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Video of Valencia Street attack rekindles calls for police action
Video of the late April vandalism attack along Valencia Street that recently surfaced has sparked outrage in San Francisco. The clip chronicles violence in the Mission on April 30th where some merchants said police didn't do enough to stop the attack. The black bloc anarchist protesters vandalized businesses under the ...
Facebook stock climbs, but company faces lawsuits
Facebook's fourth day of trading as a public company saw an increase in the company's stock price and shareholder lawsuits related to the social network's botched initial public offering. Facebook Inc.'s stock climbed $1, or 3.2 percent, to close at $32 on Wednesday. But the gain was only a small ...
Prosecutors in Sierra LaMar case face challenge with lack of physical evidence
The 21-year old man arrested in the Sierra LaMar case is due to make his first court appearance Thursday. Antolin Garcia-Torres is facing one count of murder and one count of kidnapping. He is being held at the main jail in San Jose in protective custody away from the the ...
In SF, Castro's daughter focuses on gay rights
The daughter of Cuban President Raul Castro brought her fight for gay rights to a U.S. forum Wednesday, stressing the need to secure social equality for all, regardless of sexual orientation. Speaking in Spanish through a translator, Mariela Castro addressed about 50 medical professionals and transgender advocates at San Francisco ...
Garcia-Torres to be charged with Lamar's murder, arraignment delayed
A 21-year-old Morgan Hill man who was to be charged with the murder of missing teenager Sierra LaMar was expected to appear in court on Thursday afternoon, according to the Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office. Antolin Garcia-Torres, who was arrested Monday evening on suspicion of murder and kidnapping, was ...
Unabomber submits update to Harvard alumni book
Harvard University alumni attending their 50th class reunion this week are getting updates on classmates — including Unabomber Ted Kaczynski. Kaczynski graduated in 1962 and is locked up in the federal Supermax prison in Colorado for killing three people and injuring 23 during a nationwide bombing spree between 1978 and ...
SF Supervisor consults Ouija board before vote
A San Francisco supervisor says he consulted a Ouija board before city leaders voted on whether to recommend naming a Navy ship after slain gay rights activist Harvey Milk. Supervisor John Avalos tells the San Francisco Chronicle that he believes he made contact with Milk's spirit and that Milk spelled ...
HP to cut 27,000 jobs to save up to $3.5 billion annually
Hewlett-Packard Co. is cutting 27,000 jobs in an effort to recover from management missteps that hobbled the Silicon Valley pioneer as its rivals raced ahead with more innovative products and services. The streamlining announced Wednesday represents HP's largest payroll purge in its 73-year history. The reductions will affect about 8 ...
Tests find drug-resistant bacteria even in antibiotic-free meats
The many people around the Bay Area firing up the grill during the holiday weekend should be aware of the serious risks presented by drug-resistant bacteria found in meat. 16,000 Americans died last year from such bacteria, and doctors say most of that meat came from animals that had been ...
Man in a wheelchair drowns after falling in marina
Authorities say a 61-year-old Emeryville man in a wheelchair drowned after he fell into the waters of the Emeryville Marina. Police say a witness saw the man, identified by officials as William Ferris, struggling with his wheelchair around 6 p.m. Tuesday before he disappeared in the water. The witness jumped ...
San Jose voters to weigh in on minimum wage measure on Nov. ballot
The San Jose City Council unanimously voted Tuesday night to place a measure on the November ballot that, if passed, would increase the city's hourly minimum wage by 25 percent. In March, proponents of the initiative to raise the minimum wage to $10 an hour, up from the current $8 ...
Jury: Google didn't infringe on Oracle patents
A federal jury ruled Wednesday that Google didn't infringe on Oracle's patents when the Internet search leader developed its popular Android software for mobile devices. Wednesday's verdict comes about two weeks after the same jury, with two additional members, failed to agree on a pivotal issue in Oracle's copyright-infringement case ...
Alameda County fire chief leaving department at end of July
Alameda County's fire chief is leaving the department at the end of July, fire officials announced Wednesday. Sheldon Gilbert, who has been an emergency responder in Alameda County for a total of 29 years, was planning on leaving effective July 31 "to pursue other career objectives and interests," the fire ...
San Leandro woman fends off attacker in home Tuesday night
San Leandro police were searching for a man who broke into a home Tuesday night and attacked a woman who was at home watching TV, police said. Officers responded to the 15200 block of Shining Star Lane at about 8:30 p.m. after receiving a 911 call about an assault that ...
Wind-whipped fire destroys two Bethel Island homes
A wind-whipped two-alarm fire destroyed two Bethel Island homes and damaged another early Wednesday before the flames were brought under control by mutual aid fire crews and a fireboat, authorities said. East Contra Costa County fire chief Jeff Burris said the fire was reported at about 3:06 a.m. along Stone ...
Three women wounded in SF Tenderloin shooting
Three females were injured in a shooting in San Francisco's Tenderloin neighborhood Wednesday afternoon, a police spokesman said. The shooting occurred shortly after 1 p.m. near Ellis and Leavenworth streets, police spokesman Sgt. Daryl Fong said. A fire department spokeswoman said the shooting was reported at 483 Ellis St. The ...
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