Stories for January 2010
Stories for Sunday, January 31
Cuban Drumming Great Comes To SF
Cuban musician Ignacio Berroa has been recognized by many as one of the greatest drummers of his generation. Jazz legend Dizzy Gillespie called Berroa the "only Latin drummer in the world, in the history of American music, that intimately knows both worlds." Berroa was born in Havana in 1953. Following ...
Thee Oh Sees
The brainchild of underground fixture John Dwyer (Pink and Brown, Coachwhips) and singer Brigid Dawson, Thee Oh Sees began as OCS or Orange County Sounds, a laid back, lo-fi recording project. The early recordings featured Dwyer’s and Dawson’s vocals steeped in reverb, backed by Dwyer’s virtuoso guitar playing and sound ...
Suspected Takeover Robber Arrested In Mountain View
Police have arrested one man in connection with a string of armed robberies in Mountain View this month, including one at a 7-Eleven store Saturday night, a spokeswoman said.Derreck Stamper, 20, of Newark, was arrested after a police chase that spanned into East Palo Alto when a K-9 unit and ...
Apartments On Eroding Cliff Could Be Saved
The chance of saving an apartment building atop an eroding bluff in Pacifica is improving every day, a contractor hired to save the cliff said Sunday.Crews have been working to save the apartment building at 330 Esplanade Ave. atop the crumbling cliff since December, when residents of the 12-unit building ...
Santa Rosa Man Set On Fire In Park, Suspects Arrested
Santa Rosa police arrested two men Saturday for allegedly setting a 47-year-old man on fire in a park.Officers were called to Finley Park, located at 2060 W. College Ave., at about 7 p.m. When they arrived they found Santa Rosa resident Timothy Lee Whisman with serious burns to his legs.He ...
Leipheimer Wins Tour Of California; Armstrong Seventh
Levi Leipheimer has won his third straight Tour of California.Leipheimer took over the lead in the nine-day race last Monday and never gave it up.Lance Armstrong, who began a comeback last month, spent this race in support of Leipheimer, his Astana teammate. Armstrong, the seven-time Tour de France winner, finished ...
Santa Rosa Police Hunting For Armed Robber
Police were looking Sunday for a suspect who robbed a Santa Rosa convenience store at gun point Saturday night.At about 9 p.m., a clerk at BJ's Market at 407 Santa Rosa Ave. activated the store's panic alarm button.Police responded to the alarm and learned that an armed suspect had robbed ...
Driver, 23, Arrested After Fatal Accident
A 23-year-old driver of a Ford Mustang who crashed Sunday morning in Los Gatos, killing one of his passengers, has been arrested on suspicion of vehicular manslaughter, a captain with the Police Department said.Police received a call at 2:03 a.m. about a crash at the intersection of Los Gatos Boulevard ...
Pedestrian Fatally Hit By Semi In Dublin
A male pedestrian was fatally struck by a big rig on Interstate Highway 580 in Dublin Sunday morning, according to the California Highway Patrol.The crash was reported at about 9:20 a.m. on Highway 580 just west of Schafer Ranch Road, CHP Officer Scott Cakebread said.Westbound lane Nos. 3 and 4 ...
Body Of Woman Swept Out To Sea Recovered
The body of a 37-year-old Berkeley woman was found south of a pier on Sharp Park Beach in Pacifica this weekend after she was swept into the ocean by a strong current, according to police.At about 2:30 p.m. Saturday, police from Pacifica, paramedics and personnel from the Pacifica and Daly ...
Stories for Saturday, January 30
Lottery Ticket Worth $300,000 Sold In SF Market
A winning California Lottery MEGA Millions ticket worth more than $300,000 was recently purchased at a market in San Francisco.The ticket is worth $301,748 after it matched five of six numbers in Friday night's drawing. The ticket was bought at the Kum Luen Market located at 1265 Stockton St., according ...
No. 2 Stanford Women Roll Past Arizona 83-62
One half of Stanford basketball once again was enough for the Cardinal to stay unbeaten in the Pac-10.Nnemkadi Ogwumike scored eight of her 27 points during a 10-0 run to open the second half and No. 2 Stanford overcame a second straight halftime deficit to beat Arizona 83-62 on Saturday."We ...
Tempers Flare As Nummi's Closing Approaches
In about two months, Toyota will stop production at its plant in Fremont, leaving thousands without jobs. And on Saturday night, there were new questions about the final payment Nummi employees would receive. Nummi was slated to shut down operations in 9 weeks, and management and the union had still ...
Hwy 85 On-Ramp Closed Due To Disconnected Tractor
A tractor got disconnected from the vehicle hauling it, causing authorities to close an on-ramp to northbound state Highway 85 in San Jose Saturday afternoon while they try to tow it away, a California Highway Patrol dispatcher said.The incident was reported at about 3:50 p.m. on the Great Oaks Boulevard ...
Over 85,000 Californians Jump Rope To Break World Record
More than 85,000 people in California, including students from more than 85 Bay Area schools, jumped rope Monday morning in an attempt to break the world record of the most people jumping rope at the same time, organizers said. The current record holder is Australia, which had 59,000 people jumping ...
OPD Posts Brochure On Avoiding Targeting By Criminals
The Oakland Police Department has posted a new brochure on its Web site to help people learn how to keep criminals from targeting them.The brochure advises drivers to keep keys in their hands when they go toward their vehicles, keep enough gas in the tank and keep tools in the ...
Driver Arrested For DUI After Fatal Car Crash
A 25-year-old Campbell man died Saturday morning in a crash in San Jose and the driver of the Ford he was traveling in was arrested for felony DUI, according to the California Highway Patrol.At about 1:50 a.m., a 2001 Ford was traveling southbound on Interstate Highway 280 from the Meridian ...
San Bruno Woman Fends Off Mysterious Attacker
Police in San Bruno were searching for a man Saturday they said assaulted a woman walking in the city Thursday night.Officers responded to a report of an assault on Huntington Avenue under an Interstate Highway 380 overpass at around 10:30 p.m., according to the San Bruno Police Department.A woman told ...
Homeless Man Beaten With Stick And Strangled
Police in Gilroy were trying to identify two men Saturday who were seen strangling and beating a homeless man with a stick Friday afternoon.Officers responded to a report of an assault with a weapon in the 7800 block of Monterey Street at around 3 p.m., according to Gilroy police.Both suspects ...
Stories for Friday, January 29
Mental Health Issues Now Covered By Insurance
For the first time insurance companies will have to treat mental illness and drug addiction the same way they do any other illness or disorder.The Obama Administration announced the new rules Friday.Susie Frank knows mental illness as a provider: she runs a self-help clinic in the North Bay. And as ...
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