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HP Pavilion Name Removed From Shark Tank
You can no longer call the arena in San Jose the HP Pavilion. The signage was removed Monday morning. Workers took down letters one by one, starting with the "n" and finishing with the ...
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Oakland counting on brighter lights to fight crime
OAKLAND -- By the end of this year, Oakland expects to have outfitted all 30,000 overhead streetlights with more brighter energy efficient bulbs -- an upgrade city officials said should help reduce crime and electricity bills.The $14.8 million project is already underway in East Oakland where more than 1,000 bulbs have been replaced. "This is extremely important," Councilmember Larry ...
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Odds Stacked Against Heat In Game 6
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Your Guide To Pride
You won’t want to miss the action of one of the country’s most famous annual parades. We’ve put together a few insider ideas for the best ways to watch the San Francisco Pride ...
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Cain Giants Looking To Move Back Ahead Of Padres
The Padres have won each of their last six games and will be looking to win seven in a row for the first time this season. San Diego has hit 20 home runs so far this month -- the second-most among NL ...
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The Stars Attend ‘Monsters University’ Premiere
Disney/Pixar’s ';Monsters University.'; Stars like Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale, along with supermodel Alessandra Ambrosio brought their kids for a food and fun-filled tailgate party before watching the ...
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Cyclist Killed By Hit-And-Run Driver In San Jose
SAN JOSE (CBS SF) — A bicyclist was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver in San Jose Monday afternoon, according to police. The bicyclist was found lying in East Taylor Street west of state Highway 87 at 3:25 p.m. He was pronounced dead at the ...
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Richmond Considers Eminent Domain As A Path To Home Loan Restructuring
RICHMOND (KPIX 5) – Despite rising home prices in much of the Bay Area, many home buyers are struggling to wade out from their underwater mortgage - prompting some Richmond city leaders to attempt a unique tactic to provide mortgage relief. More than 100 people, concerned about the status of their mortgages, filled the Nevin Center in Richmond Saturday to discuss using options, including ...
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8 Hurt In Elevator Shaft Fire At SF General Hospital Construction Site
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BARTs Colma Station Closed Body Found
Trains are still operating through that area in both directions but are not stopping at the Colma station, Allison said at about 10 a.m. Passengers are advised to use the Daly City or South San Francisco stations ...
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Concord PD Gives Out Wheel Locks To Deter Auto Theft
CONCORD (KCBS)--The Concord Police Department began offering free anti-theft wheel-lock clubs Tuesday to its residents that own cars of specific makes. Police Sgt. Sam Staten said "Operation Wheel Lock" will provide 900 Clubs--for free--to residents or employees of Concord who meet certain criteria. "Hondas, Acuras, Toyotas, Nissans--primarily of the years 1985-2005 are models ...
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James Franco Seeks $500K In Crowd-Funding For New Films
The actor has started a campaign on Indiegogo, a crowd-funding alternative to Kickstarter that allows people to keep the money they raise even if the project doesn’t come to fruition. Franco isn’t trying to direct the films; he’s raising money so that a collection of young filmmakers can adapt his 2011 short story collection, ';Palo ...
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Giants Sign Top Pick Arroyo To $18M Deal
Christian Arroyo of United States bats during the 18U Baseball World Championship match between the USA and Canada at Mokdong stadium on September 8, 2012 in Seoul, South Korea. (Chung Sung-Jun/Getty ...
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Daily Madden Kick It Like Beckham
Sure he keeps it neat on the pitch, but David Beckham is also the king of order in his abode. Apparently, his shirts are organized in his closet by color and even soda cans are lined up perfectly by brand in his fridge. (Frazer Harrison/Getty ...
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Death On Tracks Shuts Colma BART Station
A Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) train operator waits for passengers to enter the train at the Daly City station. (Justin Sullivan/Getty ...
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Blackhawks Shut Out In Game 3 Bruins Take 2-1 Cup Series Lead
BOSTON (AP) -Tuukka Rask shut out the Chicago Blackhawks in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup finals on Monday night and got enough help from the Bruins’ offense to do it without another exhausting overtime. After playing four extra periods in the first two games, the Bruins made an early night of it with second-period goals by Daniel Paille and Patrice Bergeron to win 2-0 and take a 2-1 lead in ...
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Body Found Inside Burned Out Sunnyvale Home
SUNNYVALE (KCBS) --One person has died in a Sunnyvale house fire that broke out Tuesday morning, authorities said. The fire started shortly after 6 a.m. on the 200 block of Central ...
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Bruins-Blackhawks Bad Blood Boils Over In Final Minute Of Game 3
BOSTON (CBS) — Hate has found its way into the Stanley Cup Final. After nearly three full games (13 periods), the Bruins and Blackhawks got past their pleasantries and engaged in a full-on brawl in the waning seconds of Game 3. With roughly 20 seconds to go and the Bruins leading 2-0, Zdeno Chara dumped Bryan Bickell to the ice on front of the Boston net. Bickell tugged on Chara’s ...
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Fatal Motorcycle Crash Ties up SF Traffic on 101
A fatal motorcycle collision blocked the three left lanes of U.S. Highway 101 in San Francisco Tuesday, according to the California Highway ...
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Pit Bull Mauls Child To Death In Union City
UNION CITY (CBS SF) — A six-year old boy was mauled to death by a pit bull at a home in Union City Monday morning, according to Union City police. Fire crews and an ambulance were called to an address on Elizabeth Way about 11 a.m. Monday ...
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Reports Boy 6 dies after dog mauling in Union City
UNION CITY -- A 6-year-old boy has died after being mauled by a dog in Union City on Monday, according to media sources.The Alameda County Fire Department said the boy was mauled by a pit bull or a pit bull mix and he was quickly taken to Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, according to ABC7 News.Neighbors say there were two pit bulls that lived at the home and animal control took at least ...
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Hundreds of Livermore lab employees volunteer for buyout program
LIVERMORE -- About 400 Lawrence Livermore Lab workers have taken advantage of a voluntary separation program, choosing to resign and accept buyouts, a lab spokeswoman said Monday.A total of 383 employees had their last day on the job on Thursday. The buyouts are part of a program meant to trim jobs and prepare the lab for budget cutbacks.Director Parney Albright announced the program in May, ...
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Dave Chappelle to headline Bay Area comedy show
Since his television show came to an abrupt end in 2005, relatively little has been heard from comedian Dave Chappelle, with most of live appearances limited to unannounced standup gigs at clubs around the country.So it comes as something of big news in comedy world that Chappelle is going to headline a new comedy tour under the banner of the website Live Funny or Die. The Oddball Comedy & ...
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Oakland man may face felony DUI after two children injured in Hayward crash
The wreck happened at 10:14 p.m. in the northbound direction of Interstate 880 south of Hacienda Avenue, CHP Sgt. Joe Azevedo said. The children, an 8-year-old boy and 9-year-old girl, were passengers in the back seat of a 1997 Honda driven by the 24-year-old Oakland man. The children were ejected when the car bumped another, lost control and slammed into a traffic camera pole, Azevedo said.The ...
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1 Killed 2 Hurt In Vallejo Shooting
VALLEJO (CBS SF) — A woman was killed and two victims were injured in a shooting Monday evening in Vallejo, according to police. At 5:48 p.m. on Monday, police in Vallejo responded to the 100 block of Frisbie Street after receiving a report that shots had been fired into a residence, police said. Officers arrived on scene to discover that there were multiple shooting ...
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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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