Stories for November 2008
Stories for Sunday, November 30
Popular Cable Car Service Out Until Monday
A mechanical problem is expected to affect regular service of the San Francisco Municipal Railway's Powell-Mason cable car line until Monday morning, according to Muni.A problem with the cable was reported around 7:30 a.m. and is disrupting service on the Mason Street portion of the line.Muni is running bus shuttles ...
Raiders Fail On Offense, Lose To Chiefs 13-20
Tyler Thigpen put together one effective drive for Kansas City to beat the Oakland Raiders in a matchup between two of the NFL's worst teams.Thigpen engineered a 91-yard drive that was capped by Larry Johnson's 2-yard tiebreaking touchdown run early in the fourth quarter to lead the Chiefs to a ...
Bay Area Troops Deploy To Afghanistan For Risky Work
Members of the 235th Engineer Company will be serving in a vital role in their year-long deployment to Afghanistan: minesweeping.Commanding officers handed out commendations at Sunday morning's deployment ceremony for the roughly 100 men of the army's 235th engineer company.The company leaves Tuesday for three months of training in the ...
Kiffin Introduced As Tennessee Coach
Even though Tennessee’s new coach is the youngest one leading a major program, Lane Kiffin has been around football for almost all of his 33 years.The former coach of the NFL’s Oakland Raiders and son of longtime NFL defensive coordinator Monte Kiffin, is five months younger than the previous youngest ...
Monterey Sheriff Busts Cock Fighting Ring
The Monterey County Sheriff's Office detained 11 people, booked three others into jail and seized dozens of birds after it raided a cock fight in Carmel Valley.Sheriff's office personnel received information about a possible cock fight that was planned in the area of Carmel Valley Road. Four deputies, a helicopter, ...
SF Federal Court To Rule On Prison Over-Crowding
Over the past three decades, California lawmakers and voters have sought to combat crime with an ever-expanding list of sentencing laws, adding years to inmates' terms and returning parolees to prison more often.That get-tough approach has led to a ballooning prison population with unintended consequences -- prisons commanding an ever ...
Niners' Defense Spoils Bills' Playoff Chances
For a 49ers team that didn't have much to play for, linebacker Patrick Willis and a suddenly sturdy San Francisco defense certainly did their job as spoilers.Willis had 14 tackles and a forced fumble in a 10-3 win over Buffalo on Sunday that all but ended the Bills' dwindling playoff ...
One Dies In Fatal Crash On Hwy Near Santa Rosa
One person was killed in a traffic accident Saturday night on southbound U.S. Highway 101 south of Santa Rosa in unincorporated Sonoma County. The crash was reported around 7:20 p.m. on the highway south of Todd Road.CHP Officer Ralph Caggiano said it appears as though a 1990 Honda Accord and ...
Two Shot In Rural Drive-By Shooting
The Monterey County Sheriff's Office is investigating a shooting that occurred between two cars driving in the community of Pajaro near Watsonville on Saturday.A black sedan carrying four juveniles, approximately 16 to 18-years-old, began shooting into another vehicle driving on Salinas Road in the community of Pajaro in unincorporated Monterey ...
Armstrong Starts Training For Tour Of Cal
Lance Armstrong is set to start training camp this week without having subjected himself to drug tests by the anti-doping expert he teamed with and with no deal in place to post results of those tests online. When the seven-time Tour de France winner announced his comeback earlier this year, ...
Shuttle Lands Safely At California Air Force Base
Space shuttle Endeavour and its seven astronauts are safely back on Earth.The space shuttle landed Sunday in sunny California, after being diverted there by stormy weather at NASA's Florida spaceport. Commander Christopher Ferguson guided Endeavour down at 4:25 p.m. EST.The safe landing at Edwards Air Force Base ended a trip ...
Man Shot Dead In G.G. Park; Police Investigating
Police in San Francisco are investigating a homicide that left a man shot and killed in Golden Gate Park on Saturday night.Officers responding to a report of shots fired on Conservatory Drive near Arguello Boulevard around 10 p.m. found San Francisco resident Brandon Evans suffering from a gunshot wound, police ...
No. 1 Tide Vs. No. 2 Gators For SEC Title
Second-ranked Florida extended its winning streak to eight games and continued its dominance in the intrastate rivalry against Florida State with a thorough, 45-15 beatdown of the No. 23 Seminoles on Saturday.In the bigger picture, the SEC championship game showdown that everyone wanted to see is set. Not only did ...
Cincinnati On The Way To Big East Title Game
With the Big East championship already in hand, No. 16 Cincinnati turned its final home game into a ho-hum win that matched a school record.Tony Pike threw a pair of touchdown passes, and the Bearcats' senior-laden defense had its way Saturday, setting up a 30-10 victory over Syracuse in the ...
Flutie Leads Boston College To ACC Title Game
Billy Flutie, the Boston College backup quarterback and nephew of Heisman Trophy winner Doug Flutie, threw for a 9-yard touchdown on a fake field goal Saturday to lead the 20th-ranked Eagles to a spot in the Atlantic Coast Conference championship game with a 28-21 victory over Maryland.BC (9-3, 5-3 ACC) ...
USC Routs Notre Dame; Was It Enough?
The outcome of Saturday night's Notre Dame-Southern California game was decided early. What remains in doubt is Charlie Weis' future with the Fighting Irish.Mark Sanchez passed for 267 yards and two touchdowns, USC's hard-hitting defense thoroughly dominated Notre Dame, and the fifth-ranked Trojans rolled to a 38-3 victory over the ...
Oklahoma Tops Oklahoma State In BCS Shootout
Oklahoma got all the bounces it needed to get past Oklahoma State in the highest-scoring Bedlam rivalry game ever. But did the Sooners do enough to bounce over Texas and into the Big 12 championship game?That's for the voters and computers to decide. The third-ranked Sooners took care of their ...
Stories for Saturday, November 29
Santa & Reindeer Making Appearance At Tilden Park Sunday
To celebrate the holidays, Santa Claus and his reindeer will be making an appearance at the Tilden Park Merry-Go-Round on Sunday evening, park officials announced.The live reindeer will be present in honor of the 10th anniversary of the Christmas Fantasy program, which offers holiday spirit to local families, park officials ...
Nevada Man Survives Accident, Trapped In Car 36 Hours
A Nevada man was counting his blessings after surviving a 36-hour ordeal trapped in his crashed Jeep in the frigid Sierra Nevada.Edward Duncan, 65, was released Saturday from a Reno hospital, where he was treated for three broken ribs and a broken wrist after being found amid the wreckage Thursday.The ...
Funeral Held For Man Killed In N.J. Church Shooting
Hundreds of mourners gathered at a New Jersey church Saturday to say farewell to a man allegedly gunned down there by a California resident.Authorities say 25-year-old Dennis Malloosseril died last weekend while trying to quell a dispute between 24-year-old Reshma James and her estranged husband, Joseph Palliparuth of Sacramento, Calif.Dennis ...
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