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Boy Scouts Lift Ban on Gay Members
The Boy Scouts of America voted Thursday to change 103-year-old policy that turned away and kicked out openly gay scouts. Stephanie Chuang ...
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Delays Revealed In Rescuing Longshoreman At Port Of Oakland
OAKLAND (KPIX 5) — Nearly a week after a longshoreman’s body was found inside his sunken pickup at the Port of Oakland, authorities reveal there were numerous delays in the efforts to rescue him. The longshoreman was in his truck when ...
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Homeless in Silicon Valley
Investigative journalist Bill Moyers takes a look at poverty and the homeless in Silicon Valley despite the area's tremendous wealth creation over the past decade from Google, Facebook, Oracle and ...
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Bay Bridge bolt maker says report exonerates it from blame
A broken anchor rod rises up next to still-tensioned rods on a shear key on the new Bay Bridge Friday afternoon May 3, 2013. Caltrans showed off the rods and some of the techniques they are using to monitor and test other installed anchor rods as they design a fix for the compromised hardware. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News ...
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Clockwork Alchemy brings Steampunk and tea to San Jose
Steampunk convention associated with FanimeCon, has returned to San Jose's DoubleTree Hotel for the second year. Featuring dance, art, crafts, writing, music, fashion and food within the Steampunk aesthetic, because the genre is tied to Victoriana, tea will always be available whenever convention attendees want ...
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Group Discusses Restaurant Scores for Silicon Valley
An advisory group of restaurant owners, health professionals, and consumers officially met for the first time today to discuss the positives and negatives of a restaurant scoring system in Santa Clara ...
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Scouting leaders parents react to rule change allowing gay Scouts
Scouts for Equality holds a rally to call for equality and inclusion for gays in the Boy Scouts of America at the Boy Scout Memorial in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, May 22 2013. On Thursday in Grapevine, Texas, the Boy Scouts of America's National Council will meet to consider changes to its policy on homosexuals. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca ...
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Antioch Hospital Patient Who Jumped Into Canal Identified
ANTIOCH (CBS SF) — A man whose body was discovered in the Contra Costa Canal nearly two days after he left a local emergency room and jumped into the waterway has been identified. A Contra Costa County coroner’s deputy said 48-year-old Brentwood man Saul Hernandez was found in the canal on Wednesday during an ongoing search of the ...
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Condi John Doerr Obama join virtual immigration march
The March for Innovation website urges immigration reform advocates to lobby policymakers. If you've been on Twitter this week, you may have seen the hashtag #iMarch. You may have also seen it on newly acquired Tumblr, Facebook or a host of other social media channels. On May 22 and 23, a group of immigration reform advocates spearheaded by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg with backing ...
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Redwood City Burglary Suspects Arrested
Naji Othman (pictured below), a 19-year-old male from Belmont, and an unidentified 17-year old male from Redwood City were booked into the San Mateo County Jail and San Mateo County Juvenile Detention Center, respectively. According to the Redwood City Police Department, the suspects entered the home by breaking a rear window. They allegedly ransacked the home and stole an Apple laptop ...
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ConsumerWatch Startup Lets SFO Travelers Rent Out Cars While On Vacation
SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX 5) – Car sharing has arrived at San Francisco International Airport, and so far more than 650 travelers have tried it out. Flightcar started up operations a few months ago in a large parking lot in Millbrae, a few miles from S.F.O. The start-up helps car owners rent out their vehicles when they go on vacation. Prices for rentals range from $20 to $40 a day; car owners ...
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Firefighters Contain Brush Fire Near San Jose’s Coyote Creek
SAN JOSE (CBS SF) — Firefighters contained a fire in heavy brush near Coyote Creek Thursday afternoon, a fire captain said. The fire near Brokaw Road and Interstate 880 was first reported at 2:45 p.m., Capt. Cleo Doss said. Crews arrived at 2:51 p.m. and quickly called a second-alarm response after finding about an acre and a half of brush burning. Heavy smoke was coming from the area ...
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San Jose City College Student Wins $2.3 Million In Powerball Drawing
SAN JOSE (KCBS) – A San Jose City College student who matched five of the six winning numbers in last week's Powerball drawing has claimed his millions. Michael Garcia recounted the unbelievable moment he checked the numbers against nine tickets he had bought on whim: 22, 10, 13, 14, 52. "Oh, wow, I got all five," he said. "What about the Powerball? What about the ...
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Netflix Soars on Earnings Report
POSTED April 23, 2013 LOS GATOS -- Netflix reported stellar earnings for the first quarter sending its shares rocketing 25% to over $210. The company reported $1.02 billion in revenues and net income of $2.6 million. Revenues were up nearly 20% from a year ...
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5 Super Bowl lessons learned by past host cities
The roman numerals for Super Bowl XLVI are displayed at Monument Circle during the Electronic Arts Inc. Sports Madden Bowl XVIII in Indianapolis, Indiana, in 2012. Indianapolis created Super Bowl Village to entice fans, and worked with the local companies to make sure business boomed. The efforts of the San Francisco Super Bowl Bid Committee and Santa Clara was rewarded May 21 when the NFL ...
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Silicon Valley Food Boomlet Gets Its First Big Acquisition
around $200,000 in 2008 , the first year of operation, but rose to $39 million in 2011. In 2012, gross sales rose to $93 million, although it is uncertain if Plum is profitable. It wasn't in 2011. Plum is currently the number 4 baby food brand in the U.S. The picture shows one of Plum's products. Campbell needs little introduction. The purveyor of fine alphabet soups pulled in $2.2 ...
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Crabtree Starts Healing After Surgery Vows To Be Back
CBS Sports ) — Michael Crabtree is promising to be back. And San Francisco 49er fans are hoping that means back this season. Crabtree tore his Achilles tendon and underwent surgery ...
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Bill Would Protect California Reporters’ Phone Records
SACRAMENTO (CBS / AP) — State agencies would be required to give journalists five days’ notice before they issue subpoenas to a third-party company for telephone records under legislation announced Thursday by a state senator. Democratic state Sen. Ted Lieu, of Torrance, said he would seek the measure to give greater protection for newsgathering operations. He acted after it was ...
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Sharks Kings Series Heats Up With Diving Accusations
Goalkeeper Jonathan Quick #32 blocks a shot, defending the net against Tommy Wingels #57 of the San Jose Sharks in the second period in Game Three of the Western Conference Semifinals during the 2013 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at HP Pavilion on May 18, 2013 in San Jose. (Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty ...
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Obama Repeatedly Heckled By Bay Area Activist During Security Speech
Medea Benjamin, an activist from the organization called Code Pink, shouts at U.S. President Barack Obama while he speaks at the National Defense University May 23, 2013 in Washington, DC. Obama used the speech to outline and justify his administration’s counterterrorism policy, including increased cooperation with Congress on matters of national security, added transparency regarding the ...
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Boy Scouts To Accept Gay Youth Following Moraga Teen’s Equality Battle
Members of Scouts for Equality hold a rally to call for equality and inclusion for gays in the Boy Scouts of America as part of the ‘Scouts for Equality Day of Action’ May 22, 2013 in Washington, DC. (Win McNamee/Getty ...
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Alleged Gang Members Arrested After Richmond Shooting
RICHMOND (CBS SF) – Two alleged gang members were arrested Wednesday afternoon after two plainclothes Richmond detectives witnessed one of them firing a gun, a police spokeswoman said Thursday. The detectives were patrolling the streets looking for known gang members as part of the city's Ceasefire program when the shooting occurred at about 3:50 p.m., Detective Nicole Abetkov said. ...
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Tesla Reports First Profit
POSTED May 9, 2013 PALO ALTO -- Tesla Motors announced the first profitable quarter in its 10 year history with a profit of $11.2 million. Tesla revenues were $561.7 million for the first quarter up over 18 times from a year ago. During Q1, Tesla consistently produced 400 or more Model S vehicles per week, for a total of over 5,000 during the quarter. The company recognized 4,900 vehicles as ...
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Thousands of Women Pack Moscone Center
The Professional Business Women of California's 24th Annual conference got underway Thursday in San Francisco. Christie Smith reports on the message Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg ...
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Feds May Clear-Cut 82000 Trees Near UC Berkeley
The federal government may chop down some 82,000 trees near Berkeley's Strawberry Canyon and in Claremont Canyon in the hills near North Oakland, according to ...
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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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