Stories for July 2006
Stories for Monday, July 31
Giants Lose Eight Straight
Alfonso Soriano reminded the Nationals why they should be happy to still have him around. He hit a two-run double in the five-run fourth inning of Washington's 10-7 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Monday night. Soriano also singled twice, scored two runs and stole his 27th base to ...
Haren's Complete Game Gets A's The Victory
Dan Haren scattered eight hits in a complete game, Jay Payton hit a two-run homer and Milton Bradley connected again to lead the Oakland Athletics past Los Angeles Angels 3-1 Monday night. Haren (8-9) overcame a solo homer by Juan Rivera and went the distance for the fifth time in ...
Police Find Dead Body And Dehydrated Child In Apartment
A dead woman and her severely dehydrated but otherwise-healthy baby were found inside a Seaside apartment this afternoon, Seaside police Capt. Steve Cercone said Monday. The woman in her 40s had been dead for several days, and it is likely that her 1-and-a-half-year-old child had been alone without food and ...
Baby Found With Dead Woman In Seaside Apartment
A dead woman and her severely dehydrated but otherwise-healthy baby were found inside a Seaside apartment Monday afternoon, Seaside police Capt. Steve Cercone said. The woman in her 40s had been dead for several days, and it is likely that her 1-and-a-half-year-old child had been alone without food and water ...
Woman Found Dead In East Bay Park Camping Tent
A woman camping beside her twin 10-year-old daughters was found dead in her tent after the girls woke up and realized their mother was not responding, authorities said. An autopsy was performed Monday on Rosalind Thomas, 31, of Hercules, who was pronounced dead Saturday morning at the Anthony Chabot Family ...
Collapsing Wall Crushes Woman In Car
A large wall from a partially demolished supermarket in Daly City collapsed into the street Monday afternoon, killing a 48-year-old female motorist, Daly City police Sgt. Carol Sloane said. Police, firefighters and search and rescue dogs were still on the scene of the incident at the intersection of Geneva Avenue ...
Bay Area Woman Ordained As Roman Catholic Priest In Pennsylvania
Undaunted by the threat of excommunication, eight women, including one Emeryville resident, were ordained as priests and deacons of the Roman Catholic Church Monday. On a chartered boat in Pittsburgh, Emeryville resident Kathleen Strack Kunster, a member of the Roman Catholic Womenpriests, which is dedicated to equal treatment of women ...
One Dead, One Wounded In San Leandro Shooting
A man was killed and a woman wounded by gunfire in an altercation early Monday morning where police say two suspects approached a vehicle at a convenience store and fired into it as the driver, who was killed, tried to leave. The attack took place before 2 a.m. in the ...
Livermore Lab Worker Arrested On Child Porn Charges
A federal employee of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory was in custody Monday under suspicion of photographing young girls surreptitiously in his home. One of the girls is said to be a relative of the man, a 49-year-old who is being held at Santa Rita Jail. He was set to ...
Raiders Found Offensive Talent In Idaho B&B
Art Shell went to an unusual place to find his offensive coordinator. He didn't raid a coach from the trendy college team or Super Bowl participant. He brought his old friend Tom Walsh back from a bed and breakfast in Idaho. Walsh was out of the NFL for 11 seasons ...
Veteran Safety Roman Joins Niners
Mark Roman won't forget the way the Green Bay Packers treated him. The veteran safety participated in his first practice Monday since signing a one-year contract with the San Francisco 49ers. After two years as a starter in Green Bay, he was cut by the Packers on Thursday, just one ...
Justice Department Clears Way For Sale Of Mercury News, CC Times
Federal regulators cleared the way Monday for McClatchy Co. to sell four newspapers in a $1 billion deal that will establish MediaNews Group Inc. as the San Francisco Bay area's largest newspaper publisher. The U.S. Justice Department removed a potential stumbling block by closing its antitrust investigation into the 3-month-old ...
Hung Jury; Mistrial Declared In SF Dog Mauling Trial
A mistrial was declared Monday in the case of a mother whose 12-year-old son was fatally mauled at home by the family's two pit bulls while she was at a school picnic with her daughter. The San Francisco Superior Court jury deadlocked on a felony endangerment charge against Maureen Faibish, ...
Gunman Shoots Two In Napa
A man carrying a baseball bat who challenged a group of people in a Napa yard on Sunday pulled a gun and shot two of them after they defended themselves, a police official said today. Police were called around 1:40 p.m. because of an incident near Trower Avenue and Jefferson ...
SF Ballet Wows New York Audiences
One of the chief pleasures of watching a ballet company over several months, or years, is the chance to fall in love with particular dancers. Ballet, like sports and politics, is all about partisanship -- being both dazzled and scandalized on any given night, and, just as important, vehemently arguing ...
'80s Pop Star Gets Trash Duty
Boy George will perform his court-ordered community service by picking up trash on city streets in the August heat, a sanitation spokesman said. The one-time Culture Club singer will be issued a shovel, broom, plastic bags and gloves when he reports Aug. 14 for five days of work, said department ...
Red Hot Chili Peppers, Shakira Lead MTV VMA Nominations
The Red Hot Chili Peppers and Shakira are front and center at this year's MTV Video Music Awards. The rock band and the pop superstar got seven nominations each for the videos "Dani California" and "Hips Don't Lie," respectively, MTV announced Monday. Both will compete for video of the year ...
Woman Battles For Life; Police See No Pattern In Violence
A 57-year-old woman was in grave condition and not expected to survive Monday after she became the latest victim of Oakland street violence that claimed three other lives over the weekend.The unidentified woman was struck in the head in the 10:19 p.m. Sunday and taken to Highland Hospital, where she ...
Fatal Accident Ties Up 80 Traffic In Vacaville
The morning commute on eastbound Interstate Highway 80 just east of Lagoon Valley Road in Vacaville was slowed for several hours Monday following a fatal solo-vehicle crash, California Highway Patrol Officer Kevin Kroncke said. Kroncke said a big-rig hauling plastic containers jackknifed and overturned around 6:50 a.m. and that the ...
Woman Rescued From Monterey County Cliff
A 34-year-old Marina woman was rescued Sunday afternoon after falling off a cliff in unincorporated Monterey County, Sgt. Scott Ragan of the Monterey County Sheriff's Office reported. According to Ragan, emergency crews responded at about 3 p.m. to a report of someone falling, possibly into the water, in Garrapata State ...
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