Stories for August 2005
Stories for Wednesday, August 31
Key Hit Eludes A's In Loss To Angels
John Lackey held Oakland to three hits over seven shutout innings Wednesday night and Los Angeles climbed back within a game of the AL West-leading Athletics with a 2-1 victory. Snapping a five-game losing slide and ending Oakland's seven-game winning streak, Los Angeles got an RBI double by Darin Erstad ...
Californians Rush To Aid Hurricane Victims
Substitute teacher Liliette Pena watched television images of the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina until she could watch no more. Then she turned to her checkbook. "It's heartwrenching," Pena said, stifling sobs as she waited to donate $100 at a Red Cross center at Dodgers Stadium. "A little money from ...
Muni Raises Fares To Ease Budget Deficit
In light of a projected $57 million dollar budget deficit, the San Francisco Municipal Railway increased its fares on Thursday.The fare hike was the second increase to adult fares and the first to discounted fares in 12 years, according to Muni spokeswoman Maggie Lynch. The adult cash fare for bus ...
Truck Slams Into Stopped CHP Car On Hwy 37
A vehicle slammed into the back of a stopped California Highway Patrol car this afternoon in Marin County while the CHP officer was issuing a ticket to another driver, according to CHP Sgt. Wayne Ziese. The crash occurred at 4:12 p.m. on eastbound state Highway 37 just west of Atherton ...
Pit Bull Law Awaits Schwarzenegger's Signature
Prompted by a series of vicious dog attacks, lawmakers on Wednesday sent the governor a bill that would allow local governments to require spaying and neutering of specific breeds. The Senate voted 22-15 to approve Assembly amendments to the bill by Sen. Jackie Speier, D-Hillsborough, sending it to Gov. Arnold ...
Smith To Get Plenty Of Playing Time Against Chargers
Alex Smith's spot on the San Francisco 49ers' depth chart won't matter a bit to the quarterback or his family and friends on Thursday night at Qualcomm Stadium. After all, a homecoming is a homecoming, even though Smith, the No. 1 pick in the NFL draft, won't be starting for ...
Saints Have More On Their Mind Than Raiders
Coach Jim Haslett wants to concentrate on improving the run defense in his team's preseason finale. Considering what the Saints have gone through this week, even the slightest signs of progress will be considered a success. The New Orleans players fled their evacuated city late Sunday and flew to sunny ...
Alou Leads Giants Home Run Parade
Moises Alou hit the first of San Francisco's four solo home runs, and the Giants rebounded from an injury to starter Kevin Correia to beat the Colorado Rockies 5-3 Wednesday. Mike Matheny, Ray Durham and Todd Linden also homered as the Giants, who won for the fourth time in five ...
Correia Leaves Giants Start With Injured Shoulder
Giants right-hander Kevin Correia left Wednesday's game after two inning due to an injury in his right shoulder. Correia allowed a run and four hits with two walks in his brief stint against the Colorado Rockies. He was replaced by left-hander Jeff Fassero to start the third inning, and will ...
Schwarzenegger Hints At Re-Election Plans
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is beginning to sound like Candidate Schwarzenegger, hinting in interviews that he plans to run for re-election in 2006. The Republican governor could announce his plans as soon as mid-September, around the state GOP convention in Anaheim and after the state Legislature adjourns for the year. At ...
Four Indicted In LA Terrorist Attack Probe
The head of a militant Islamic prison gang and three others were indicted Wednesday on federal charges of planning terrorist attacks against National Guard facilities, the Israeli Consulate and other Los Angeles-area targets. The four conspired to wage war against the U.S. government through terrorism, kill armed service members and ...
Guilty Verdicts Handed Down In Santa Rosa Gang Slaying
Four of five defendants were convicted Wednesday in Sonoma County Superior Court of the gang-related, first-degree murder of a 22-year-old man along Santa Rosa Creek in June 2002. The 11-woman, one-man jury convicted Peter James Amante, 26, Rico Ricardo Lopez, 22, Patrick Higuera Jr., 23, and Rogelio Javier Cardenas of ...
SJ Neighborhoods May Be Sprayed Second Time
Santa Clara County Vector Control District workers may have to ground-spray pesticides a second time in two San Jose neighborhoods after experiencing difficulties early Thursday morning with their new sprayers. Workers had been spraying two South San Jose neighborhoods to combat the mosquitoes that carry West Nile virus, but the ...
Californians Familiar With Levee Breaks
California knows catastrophic levee breaks like the ones that have swamped New Orleans under as much as 20 feet of water. Breaches have turned Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta islands into massive lakes, and floodwaters destroyed hundreds of homes during winter storms since 1986. Engineers here said it could be months ...
Most State Schools Hit Their Academic Performance Benchmarks
Most California schools hit their targets for academic performance this year, but nearly half failed to meet a separate federal benchmark, state officials said Wednesday. Eight of 10 public schools improved their standardized test scores enough to meet their goals on the Academic Performance Index, said Superintendent of Public Instruction ...
Elderly Richmond Woman Gunned Down In Front Yard
A woman in her late 60s who is described as "a huge contributor to her community" was shot and killed while gardening in front of her Richmond home Wednesday morning. The woman was found on the sidewalk in the 2800 block of Loyola Drive around 8:28 a.m., police Lt. Mark ...
Boardertown Skate Park Will Remain Open
Caltrans has agreed to rent the city an illegally constructed skateboard park called Boardertown -- located under an Interstate 580 overpass -- for $1-a-year, allowing it to remain open. A group of skateboarders spent about a year clearing trash and homeless encampments from the Caltrans property under the MacArthur Freeway ...
SF Man Faces Jail For Cutting Off Dog's Ears
A man has been convicted of animal cruelty for cutting off his pet pit bull's ears with a razor in an effort to make the dog look tougher, officials said.Smokey, a tan and white male pit bull, was turned into city animal care workers after his owner lopped off the ...
Study: Average Income Falls In Santa Clara County
Santa Clara County household incomes have dropped by more than 13 percent in the past three years in part due to the real estate bubble and the lingering effects of the dot-com crash, according to an analysis released by a San Jose nonprofit. According to the newest U.S. Census Bureau ...
Driver Charged In Triple Fatality Traffic Crash
Police in Contra Costa County Tuesday arrested a 20-year-old driver who was involved in a crash in April that killed three teenagers, according to Contra Costa County Sheriff's spokesman Jimmy Lee. Misael Eduardo Barba-Rejon was taken into custody at his Bay Point home by Oakley police in connection with the ...
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