Stories for July 2007
Stories for Tuesday, July 31
Bonds Stays At 754 As Giants Beat Dodgers 3-1
Lots of boos and little else for Barry Bonds at Dodger Stadium. Back on the road, Bonds stayed stuck at 754 home runs when he went 0-for-2 with two walks in the San Francisco Giants' 3-1 victory over Los Angeles on Tuesday night. Since moving with one of Hank Aaron's ...
Suzuki, Cust Lead A's Past Tigers 7-3
Kurt Suzuki and Jack Cust each hit two-run singles in the sixth inning to help the Oakland Athletics snap a four-game losing streak with a 7-3 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Tuesday night. Dan Haren (13-3) was the beneficiary of the four-run rally and outpitched fellow All-Star Justin Verlander ...
CHP Officer Fatally Struck During High-Speed Chase
A California Highway Patrol officer who was setting a spike strip to stop a driver involved in a high-speed chase was killed Tuesday after the driver swerved and struck him on the highway. Douglas Scott Russell, 46, was hit on Highway 50 about 45 miles east of Sacramento and airlifted ...
SJ Police Find Children Last Seen With Murder Suspect
San Jose police have located three children who were last seen with a man who is suspected of a Sunday night shooting that left a 27-year-old man dead and injured another, a police spokesman said Tuesday. Police continue to search for 28-year-old Clayton Clark for his involvement in the Sunday ...
Star Jones: I Had Gastric Bypass Surgery
Star Jones Reynolds skirted questions about her dramatic weight loss for years, saying only that she had undergone a medical intervention. That intervention, it turns out, was gastric bypass surgery.Reynolds, 45, says she was "intentionally evasive" when people asked how she'd dropped 160 pounds in three years. She had gastric ...
Usher, Pregnant Fiancee Cancel Wedding
Usher and his pregnant fiancee, Tameka Foster, canceled their wedding last weekend, but they're apparently still together. "As of right now we don't have a date but we will let you know when we do," he tells Usmagazine.com in a story posted Tuesday. "Everybody's fine. Tameka and the baby are ...
Spears Tossed Baby Bottle, Threatened Photographers
Britney Spears threw a baby bottle and threatened two photographers after they took pictures of her leaving a Las Vegas spa, the photographers said in a statement Tuesday. Spears yelled "I am going to kill you!" and cursed at Andrew Deetz, a photographer who says he was beaten by Spears' ...
Water Fight Brewing In Central Valley
The U.S. government appears poised to turn over the rights to billions of gallons of water to a politically connected group of farmers, even as residents across the West are being asked let their lawns go brown and adopt other emergency measures to conserve water. Under a proposed settlement federal ...
Farmworkers Sue EPA To Ban Pesticide
Farmworker unions and nonprofit groups representing rural residents sued federal regulators Tuesday in a bid to ban a popular pesticide they allege is responsible for widespread health problems throughout agricultural America. The United Farm Workers of America, the AFL-CIO and several other organizations sued the Environmental Protection Agency in San ...
Giants Trade Morris To Pittsburgh
The Pittsburgh Pirates got pitcher Matt Morris from San Francisco on Tuesday, an uncommon deal for a high-priced player by an out-of-contention team at the trading deadline. Pittsburgh sent rookie outfielder Rajai Davis and a player to be named to the Giants, who began shedding salary as they look to ...
Text Of The Letter Censuring Lt. Gen. Philip Kensinger
Text of the letter from Army Secretary Pete Geren censuring Lt. Gen. Philip Kensinger for his role in the investigation of the friendly fire death of Army Ranger Pat Tillman. MEMORANDUM FOR Lt. Gen. Philip R. Kensinger, USA Retired SUBJECT: Censure You are hereby censured for your conduct and failure ...
Hot Air Balloon Makes Emergency Landing In Wine Country
A hot air balloon low on propane fuel made an emergency landing in a clearing on a steep slope in the Mayacamas Mountains Tuesday morning, according to the Glen Ellen Fire Protection District.Firefighter Marty Amon said the pilot set the balloon down at about the 2,000-foot level above Devil's Canyon. ...
Bridge Officials Preview Labor Day Commute Nightmare
Bay Bridge officials Tuesday gave a preview of the transit nightmare facing local drivers when they close the structure over Labor Day weekend. Construction teams will begin work retrofitting a section of the bridge east of Yerba Buena Island at 8 p.m. Friday, Aug. 31, continuing until 5 a.m. Tuesday, ...
Bridge Under Construction Collapses Near Oroville
A highway overpass that was under construction collapsed early Tuesday, crushing a delivery truck and seriously injuring a construction worker who clung to a steel beam as it tumbled 50 feet to the ground. Firefighters swarmed the FedEx delivery truck to cut its driver from underneath a large steel beam ...
Group Alleges UCSF Researchers Mistreated Lab Animals
University of California, San Francisco researchers drilled holes in monkeys' skulls and induced irregular heartbeats in dogs without first seeking more humane alternatives, a physicians group alleges in a lawsuit filed Tuesday. The nonprofit Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine seeks to stop research experiments until officials can guarantee compliance with ...
Bus Bursts Into Flames On 880
An articulated AC Transit bus burst into flames early Tuesday on the busy 880 corridor near San Leandro, slowing traffic as firefighters rushed to extinguish the fire. The incident began at around 7:15 a.m. and the California Highway Patrol shut down lanes Nos. 4 and 5 while emergency crews put ...
Bay Area, Nation Mourn Bill Walsh's Death
The famous, the powerful and the common man on the street in the Bay Area Tuesday mourned the loss of sports legend Bill Walsh: "This is just a tremendous loss for all of us, especially to the Bay Area because of what he meant to the 49ers. For me personally, ...
A's Fall To Tigers 5-2
Curtis Granderson and Placido Polanco made sure Jordan Tata's first major league start was one to remember. Granderson and Polanco both had three hits and an RBI as the Detroit Tigers snapped a four-game losing streak with a 5-2 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Monday night. "I just like ...
Group Alleges UCSF Researchers Mistreated Lab Animals
University of California, San Francisco researchers drilled holes in monkeys' skulls and induced irregular heartbeats in dogs without first seeking more humane alternatives, a physicians group alleges in a lawsuit to be filed Tuesday. The nonprofit Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine seeks to stop research experiments until officials can guarantee ...
Free Agent QB Culpepper To Work Out With Raiders
Free agent quarterback Daunte Culpepper will work out for the Oakland Raiders on Tuesday, two weeks after being released by the Miami Dolphins. Culpepper held a private workout for a member of the Raiders' personnel department in Florida on Monday. The 30-year-old quarterback did well enough there to persuade the ...
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