Stories for October 2007
Stories for Wednesday, October 31
Concord Youths Injured In Drive-By Shooting
Two youths were injured during Halloween night Wednesday in an apparent drive-by shooting in Concord, police said. Gunfire was reported at Ellis and Laguna streets at around 8:47 p.m., said Concord police Lt. Keith Whitaker. A caller told police someone was screaming in the street as if they were in ...
Three Hospitalized After Mission District Muni Crash
Transit service was not seriously delayed after a San Francisco Municipal Railway bus crashed with two other vehicles in the city's Mission District Wednesday morning. The collision occurred at 15th and Mission streets around 9:50 a.m., said Muni spokesman Alan Siegel. The bus involved in the accident was only slightly ...
San Quentin Mistake Led To Stabbing Suspect's Release
California's inspector general on Wednesday said employees at San Quentin State Prison failed to follow policies in the unsupervised release of an inmate who police say then stabbed a 15-year-old girl. The errors included prison employees mistaking Scott Chris Thomas -- who is white -- for another inmate who is ...
Win Tickets To See Hannah Montana At Oracle Arena
KTVU.com Ticket Contest Today, one lucky KTVU.com winner will receive a pair of tickets to see teen-pop sensation Hannah Montana at Oakland's Oracle Arena tonight. All you have to do is enter the contest. Disney Channel Favorite Sings At Oracle The latest in Disney's line of teen-pop sensations following in ...
Nedney Fined For Obscene Gesture To 49ers Heckler
San Francisco 49ers kicker Joe Nedney was fined $7,500 on Wednesday for making an obscene gesture at his home fans during last week's game against New Orleans. Nedney blamed frustration for his sly gesticulation in the third quarter of the 49ers' 31-10 loss to the Saints at Candlestick Park, their ...
Court: Mom Should Get Laci Peterson's Insurance Money
A panel of three California judges ruled Wednesday that Laci Peterson's mother deserves to get a $250,000 payout from her daughter's life insurance policy. That decision affirmed a previous ruling that a Stanislaus County Superior Court judge made almost two years ago. The Fifth District Court of Appeal judges ruled ...
Courtroom Emotions Trigger Pittsburg Parking Lot Shooting
One man was in custody and another hospitalized after a fight that erupted inside the Pittsburg courthouse Wednesday spilled outside into a nearby parking lot and ended in a shooting.Authorities said Daniel Hernandez, 20 of Pittsburg, was taken into custody around noon and during questioning admitted to the shooting. A ...
Antioch Students Released From Hospitals After Prank
All 22 students taken to area hospitals Wednesday morning after an apparent Halloween prank at Antioch High School have been released from medical care, Antioch Unified School District spokeswoman Iris Archuleta said. School officials believe somebody sprayed pepper spray inside the school most likely as a Halloween prank, Archuleta said. ...
Former "Prison Break" Star Gets 40 Months In Jail
Lane Garrison was sentenced to three years and four months in prison Wednesday for a drunken driving crash that killed a 17-year-old Beverly Hills High student last December. "The public has the right to know that conduct such as this, causing devastation such as this" will have consequences, said Superior ...
Man Arrested After Two Suspects Rob His House
ANTIOCH, Calif. -- Officers arrested an Antioch resident Tuesday morning after finding stolen property in his home when they responded to the resident's report of an armed robbery.Two suspects found two sleeping occupants inside a house in the 300 block of Hillside Road shortly before noon Tuesday, according to police.While ...
Police Investigate Alleged Brosnan Malibu Assault
Los Angeles County Sheriff's officials Wednesday were investigating an alleged assault in Malibu last week involving actor Pierce Brosnan. Steve Whitmore, a spokesman for the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, said the incident allegedly occurred outside a Mexican restaurant Friday night. He said the 54-year-old former James Bond star wasn't ...
Mostly Quiet On The Castro Halloween Front
A heavy police presence in San Francisco's Castro district seemed enough to spook people away from what was once home to the Bay Area's largest Halloween street party as costumed revelers gathered in dramatically reduced numbers. After the city of San Francisco did just about everything it could to deter ...
Arrest Made In Brutal Palo Alto Teen Abduction
Palo Alto police have arrested a 20-year-old San Jose man in connection with the alleged kidnapping and sexual assault of a 17-year-old girl Tuesday afternoon. Police nabbed Todd David Burpee Jr. at about 10:30 p.m. Thursday night as he waited in line at a San Jose fast food restaurant, according ...
Grandmother, Child Shot On Way To Prayer Meeting
A 2-year-old boy and his grandmother were recovering from gunshot wounds Wednesday after they were struck down by stray bullets from a drive-by shooting as they walked to a prayer meeting at a Richmond church.Richmond police Lt. Ron Berry said the suspects in a burgundy minivan fired several shots at ...
Boozer, Jazz Spoil Warriors Home Opener
Carlos Boozer and Deron Williams shouldn't expect invitations to Baron Davis' opulent birthday bash or Stephen Jackson's homecoming party. The Utah Jazz stars have ruined every celebration they've attended in the Bay Area recently. Boozer had 32 points and 15 rebounds, Williams added 24 points and the Jazz jumped right ...
Stories for Tuesday, October 30
Strong Aftershock Rattles Nerves In South Bay
Mother Nature delivered another jolt to San Francisco's South Bay residents Wednesday as a 3.7 aftershock -- one of more than three dozen following Tuesday's magnitude-5.6 tremor -- rattled homes, businesses, stores and schools.Such is life in the Bay Area where the "Big Seven" earthquake faults slash the like claw ...
State Judge Set To Toss Out New Execution Method
A state judge said Tuesday that she intends to toss out California's new procedure for executing condemned inmates, a move that would throw even more uncertainty into California's stalled capital punishment law. In May, prison officials revised how they administer the lethal three-drug cocktail after a federal judge stopped executions ...
Fatal BART Accident Closes Powell Station
The tracks have been cleared at the San Francisco Powell Station Tuesday night after a Bay Area Rapid Transit train struck and killed a person, said spokesman Linton Johnson. Just before 6 p.m., witnesses reported seeing the victim sit in the track way, said Johnson. The station was shut down ...
Methodist Council Rules Berkeley Transgender Minister May Keep Job
A United Methodist transgender minister said Tuesday he was "happily surprised" by a church council ruling allowing him to stay on the job. The church's top court, which considered the issue during a recent session in San Francisco, stopped short of addressing whether a change of gender violates the denomination's ...
Woodland Dentist Indicted By Grand Jury For Fondling Patients
A Woodland dentist who is accused of fondling more than a dozen patients has been indicted by a grand jury on 20 felony counts. Yolo County prosecutors announced the sealed indictment against Mark Anderson in court Tuesday. Anderson faces charges of sexual battery for groping the breasts of 14 female ...
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