Stories for August 2011
Stories for Wednesday, August 31
iPhone
Anyone seen an I-Phone 5? For the second time in as many years it appears an Apple employee has left behind a prototype phone during a night on the town, Last year an Apple engineer left a test model of an I-Phone 4 in a Redwood City beer garden. The ...
Police Investigating Latest In Series Of Shootings In Salinas
An 18-year-old man is being treated for life-threatening injuries after being shot multiple times at a park in Salinas Wednesday morning, the city's third in a series of similar shootings since Saturday, police said. Police found the man after receiving reports of a shooting near a restroom at a park ...
Indians Edge A's 4-3 In 16 Innings
The Cleveland Indians are performing drama like no other team -- and is one believing it's destined for something much more. "Maybe it is our year," reliever Frank Herrmann said. Jack Hannahan's single with one out in the 16th inning scored sliding pinch-runner Cord Phelps from second base and gave ...
$5,000 Reward Offered After Blow-Dart Attack On Ducks
A nonprofit animal rescue group on Wednesday offered a $5,000 reward for any information that leads to arrests in a recent series of attacks on ducks at a Santa Clara pond using a blow darts.Some residents of the Marina Playa Apartments in Santa Clara told KTVU they choose to live ...
Tires On Dozens Of Vehicles Slashed Overnight In Berkeley
Berkeley police said more than 60 vehicles had their tires punctured early Wednesday morning, but told KTVU they know who they're looking for and home to make an arrest as early as Thursday.Police said they received dozens of calls from upset residents and all were in a seventeen block area ...
Family Asks For Return Of Custom Walker Stolen From Special-Needs Toddler
An Alameda family was asking for the public’s help Wednesday night after a custom-made walker belonging to their special needs toddler was stolen from their front yard.The parents told KTVU that without the device, their little girl may never be able to walk on her own.It was not the monetary ...
Vacaville Murder Suspect Arrested In Washington State
A suspect in a July murder was arrested in Washington state Monday night, a Vacaville police sergeant said Wednesday. Rico Marquez Espitia, 21, was arrested in Ocean Shores on the Pacific Coast in Washington around 9 p.m., Sgt. Jeff King said. He is the primary suspect in the murder of ...
Attorney For SF Sexual Assault Suspect Says Video Exonerates Client
The attorney for a man accused of sexually assaulting three women at his apartment in San Francisco said in court today that a video of one of the encounters appears to exonerate him of some of the charges in the case. Robert Hoffman, who also goes by the first name ...
Pixieland Employee Arrested For Having Child Porn
Police arrested a man at Concord’s Pixieland Amusement Park Wednesday on charges of possessing child pornography and several sources said the man is related to the park’s owners.Police say that about 10:30 a.m., investigators with the local Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) task force arrested 33-year-old Christopher Michael Hull, a ...
Oakland Shows Its Pride Sunday
Oakland's vibrant gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community steps out of the shadow cast by San Francisco with the second annual Oakland Pride celebration this Sunday afternoon. Oakland Pride exploded onto the scene in 2010 with a first year event so large and fabulous that it has been branded Northern ...
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SJ Police Officer Arrested On Suspicion Of Molesting Teens
A veteran San Jose police officer with a history of alleged misconduct, has been arrested on suspicion of engaging in sexual acts with two teenage boys, police said. Officer Patrick D'Arrigo, of Gilroy, was taken into custody Wednesday afternoon by Gilroy police when he showed up for work in San ...
Local Schools Make Gains, But Some May Face Sanctions
California schools posted gains on standardized tests for the ninth consecutive year, even as nearly 4,000 campuses face possible sanctions for failing to reach rising federal requirements, the state Department of Education said Wednesday. A record 49 percent of public schools met or surpassed the state target score of 800 ...
Local Schools Make Gains But Some May Face Sanctions
California schools posted gains on standardized tests for the ninth consecutive year, even as nearly 4,000 campuses face possible sanctions for failing to reach rising federal requirements, the state Department of Education said Wednesday.A record 49 percent of public schools met or surpassed the state target score of 800 on ...
Man Arrested For Hit-And-Run That Killed 74-Year-Old Woman
The Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety has arrested a man suspected of hitting and killing an elderly woman with his motor home Wednesday morning and then fleeing the scene. The victim, a 74-year-old woman, was walking on a sidewalk in a neighborhood near Homestead Road and Mary Avenue when a ...
UC Berkeley Prof. Confirmed To State High Court
A U.C. Berkeley law professor whose nomination to a federal appeals court was blocked by Senate Republicans is about to become a member of the California Supreme Court.The state's three-member Commission on Judicial Appointments unanimously voted to approve Goodwin Liu's nomination by Gov. Jerry Brown on Wednesday. The governor was ...
Country-Pop Phenom Sells Out HP Pavilion
Enjoying one of the most meteoric rises to stardom ever in the world of country music, Taylor Swift has gone from pre-teen singing hopeful to become one of the biggest acts country or otherwise on the planet. A precocious child who developed an early interest in writing and music (she ...
Feds Drop Remaining Charges Against Bonds
Federal prosecutors on Wednesday dropped all the remaining charges against Barry Bonds, days after a judge upheld the slugger's conviction on an obstruction of justice count.The U.S. attorney's office in San Francisco filed court papers informing U.S. District Judge Susan Illston it was dismissing the three charges of making false ...
Video: The best way to file your taxes
While they were doing their taxes one family allowed CBS News to document them trying three different tax-filing methods including using an accountant or doing it online.
401(k) concerns return - again
Worried what the political wrangling over federal debt might do to the stock market, Raymond Byrne decided last month to shift around his retirement savings. What had been in stock funds, he transferred to debt securities. Last week, after President Barack Obama signed the last-minute debt deal, Byrne considered moving ...
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