Stories for May 2005
Stories for Tuesday, May 31
Police Arrest Second Suspect In Pleasanton Stabbing
Pleasanton police have arrested two of three suspects wanted in connection with a stabbing that left one victim with internal bleeding and caused a lockdown at a nearby high school last week, according to police. Geraldo Munoz Pechardo, 26, of Hayward, suffered a single stab wound during a fight around ...
Giants Losing Streak Runs To Five Games
Randy Wolf pitched shutout ball into the seventh inning, and Chase Utley had a two-run single in the Philadelphia Phillies' 5-2 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Tuesday night. Wolf (5-4) allowed six hits, struck out five and walked three in 6 2-3 innings. The left-hander won his fourth ...
Talks Between SF Hotels And Workers Union Resume
The labor dispute involving 14 San Francisco hotels and thousands of hotel employees took a small step towards resolution when negotiators for the two sides sat down at the bargaining table for the first time since February.Tuesday afternoon, hotel owners and the union representing the workers met as the owners ...
SF Prosecutors Delay Filing Charges In Slain Doctor Case
The San Francisco District Attorney's Office delayed a decision today to file charges against the man arrested in connection with the stabbing death of a prominent local doctor. Ellison Millare, 30, was arrested by San Francisco police on Thursday. Prosecutors had 48 hours (or two court days) to decide whether ...
Memorial Day DUI Arrests In Bay Area Up From Last Year
The California Highway Patrol reported today that driving under the influence arrests during this year's Memorial Day weekend enforcement period have increased. Video On Demand: Sal Castaneda Reports On Bay Area DUIs During Holiday Weekend Sgt. Wayne Ziese reported that 574 drivers were arrested in the Bay Area for driving ...
San Mateo Snowboarder Ided As Austrian Avalanche Victim
The identity of an American snowboarder who disappeared in an avalanche in January was confirmed Tuesday by the man's father. Ira Berk, of San Mateo, said his son Daniel Benjamin Berk, 31, was snowboarding near the resort of St. Anton in western Austria when he was swept away in a ...
Second Araujo Trial Ready To Get Underway
The second trial of three men accused of killing a transgender teenager gets under way Wednesday with opening statements set to begin. Attorneys in the case finished picking a jury Tuesday, a process that began about three weeks ago. On trial are Michael Magidson, Jose Merel and Jason Cazares, all ...
Democrats Unveil Their Version Of State Budget
Setting the stage for a bitter summer budget fight, Assembly Democrats on Tuesday proposed adding $3.1 billion to schools and paying for it with an income tax hike on the state's top earners. The proposal puts Democrats at odds with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who has been locked in a fight ...
Schwarzenegger Launches Math And Science Teacher Education Program
The state's two university systems will seek to encourage more math and science majors to become public school teachers to help raise test scores and do more to prepare students for the high-tech workplace, officials said Tuesday. With the "California Teach" program, the state's two university systems will increase efforts ...
No Plea Entered By Husband In Wendy's Chili Finger Case
The man charged in the Wendy's chili finger case delayed entering a plea Tuesday while his attorney reviews more than 400 pages of police records and other evidence. Jaime Placencia was arraigned last week on felony charges for allegedly buying a severed finger to create a lawsuit against the fast ...
Napa Dentist Held For Allegedly Murdering Wife In 1996
A Napa dentist is held without bail pending a summer court hearing on charges that he murdered his wife nine years ago. Michael Scott Posey, 53, appeared briefly in court Tuesday for arraignment. A bail hearing was scheduled for July 7. Posey did not enter a plea. He is being ...
Geldof Announces LiveAid Revisited
There will be at least five dozen performers, from Bono to 50 Cent, in five venues across the world, from Rome's Circus Maximus to the streets of Philadelphia. Video On Demand: Plans Unveiled For Live 8 Concerts All will unite behind one simple message for world leaders: end poverty in ...
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Five Drown In Northern California Waterway Mishaps
Five people drowned and another was presumed dead in Northern California over the Memorial Day weekend, most falling victim to rivers running swift and cold from heavy snow melt. On Monday, a 12-year-old girl and her father drowned near Placerville. A day earlier, three others died in water accidents -- ...
Bush Calls Amnesty International Report "Absurd"
President Bush on Tuesday dismissed a human rights report as "absurd" for its harsh criticism of U.S. treatment of terrorist suspects at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, saying the allegations were made by prisoners "who hate America." Video On Demand: Highlights From President Bush's News Conference "It's an absurd allegation. The United ...
Santa Rosa Man ID'd As Watergate "Deep Throat"
Breaking a silence of 30 years, former FBI official W. Mark Felt stepped forward Tuesday as Deep Throat, the secret Washington Post source that helped bring down President Nixon during the Watergate scandal. Who Was Deep Throat Special Section Within hours, the paper confirmed his claim. "It's the last secret" ...
New Series Of Live-Aid Concerts Announced
London's Hyde Park, Circus Maximus in Rome and the Philadelphia Museum of Art are among the venues for Live 8, a series of concerts being organized by Bob Geldof, the driving force behind the 1985 Band Aid and Live Aid campaigns for African famine relief. The July 2 concerts, which ...
One Dead, Three Wounded In East Palo Alto Shooting
One person is dead and three others wounded after a Memorial Day shooting in East Palo Alto. Video On Demand: Robert Handa On Tough Job Facing East Palo Alto's New Police Chief Video On Demand: Kraig Debro On The Palo Alto Shootings A police spokesman said the shooting took place ...
Stories for Monday, May 30
A's End Losing Streak With Extra Inning Win
Mark Kotsay drove home Marco Scutaro with a two-out single in the 11th inning, and the Oakland Athletics snapped their eight-game losing streak with a 5-4 victory over the Tampa Bay Devil Rays on Monday night. Jason Kendall tied it 4-4 with a two-out RBI single in the ninth for ...
San Francisco Goes Green For World Conference
Mayors from some of the world's biggest cities gathered in San Francisco Wednesday to forge a set of international guidelines for sustainable urban living -- billed as a municipal version of the Kyoto Protocol on global warming that the United States never ratified. Video On Demand: John Fowler Reports From ...
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