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Eating Champ Joey Chestnut Wins Rib Contest KCBS Champion speed eater Joey Chestnut has retained his title as the king of pork for a third straight year, scarfing down 9.8 pounds of ribs in 12 minutes. Chestnut of San Jose was...
Oakland Restaurant Owner Foils Robbers KCBS The owner of a Montclair district Chinese restaurant says he thwarted a robbery Tuesday night when he refused to open his locked door to two men he saw put on masks. Lee's...
Sharks sign D Vlasic to 4-year extension San Francisco Chronicle 08-27) 14:55 - Defenseman Marc-Edouard Vlasic agreed to a four-year contract extension with the San Jose Sharks on Wednesday, keeping one of the club's best young players...
Voters Oppose Gay Marriage Ban KCBS A poll shows California voters appear ready to reject the same-sex marriage ban on the November ballot even though they remain evenly divided about gay unions. According...
New plan for endangered Bay Area butterfly San Francisco Chronicle The federal government has designated thousands of acres in California as essential to the resurgence of a rare butterfly, but environmentalists say the Bush administration has once again fallen...
Workers plan 1-day strike at O Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal Thousands of health care workers will hold a one-day strike Thursday throughout the Daughters of Charity Health System, the workers' union said. "Caregivers were forced to strike in response to...
Maxygen gets $3.4M grant from Dept. of Defense Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal ... said Wednesday it was awarded a two-year, $3.4 million grant from the United States Department of Defense to develop technology to advance vaccine research and development. Under the grant, Redwood...
FTC denied hearing in Rambus fight Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit turned down the request for an en banc hearing over a patent disclosure. In April, the same court overturned an order by the FTC that...
Man accused in five Bay Area slayings takes stand Oakland Tribune A man accused of being a serial killer took the stand in his own defense in an Oakland courtroom Wednesday.Anthony McKnight, 54, said he never knew or even saw any of the five women he is accused of...
State To Meet Friday Payroll While Budget Stalls KCBS State workers will receive their full paycheck Friday, despite the governor’s order to begin paying them the federal minimum wage. But the next pay day may be a...
Vodka Spill Slows South Bay Commute NBC 11 John Pilger said. The big rig overturned shortly before 8 a.m. at North Mathilda Avenue, spilling vodka and fuel. Emergency personnel are working to extricate the driver of the big rig, Pilger said.
Another Sizzling Day, Spare the Air, Red Flag Warning KCBS Forecasters are predicting another day of sizzling temperatures across the Bay Area and Northern California. The National Weather Service issued a heat advisory in effect...
San Jose Mercury Offering Digital Delivery KCBS The San Jose Mercury News is offering its readers digital delivery of its newspaper. While you can read most newspapers online including the Mercury News, the...
Sluggish Economy Puts Damper on Holiday Travel KCBS Uncertainty about the economy, rising air fares and high gas prices means slightly fewer Californians will be traveling over the Labor Day weekend, according to AAA. AAA says...
NorCal Boy Dies After Being Stabbed With Pen NBC 11 Calif. , said a teenage boy died after being stabbed with a ballpoint pen during a fight, local station KCRA reported.Williams is south of Chico and north...
Cisco Buys PostPath for $215 Million Silicon Valley Daily Cisco Systems said it will acquire privately held PostPath, Inc., a provider of innovative email and calendaring software. Based in Mountain View, CA with...
CDC says salmonella outbreak appears to be over The Examiner Eighty Percent Of Cities Studied In Developing Nations Use Untreated Wastewater For Irrigation: And FDA Is Surprised About Salmonella Contaminated...
Oracle names Jeff Epstein CFO Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal ... on Wednesday named Jeff Epstein executive vice president and chief financial officer. Redwood City-based Oracle (NASDAQ:ORCL) said Epstein will be responsible for finance, the controller's...
Four Held In Mountain View Brother, Sister Slaying NBC 11 Four people have been arrested in connection with the double homicide that took the lives of a brother and sister, while three more suspects still at large are considered armed and dangerous...
TiVo swings to $2.9M Q2 profit Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal ... on Wednesday reported second-quarter net income of $2.9 million, or 3 cents a share, compared to a loss of $17.7 million, or 18 cents a share, in the same period last year. Alviso-based TiVo...
California insurance commissioner pushes for green car insurance option Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal ... wants Golden State drivers to drive less, save money and save the planet, all at the same time. Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner said Wednesday he’s planning to make a new green automobile...
Seagate Technology to move to Nasdaq Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal ... said Wednesday it will switch its stock exchange listing from the New York Stock Exchange to Nasdaq. Scotts Valley-based Seagate (NYSE:STX) said the change will be effective Sept. 16. "We are...
Replay Solutions gets $11M in 2nd round Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal ... said Wednesday it received $11 million in a second round of financing from three venture capital firms. Redwood City-based Replay said funders...
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