Stories for June 2009
Stories for Tuesday, June 30
Museum Faces Legal Battle Over Giant Pez Dispenser
A legal battle is heating up on the Peninsula over a giant Pez dispenser.The couple who built it said their creation stand as a favorite attraction for the thousands of people who come to their Pez museum every year.But the company that makes Pez says it should be destroyed.The giant ...
Sea Scouts Rescued After Training Vessel Springs Leak
Some two dozen East Bay Sea Scouts used their training -- and then some -- when their boat began leaking on Tuesday in Suisin Bay.It happened just after noon as the training vessel made its way past Concord.The 85-foot Farallon got into trouble as it was returning from a ten-day ...
Smooth Saxophonist Plays Soulful Sounds In SF
Whether playing contemporary sounds or straight-ahead jazz, saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist Gerald Albright stands out as a remarkably talented musician. An in-demand session player who has worked with such pop and R&B talents as Anita Baker, the Temptations, Whitney Houston, Phil Collins and Teena Marie while still performing with jazz stalwarts ...
Fillmore Street Jazz Festival
San Francisco's Fillmore District has been a center of entertainment since the 1940s when jazz legends like Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holliday, Charlie Parker and John Coltrane made regular visits to the clubs in the area. The 28th Annual Fillmore Jazz Festival will showcase the Bay Area's best musical talent including ...
Antioch Fourth of July Celebration
Two years after the City of Antioch cut its annual Fourth of July Celebration from its budget a coalition of local community groups is bringing it back. The Antioch July 4th Celebration Committee has succeeded in raising enough money through private donations to bring back the family-friendly event to the ...
Jack London Square Lights Up
Jack London Square bustles with activity this Independence Day with an all-day Fourth of July celebration that includes two stages of live entertainment, family and kid-oriented activities and a spectacular 20-minute firework display at 9:15 p.m.The good times kick off at 7 p.m. with live music as the Jack London ...
See Fireworks At Berkeley Marina
On the 4th of July, the south shore of the Berkeley Marina at the bottom of University Avenue is filled with great stuff to do all day. At this year’s event, you can register for a sock race, get your face painted, wear a balloon hat by made by Featherlight ...
Duran Duran
One of the biggest bands to ride new wave to the top of the charts during the '80s, British quintet Duran Duran achieved a level of success that resembled the frenzy surrounding the Beatles when they first arrived to the States. Taking its moniker from a character in the campy ...
Attorney General Files Lawsuit Against Bay Area Midas Shops
State Attorney General Jerry Brown filed a lawsuit in Alameda County Superior Court Tuesday against 22 Northern California Midas auto shops, including 13 in the Bay Area, that allegedly used a "massive bait and switch scam" to lure customers. The suit, seeking $222 million in civil penalties, costs and reimbursements ...
SFPD Warn Of Street Robberies Targeting Certain Neighborhoods
San Francisco police Tuesday are distributing a safety bulletin in several neighborhoods that have seen a recent increase in street robberies. Police Lt. William Canning of the department's robbery detail said there has been a jump in the number of robberies in the city's Glen Park, Noe Valley and Bernal ...
Oakland Council Approves $414M Budget That Includes Police Cuts
The Oakland City Council voted 7-1 Tuesday night to approve a $414 million general fund budget for fiscal 2010 that closes an $83 million shortfall through a series of tough measures, including laying off more than 60 employees. Another measure is reducing compensation by 10 percent to all city departments, ...
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Two Arrested After Police Discover Large Cache Of Fireworks
Two men were arrested tonight after police discovered a large amount of professional-grade fireworks in Oakland, police Officer Jeff Thomason said. He said officers found the fireworks in a truck and basement in the 1400 block of 40th Avenue shortly before 9 p.m. and investigators remained in the area as ...
Anguished Man Talks About Loss Of Wife, Daughter
Grief-stricken and still in shock, the husband and father of the two victims from Monday's Montara Beach drownings spoke to KTVU about his loss Tuesday afternoon with the aim of preventing a similar tragedy."My sole purpose in doing this interview is in hopes that one parent will hold their child ...
Court Rejects Lawsuit By Man Burned At Burning Man
A man who was burned at the Burning Man Festival in Nevada in 2005 when he threw a friend's photograph into the flames lost a bid to a state appeals court in San Francisco Tuesday to sue the event promoter. The Court of Appeal said Anthony Beninati voluntarily chose to ...
Rebellious Folkie Plays Santa Rosa
Ani DiFranco has made a career out of being fiercely independent. A singer-songwriter who first rose to national fame at a time when grungy hard rock dominated the charts, DiFranco built up her loyal following of fans through a relentless touring schedule and her empowering folk tunes.Living on her own ...
Aggressive Blackbird Leaves SF Financial District Perch
A stretch of sidewalk in San Francisco's Financial District is safe to stroll down again now that a protective blackbird that made international headlines by dive-bombing pedestrians has moved on. The blackbird, nicknamed "Swoops," has left its perch outside City National Bank at Front and California streets, a bank employee ...
Judge Likely Won't Grant Prop. 8 Injunction
A federal judge in San Francisco said Tuesday he is inclined not to grant a preliminary injunction against California's same-sex marriage ban, but instead to proceed "promptly" to a full trial on a legal challenge. U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker issued the tentative ruling in a lawsuit filed on May ...
Heat Wave Claims 20 Cows Grazing In Pasture
More than 20 cows that were left to graze on the Concord Naval Weapons Station have died after somebody accidentally turned off their water supply, Contra Costa County Animal Services Lt. Abe Gamez said Tuesday. The animal service department received a call Sunday night from a citizen reporting that there ...
Judge To Rule On Motion To Prevent Psychiactric Testimony In Cop-Killing Case
A San Mateo County Superior Court judge heard a motion Monday to limit or prevent psychiatric testimony in the trial of a man accused of fatally shooting East Palo Alto police Officer Richard May in January 2006. Judge Craig Parsons has nearly two months to decide whether the defense attorney ...
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