Reprieve for SF Bacon Restaurant Facing Closure

NBC 11 - Friday 17th May, 2013

Bacon Bacon restaurant was going to have to close its doors forever because complaints of intense bacon smells revealed a health permitting issue, a last-minute reprieve was forged on ...

Valley execs aka hard-core bikers Check out todays Charity Challenge

Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal - Friday 17th May, 2013

Leah Toeniskoetter with Team TIBCO flashes a smile during the CEO bike ride. Click above to see more of the race. Silicon Valley execs hit the road on Friday for the Silicon Valley Time Trial Charity Challenge. The ride, starting at 10:30 a.m., including 400 amateur cyclists on a 19-mile ride through the streets of South San Jose. Spectators got to see Suffolk Constructions Andy Ball, Silicon ...

Lions Meat On Menu At Burlingame Restaurant

NBC 11 - Friday 17th May, 2013

Animal-rights activists are stomping mad over the leonine treat. Lions are a "threatened species," who whom going extinct is a "risk," the newspaper ...

Marin Co. Man Attacks Housemate with Mac N Cheese

NBC 11 - Friday 17th May, 2013

A man in a wheelchair was allegedly assaulted twice by his landlord -- once with a box of macaroni and cheese -- in an eight-hour span on Thursday in Corte ...

Oakland officers punishments rescinded in tragic SWAT raid

Oakland Tribune - Friday 17th May, 2013

OAKLAND -- The only two officers disciplined in connection with the bloodiest day in Oakland police department history have had their punishments reversed by an arbitrator, who found that department leaders had unfairly singled them out and failed to consider their own accountability.Richard Orozco and Christopher Mufarreh both were demoted two ranks for their role in the flawed March 21, 2009 ...

Jordan Finally Front Center In ‘Fruitvale’

CBS 5 - Friday 17th May, 2013

CANNES, FRANCE (CBS SF/AP) – Before ';Fruitvale Station,'; Michael B. Jordan was glimpsed sporadically in supporting roles on TV shows like ';The Wire'; and ';Friday Night Lights,'; and in films like ';Chronicle'; and ';Red ...

Antibiotics May Relieve Back Pain Symptoms

CBS 5 - Friday 17th May, 2013

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Deal To Sell Sacto Kings To Local Group Signed

CBS 5 - Friday 17th May, 2013

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson announced to screaming throngs of Kings fans Friday that the deal to sell the NBA franchise to a group led by software tycoon Vivek Ranadive has been ...

Analyst Projects California Revenue $3.2B Higher Than Governor

CBS 5 - Friday 17th May, 2013

SACRAMENTO (CBS/AP) – The state's independent budget analyst says California will take in $3.2 billion more than Gov. Jerry Brown estimated, providing Democratic lawmakers the opportunity to increase spending. The Legislative Analyst's Office released its assessment of Brown's budget revision on Friday, ...

Petaluma Set To Celebrate 40 Years Of ‘American Graffiti’

CBS 5 - Friday 17th May, 2013

PETALUMA (KCBS) – Thousands of spectators were expected to attend a three-day event in Petaluma honoring the 40th anniversary of the iconic film, ';American Graffiti.'; A classic car show will be featured at the event celebrating the 1973 coming-of-age classic, much of it filmed in Petaluma at the request of director George Lucas. 400 cars will be on display and there will be ...

Warriors’ Harrison Barnes Gets 6 Stitches After Scary Fall

CBS 5 - Friday 17th May, 2013

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Bear bites Wisconsin man circles home

Middle East Times - Friday 17th May, 2013

Authorities in Wisconsin said they responded to a home on a report of a man being bitten by a black bear that refused to leave his yard. Marinette County sheriff's deputies and Silver Cliff Rescue said the Silver Cliff man's wife called authorities Wednesday at 1:25 p.m. to report a black bear had bitten her husband and was circling their home, The (Iron Mountain, Mich.) Daily News ...

Angelina Jolie’s Double Mastectomy QA

WJZ 13 - Friday 17th May, 2013

op-ed piece why she decided to go through with the surgery. At 37, the mother of six wants to stay healthy and active for her family — and to reassure them that she is doing everything possible to avoid the disease that took her mother’s life: cancer. "I wanted to write this to tell other women that the decision to have a mastectomy was not easy," Jolie writes. "But ...

Confused By Health Care Marketplaces Help Is Coming

WBZ - Friday 17th May, 2013

Medicaid Services (CMS), the government division overseeing the roll out of the new Marketplaces, is getting ready. It recently announced that thousands of people will be hired to staff call centers tied to the Marketplaces. Beginning in June, 7,000 to 9,000 additional people will answer phones through CMS’s ';1-800-Medicare'; help line, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The staff ...

Group arrested in SFSU scuffle connected with squatters evicted from church

San Francisco Examiner - Friday 17th May, 2013

A group involved in a scuffle with San Francisco State University police Thursday night was part of a squatter's collective that was evicted from an abandoned church in the city earlier this week, according to a statement from a member of the group. An SFSU police officer was injured and several people were arrested in the confrontation Thursday night when police sought to remove alleged ...

Raiders Rookie Moore Has Emotional Tattoo Story

CBS 5 - Friday 17th May, 2013

Sio Moore #55 of the Oakland Raiders participates in drills during Rookie Mini-Camp on May 11, 2013 in Alameda, California. (Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty ...

Upstart Royals Are The A’s Next Challenge

CBS 5 - Friday 17th May, 2013

The Royals (20-17) took two of three in Anaheim, capped by a 9-5 win Wednesday. It was their second big offensive performance in three days after matching a season high with 19 hits in Monday's 11-4 ...

Bumgarner Giants Seek Another Win Over Rockies

CBS 5 - Friday 17th May, 2013

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Tour Of California Begins Home Stretch In Bay Area

CBS 5 - Friday 17th May, 2013

Amgen Tour of California , which will prompt some street closures in the city for much of the afternoon. The cyclists began the 750-mile race up the California coast last Sunday in what is regarded as the largest cycling event in the country, according to the Amgen tour's ...

OpenTable Names Hottest Restaurants

Silicon Valley Daily - Friday 17th May, 2013

, a leading provider of free, real-time online restaurant reservations for diners and reservation and guest management solutions for restaurants, announced the 50 winners of ...

Top 5 Interior Design Firms in the Bay Area

San Francisco Business Times - Friday 17th May, 2013

2012 Bay Area interior design income: $55,477,606 Bay Area interior design staff: 333 Top Bay Area executive: Scott Dunlap, regional managing principal Shown above: Gensler incorporated a contemporary aesthetic and sustainable features into its renovation of Terminal 2 at the San Francisco International ...

SF Planning Commission Approves New Bike Parking Plan

CBS 5 - Friday 17th May, 2013

SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) – Bicyclists in San Francisco may soon find it a lot easier to find a parking space for their two-wheelers. The San Francisco Planning Commission on Thursday approved a plan to increase bicycle parking in both residential and commercial areas of the City. The next stop for the bike parking plan: the full Board of ...