This is the only major airport I know of that has arrival and departures on the same level, and I don't understand why. This i... http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33015942&cat=20134e53b4e12830 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:41:18 -0500 Oakland Tribune http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33015942&cat=20134e53b4e12830 has also invested. Eric Gries is CEO of the company. Marc Krellenstein, who started Lucid Imagination in 2007, is its chief technology officer. Ted Dunning of http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33017291&cat=20134e53b4e12830 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:36:48 -0500 San Francisco Business Times http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33017291&cat=20134e53b4e12830 Sony has a new message for Nintendo Wii gamers: Come join us. The Japanese maker of the PlayStation 3 unveiled Wednesday night its highly anticipated motion controlling system, as it takes aim at N... http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33016731&cat=20134e53b4e12830 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:34:30 -0500 5PIX http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33016731&cat=20134e53b4e12830 Plesanton Police and state Bureau of Narcotics Enforcement officers collecting evidence of a meth lab inside a home on East Angela Street on Wednesday. http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33017297&cat=20134e53b4e12830 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:15:13 -0500 CBS 5 http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33017297&cat=20134e53b4e12830 Emmy award winning anchor and bay area native Juliette Goodrich anchors the Emmy Award Winning Noon Newscast on CBS 5 in addition to other special assignments.   Juliette joined CBS 5 in 1997 and... http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33017298&cat=20134e53b4e12830 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:15:11 -0500 CBS 5 http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33017298&cat=20134e53b4e12830 (03-10) 20:32 PST SAN FRANCISCO -- It was Justin Belton's lucky day. Belton, 30, pumped his fist in victory Wednesday as he left court after San Francisco prosecutors dropped a felony heroin sales c... http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33014867&cat=20134e53b4e12830 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:51:47 -0500 San Francisco Chronicle http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33014867&cat=20134e53b4e12830 WASHINGTON (AP) -- Democrats claimed momentum Wednesday in their drive to enact the sweeping health care legislation sought by President Barack Obama, citing near agreement on crucial issues despite p... http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33014866&cat=20134e53b4e12830 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:43:34 -0500 KCBS http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33014866&cat=20134e53b4e12830 PLEASANTON — Police arrested two brothers Wednesday after discovering a hidden meth lab at a Pleasanton house.Officers arrived at the home of 40-year-old Matthew Donald Magoon, in the 800 block ... http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33014863&cat=20134e53b4e12830 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:18:21 -0500 Oakland Tribune http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33014863&cat=20134e53b4e12830 Piedmont oncologist Dr. Maurice Wolin, who challenged his prosecution in connection with a sexual predator sting operation in Petaluma in August 2006, was sentenced Wednesday to three years probation ... http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33014864&cat=20134e53b4e12830 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:18:20 -0500 Oakland Tribune http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33014864&cat=20134e53b4e12830 West Contra Costa teachers have some big decisions to make this month, with their union holding both a general election and a recall vote on its president.A group of teachers successfully petitioned l... http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33014865&cat=20134e53b4e12830 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:18:19 -0500 Oakland Tribune http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33014865&cat=20134e53b4e12830 (3/2/2010) A controversial sit-lie ordinance proposed in San Francisco received a public airing once again Wednesday night as the city's Police Commission debated the issue of enforcement and who wo... http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33014868&cat=20134e53b4e12830 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:51:07 -0500 CBS 5 http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33014868&cat=20134e53b4e12830 SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) ― A woman who alleges she was sexually assaulted for years by a convicted child molester who is scheduled for release later this week in an unrelated case will tell her s... http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33014871&cat=20134e53b4e12830 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:51:05 -0500 CBS 5 http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33014871&cat=20134e53b4e12830 HEMET, Calif. (AP) ― Two fugitive teenagers wanted in the 2009 killing of a Hemet 16-year-old were returned from Mexico Wednesday to authorities in Riverside County following a four-month manhu... http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33014869&cat=20134e53b4e12830 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:51:03 -0500 CBS 5 http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33014869&cat=20134e53b4e12830 SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (AP) ― The former manager of a Santa Cruz sober living home has been sentenced to jail for selling methamphetamine to the residents of the home. http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33014872&cat=20134e53b4e12830 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:51:03 -0500 CBS 5 http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33014872&cat=20134e53b4e12830 WATSONVILLE, Calif. (AP) ― Two suspected gang members were in court Wednesday to face charges in connection with a Watsonville bowling alley attack that sent a 7-year-old boy and a 20-year-old ... http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33014873&cat=20134e53b4e12830 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:51:01 -0500 CBS 5 http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33014873&cat=20134e53b4e12830 San Jose native Len Ramirez has been a news reporter for CBS 5 Eyewitness News covering the Santa Clara County/South Bay Region since 1989. Prior to his arrival at CBS 5, Len was a reporter for KOMO C... http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33014874&cat=20134e53b4e12830 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:51:00 -0500 CBS 5 http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33014874&cat=20134e53b4e12830 MySpace is turning to video games to help the former social-networking king recoup its share of Internet relevancy that it lost to Facebook. At the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco on Wed... http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33012614&cat=20134e53b4e12830 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:56:14 -0500 San Francisco Chronicle http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33012614&cat=20134e53b4e12830 The Pacific Locomotive Association's Niles Canyon Railway plans to fire up and operate four steam locomotives at the same time on its rail line between Sunol and the Niles neighborhood of Fremont.On M... http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33012613&cat=20134e53b4e12830 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:52:31 -0500 Oakland Tribune http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33012613&cat=20134e53b4e12830 SANTA CRUZ — The manager of a Santa Cruz sober living environment arrested by drug detectives last year on suspicion he was selling methamphetamine to residents of the supposed drug-free house w... http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33011600&cat=20134e53b4e12830 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:52:30 -0500 Oakland Tribune http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33011600&cat=20134e53b4e12830 Two men were injured in a shooting Wednesday evening near the Hilltop Mall in Richmond, a police spokeswoman said. Officers responded to the Hilltop Drive overcrossing at Interstate 80 around 5:20 ... http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33012615&cat=20134e53b4e12830 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:25:46 -0500 CBS 5 http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33012615&cat=20134e53b4e12830 About 200 teachers and administrators will be getting preliminary layoff notices as Mt. Diablo schools officials move to cut millions from the school district's budget. http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33012617&cat=20134e53b4e12830 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:25:44 -0500 CBS 5 http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33012617&cat=20134e53b4e12830 A youth advocacy group is suing Marin County Superior Court after the court's announcement that minors would no longer be physically present for their hearings. http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33012616&cat=20134e53b4e12830 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:25:42 -0500 CBS 5 http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33012616&cat=20134e53b4e12830 LOS ANGELES (AP) ― Nine years after a fatal accident, the historic Angels Flight railway in downtown Los Angeles is getting back on track. http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33012619&cat=20134e53b4e12830 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:25:40 -0500 CBS 5 http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33012619&cat=20134e53b4e12830 LOS ANGELES (AP) ― Federal prosecutors filed charges Wednesday against a sushi chef and a Santa Monica restaurant on allegations that they served illegal and endangered whale meat. http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33012618&cat=20134e53b4e12830 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:25:38 -0500 CBS 5 http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33012618&cat=20134e53b4e12830 SAN DIEGO (AP) ― A federal jury has awarded more than $2 million to a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent who said he was roughed up by police officers during an undercover operation... http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33012621&cat=20134e53b4e12830 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:25:36 -0500 CBS 5 http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33012621&cat=20134e53b4e12830 OAKLAND, Calif., (AP) ― A 19-year-old Oakland woman is being held on suspicion of murder in the suffocation death of her 2-year-old daughter. http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33012623&cat=20134e53b4e12830 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:25:35 -0500 CBS 5 http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33012623&cat=20134e53b4e12830 LOS ANGELES (AP) ― A group of Korean immigrant homeowners is suing a Los Angeles law firm they say charged them thousands of dollars in fees for loan litigation services it never provided. http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33012622&cat=20134e53b4e12830 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:25:34 -0500 CBS 5 http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33012622&cat=20134e53b4e12830 SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) ― Huntington Beach police asked for the public's help Wednesday in identifying any potential victims among dozens of young women apparently photographed by convicted seri... http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33012624&cat=20134e53b4e12830 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:25:32 -0500 CBS 5 http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33012624&cat=20134e53b4e12830 Complete NBA Coverage The Golden State Warriors say center Andris Biedrins has undergone surgery to repair a small tear of an abdominal muscle. Biedrins had the surgery Wednesday in Philadelphia.... http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33010415&cat=20134e53b4e12830 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:04:54 -0500 5PIX http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33010415&cat=20134e53b4e12830 (2/4/2010) San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom Wednesday afternoon obtained nomination papers for the lieutenant governor's race, taking him one step closer to a possible run for statewide office, the ... http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33010417&cat=20134e53b4e12830 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:45:31 -0500 CBS 5 http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33010417&cat=20134e53b4e12830 Emeryville's NorthBay Networks is a leading indicator of where the economy is going. They can tell about six months in advance how things are going by how much repossessed office and medical equipment... http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33010419&cat=20134e53b4e12830 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:45:29 -0500 CBS 5 http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33010419&cat=20134e53b4e12830 Cities across the Bay Area are doing more, with less during the economic downturn. But one city is doing more with hundreds of volunteers. At a time when government budgets are tight everywhere, Mo... http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33010420&cat=20134e53b4e12830 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:45:28 -0500 CBS 5 http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33010420&cat=20134e53b4e12830 CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) ― As they scrambled recently to trace the source of a salmonella outbreak that has sickened hundreds around the country, investigators from the Centers for Disease Control ... http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33010425&cat=20134e53b4e12830 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:45:20 -0500 CBS 5 http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33010425&cat=20134e53b4e12830 Dennis O'Donnell is the Sports Director at CBS 5. In 2008 and 2009 he received an APTRA award for Best Sports Segment.  In 2009, 2008 and 2005 he received a Northern California Area Emmy for on came... http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33010427&cat=20134e53b4e12830 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:45:17 -0500 CBS 5 http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33010427&cat=20134e53b4e12830 (03-10) 18:00 PST SAN FRANCISCO -- The California Supreme Court said Wednesday it will hear a prosecution appeal of a ruling throwing out a state law that bans anyone who has been convicted of a viol... http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33006493&cat=20134e53b4e12830 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:02:54 -0500 San Francisco Chronicle http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33006493&cat=20134e53b4e12830 (03-10) 16:54 PST SANTA CLARA -- Instead of being recycled, a heap of computer and electronic parts in Santa Clara burned and melted today in a fire that had officials urging nearby workers to stay i... http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33007979&cat=20134e53b4e12830 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:02:50 -0500 San Francisco Chronicle http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33007979&cat=20134e53b4e12830 SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) -- The San Francisco Convention and Visitor's Bureau has released its 2009 tourism figures. While the numbers may not be surprising, they are disturbing considering how important ... http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33007977&cat=20134e53b4e12830 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:54:31 -0500 KCBS http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33007977&cat=20134e53b4e12830 (03-10) 11:33 PST EMERYVILLE -- A motorist died in a multi-car pileup in Interstate 80 in Emeryville that was caused when he lost control while speeding, authorities said today. http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33007980&cat=20134e53b4e12830 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:31:17 -0500 San Francisco Chronicle http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33007980&cat=20134e53b4e12830 China Hassan (left) and Devin Hassan enjoy coffee and a cigarette at the Revolution, a club and cafe in the Mission District. Much outdoor smoking would be banned under a new law. http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33007981&cat=20134e53b4e12830 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:31:13 -0500 San Francisco Chronicle http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33007981&cat=20134e53b4e12830 APTOS — A former Red Cross volunteer who allegedly used names from a volunteer roster to call in fake prescriptions for a mild narcotic was arrested Monday.Heidi Archer, a 40-year-old Aptos resi... http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33006244&cat=20134e53b4e12830 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:27:29 -0500 Oakland Tribune http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33006244&cat=20134e53b4e12830 RainStor Inc. , an online information storage company with offices in San Francisco and the United Kingdom, has raised $7.5 million in a Series B venture round led by http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33007976&cat=20134e53b4e12830 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:22:38 -0500 San Francisco Business Times http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33007976&cat=20134e53b4e12830 (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)In This March 8, 2010 photo, a customer uses a Palm Pre Plus at Best Buy in Mountain View, Calif. Last year, Palm Inc. thought it had all the right pieces for a rebirth in the ma... http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33007993&cat=20134e53b4e12830 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:10:44 -0500 Examiner http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33007993&cat=20134e53b4e12830 An attempted armed robbery at a home across the street from Bret Harte Elementary School in San Francisco resulted in a brief foot chase and a pair of arrests outside elementary school classrooms W... http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33007982&cat=20134e53b4e12830 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:00:30 -0500 CBS 5 http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33007982&cat=20134e53b4e12830 The UC Davis Institute for Regenerative Cures opened Wednesday. The $62 million institute will bring together 200 scientists and lab technicians and consolidate the university's stem cell research eff... http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33007983&cat=20134e53b4e12830 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:00:28 -0500 CBS 5 http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33007983&cat=20134e53b4e12830 Campaign Spending Report (.pdf) A new report says teachers, public employee unions, Indian tribes and corporations are among the biggest contributors to California political campaigns. http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33007985&cat=20134e53b4e12830 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:00:25 -0500 CBS 5 http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33007985&cat=20134e53b4e12830 LOS ANGELES (AP) ― Corey Haim's story is sadly familiar in Hollywood: A teen talent who discovered drugs as he tasted his first success and whose personal problems increased as his star-power f... http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33007986&cat=20134e53b4e12830 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:00:22 -0500 CBS 5 http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33007986&cat=20134e53b4e12830 LOS ANGELES (AP) ― In his 28 years with the Burbank Police Department, Sgt. Robert Quesada had never heard of anything quite like it: A well-respected teacher at one of the city's public school... http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33007988&cat=20134e53b4e12830 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:00:20 -0500 CBS 5 http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33007988&cat=20134e53b4e12830 CERRITOS, Calif. (AP) ― A suburban Los Angeles Toyota dealer has settled a civil lawsuit over statements allegedly made to convince customers to lease rather than buy vehicles. http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33007989&cat=20134e53b4e12830 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:00:19 -0500 CBS 5 http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33007989&cat=20134e53b4e12830 The information you provide will be used only to send the requested e-mail and will not be used to send any other e-mail communications. Read more in our http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33007990&cat=20134e53b4e12830 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:00:17 -0500 CBS 5 http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33007990&cat=20134e53b4e12830 Jurors heard opening statements Wednesday in the trial of a man  accused of fatally shooting a 21-year-old taxi driver early on a Saturday  morning in 2003 in Redwood City. 37-year-old Lousa... http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33004874&cat=20134e53b4e12830 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:54:08 -0500 KRON4 http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33004874&cat=20134e53b4e12830 OAKLAND, Calif. (KCBS) -- After being held in an Iranian prison for over seven months, three UC Berkeley graduates have finally been allowed to phone home. KCBS reports the short conversation has giv... http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33004870&cat=20134e53b4e12830 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:53:43 -0500 KCBS http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33004870&cat=20134e53b4e12830 SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) -- Labor unions came to the Supervisors' Budget and Finance Committee today to complain about mass layoff notices. KCBS reports the layoff notices have set off waves of anxiety f... http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33004871&cat=20134e53b4e12830 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:53:41 -0500 KCBS http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33004871&cat=20134e53b4e12830 LOS ANGELES — The appeal of 3-D movies helped boost movie ticket sales by nearly 8 percent to a record $29.9 billion worldwide in 2009, according to the Motion Picture Association of America. Th... http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33002866&cat=20134e53b4e12830 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:22:36 -0500 Oakland Tribune http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33002866&cat=20134e53b4e12830 A former Southern California dentist who killed a 13-year-old girl and two other patients with overdoses of anesthesia in the 1980s must be paroled, a state appeals court ruled Tuesday. Tony Protopapp... http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33004867&cat=20134e53b4e12830 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:22:35 -0500 Oakland Tribune http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33004867&cat=20134e53b4e12830 OAKLAND — Hours of recorded phone calls from jail, testimony from several witnesses and cell phone records showing the location of two men accused of a double murder mean nothing, the men's atto... http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33002804&cat=20134e53b4e12830 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:22:34 -0500 Oakland Tribune http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33002804&cat=20134e53b4e12830 TRACY — A $10,000 reward is being offered by U.S. Bank for information leading to the conviction of the man who robbed its Tracy branch on Monday.The robber, who was in his 30s to 40s and appear... http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33004866&cat=20134e53b4e12830 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:22:34 -0500 Oakland Tribune http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33004866&cat=20134e53b4e12830 GVA Kidder Mathews ' Skip Whitney, Tim Mason and Eric Bluestein. “The City is known for its talented people, forward thinking and clean energy focus," said Hunter Jiang, executive pres... http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33003742&cat=20134e53b4e12830 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:17:22 -0500 San Francisco Business Times http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33003742&cat=20134e53b4e12830 OnLive Inc. , the high profile startup that promises it can replace gaming consoles by delivering sophisticated video games live over the Internet, will start offering service on June 17, founder and ... http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33004868&cat=20134e53b4e12830 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:17:20 -0500 San Francisco Business Times http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33004868&cat=20134e53b4e12830 Millennium Partners and a new equity partner have paid down a significant amount of the debt on the property. Millennium and private equity group Westbrook Partners have paid down the mortgage on the... http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33002749&cat=20134e53b4e12830 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:17:16 -0500 San Francisco Business Times http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33002749&cat=20134e53b4e12830 Aurica Motors , a startup electric car company, says it has a plan to keep the NUMMI factory in Fremont open. The company says it could make a planned car chassis with four different body styles at t... http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33002492&cat=20134e53b4e12830 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:17:12 -0500 San Francisco Business Times http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33002492&cat=20134e53b4e12830 Google Inc. added bicycling directions to its maps service. The Mountain View company (NASDAQ: GOOG) has its “biking directions team” in Seattle, and Shannon Guymon, who works there, wrot... http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33004869&cat=20134e53b4e12830 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:17:10 -0500 San Francisco Business Times http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33004869&cat=20134e53b4e12830 Unfortunately for winemakers, there's something that savors a cabernet grape from Napa as much as a seasoned sommelier: a voracious moth that's prompted an aggressive quarantine across the region.  ... http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33004877&cat=20134e53b4e12830 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:52:38 -0500 CBS 5 http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33004877&cat=20134e53b4e12830 PASADENA, Calif. (AP) ― The Pasadena Unified School District is laying off more than 164 people as it attempts to close a $23 million budget gap. http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33004881&cat=20134e53b4e12830 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:52:29 -0500 CBS 5 http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33004881&cat=20134e53b4e12830 NEW YORK (AP) ― Reports of sudden acceleration in the Toyota Prius have spiked across the country. But that doesn't mean there's an epidemic of bad gas pedals in the popular hybrid. http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33004882&cat=20134e53b4e12830 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:52:29 -0500 CBS 5 http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33004882&cat=20134e53b4e12830 LAKESIDE, Calif. (AP) ― An elderly woman has been arrested after animal control officers found 60 dogs in crates inside her small Lakeside home east of San Diego. http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33004883&cat=20134e53b4e12830 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:52:27 -0500 CBS 5 http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33004883&cat=20134e53b4e12830 After working at Raytheon as an Associate Design Engineer in the Electromagnetic Systems Division, Hackney became the chief meteorologist back at KSBY in San Luis Obispo, then went on to KCST (now KNS... http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33004884&cat=20134e53b4e12830 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:52:26 -0500 CBS 5 http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33004884&cat=20134e53b4e12830 The crash of a Toyota Prius in New York caught the attention of federal regulators Wednesday after the driver said it accelerated on its own, then lurched down a driveway, across a road and into a sto... http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33001126&cat=20134e53b4e12830 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:03:21 -0500 KRON4 http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33001126&cat=20134e53b4e12830 The crash of a Toyota Prius in New York caught the attention of federal regulators Wednesday after the driver said it accelerated on its own, then lurched down a driveway, across a road and into a sto... http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33001127&cat=20134e53b4e12830 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:03:20 -0500 KRON4 http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33001127&cat=20134e53b4e12830 San Francisco (KCBS) -- San Francisco’s Hall of Justice experienced a bombshell yesterday, when a lab technician in charge of weighing and testing cocaine seized from accused dealers, was accuse... http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33001125&cat=20134e53b4e12830 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:02:50 -0500 KCBS http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33001125&cat=20134e53b4e12830 (03-10) 14:22 PST LOS ANGELES, (AP) -- A letter carrier who is a registered sex offender has been reassigned after concerns were raised that he was delivering mail in a San Diego suburb with many chi... http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33001129&cat=20134e53b4e12830 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:38:38 -0500 San Francisco Chronicle http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33001129&cat=20134e53b4e12830 (03-10) 13:22 PST SAN FRANCISCO -- It was Justin Belton's lucky day. Belton, 30, pumped his fist in victory today as he left court after San Francisco prosecutors dropped a felony heroin sales case ... http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33001130&cat=20134e53b4e12830 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:38:33 -0500 San Francisco Chronicle http://feeds.sanfrancisconews.net/?rid=33001130&cat=20134e53b4e12830