Stories for October 2006
Stories for Tuesday, October 31
Man Convicted For Largest Jewelry Heist In SF History
The final suspect in what is considered the largest jewelry heist in San Francisco history faces 35 years to life after a Superior Court jury convicted him on all counts. Troy Smith, 44, also known as Devin Smith, was convicted Oct. 20 on four counts of robbery, four counts of ...
Information On Dreyson LeDoux Fund
Friends of the family of 11-year-old Dreyson LeDoux, the Lafayette boy who was injured in a tragic hunting incident on Sunday, October 29, have established an account to help pay for his medical bills. LeDoux was shot in his left eye and lost the use of the eye after a ...
Mysterious Explosion Rocks Paypal Headquarters
Authorities scoured a building at eBay's PayPal division Wednesday for clues about a Halloween night explosion that shattered a window and forced the evacuation of dozens of employees. PayPal spokeswoman Amanda Pires said the company had not received any threats but declined to comment further on the investigation of the ...
Fifth Firefighter Dies; Man Arrested In Socal Arson Wildfire
Authorities arrested a man Thursday who is suspected of intentionally starting two wildfires this summer and is considered a person of interest in a blaze started last week that killed five firefighters. Raymond Lee Oyler, 37, of Beaumont was arrested on two counts of arson related to wildfires in June, ...
Kazakh Anger Has Yet To Subside Over Borat
Borat, beware: Accept an invitation by a top Kazakh official to find out what the country is like and you could be in for a nasty surprise. "I'd kill this impostor on the spot," said Eltai Muptekeyev, who makes his living in Almaty by posing for photos with a blindfolded ...
'Borat' Follows A Character-Based Comedy Tradition
In promoting his new film, Sacha Baron Cohen has not wavered in presenting himself as the backward Kazakh journalist Borat Sagdiyev -- be it in interviews, at movie premieres or on his thorough MySpace.com page. Borat has virtually stepped off the movie screen like Tom Baxter in Woody Allen's "The ...
Rural Santa Clara Ballot Battle Over Jessica's Law
South of San Jose, Santa Clara County stretches into its past, the state's third largest metropolis giving way to suburbs surrounded by vineyards, crops and pastureland. The remaining rural stretches of this largely urban county defend their small-town roots aggressively. An initiative on next week's ballot, however, has raised concerns ...
Information On Memorial Fund For Abused Richmond Youth Raijon Daniels
A memorial fund in the memory of Raijon Daniels, the eight-year-old Richmond boy who was allegedly tortured to death by his own mother, has been established at the People's Community Partnership Federal Credit Union of Oakland. Interested parties can inquire about donating to the fund using the below information: Raijon ...
State Ballot Battle Over Eminent Domain
The California ballot fight over governments' use of eminent domain is part of a national backlash from last year's Supreme Court decision that expanded the ability of government to seize private land. The campaign has spilled into the fall elections in 11 states, where property-rights activists have placed initiatives on ...
Literally No Place Like Home For Niners
The San Francisco 49ers are just about the best visitors in the NFL -- at least as far as their hosts are concerned. With their embarrassing 41-10 loss to the Chicago Bears on Sunday, the Niners dropped to 1-10 on the road in coach Mike Nolan's short tenure. San Francisco's ...
Let The Bidding Begin; A's Barry Zito Files For Free Agency
Oakland's Barry Zito, who could be the most sought-after pitcher in this year's free-agent market, filed for free agency Tuesday. Zito, a 28-year-old left-hander with a coveted, looping curveball, was 16-10 with a 3.83 ERA in 34 starts this season. He never missed a start because of injury in his ...
Colma Driver Killed In Car Crash
A solo driver in Colma Tuesday left the roadway and crashed into a stand of trees near Holy Cross Cemetery, where authorities pronounced him dead. A call to the Colma Police Department around 5:30 a.m. led officers to a mid-size pickup truck on the 2400 block of Hillside Boulevard, and ...
Sports Agent Arrested For Smuggling Cuban Players Into California
A baseball players agent illegally smuggled Cuban players into the United States, eventually shipping them to California in hopes that they would be signed by major league teams, federal immigration officials said Tuesday. The agent, Gustavo "Gus" Dominguez, is charged with paying four aides to transport the athletes and other ...
Palo Alto Couple Cited For Teen Drinking Party
A schoolteacher and her husband were cited for contributing to the delinquency of minors after hosting a Halloween party where drunken teenagers fell down, vomited and passed out. Lisa Swagerty, 50, and Richard Stovel, 62, were cited with misdemeanors after their daugther, a Palo Alto High School senior, threw the ...
Suspicious Package Forces Evacuation Of Gilroy School
A small explosive device found at Rucker Elementary School just north of Gilroy Tuesday turned out to be a garlic shaker that somebody had tried to turn into a bomb, Santa Clara County Sheriff's Deputy Serg Palanov said. Palanov said the amateurish-looking wannabe bomb had already ignited but did not ...
Hospital Bailout Approved; ER Could Re-Open Wednesday
The Contra Costa Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a plan Tuesday to bail out the financially bankrupt Doctors Medical Center. With this approval, the hospital will now be able to fully staff its emergency department and start accepting ambulances again. According to health officials, the 29 intensive care beds at ...
Google Buys Palo Alto Wiki Application Maker
Google Inc., expanding its efforts at providing software that helps users create and post their own materials on the Internet, has acquired a California startup that develops online collaboration tools known as wikis. The announcement came Tuesday through separate postings at Google's and JotSpot Inc.'s Web journals. Terms were not ...
Gun Play Leads To Antioch Teen's Death
Police in Antioch are still trying to trace the origin of a handgun behind an accidental shooting incident that left one teenage boy dead and another in police custody.Investigators canvassed the usually quiet Antioch neighborhood all day for clues in the fatal incident. On Monday night, a 16-year-old boy from ...
44,000 Pounds Of Stolen Almonds Recovered In Fresno
Authorities announced Monday that they recovered 44,000-pounds of stolen almonds after the suspected thieves tried to sell the processed nuts on the black market.The thieves drove a truck full of Campos Brothers Farm almonds off the lot of a trucking company, where the almonds were sent for distribution earlier this ...
Stories for Monday, October 30
Information On Sugar Pie De Santo Fund
Sugar Pie De Santo and family gratefully acknowledge the outpouring of love and support from Bay Area friends and fans in the wake of the apartment fire that took away her husband and destroyed so many of her possessions.Individuals wishing to make a financial contribution to Sugar Pie may do ...
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