Stories for January 2008
Stories for Thursday, January 31
Wiggins Sets Record, Leads Cardinal Past USC 77-51
Candice Wiggins noticed the signs all around Maples Pavilion and was reminded of the latest feat within her reach. Then she went out and added another special accomplishment to her illustrious Stanford career Thursday night: all-time leading scorer. Wiggins broke Kate Starbird's career school scoring record and finished with 18 ...
Cal Women Dominate UCLA 67-53
Ashley Walker had 18 points and 10 rebounds, Natasha Vital added 16 points and 10th-ranked California bounced back from its first conference loss by beating UCLA 67-53 Thursday night."If anybody has been following us for three years, they are tough minded, they let things go pretty easily, they move forward. ...
Cal Men Finally Win Close Game In Washington
All season, California has been losing close games in the closing minutes. The Bears finally won one Thursday night. Ryan Anderson scored 27 points and California hung on to hand No. 9 Washington State its first home loss of the season, 69-64. Cal (12-7, 3-5 Pac-10) either led, was tied ...
Salinas Man Sentenced To 8 Years In Prison For Party Rape
Monterey County prosecutors announced Thursday that a Salinas man has been sentenced to eight years in prison for raping an intoxicated victim during a party at his apartment in February 2005. As part of his sentence Norberto Carrillo, Jr., 27, will have to register as a sex offender for the ...
Some California Voters Facing Registration Problems
KTVU Channel 2 News has learned that just five days before the California primary, tens of thousands of registered voters across the Bay Area and the state may have been stripped from the voter rolls without even knowing it.Here in the basement of the Alameda County courthouse, the Registrar of ...
Tar Ball Clean-Up Concludes On Area Beaches
An extensive four-day clean-up of the Bay Area coastline ended Thursday as crews finished gathering much of the sticky tar clumps that coated the shores earlier this week. "We're done at this point, but we'll keep monitoring the coastline in case more cleaning is necessary," a U.S. Coast Guard official ...
Obama And Clinton Mix Civility And Barbs In Debate
Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton sparred, for the most part cordially, over immigration, health care and the war in Iraq in their first one-on-one debate on Thursday as they faced high-stakes Super Tuesday contests that could go a long way toward determining the party's presidential nominee. Clinton emphasized ...
Google Earnings Slowed In Fourth Quarter
Google Inc.'s earnings and revenue growth decelerated more than analysts anticipated during the fourth quarter, magnifying worries that the Internet search leader's moneymaking machine is bogging down as the U.S. economy teeters on the brink of recession. The quarterly results released Thursday spooked already jittery investors, causing Google's slumping stock ...
Scientists Discover Bizarre Looking Shrew
When Galen Rathbun of the California Academy of Sciences lifted up the strange looking creature in the wilds of Tanzania he knew he was on the brink of the biggest discovery of his career.The creature he held was a member of the elephant shrew family -- small, furry, insect-eating mammals ...
Schwarzenegger Tosses His Support To McCain
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger will endorse John McCain on Thursday, giving a boost to the Republican presidential front-runner six days before California's high-prize primary. The two will appear at a news conference after touring a Los Angeles-based solar energy company and the governor will make his endorsement official, his senior aides ...
Mother Nature Takes Another Swipe At Bay Area
The cold, churning waters of the Gulf of Alaska sent another pulse of wet weather toward Northern California Thursday, but forecasters were predicting the storm window would begin to close this weekend.Two storm fronts, one forecasted to drench the Bay Area later Thursday and another Saturday, were not expected to ...
Manager Allegedly Drugged Britney Spears
A restraining order against the man who's been at Britney Spears' side during her downward spiral portrays him as a Svengali figure who held her a virtual hostage in her home, drugged her, took over her finances and controlled the ravenous paparazzi "like a general." The order against 33-year-old Sam ...
Novato Man Arrested For Possessing Gun Stolen At Teen Party
A 19-year-old Novato man was arrested Wednesday in connection with the theft of a firearm from a Terra Linda home where a juvenile was hosting a party, police said. Frank Lee Gray IV was booked into Marin County Jail for possession of stolen property, according to the San Rafael Police ...
Menlo Park Businessman Sentenced For Employee Murder Plot
A businessman will spend 39 years to life behind bars for hiring someone to kidnap, rape and kill one of his employees because she rejected his romantic advances. Thirty-eight-year-old Ricardo Zambrano was sentenced Wednesday in a San Mateo County courtroom for the plot. Prosecutors say Zambrano, a Menlo Park jewelry ...
Stories for Wednesday, January 30
Human Skull Found In Hotel Dumpster Approximately 200 Years Old
A human skull found in a Dumpster outside a Burlingame hotel on Friday morning is about 200 years old, police said Wednesday. San Bruno Garbage Company workers called the Burlingame Police Department at about 8:30 a.m. Friday after they discovered the skull while emptying their trucks of a morning load, ...
Sharks Fall To Flames In Calgary 5-4
Owen Nolan's hat trick lifted the Calgary Flames to their fourth straight victory, 5-4 over the San Jose Sharks on Wednesday night. Nolan capped off his first three-goal game since Oct. 4, 1999, at 10:45 of the third period when he broke to the net and neatly tucked a rebound ...
Davis And Jackson Lead Warriors Over Hornets
Baron Davis heard boos every time he touched the ball, right up until he sent the crowd to the exits with a game-sealing 3-pointer. Stephen Jackson scored 26 points, Davis added 23, and the Golden State Warriors beat New Orleans 116-103 Wednesday night to snap the Hornets' nine-game winning streak. ...
Former Urologist Pleads Guilty In Connection With Unnecessary Surgery
Santa Clara County prosecutors announced today that a Los Gatos urologist has pleaded guilty to felony charges of elder abuse and insurance fraud for performing unnecessary surgery on an 87-year-old man after falsely telling the man that he had prostate cancer. Ali Moayed, 41, is scheduled to be sentenced on ...
Reward Offered For Info On Recent Richmond Homicides
A woman who was shot while driving on a Richmond city street Tuesday night died from her injuries at the hospital Wednesday, Richmond police reported. Roschell Flanagan, a 35-year-old Richmond resident, was shot near the intersection of Fourth Street and Maine Avenue at about 11:17 p.m., Lt. Shawn Pickett reported. ...
President Bush Comes To Bay Area For Brief Visit
President Bush was in the Bay Area for a few hours Wednesday to raise money for Republicans and give a local teen an award for volunteer service. The president arrived at San Francisco International Airport around 4:30 p.m. and left shortly before 8 p.m. His itinerary included a ceremony to ...
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