Stories for November 2007
Stories for Friday, November 30
Thornton Leads Sharks Out Of Slump
Joe Thornton had two goals and an assist in a dominant two-way performance, and the San Jose Sharks snapped a three-game winless streak with a 3-2 victory over the Colorado Avalanche on Friday night. Thornton scored two power-play goals in the first 25 minutes and added an assist on Mike ...
Vallejo Girl Shot By Father Now In Fair Condition
The condition of a two-year-old Vallejo girl who was shot by her father continues to improve, a hospital official said Friday afternoon. Diana Yee, spokeswoman for Children's Hospital in Oakland, said Brooklyn Owens-Watson's condition has been upgraded from serious to fair. Vallejo police said Vernon Val Watson, 41, fatally shot ...
Alleged Child Killer Could Get Death Penalty
The alleged killer of 6-year-old Oscar Jimenez Jr. made his first court appearance in Santa Clara County Friday and could face the death penalty, according to Deputy District Attorney Jeff Rosen. With a tight fade haircut and a light mustache, Corona stood in a holding area doorway behind alternative public ...
Novato Man Pleads Guilty To Killing Former Lover
A Novato man pleaded guilty in Marin County Superior Court Friday to murdering a woman with whom he had a previous romantic relationship and dismembering her and burying her remains near a highway. Marin County District Attorney Ed Berberian said Gregorio Deleon-Mendez, 40, pleaded guilty to the murder of Ana ...
Federal Employee Pleads Guilty To Vacation Fraud In Cancer Scam
A federal worker who convinced employees nationwide to donate nearly 1,000 hours of their own paid leave so he could take time off for fictitious cancer treatments pleaded guilty Friday to vacation fraud. Robert Joseph Thom, 45, of Oceanside, admitted guilt for 10 counts of wire fraud that carry a ...
Stegner's Literary Heirs Object To Publication Of Forgotten Book
A small publishing house did not have to dig far to unearth a long-buried book Pulitzer Prize winning novelist Wallace Stegner wrote a half-century ago about oil exploration in the Middle East. The owner of Selwa Press, Timothy Barger, is the son of the former president of a U.S. company ...
Governor's Panel Seeks Water, Habitat Changes In Delta
California must build new dams and change how it channels water to more than two-thirds of the state's residents through the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, a panel appointed by the governor said Friday. The seven-member Delta Vision task force stopped short of saying where dams should be built or whether water ...
Talks Continue As San Jose City Inspectors Remain On Strike
The Association of Building, Mechanical and Electrical Inspectors is on strike for the third day pushing for the right to appeal disciplinary action through arbitration rather than being subject to a city appointed commission. The association's contract expired Oct. 19 and despite concessions on both sides of the argument on ...
Federal Government Sues Ship Owner, Pilot In SF Bay Oil Spill
The federal government on Friday accused a ship pilot and the owners of the container ship Cosco Busan of breaking environmental laws when the ship struck a bridge support in San Francisco Bay, spilling 58,000 gallons of toxic oil. The Justice Department filed the lawsuit in U.S. District Court here, ...
NorCal Nurses To Strike Again
The California Nurses Association says 5,000 Northern California nurses will walk out on the job for the second time in just over two months. Registered nurses at 13 Sutter Health hospitals in the San Francisco Bay area are planning a two-day strike for Dec. 13 and Dec. 14 following a ...
$125M Geothermal Plant Planned In Elko County
Plans are under way to build a $125 million geothermal plant in Elko County north of Tuscarora, officials for an Alabama-based power developer said Friday. The Hot Sulpher Springs Geothermal Power Plant, which would be the first such plant in the county, would produce an estimated 32 to 48 megawatts ...
CHP Road Highway Exit Closures For Big-Game Traffic
While the Stanford Athletics Web site suggest that people attending the Big Game use the Embarcadero Road exit off of Highway 101 (whether traveling north or south), KTVU has learned that the Embarcadero exits off of 101 will be closed in both directions to prevent a bottleneck. CHP are encouraging ...
Local Football Fans Gear Up For Big Game
A sell-out crowd of 50,000 is expected at Stanford Stadium on Saturday when the University of California Golden Bears travel to Palo Alto to take on the Stanford University Cardinal for the 110th battle over the coveted Stanford Axe. Although Cal has won the last five meetings, Stanford holds the ...
State Lawmakers Criticize Response To San Francisco Bay Oil Spill
State lawmakers on Friday sharply criticized the slow response to the oil spill that soiled San Francisco Bay with 58,000 gallons of fuel earlier this month, saying they are frustrated by the lack of answers about what went wrong. The initial report was of a spill of about 140 gallons, ...
Oakland School District To Regain Some Control From State
Partial local control will be returned to the Oakland Unified School District in two out of five operational areas - the first step toward enabling the district to hire a superintendent, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O'Connell announced Friday. The district already assumed control in July over the area ...
Three Injured When Car Strikes Vallejo Home
Three people were injured Friday morning when a Lincoln Navigator collided with a sedan and then entered a house at 100 Pumice Drive, the Vallejo Fire Department said this afternoon. Fire Department spokesman Bill Tweedy said three adults were taken to a hospital after the 9:45 a.m. accident at Basalt ...
Bonds' Doctor In Awkward Position If Called To Testify
Barry Bonds' entourage would arrive at the Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative on Saturdays and after usual business hours, the slugger could have samples of his blood and urine collected in peace. Dr. Arthur Ting was in the posse that arrived at BALCO's Burlingame headquarters in late 2001. The doctor that ...
Motorcycle Daredevil Evel Knievel Dies At 69
Evel Knievel, the red-white-and-blue-spangled motorcycle daredevil whose jumps over Greyhound buses, live sharks and Idaho's Snake River Canyon made him an international icon in the 1970s, died Friday. He was 69. Knievel's death was confirmed by his granddaughter, Krysten Knievel. He had been in failing health for years, suffering from ...
Embattled Supervisor Jew Appears Before Federal Judge
Suspended San Francisco Supervisor Ed Jew made his first court appearance Friday before the federal judge who will preside over his future trial on public corruption charges. The hearing before U.S. District Judge Susan Illston had been scheduled for setting of a trial date. But at the request of prosecution ...
Man Gets Life In Prison For Brutal Barbershop Shooting
An Oakland man with a long criminal record was sentenced Friday to life in prison with the possibility of parole for shooting an aspiring pilot five times while he was getting a haircut at an East Oakland barbershop. David Murphy, 33, was convicted Oct. 11 in Alameda County Superior Court ...
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