Tuesday 7th September, 2010
Concord man arrested early Sunday for stabbing wife
CONCORD -- A Concord man was arrested early Sunday on suspicion of stabbing his wife, police said. At 1:30 a.m., Concord police responded to a report of a stabbing at a residence in the 1800 block of ...
Body found near Newark hotel
NEWARK -- A young man was found dead Monday morning following a pool party at a nearby hotel that was broken up by police the night before, police said.The body of a man in his mid-20s, who has not ye...
Islamic Scholar Joins Effort to Free the Hikers
Islamic scholar Akbar Ahmed asking Iran to release the hikers as the Muslim holy month of Ramadan comes to a close. He is one of many world leaders who has urged Iranian government officials to releas...
Silicon Valley's "Zero" Hour Almost Here
NBC 11Adobe circles turning at night - that's from Zero One. This year, images will be thrown up onto the front of San Jose's City Hall, and you'll again be asked to decipher them. There's a created-from-sc...
Candidate for governor Jerry Brown unveils first TV commercial
Oakland TribuneDemocrat Jerry Brown has ended his silence on the airwaves.Kicking off its long-awaited TV ad campaign on Labor Day, Brown's gubernatorial campaign unleashed a 30-second spot depicting the former gove...
Livermore Man Arrested In Stabbing Of Teenage Son
5PIXThe Alameda County Sheriff's Department says 48-year-old Gary Gomez took his wife, 14-year-old son and his son's two friends to go fishing around midnight Sunday. Sgt. J.D. Nelson says the father a...
Foster City Theater Welcomes Missing Bell's Return
5PIXHillbarn Theatre in Foster City used the solid brass bell to send audiences back to their seats for five decades before it diesappeared in September 2004. The theater distributed "lost bell" poster...
Inmate Dies Of Apparent Heart Attack In Milpitas
5PIXThe Santa Clara County Sheriff's office says an inmate at a minimum-security jail in Milpitas died after he suffered an apparent heart attack.
Landfill Search Stretches Into Day 4
NBC 11Police found no major clues Sunday in their search of a Pittsburg landfill for the body of a missing man linked to a multiple murder investigation, a Hercules police spokeswoman said. And, while it's...
Beach Bunnies Beware: Sharks Could Be Looming
NBC 11There have been at least two recent sightings of great white sharks in the Bay Area. Last week, surfers claim they saw a great white shark attacking a sea lion about 200 yards from Linda Mar Beach in
Salinas man suspected of secretly filming woman, e-mailing images of her
Oakland TribuneSALINAS -- A man was arrested near Salinas on Sunday afternoon after police discovered he had allegedly been secretly videotaping a woman and sending lewd images of her over the Internet, police said....
Obama calling for more infrastructure spending
Oakland TribuneWASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama is asking Congress to approve at least $50 billion in long-term spending in the nation's roads, railways and runways in a pre-election effort to show he's trying t...
2 coyote attacks in 1 hour in NYC suburb; tot hurt
Oakland TribuneRYE BROOK, N.Y. (AP) -- A teen and a toddler have come face-to-face with a coyote in two separate incidents within about an hour in a New York City suburb. The toddler's father took her to get medical...
Santa Clara County: 377 people arrested for DUI during end of summer crackdown
Oakland TribuneSanta Clara County law enforcement authorities have arrested 377 people on suspicion of drunken driving during an end of summer crackdown, a number that is slightly down from last year, according to s...
Bahamas drops charges in Travolta extortion case
Oakland TribuneNASSAU, Bahamas (AP) -- A judge in the Bahamas dismissed charges Monday against two people accused of trying to extort money from John Travolta after the prosecutor said the actor no longer wanted to ...
Well-known Afghan journalist murdered outside home
Oakland TribuneKABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Police are investigating the murder of a well known Afghan journalist who was found outside his Kabul home this weekend covered in stab wounds. Afghan President Hamid Karzai...
Massive earthquake sets back New Zealand economic recovery
Oakland TribuneWorkers use a jackhammer to remove dangerous brick parts from a damaged building in Christchurch, New Zealand, Monday, Sept. 6, 2010 after the city was hit by a 7.1-magnitude earthquake Saturday. The ...
Hurricane watch issued for coasts of Mexico, Texas
Oakland TribuneMIAMI (AP) -- A hurricane watch has been issued for the coasts of Texas and Mexico in the Gulf as Tropical Storm Hermine approaches. The hurricane watch issued Monday covers the area from Rio San Fern...
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