Stories for February 2011
Stories for Monday, February 28
Former Cub Scout Leader Sentenced For Child Pornography Possession
A former Cub Scout leader from Danville has been sentenced in federal court in Oakland to four years and three months in prison for possessing child pornography videos. Michael Vawter, 41, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Lowell Jensen on Friday. Vawter pleaded guilty before Jensen in December to one ...
Emeryville's Pixar Studios Celebrate Sixth Oscar Win
Emeryville's Pixar Studios continued its winning streak Sunday night by scoring its sixth Oscar for best animated feature film at the Academy Awards.At the studios Monday, the champagne was flowing and Pixar staff members were gushing with enthusiasm as they waited to see Oscar number six for themselves.It wasn't a ...
PG&E Engineers To Testify At First Day Of NTSB Hearings On Pipeline Blast
PG&E pipeline engineers will be among the first to testify Tuesday before the National Transportation Hearing Board at a public hearing on the Sept. 9 San Bruno gas pipeline explosion. Representatives from the city of San Bruno, PG&E, the California Public Utilities Commission and the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety ...
24-Year-Old Man Fatally Struck By Train At Palo Alto Caltrain Station
A Caltrain vehicle hit and killed a 24-year-old Sunnyvale man at the Palo Alto station Monday night, an agency spokeswoman said. The unidentified man was killed at about 7:30 p.m. by a southbound train carrying approximately 115 passengers, Caltrain spokeswoman Christine Dunn said. A preliminary investigation indicates that the person ...
San Quentin Death Row Inmate Dies In Hospital
A San Quentin State Prison death row inmate died Monday of natural causes at a hospital outside the prison, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said this afternoon. Richard Ray Parson, 67, was received on death row from Sacramento County on Oct. 22, 1996, according to the CDCR. He ...
Controversy Snarls Plan For New Jonestown Memorial
It's been over 30-years since the Jonestown Massacre in Guyana, but a planned victim’s memorial has attracted controversy.A group of local clergy members, activists and survivors support a plan to build a memorial wall in Oakland's Evergreen Cemetery.Currently, there's only a small memorial, the size of a normal headstone, to ...
Magnitude 4.4 Quake Strikes In Sonoma County
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck in the North Bay near the Geysers in Sonoma County at around 6:20 p.m. Monday evening.According to the USGS website, the quake was centered about 1.5 miles beneath the surface. The area is known for its seismic activity, but a 4.4 quake is larger than ...
Multiple Vehicle Crash Shuts Down I-880 North In Oakland
A multiple vehicle crash that was caused by a mattress on the freeway has forced CHP to divert I-880 North traffic to I-980 until the roadway can be cleared.The accident occurred at approximately 6:17 p.m. when a vehicle ended up on top of a mattress in the middle lane of ...
DeRosa Homers For Giants, Beat Brewers 10-9
Mark DeRosa is healthy again. Now he can help out in case San Francisco's infielders aren't.DeRosa hit a tiebreaking homer to help the San Francisco Giants beat a Milwaukee Brewers split squad 10-9 Monday.He played second base while Freddy Sanchez finishes healing from shoulder surgery, but manager Bruce Bochy plans ...
Kitchen Fire In Bayview District Apt. Displaces 7
Seven people and a business were displaced Monday afternoon by kitchen fire that broke out in an apartment in San Francisco's Bayview District, a fire department spokeswoman said. Firefighters went to a two-story building at 4526 Third St. at about 1:25 p.m. when roofers working on a nearby building called ...
Part Two Of KTVU.com's Interview With Dave Wyndorf
Visionary hard-rock outfit Monster Magnet was one of the first bands of the '90s to evoke the potent power chords and manic energy of such influential bands as Hawkwind, the Stooges and Blue Cheer just as the flannel-and-grunge movement prepared to take over alternative music. As pioneers of the "stoner ...
Man Critically Injured In Diamond Heights Shooting
A man victim suffered life-threatening injuries in a shooting in San Francisco's Diamond Heights neighborhood Monday afternoon, a police spokesman said. The shooting was reported at 1:17 p.m., police Officer Eric Chiang said. A fire dispatcher said the shooting occurred near the intersection of Diamond Heights Boulevard and Gold Mine ...
Cereal Bars Labeled Blueberry May Be Misleading
When it comes to cereal bars, it seems like manufacturers think breakfast treats are better with blueberries. But just because a food has blue coloring, doesn't mean it's a berry.KTVU found cereal bars advertised blueberry on the box, but inside it contained flavored fruit pieces and fruit flavoring blueberry juice. ...
Man Gets Life In Prison In Shackled Teen Case
A central California man was sentenced Monday to three life sentences in prison for torturing a boy who was burned and beaten while being held captive for more than a year. Anthony Waiters, 31, was the only one of four defendants to be tried on charges that included holding Kyle ...
Poker Player Accused Of Killing Parents Says He Was Asleep The Night They Died
A professional poker player accused of killing his parents in 2008 drove home from Las Vegas and fell asleep on his couch the night they were murdered in their Pleasanton home, he testified Monday in Oakland. Ernest Scherer III, 32, told an Alameda County Superior Court jury that he checked ...
Garridos Confess To Dugard Kidnapping
The Antioch couple charged with abducting and holding Jayce Lee Dugard captive for 18 years have made a 'full confession' in the case, an attorney revealed Monday. The revelation came as prosecutors and defense lawyers have opened negotiations on a possible plea deal with the defendants that would avert the ...
Police Release Name Of Suspect In Sunday Shooting
A man who was arrested on suspicion of shooting another man at his estranged wife's house in Oakley on Sunday morning has been identified as 39-year-old Eric Landry, Oakley police Chief Bani Kollo said Monday.Landry, who had recently been staying in Brentwood, was separated from his wife, who lived in ...
Kings County Man Dies After Fall Into Meat Grinder
Authorities are investigating the death of a 72-year-old worker who fell into a meat-grinding machine at a Kings County meat processing plant. The Fresno Bee reports that the accident happened early Monday morning at Central Valley Meat Co.The man, a Hanford resident, was pronounced dead at the scene. His identity ...
Suspect Killed In Shootout With San Mateo Police
Two San Mateo police officers -- 11 and 13 year veterans -- were on administrative leave Monday night as the San Mateo County District Attorney's office began conducting an investigation into a fatal officer-involved shooting.The incident happened Monday morning after the suspect opened fire on officers who were attempting to ...
Man Shot Friday Expected To Survive
A man who was critically injured in a shooting in Richmond on Friday evening is now expected to survive his injuries, police Lt. Bisa French said Monday. The shooting was reported at 5:58 p.m. near the intersection of Hilltop and Research drives, Richmond police Sgt. Albert Walle said.Responding officers found ...
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