Stories for March 2011
Stories for Thursday, March 31
Oakland Residents Rally Against Prostitution
Hundreds of Oakland residents attended a rally Thursday night in an effort to drive pimps and prostitutes from their neighborhoods.Residents of the San Antonio and East Lake said their communities are plagued by the sex trade and they came to hear what city leaders will do to help."I need your ...
Debate Emerges Over Wall To Save Slipping Mobile Homes
Three homes in the Sahara Village Mobile Home Park in Mountain View have been red-tagged because last weekend's heavy rains and flooding.An expensive retaining wall is needed to keep them from falling into a creek, but who is going to pay for it is a matter of debate.Bob Burnham has ...
Gay Sailor Says He Can Stay In the Navy
A Navy petty officer who was investigated for violating the military's ban on openly gay servicemembers says a review board at his California base has voted against his discharge. Derek Morado said the three-member board voted unanimously after a six-hour hearing at Lemoore Naval Air Station on Thursday to allow ...
Dodgers Beat World Series Champion Giants 2-1
Tim Lincecum was his solid self. The Giants' defense wasn't, though, and it cost them as San Francisco opened defense of its World Series championship with a 2-1 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers on Thursday night. Catcher Buster Posey's throwing error led to the first run of the game ...
San Carlos Man Arrested On Charges Of Seducing A Minor
A 46-year-old San Carlos man was arrested Wednesday for allegedly trying to seduce a 10-year-old girl who is the daughter of a couple the man knew, according to the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office. Yung Chi Chu was arrested on a warrant for 12 counts of lewd or lascivious acts ...
Mountain Lions Killed Sheep At Napa County Vineyard
Grazing sheep that were found dead or that disappeared in a Napa County vineyard Friday likely were killed by mountain lions, the vineyard property owner said Thursday. Tom Meadowcroft said an animal control officer found eaten and half-eaten sheep remains Wednesday in a ravine about 200 to 300 feet from ...
State Dems To Lay Out Deeper Cuts, Urge Tax Hikes
Democrats said Thursday they will work to show Californians what an all-cuts state budget would mean to education, safety and other vital services. With budget talks over a special election all but dead, resorting to only cuts to close the state's remaining $15.4 billion deficit would lead to larger class ...
San Pablo Seeks State Aid To Recover From Slide
The city of San Pablo officially asked the state for help Thursday to pay for needed repairs caused by a recent landslide that forced several people from their homes.The hillside is still sliding to a small degree and soil is still saturated. Five homes remain at risk, according to the ...
'American Idol' Sends Megia, One Other Home
Naima Adedapo and Thia Megia are no longer standing on "American Idol."The earthy 26-year-old dance instructor from Milwaukee and the breathy 16-year-old high school student from Mountain House, Calif., were booted from the Fox talent competition Thursday after "Idol" host Ryan Seacrest revealed they garnered the fewest viewer votes following ...
Patient Found Incompetent For Trial In Nurse Rape
A Napa County judge has ruled that a patient accused of trying to rape a nurse at a state mental hospital is not mentally competent to stand trial for the alleged crime.Napa County Superior Court Judge Rodney Stone ruled Wednesday that criminal proceedings should be halted against 30-year-old Julius Tobar.Tobar ...
Mayor Announces City's Transit Plan For America's Cup
San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee joined several other dignitaries Thursday and announced the transportation plan for the America's Cup sailing race being held in the city in 2013. The "People Plan," a proposal for how to move up to 200,000 people daily along the San Francisco waterfront during the event, ...
Man Shot To Death In East Oakland Home
A homicide victim was found at a home in East Oakland Thursday morning, police said. A landlord notified police at about 8:30 a.m. that there was a shooting victim inside a home in the 4000 block of Lyon Avenue, Oakland homicide Sgt. Tony Jones said. Officers arrived and found a ...
Downed Wires On Hwy 101 In Millbrae Slows Commute
All lanes of U.S. Highway 101 near Millbrae reopened Thursday evening after downed telephone wires blocked most northbound and southbound lanes for several hours during the evening commute, according to the California Highway Patrol. The CHP received a report of the fallen wires at 2:53 p.m. north of the Broadway ...
Pac-10 Puts New Television Contract Up For Auction
The Pac-10 has spent more than a year preparing for this moment when it can put its television rights up to bid on the open market for the first time since its expansion. With Fox's exclusive negotiating window expiring Thursday, the conference can now shop the rights to some 2,700 ...
California Teacher Pension Shortfall Grows To $56 Billion
The pension system for California's teachers has $56 billion less than it needs to cover the benefits promised to its 852,000 members and their families, the fund reported Thursday, as big investment losses in 2008 continue to reverberate. The drop in value was enough to trigger an automatic increase in ...
SF Police Chief Fires Back In Misconduct Scandal
San Francisco police Chief Jeff Godown said Thursday he was "troubled and kind of perplexed" by statements made by the public defender involving the latest case impacted by alleged misconduct by officers conducting drug arrests. During a preliminary hearing Wednesday, a judge dismissed the case of McLaren Wenzell, 23, after ...
Heat Wave Sends Bay Area Temperatures Soaring
After weeks of rain and cold, Bay Area residents Thursday enjoyed a heat wave that threatened to melt away record temperatures across the region. A ridge of high pressure and an offshore flow of air are causing the atmosphere above the region to heat up, meteorologist Bob Benjamin said. The ...
Santa Rosa Teen Injures Four Officers In Struggle
Three Santa Rosa police officers and a Sonoma County sheriff's deputy were injured Thursday morning in a confrontation with a teen near Elsie Allen High School, a police lieutenant said. The 17-year-old boy also suffered bumps, bruises and abrasions, Lt. Steve Bair said. The boy was reported missing late Wednesday ...
Snake Found Inside Redwood City Restaurant
An animal control officer pulled a two-foot snake out of a restaurant bathroom, a humane society spokesman said Thursday. Animal control responded at about 7:30 p.m. Tuesday to a call from Fresh Choice at 1099 El Camino Real, where an employee reported finding a wild gopher snake in the men's ...
Pleasanton Toddler Goes On Early Morning Stroll
Dressed only in a t-shirt and diapers, a toddler was able to open the front door of his home early Thursday, cross four lanes of traffic and wander around an empty Walmart shopping center parking lot before he was discovered by a store manager.Pleasanton Police Sgt. Maria Munayer said the ...
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