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Weekly Paper Under Fire Over Adult Ads
Pulcrano was referring to the latest issue of Metro where the paper investigates actions by former labor boss Cindy Chavez, who is running for Board of ...
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Daily Madden 49ers Must Prepare For A Season Without Crabtree
Michael Crabtree tore his Achilles tendon in practice Tuesday. Coach Jim Harbaugh said Crabtree could return in mid-November. But John Madden told the KCBS Radio morning crew the 49ers should prepare for a full season without him. ';It’s a tough loss. It’s a big loss,'; Madden said. ';I think it’s one of those things that maybe he could be back this year, ...
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GameDay Who Will Step Up In Crabtree’s Absence
Crabtree's loss is the worst of them all. The ever-optimistic Jim Harbaugh says the torn Achilles isn't season-ending. But even if Crabtree pulls off a miraculous comeback in time to play in 2013, how effective can he possibly be? Truth is, the 49ers will prepare to play the season without their star receiver who quickly became Colin Kaepernick's "go-to guy." I should ...
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Livermore Police Kill Attacking Pit Bull During Shooting Investigation
LIVERMORE (CBS SF) -Police arrested six people in connection with a Monday shooting in Livermore after an investigation that included a violent confrontation with a pit bull. At about 10:45 a.m. Monday, police received a 911 call reporting shots fired into a home in the 2700 block of Palm Avenue. The homeowner was in the backyard when the shots rang out, but was not hit by the gunfire, police ...
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Marissa Mayers startup shopping spree continues with PlayerScale acquisition
Marissa Mayer on Thursday purchased her 12th company as Yahoo's CEO, acquiring Belmont-based PlayerScale. Another day, another acquisition from Sunnyvale-based Yahoo. The Internet giant on Thursday announced it was buying Belmont-based gaming infrastructure startup PlayerScale. Terms of the deal were not released. Todays news comes just days after Marissa Mayers $1.1 billion acquisition of ...
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VIDEO LeBron Saves Heat at Buzzer of Game 1
MIAMI (AP) - LeBron James caught the inbounds pass, changed direction and immediately attacked the rim. There was no one in his way. There was no stopping him, either. James made a layup as time expired in overtime, capping a 30-point, 10-rebound, 10-assist effort as the Miami Heat found a way to outlast the Indiana Pacers 103-102 in a wildly back-and-forth Game 1 of the Eastern Conference ...
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Third Cal Student Charged With Killing Exotic Bird
A third suspect, also a University of California at Berkeley student, has been charged in the killing of an exotic bird at a hotel-casino on the Las Vegas ...
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Bicyclist Dies After Being Hit by Garbage Truck in SF
Police Officer Gordon Shyy said the fatal collission occurred about 6:45 a.m. at 16th Street and South Van Ness Avenue. The bicyclist died at the ...
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Woman stabbed at least a half-dozen times near Hayward BART station
HAYWARD -- A woman was in stable condition after being stabbed at least a half-dozen times during an early morning attack about four blocks south of the Hayward BART station.The victim was not seriously injured and police said that the incident was gang related.Officers responded about 3 a.m. Sunday to the intersection of Grand Avenue and Dean Street for a report of an assault with a deadly ...
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Cleveland Cavaliers Claim Top Draft Pick
HOUSTON (CBS Houston) The Cleveland Cavaliers claimed the No. 1 overall pick at the 2013 NBA Draft Lottery on Tuesday night. Tuesday’s top seed for Cleveland marks the second time in three years that the team has won the lottery; point guard Kyrie Irving was their top selection in 2011. Although the Orlando Magic entered the lottery with the best chances of securing the top pick, they ...
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Bicyclist Run Over Killed By Garbage Truck In San Francisco
A mangled bicycle lies on the ground at the intersection of 16th St. and South Van Ness Ave. in San Francisco following a fatal crash with a garbage truck, May 23, 2013. ...
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St. Louis group helping Oklahoma tornado victims
MOORE, Okla. (KSDK) - An army of volunteers are stepping in to help the victims of the Moore, Oklahoma tornado which flattened the community Monday. Two teams of eight people from the St. Louis-based veterans service organization The Fight Continues are helping the victims. They went door-to-door volunteering to help people dig out from the rubble and start the clean-up process. Many have ...
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Americas Cup Issues 37 Safety Recommendations
Hoping to prevent another deadly accident on the San Francisco Bay, the America's Cup issued 37 new safety recommendations that teams must adopt to compete, including racing with reduced wind speeds. Jean Elle ...
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Pacers Couldn’t Stop The Perfect Play
MIAMI, FL – MAY 22: LeBron James #6 of the Miami Heat drives and makes the game winning basket in overtime against the Indiana Pacers during Game One of the Eastern Conference Finals at AmericanAirlines Arena on May 22, 2013 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Chris Trotman/Getty ...
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Blackhawks Look To Break Howard In Game 4
DETROIT (AP) Jimmy Howard’s cat-quick reflexes in net and easygoing nature out of it are big reasons the Detroit Red Wings are on a roll. Howard has held top-seeded Chicago to only one goal in two straight games, lifting seventh-seeded Detroit to a 2-1 series lead. He was the star of the end-to-end, high-paced Game 3 the Red Wings won 4-1 on Monday night, when he became their first goalie ...
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Rumor Apples iWatch pushed back to 2014
Apple Inc.'s smart watch won't launch until the second half of 2014 because of both hardware and software issues, according to KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. New rumors today about Apple's supposed smart watch. An analyst with KGI Securities says he believes the device won't launch until the second half of 2014 because of both hardware and software issues. In a note, ...
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One Win Away Bruins Not Looking At Past
The Bruins celebrate their 2-1 win over the New York Rangers in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty ...
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How an Entirely New Autistic Way of Thinking Powers Silicon Valley
In today's business world, disruption is a constant force that never lets up. At the annual WIRED Business Conference: Disruptive by Design, we celebrate the creative power of bold new ideas and the people that make them happen. See the event ...
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Heres the 5-year-old whose pitch won over 20 VCs
This is 5-year-old Rhett, who is being treated for acute leukemia and made a special pitch that convinced more than 20 VCs to auction themselves for a lunch to benefit the Bay Area Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Click here to watch his video, "Dear Mr. VC." Your average Silicon Valley VC probably hears hundreds of pitches a month but none more effective than this one made by a ...
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UC sex assault cases mishandled federal complaint alleges
Attorney Gloria Allred said that some of the complaints allege a hostile environment for women and others charge colleges with violating the federal Clery Act, which requires accurate reporting of campus crimes. Women "will no longer accept the status quo where rapes and sexual assaults are swept under the rug and condoned by college administrators," Allred said in a statement released ...
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Oakland City Council New budget rules approved amid tensions
OAKLAND -- With just over a month to adopt a budget, Oakland council members approved rules aimed at preventing a repeat of last year when the final budget plan was introduced at the last minute with no chance for public vetting.The new law, passed 6-2 after a testy debate, forbids council members from submitting major budget amendments within three days of the final meeting when the budget is ...
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Rental startup Flightcar lands in Boston eyes more airports
Flightcar, co-founded by CEO Rujul Zaparde, is opening its second car-sharing location at Boston's Logan International Airport in time for Memorial Day weekend. Vehicle-sharing startup Flightcar is opening its second location, Boston, just in time for Memorial Day weekend and plans to be at up to five airports by year's end. But CEO Rujul Zaparde told me this week that he and teen ...
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Coming up 3D printing for Bootstrappers
The Bootstrapper's Breakfast happens on the fourth Friday of every month in Mountain View. The talk at the monthly Bootstrappers Breakfast Meetup in Mountain View this week is about how to leverage 3D printing for startup and small businesses. Paul Spann of Spann Enterprises, a longtime mechanical engineer at various Silicon Valley tech companies, is making the presentation. He believes that ...
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Tampa Bay Area Drying Out as Holiday Weekend Approaches
According to Bay News 9 Meteorologist Juli Marquez, rain chances are only 20 percent today as showers move inland and to the other side of the state."After our wet days, rain chances start dropping and drier air moves in," Marquez said. "It will be partly sunny today with some slight chances of isolated showers and storms - mainly to the east of the Bay area. It will remain warm ...
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Paper Battery Co. of Troy wins Silicon Valley hot 50 tech startup honor
The Paper Battery Co., a Troy, NY startup developing a paper-thin energy technology, has been named to a Silicon Valley list for the 50 hottest early-stage tech companies. ...
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San Jose council approves potentially flawed housing development
A housing development in San Jose is becoming increasingly controversial as members of the public have accused the San Jose City Council of violating its own environmental policies with regards to residential developments in the city.
The contention revolved around a 15 acre housing project that will see 89 homes built at the edge of Guadalupe Creek in the south of the city. The site on which the development will take place is a largely underdeveloped area containing, among other things, an unsightly asphalt car park. Read more
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