Stories for January 2009
Stories for Saturday, January 31
Family And Friends Honor Slain Danville Teen
Friends and family members described a 17-year-old Danville high school student who was fatally shot last week as outgoing and upbeat and shared childhood memories of Power Rangers and Nintendo at his funeral in Dublin Saturday. Rylan Fuchs was gunned down the night of Jan. 20 in front of his ...
Three-Day-Long Music Project Hopes To 'Silence The Violence'
Music brought young people together in Oakland Saturday in an effort to "silence the violence" and promote peace:The "Turf Unity Music Project" gives teens and young adults a chance to write and record music with an anti-violence message.The idea is to let rivals come together to create instead of fight.Project ...
United Way Warns Tax Payers To Avoid Loans Based On Tax Refunds
The United Way wants low income tax-payers throughout the Bay Area to use their free tax service and avoid the temptation of rushing your refund despite these tough economic times.Hunters Point Resident Artemese Kelly says she wants her tax refund fast and she wants to save money.Usually I go to ...
Man Allegedly Assaults Officer During Traffic Stop
A 26-year-old Petaluma man allegedly assaulted police officers in Rohnert Park early Saturdaymorning while they were trying to arrest him during a traffic stop.At about 2:40 a.m., officers stopped Jordan Hope for speeding on Rohnert Park Expressway.An officer noticed Hope was covered in vomit. Hope failed sobriety tests and officers ...
Oakland Police Investigating Late Night Fatal Shooting
Oakland police are investigating an incident Friday night that left one man dead and another in stable condition at a local hospital.The homicide was reported at about 11:50 p.m. in the 600 block of 31st Street, according to police.One victim was pronounced dead at the scene. The other victim is ...
UCSC Marine Biologists Name Seals After Colbert, Stewart
To help promote elephant seal studies at Año Nuevo State Reserve, biologists from UC Santa Cruz's Long Marine Laboratory named some of the seals being researched after celebrities Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart."Stelephant Colbert" and "Jon Sealwart" are two of the 15 seals being studied as they return to Año ...
Police Investigating Shooting Of Man In His Lower Extremities
East Palo Alto police are investigating a shooting that injured a local man in the city Friday night.At about 10:55 p.m., officers responded to the intersection of Camellia Drive and Verbena Drive on reports of shots fired. Responding officers didn't locate a shooting victim, but they found several shell casings ...
Greenfield-Teen Bride Said Groom Kidnapped Her
A 14-year-old Greenfield girl says she was kidnapped by a neighbor before her father agreed to an arranged marriage in exchange for $16,000, 100 cases of beer and several cases of meat for a wedding party.The girl tells a Monterey County judge she was taken by 18-year-old Margarito Galindo. That ...
Jury Finds Man With 40-Year-Long History Of Sexual Abuse To Be Sexual Predator
A 62-year-old man with a documented history as a rapist was determined to be a sexual predator Friday and ordered to a mental health facility.Monterey County District Attorney Dean Flippo announced that Richard Michael Martinez, a former resident of Salinas, was ruled by a jury to be a sexually violent ...
State Stem Cell Board Delays $58 million in Grants
The governing board of the California stem cell agency is delaying $58 million in research grants at least until March because of the poor economy and credit market.The money was tentatively approved Friday to train researchers at six San Francisco-area institutions including Stanford University and the University of California campuses ...
Family And Friends Hold Memorial For Slain Danville Teen
Friends and family members described a 17-year-old Danville high school student who was fatally shot last week as outgoing and upbeat and shared childhood memories of Power Rangers and Nintendo at his funeral in Dublin Saturday.Rylan Fuchs was gunned down the night of Jan. 20 in front of his house."How ...
Mormon Church Admits To Spending $190,000 For Prop. 8
Mormon church officials say they spent $190,000 more supporting the Proposition 8 gay marriage ban than they previously reported.They previously listed just $2,078 to support the ban.The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is being investigated by the state Fair Political Practices Commission.The report filed Friday with the secretary ...
Stories for Friday, January 30
Nine Arrested During Noisy BART Shooting Protest
About 100 demonstrators took to the streets of Oakland following a protest Friday afternoon at the Rene C. Davidson Courthouse on Fallon Street near Lake Merritt.The group headed for the city hail at 6th Street and Broadway, disrupting traffic along the way. Some protesters jumped on the top of an ...
Hundreds Gather To Remember Slain Teens
Hundreds of students and community members spoke with a single voice in Richmond on Friday, as they mourned two teenagers killed this month in gun violence.The gathering was organized as a show of friendship for the two slain students and as a show of determination not to let such killings ...
Driver Arrested In Connection With Hit-And-Run That Hospitalized 8-Year-Old
San Jose Police arrested a 19-year-old man Friday afternoon in connection with a Monday hit-and-run crash that injured a father and critically wounded his 8-year-old son.Marvin Martinez, of San Jose, was taken into custody at about 3:30 p.m. today at Suvianda, a market on South White Road near Story Road, ...
BART, Worker Unions Submit Different Reports On 2008 Yard Fires
A fire at the Bay Area Rapid Transit Hayward maintenance yard last May that caused at least $11 million in damage and affected BART service for months likely resulted from the failure of BART employees to remove equipment following work performed on the line, according to a BART accident report.The ...
Baby Born In Bay Area With 12 Functioning Fingers, 12 Toes
A Daly City couple is beaming after becoming the proud parents of a healthy but incredibly rare baby boy this month.Baby Kamani Hubbard has six-fully formed and functional fingers and toes on his hands and feet. It's called "polydactyly" -- extra digits -- not an uncommon genetic trait, but Bay ...
S.F. Woman Killed In Apparent Murder-Suicide At Motel
Authorities identified a 39-year-old woman Friday believed to be the victim of an apparent murder-suicide Wednesday at a motel in San Francisco's Mission Terrace neighborhood.The woman, Vanessa Lowe, was found dead along with 35-year-old Salvador Herrediaz-Rodriguez inside a room at the Amazon Motel at 5060 Mission St., authorities said.The medical ...
Mayor's Office Mistakenly Reports Mehserle Out On Bail
Former Bay Area Rapid Transit police Officer Johannes Mehserle remains in jail Friday evening and has not posted bail, an Alameda County sheriff's spokesman said. Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums' office issued a statement earlier Friday stating that Mehserle had been released from Santa Rita Jail in Dublin after posting bail, ...
Santa Rosa Man Pleads Not Guilty to Murdering Cousin
A Santa Rosa man pleaded not guilty Friday afternoon in Sonoma County Superior Court to murdering one cousin and trying to kill another in what police said was a long-standing family dispute.Isidro Godinez-Flores, 30, is charged with killing 32-year-old Jose Sanchez on Jan. 24. Sanchez died in Santa Rosa Memorial ...
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