Stories for April 2005
Stories for Saturday, April 30
Giants Run Win Streak To Four Straight
Deivi Cruz got San Francisco off to a second fast start in as many nights with a two-run homer and center fielder Jason Bay's error helped key a three-run sixth inning, carrying the Giants past the Pittsburgh Pirates 7-6 Saturday night. The Giants won their season-high fourth in a row ...
Quakes Rally To A 2-2 Tie In Salt Lake
Alejandro Moreno scored in the 82nd minute and the San Jose Earthquakes had 15 shots on goal in a 2-2 tie against Real Salt Lake on Saturday night. Jason Kreis scored both goals for Salt Lake (1-2-2), which doubled its scoring output from its first four games combined. D.J. Countess ...
Kotsay's Red-Hot Bat Lifts A's To Win
Mark Kotsay had five hits, including a game-winning single with two outs in the 10th inning to give the Oakland Athletics a 6-5 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Saturday. Raul Ibanez's RBI single in the ninth off Oakland closer Octavio Dotel sent the game to extra innings. It was ...
Baseball Proposes Three Strikes Steroid Policy
Baseball commissioner Bud Selig asked players to agree to a 50-game suspension for first-time steroid offenders and a lifetime ban for a third violation under what he called a "three strikes and you are out approach" to doping. In a letter sent this week to union head Donald Fehr, Selig ...
Smoking Ban Goes Into Effect On Santa Cruz Beaches
Following in the footsteps of several other California beach communities, the city of Santa Cruz will begin instituting a smoking ban on Sunday at two of its main beaches. The ordinance, which was approved by the City Council in October, prohibits smoking cigarettes on the Main and Cowell Beaches, according ...
Atherton Ranks As Nation's Most Expensive Zip Code
Atherton's 94027 ZIP code is the most expensive in the nation, where the median home sale price in 2004 was $2.5 million, according to Forbes.com. Mayor Bill Conwell said he found the news amusing. Thirty years ago, he bought a couple of acres in this town on the peninsula about ...
Families Camp Out For Chance At Walnut Creek Homes
Housing is so scarce in the high-priced San Francisco Bay area that some people are willing to line up for a chance to buy -- and even camp overnight. Lines began forming Thursday for a chance to buy one of six new townhomes that will go on sale Sunday in ...
State Gets Additional Funds To Battle West Nile
California will receive an additional $2 million in federal funds to fight the West Nile virus, said state Health and Human Services Agency Secretary Kimberly Belshe. The money will be used to help the state improve lab testing, track the virus and evaluate mosquito-control efforts. California had 771 cases of ...
Rare Blood Type Threatens Hayward Boy's Chance At Recovery
A young child with sickle-cell anemia has been found to have a blood type so rare that only two people in the entire nation have been identified as potential donors, according to his pediatrician and experts at the American Red Cross. The 5-year-old boy first received a transfusion soon after ...
Marin County Leads State In Median Income
Marin County residents have the highest median income in the state, nearly three times that of residents living in rural Imperial County, who have the lowest, according to recent figures released by the state Franchise Tax Board. Residents filing jointly from Marin earned a median income of $94,410, according to ...
Uproar Over SF Zoo's Grizzly Naming Plan
A bear by any other name is not turning out so sweet for San Francisco zoo officials. The zoo's decision this month to auction off naming rights for twin grizzly orphans -- instead of following through with an earlier announced public contest to name them -- has triggered an uproar. ...
Stories for Friday, April 29
MTC Funding Approved For Two Key North Bay Projects
Funding approved Wednesday by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission will be applied to two key projects in the North Bay. Included in the total $122 million package for improvements in the Bay Area are $21.3 million for the U.S. Highway 101 carpool lane gap project through San Rafael and $8.3 million ...
Tomko Gives Injury-Depleted Giants A Boost
The San Francisco Giants must have figured out what to do without injured reliever Armando Benitez: Hit and pitch so well they don't need a closer. Brett Tomko retired the final 10 batters to finish up a four-hitter and Mike Matheny hit a tiebreaking homer in the sixth inning, carrying ...
SF Fire Department Keeps Building From Collapsing
Rescue units from the San Francisco Fire Department were required to keep a partially constructed four-story building from collapsing today in the city's Chinatown. The building at 215 Leidesorsff St. was gradually collapsing due to erosion, according to a fire dispatcher. Firefighters along with units from the Pacific Gas and ...
Vallejo Murder Victim Axhelm Was Stabbed
Vallejo police said the homicide victim found wrapped and buried in a yard at 209 Los Gatos Ave. on Saturday had been stabbed and a knife has been recovered from the inside the home. Sgt. Victor Massenkoff said police believe the victim is 63-year-old Michael Axhelm who lived at the ...
Six Hurt In Tiburon Vehicle Accident
Tiburon police said the woman struck by a vehicle that crashed through a hair salon is being treated for head and lower body injuries at John Muir Medical Center. Capt. Dave Hutton said six people were injured when the throttle of a Cadillac reportedly got stuck and the car drove ...
Livermore Police Advise Caution After Two Homicides
Livermore police are investigating a possible link between the suspicious deaths of two single women within the last three weeks. Both victims were white and lived alone in an apartment within three miles of one another. They also were close in age. "They can't be linked for sure right now, ...
Moss Takes Part In His First Raiders Drills
Randy Moss stopped briefly to answer to coach Norv Turner. "How was it?" the Oakland Raiders coach asked his new star receiver after the team's first minicamp practice Friday. Moss just smiled and gave the thumbs up sign as he walked off the field, his long braids swinging and shining ...
Police Still Have Few Clues In South SF Student Attack
One week after a 13-year-old boy was found severely beaten in a South San Francisco neighborhood, police say they have no solid leads toward any suspects in the crime. Despite setting up a tip line and announcing a $13,000 reward about the attack on Choi "Marco" Chu, police are getting ...
Woman Could Lose Eye After SF Sex Club Brawl
A brawl that followed a confrontation in a San Francisco sex club early this morning might cost a woman the use of one of her eyes, the San Francisco Police Department reported. The fight took place after a confrontation involving eight women, who have an ongoing dispute, in the Power ...
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