Stories for October 2005
Stories for Monday, October 31
Warriors Sign Dunleavy To Contract Extension
Forward Mike Dunleavy signed a five-year, $44 million contract extension with the Golden State Warriors on Monday, hours before a deadline that would have made him a restricted free agent after the season. Dunleavy, the third overall pick in the 2002 draft, started 79 games for the Warriors last season, ...
Eunice Shriver Suffers Minor Stroke In Socal
Eunice Kennedy Shriver, mother of California first lady Maria Shriver, was hospitalized during the weekend after suffering a minor stroke, according to a UCLA Medical Center statement issued Monday. The 84-year-old Shriver, who was brought to the hospital on Saturday, was also being treated for a recent stress fracture of ...
Feds Indict Gang For Terrorizing SF Sunnydale Neighborhood
A federal grand jury on Monday indicted a dozen alleged gang members in San Francisco who authorities said terrorized a 10-block section of a poor city neighborhood. The alleged gang members were charged with either murder, attempted murder, drug dealing, arson, witness tampering or weapons violations. Much of the criminal ...
Three-Alarm Fire, Explosions Erupt in SF Mission District
An explosive three-alarm structure fire burned in a downtown industrial area Monday, sending plumes of black smoke over San Francisco. Firefighters worked feverishly late Monday afternoon to extinguish the remaining hot spots, and the smell of burning rubber pervaded the site close to the city's Mission District. "There were probably ...
Prince Charles Heads To America; Will Visit SF
Prince Charles, his wife and a wardrobe full of dresses jet off to the United States Tuesday on a tour designed to celebrate trans-Atlantic ties, promote Charles' environmentalist causes -- and test reaction to his new bride in a nation still smitten with the late Princess Diana. "This is Diana ...
Watson Wins Charles Schwab Cup Championship
Tom Watson figured third-round leader Jay Haas was in good position to win the Charles Schwab Cup Championship. Turns out, Watson was wrong. Watson rallied from a six-shot deficit with an 8-under 64 Sunday to win the Champions Tour's season-ending event at Sonoma Golf Club. Surging up the leaderboard as ...
Swiss Firm Agrees To Takeover Emeryville's Chiron Corp.
Swiss pharmaceutical maker Novartis AG said Monday it agreed to buy the 58 percent of Chiron Corp. that it does not already own for $5.1 billion, improving a previous offer that the embattled biotechnology company had rejected.Novartis, which made an initial $4.5 billion proposal last month that was rejected by ...
Hit And Run Driver Runs Over Merced Trick-Or-Treaters
A hit-and-run driver struck and killed two children as they left their aunt's house dressed up for Halloween, the California Highway Patrol said. Authorities were seeking Luis Ceja, 26, of Merced, in the Saturday evening crash that left Carlos Chavez Jr., 9, and his stepsister, 18-month-old Miranda Maldonado, dead. The ...
Bail Increased In Fatal Wrong Way Sonoma Crash
Bail was increased to $500,000 Monday in Sonoma County Superior Court for an Oakmont man charged with killing a woman while driving the wrong way on U.S. Highway 101. The California Highway Patrol reported that 83-year-old Cedric Beebe caused three crashes around 11:30 p.m. Thursday, one of which killed 21-year-old ...
Mills College Considers Adding A Law School
Mills College is considering adding a law school as part of its continuing mission to prepare women for leadership positions in society, a spokeswoman confirmed Monday. Deborah Dallinger said Mills, which admits only women to its undergraduate program but includes men in its graduate programs, is just in the "exploration ...
Charge Reduced Against SF State Professor
A judge Tuesday reduced the assaulting a police office charge against a San Francisco State professor who claims he was a victim of racial profiling when he was stopped on the campus.Backed by a courtroom full of orange armbanded supporters, Antwi Akom made his first court appearance Tuesday on the ...
Stray Bullet Kills Member Of Raiders 'Black Hole'
A member of the Oakland Raiders famed 'Black Hole' cheering section was killed by a stray bullet that struck him while he was asleep on his front room couch in East Oakland.Homicide investigators said 41-year-old Larry Gamez was killed in his own home around 1 a.m. Sunday."All of a sudden, ...
Civil Rights Pioneer Rosa Parks Laid To Rest
A soaring rendition of "The Lord's Prayer" moved thousands of mourners at the funeral of civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks on Wednesday, with a preacher bidding: "Mother Parks, take your rest." Former President Clinton, his wife, Sen. Hillary Clinton, and hundreds of other mourners paid their respects at Parks' open ...
Bush Nominates Alito For Supreme Court
President Bush, stung by the rejection of his first choice, nominated veteran judge Samuel Alito on Monday in a bid to reshape the Supreme Court and mollify his conservative allies. Ready-to-rumble Democrats warned that Alito may be an extremist who would curb abortion rights. "Judge Alito has served with distinction ...
Stories for Sunday, October 30
Santa Cruz Bus Contract Faces One Last Hurdle
Thirty-six days of transit chaos, lost revenues that continue to mount and the uncertain return of some 23,000 daily bus riders still looms over Santa Cruz County Monday, despite a tentative approval of a new labor contract. Santa Cruz County bus drivers voted to end their 36-day strike in a ...
Unlikely Heroes In 49ers Win Over Tampa Bay
Of all the improbable elements in the San Francisco 49ers' first victory since opening day, nothing matched a raucous crowd chanting "Cody! Cody!" on the way to the clinching field goal. Cody who? The Tampa Bay Buccaneers found out. The 49ers snapped a five-game losing streak with a 15-10 victory ...
Maintenance Engineer
SUMMARY: Primarily responsible for major repair and routine maintenance of broadcast equipment--both audio and video--and the performance of related duties as required/assigned.ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.Responsible for the overall performance of the station as defined by Engineering management.Works under the direction of Engineering ...
Sales Assistant/Switchboard Operator
SUMMARY: Assist KICU Local Sales Managers and Local Account Executives in all areas relating to performance of their sales duties by performing the following duties:ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.Answering phones in a professional and courteous manner.Distribution of daily reports.Checking contracts with order entry.Checking ...
Raiders Finally Get A Call
For a change, the yellow flag fell in favor of the oft-penalized Oakland Raiders. A personal foul call wiped out Tennessee's 82-yard punt return for a touchdown, and Warren Sapp sacked Steve McNair three plays later, forcing a fumble that Jarrod Cooper recovered in the end zone, lifting the Raiders ...
Experts: Barrier Would Prevent Many GG Bridge Suicides
A suicide barrier on the Golden Gate Bridge would deter suicides, leading many despondent people to seek help instead of plunging to their deaths, experts say. A review of records by the San Francisco Chronicle, reported Sunday, showed there have been 1,218 Golden Gate Bridge suicides reported between the time ...
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