Stories for May 2008
Stories for Saturday, May 31
Saturday Homicide Victim ID'd
The San Francisco medical examiner's office Sunday identified 34-year-old Juan Rodriguez as the victim of a fatal shooting near Interstate Highway 280 Saturday evening. Officers responded to the shooting at Laura Street and Huron Avenue around 5 p.m. and found Rodriguez, a resident of Daly City, suffering gunshot wounds, police ...
Foreclosure Scam Artist Gets Federal Prison Time
A judge sentenced a man to almost seven years in federal prison for stealing money from people who paid him for lists of properties available through government foreclosures. A U.S. District Court judge sent Mark Allen Davis to federal prison for 81 months and fined him more than $328,000 in ...
Nevada Tribe Gets Solar Power From Burning Man
Students at a school on the Pyramid Lake Paiute Reservation will get a firsthand lesson about the benefits of solar power. A dedication ceremony was held Friday for a new solar energy system at Natchez Elementary School in Wadsworth, about 30 miles east of Reno. The project was built through ...
Moth Spraying Opponents March On Golden Gate Bridge
Bay Area groups that oppose the spraying of their cities to eradicate the light brown apple moth marched on the Golden Gate Bridge Saturday to help spread awareness of what they say are ineffective and unsafe chemicals. San Francisco and Marin County conglomerates of anti-spray groups began on either end ...
Obama Quits Church After Long Controversy
Barack Obama has resigned his 20 year membership in the Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago in the aftermath of inflammatory remarks by his longtime pastor the Rev. Jeremiah Wright and more recent fiery remarks at the church by another minister. Obama campaign communications director Robert Gibbs said Obama ...
2-Year-Old Killed By Hit-And-Run Driver
A 2-year-old girl who reportedly wandered away from her home in Napa early Saturday morning appears to have been struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver, police reported. Napa police received a report of a child missing from the area of Old Sonoma Road and Oran Court shortly before 5:30 ...
Summit Fire May Burn Through Mid-June
A Cal Fire spokesman said Saturday that the Summit Fire is still flaring up in the Santa Cruz Mountains and may not be fully controlled until mid-June. The fire, which has consumed more than 3,200 acres in Santa Cruz and Santa Clara counties and destroyed 36 residences, was declared 100 ...
Shuttle Discovery Blasts Off For Space Station
Space shuttle Discovery and a crew of seven blasted off Saturday, carrying a giant Japanese lab addition to the international space station along with something more mundane -- a toilet pump. Discovery roared into a brilliant blue sky dotted with a few clouds at 5:02 p.m. Saturday, right on time. ...
Dog That Mauled Fremont Baby Child To Be Euthanized
Officials at an East Bay animal shelter say they plan to euthanize a dog that mauled a 9-month-old baby in his family's Fremont home -- the second such incident in a month. Tri-City Animal Shelter officials say the dog, a 75-pound boxer named Tyson, would remain quarantined until Friday, but ...
Officials Say Fla., Mich. Delegates Will Get Half-Votes
Democratic party officials said a committee agreed Saturday on a compromise to seat Michigan and Florida delegates with half-votes after Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton failed to get enough support to force their positions through. The deal was reached after committee members met privately for more than three hours, ...
SF Attorney Fights Back Against Gay Marriage Foes
San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera plans to file opposition next week to a request by 10 state attorneys general for a delay in the California Supreme Court's same-sex marriage ruling. Herrera announced his plan Friday to file opposition papers with the court next week, saying it would be "both ...
Mendocino County Pot Growing Measure Nears Vote
Voters in this rugged stretch of Northern California took marijuana laws to new heights in 2000, allowing residents to grow up to 25 marijuana plants for medical, recreational or personal use. But eight years later, some are campaigning to scale back the law, saying it's time to weed out pot ...
Sacramento Sheriff Won't Reopen Johnson Probe
Sacramento County Sheriff John McGinness says there's no reason for police to reopen an investigation into whether former NBA star Kevin Johnson molested a teenage girl. McGinness said Friday that Johnson's actions, though ill-advised, were not illegal. He said Johnson touched the girl on her shoulders, but not her breasts. ...
State Investigates Toddler's Death At San Jose Day Care
State and local officials are investigating the death of a 2-year-old boy who accidentally strangled to death on his sweat shirt drawstring at the home where he received day care. The California Department of Social Services visited the home after the toddler's May 21 death and cited the unnamed facility. ...
Stories for Friday, May 30
San Francisco Getting Decked Out For Black & White Ball
San Francisco's Civic Center underwent a transformation Friday for Saturday night's Black & White Ball.Twelve bands are scheduled to perform on 5 stages from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Seal will be performing at Davies Symphony Hall at 8 p.m. Tickets for his concert are separate and sold out.These are ...
Sewage Fouls Oakland Apartment and Creek
The residents of an Oakland apartment complex are crying foul: they say their landlord has been pumping raw sewage into a nearby creek. The landlord say he thought it was a water leak. But with the mosquitos, the flies, and the smell, tenants say, they know better.Dennis Givens is frustrated. ...
Historic Napa School House Could Close
A piece of Napa County's education history is in need of support, as school officials consider shutting down the one-room school house.Children and their parents are trying to gather public support to convince the Napa Valley Unified School District to keep Wooden Valley Elementary School open.The one-room building was built ...
Alameda To Vote On Five Measures In Tuesday's Election
There is one county-wide measure on the ballot in Alameda County in the June 3 election along with measures in the Hayward and city of Alameda school districts and the cities of Oakland and Union City. Measure F lets voters throughout the county decide whether unincorporated areas should continue to ...
Calif. Clerk To Be First When Gay Marriage Becomes Legal
For 18 years, Stephen Weir has been in charge of the office that hands out marriage licenses in California's ninth-largest county. And for just as long, Weir has been unable to get a license himself because the love of his life is a man. The irony did not escape him. ...
Los Gatos Man Shot To Death, Perhaps Accidentally
A 42-year-old Los Gatos man was found suffering from a gunshot wound at a residence on the 200 block of Edelen Avenue Friday afternoon and was pronounced dead after several minutes, police announced. Police and paramedics responded to the residence at 2:41 p.m. and the man was pronounced dead by ...
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