Stories for August 2010
Stories for Tuesday, August 31
State Senate Approves Open-Carry Gun Ban
The state Senate has passed a bill that would make it illegal to carry unloaded guns in public.The Senate narrowly approved the measure Tuesday on a 21-16 vote on the last day of the regular session, sending it back to the Assembly for concurrence.The bill, AB1934, would make it a ...
Torres' Homer Leads Giants To 5-2 Win Over Rockies
Andres Torres led off the eighth inning with a go-ahead home run, helping the San Francisco Giants beat the Colorado Rockies 5-2 on Tuesday night to close within four games of the NL West-leading San Diego Padres.Buster Posey added a two-run double in the eighth as the Giants won for ...
State Comes Down On Gang Run By Prison Inmates
A raid in the Central Valley Tuesday took down dozens of suspected gang members who operated across the state.California Attorney General Jerry Brown said in a press conference Tuesday that the sweep wrapped-up a year long effort and involved top gang leaders who operated from inside prison.At the conference, Brown ...
Yankees Beat A's, Take First Place In AL East
Mark Teixeira hit a three-run homer and Curtis Granderson and Nick Swisher also went deep for the Yankees, who beat up on Oakland again in a 9-3 win over the Athletics on Tuesday night.The victory moved the Yankees back into sole possession of first place. Tampa Bay, which lost to ...
SF Doctor Sentenced For Molesting Patients
San Francisco prosecutors say a physician convicted of sexually assaulting three women under the guise of providing medical exams is facing nearly 11 years in prison.District Attorney Kamala Harris says 56-year-old Jose Rosas was sentenced Monday to 10 years and 8 months in state prison for illegally using his professional ...
Legal Group Seeks To Compel State To Defend Prop 8
A conservative legal group is trying to force Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Attorney General Jerry Brown to defend California's gay marriage ban in court.The Pacific Justice Institute petitioned the 3rd District Court of Appeal in Sacramento on Monday for an emergency order that would require the two officials to appeal ...
Antique Fire Extinguisher Shipped To Wrong Person Triggers Bomb Scare
An antique fire extinguisher caused some modern-day anxiety in Healdsburg Tuesday afternoon. Police Lt. Kevin Young said a Healdsburg man received a package from a private shipping company today but did not recognize the Arizona return address on the shipping box. The package was 18 inches long, 12 inches wide ...
State Bill Seeks To Ban Plastic Shopping Bags
Using plastic shopping bags could join indoor smoking and behind-the-wheel texting as the latest discouraged activity in California if lawmakers succeed in passing the country's first statewide ban on disposable bags.The state Senate is schedule to vote Tuesday on the bill, which has been the subject of a furious lobbying ...
10 Teens Arrested In Revenge Killing Of Sacramento Girl
Sacramento police say 10 people are under arrest in the January shooting death of a 15-year-old girl. Police spokesman Sgt. Norm Leong says they were arrested Tuesday on suspicion of murder in the killing of Aliyah Smith on Jan. 3 in south Sacramento. He says the suspects had been looking ...
Governor: Budget Stalemate Costing State Billions
As California's budget stalemate rolled into its 62nd day, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger told a crowd of business leaders in San Francisco Tuesday morning that the state is losing more than $52 million dollars for every day that passes without a resolution. "Three billion dollars, that money's gone," the Republican governor ...
Judge Clears Pension Measure For SF Ballot
A San Francisco judge has cleared a measure for the November ballot that would require city workers to pay more for their benefits. San Francisco Superior Court Judge Harold Khan on Monday rejected a lawsuit filed by labor unions that sought to disqualify the measure. The suit said Proposition B ...
One Injured When Car Goes Down Embankment On State Highway 29
One person was airlifted to a hospital after a Jeep Cherokee went down an embankment off of state Highway 29 north of Calistoga in Napa County Tuesday afternoon. The Jeep left the roadway and crashed at about 1:15 p.m. The California Highway Patrol and Cal Fire responded. CHP Officer Ryan ...
Petaluma Mother Faces Trial On Child Endangerment Charge
A Petaluma woman whose 2-year-old daughter was found alone on a Petaluma street in June faces a trial next month on a misdemeanor child endangerment charge. At the conclusion of a two-day preliminary hearing on Monday, Sonoma County Superior Court Judge Julie Conger held Ana Laura Rendon over for trial ...
AC Transit Considers Slashing Weekend Service
AC Transit officials are proposing to cut weekend bus service nearly in half and make other reductions to improve the agency's bleak financial outlook. Agency officials will present their proposal at an AC Transit board of directors meeting Wednesday night. The proposed changes are part of an effort to recover ...
United, Continental CEOs Testifying In Merger Lawsuit Hearing
The chief executive officers of United Airlines and Continental Airlines are expected to testify in federal court in San Francisco Tuesday in a hearing on a lawsuit that seeks to block a merger of the two companies. Monday was the start of a two- or three-day hearing before U.S. District ...
Police Shoot Mountain Lion In Berkeley's 'Gourmet Ghetto'
Berkeley Police gunned down a 100-pound mountain lion romping through the city’s "Gourmet Ghetto" early Tuesday morning, just blocks from Alice Waters' famed Chez Panisse restaurant.Berkeley police said they had no choice but to shoot and kill the animal.Neighbors KTVU spoke with said they still can't believe that a mountain ...
Trash Pickup Back On Schedule, Negotiations With Workers Continue
Garbage collection is back on schedule and contract negotiations are resuming after a two-day strike by landfill workers, truck drivers and clerical staff that disrupted San Mateo County's garbage collection last week. The 48-hour strike was started by 13 workers at the Ox Mountain Landfill, who were joined by 40 ...
Bank Robbery Suspect Arrested In Santa Rosa
The suspect in a robbery at an Exchange Bank branch in Santa Rosa last week surrendered to the Sonoma County Sheriff's Office on Monday night, Santa Rosa police said Tuesday morning. Darrell Stafford, 49, turned himself in at about 10 p.m. Monday and was arrested for the Aug. 23 robbery, ...
Wounded Fremont Officer's Condition Improves
The condition of a Fremont police officer who was shot while attempting to arrest a man in Oakland on Friday has improved slightly, Fremont police spokesman Detective Bill Veteran said Tuesday. Veteran said 39-year-old Officer Todd Young is now in serious but stable condition at Highland Hospital in Oakland. He ...
Man Tries To Grab Child From Mother's Arms On Napa Overpass
A man tried to grab a 3-year-old boy from his mother's arms as they walked on the Old Sonoma Road overpass Monday afternoon, Napa police said. The incident occurred at about 12:30 p.m. on the overpass above state Highway 29, near downtown Napa. There were no other witnesses, and the ...
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