Provides the latest RSS feeds for San Francisco News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page San Francisco Star.com http://www.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/10/id/20134e53b4e12830/ en-us Sun, 05 Feb 2012 15:42:57 -0500 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 15:42:57 -0500 30 An an oil boom floats around the grounded cruise ship Costa Concordia off the Tuscan island of Giglio, Italy, Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012. The Concordia ran aground on Jan. 13 after the captain deviated ... http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203254954/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 13:19:21 -0500 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203254954/ SAN FRANCISCO -- A grandmother is facing child endangerment charges after a 1-month-old boy was left alone in a car seat on a Sacramento County sidewalk, authorities said Saturday. California ... http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203254875/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 13:16:48 -0500 Oakland Tribune http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203254875/ Lyndon LaRouche devotees proselytizing in Marin and displaying posters that portray President Barack Obama with a Hitler-style mustache have elicited a rash of complaints to local police and public ... http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203254465/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 13:16:46 -0500 Oakland Tribune http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203254465/ NEW YORK -- When Dorothy Twinney first saw a Race for the Cure walk for breast cancer -- "a sea of pink" traveling through her hometown of Plymouth, Mich. -- she was so moved she sat in ... http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203254953/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 13:16:44 -0500 Oakland Tribune http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203254953/ Everyone wants to be happy. And yet most people aren't even sure what happiness is -- much less how to get it. Unraveling that mystery is the work of smile science, a field that relies on ... http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203253763/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:42:50 -0500 Oakland Tribune http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203253763/ that up."First, two important facts: Stanford Hospital provided great care, and it lost money on my dad. Of his final bill, Medicare only paid $67,800. Like other hospitals, Stanford only ... http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203253183/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:42:48 -0500 Oakland Tribune http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203253183/ After a chase, two men were arrested in connection with a shooting in Richmond early this morning that left one victim in critical condition, police said. Richmond police responded to a report that ... http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203252981/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:42:45 -0500 Oakland Tribune http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203252981/ INDIANAPOLIS o San Francisco's Jim Harbaugh has won the 2011 Associated Press NFL Coach of the Year award for leading the 49ers back to the ... http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203252494/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:38:16 -0500 Salt Lake Tribune http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203252494/ are trying to cheat them out of millions of dollars. The issue: The Mieuli heirs want to sell their piece of the Niners, and they say the Yorks are lowballing them on the value of the team. The ... http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203252486/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:03:46 -0500 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203252486/ In this photo taken on Jan. 27, 2012 a cruise liner sails past the Giudecca canal in Venice, Italy. The fatal grounding of the Costa Concordia off the Tuscan coast has sharpened the focus on the ... http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203252487/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:03:37 -0500 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203252487/ California has the most expensive red-light camera tickets in the world - the fine is so steep that one camera in Oakland generates more than $3 million a year - and a Fremont man is launching a ... http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203252488/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:03:29 -0500 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203252488/ This traditional-style home at 301 Lakefield Place, Moraga is located on a private, 2.8-acre gated property. It offers five bedrooms and 3.5 baths over 3,962 square feet and is listed for $1.649 ... http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203252489/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:03:20 -0500 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203252489/ With considerably less fanfare than it received in 1999, San Francisco's Metreon on Saturday debuted its modest and somewhat more open design. People visiting the former "entertainment ... http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203252490/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:03:13 -0500 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203252490/ Bevan Dufty (left) speaks at Larkin Street Youth Services Drop-In Center, where Mayor Ed Lee (right) announced Dufty's appointment as director of ... http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203252491/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:03:06 -0500 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203252491/ There are so many positive aspects to the fast-moving plans for the Salesforce.com campus in Mission Bay that architectural nitpicking might seem, yes, picky. But with the 9-acre first phase now ... http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203252492/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:02:59 -0500 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203252492/ 49ers for their new stadium is the end of any hope the team will stay in San Francisco. I still say out-of-towners who fly in to watch their team play the Niners in Santa Clara will stay in San ... http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203252493/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:02:54 -0500 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203252493/ An incomplete fireplace installation was identified as the cause of a Friday morning fire in Hayward that caused about $20,000 in damage, a fire captain said. Firefighters quickly extinguished a ... http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203252479/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:00:16 -0500 Oakland Tribune http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203252479/ The family of a Santa Clara Marine who took his life in Afghanistan last year after several hours of hazing is accusing the military of not doing enough to stop the practice and not properly ... http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203252480/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:00:14 -0500 Oakland Tribune http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203252480/ The Pro Football Hall of Fame announced six new members Saturday, but none of the main Bay Area candidates -- Eddie DeBartolo, Tim Brown and Charles Haley -- got the call.Instead, running back ... http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203252481/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:00:08 -0500 Oakland Tribune http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203252481/ The U.S. Coast Guard suspended its search Friday night for a missing crab fisherman from San Ramon who did not return from a trip off the San Mateo County coast.Searchers had combed more than 3,800 ... http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203252483/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:00:04 -0500 Oakland Tribune http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203252483/ A 54-year-old man who complained of stroke-like symptoms while 200 miles out at sea on a cargo ship was rescued Saturday by Air National Guardsmen from the 129th Rescue Wing.Two rescue helicopters ... http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203252482/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:00:00 -0500 Oakland Tribune http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203252482/ A San Jose woman jumped out of a moving car Saturday to escape the clutches of her former boyfriend, who police say kidnapped her and assaulted a friend of hers before being arrested.Milpitas police ... http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203252484/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:59:59 -0500 Oakland Tribune http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203252484/ FREMONT -- Gus Morrison has been here before but never under these conditions.As interim mayor, he'll be working with the rest of the City Council under tight budget constraints without a ... http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203252485/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:59:57 -0500 Oakland Tribune http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203252485/ I'm a big believer in geographic determinism, and I suspect the clement weather in San Francisco has a lot to do with its pervading buoyant mood. That's why I disagree with the standard ... http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203252310/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:43:47 -0500 Time http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203252310/ This 1960s urban renewal project embodies everything misguided in the planning of that era, treating the existing city as a thing to be razed or ignored. But give credit to the creators and their ... http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203250307/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 08:59:26 -0500 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203250307/ Among the Tenderloin's problems -- brothels masquerading as massage parlors, open-air dealing of heroin, oxycodone, crack cocaine and other hard drugs -- medical marijuana seemed low on the ... http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203250943/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 08:25:29 -0500 San Francisco Examiner http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203250943/ (02-04) 17:10 PST Redwood City -- A Redwood City elementary school teacher suspected of physically abusing two students was arrested today by Redwood City police. Alexia Aliki Bogdisis, 44, turned ... http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203248137/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:59:10 -0500 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203248137/ A week after a violent protest by Occupy demonstrators resulted in more than 400 arrests, calm reigned Saturday night as a small crowd of about 100 marchers was turned away from the Oakland Police ... http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203248135/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:58:59 -0500 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203248135/ This is London: Yellow construction cranes tower over inner-city building sites; popular gathering spots rumble with earth-moving equipment, along with the usual heaving masses of shoppers and ... http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203248139/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:58:48 -0500 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203248139/ Posey: I think sometimes you just can't explain why things happen. That's the beauty of this game, it's a crazy game and it's hard to explain sometimes. I do know that I was in ... http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203246838/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:44:03 -0500 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203246838/ 49ers ' stirring victory over the Saints three weeks ago. "Well," Bochy croaked in his basso profundo. "The best football game anyway." Giants fans will be happy to hear ... http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203246839/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:43:53 -0500 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203246839/ (02-04) 17:28 PST Oakland -- An Oakland man was shot and killed this afternoon by two other men who remain at large. The assault occurred at 2:40 p.m. on the 400 block of 105th Avenue, according to ... http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203246833/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:41:51 -0500 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203246833/ In many countries, journalists who investigate political corruption or major crime figures get thrown into prison, gunned down or kidnapped -- never to be heard from again.In the United States, ... http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203246827/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:04:17 -0500 Oakland Tribune http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203246827/ One of the great challenges that violence presents to a community is that until it happens to you, it remains an abstraction. But when it happens to you, it is often too late. There is very little ... http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203246828/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:04:15 -0500 Oakland Tribune http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203246828/ OAKLAND -- By March 2008, after two years of dieting and exercise, Shyanne Reese had shed a whopping 101 pounds from her 5-foot-10 frame and was feeling better than ever. Nine months later, those ... http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203246137/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:04:13 -0500 Oakland Tribune http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203246137/ Q Mrs. Roadshow, I always enjoy your column when you step in for your hubby. You and I seem to be on the same wavelength, especially when it comes to road boulders. Mrs. Roadshow, there is no ... http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203246829/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:04:12 -0500 Oakland Tribune http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203246829/ Twitter.com/KatyMurphy .In preparation for a public radio show this week, I asked readers to write in with stories about what was working in their schools, despite the lousy economy and perpetual ... http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203246831/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:04:09 -0500 Oakland Tribune http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203246831/ The Oakland History Room at the Main Library is featuring a new exhibit, "Educating Oakland: The History of the Oakland Public Schools, 1852-1982." On view until March 31, the exhibit ... http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203246830/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:04:08 -0500 Oakland Tribune http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203246830/ Warriors coach Mark Jackson couldn't ask for much more from his second unit, though he tried in Golden State's 114-106 overtime loss to host Sacramento on Saturday.The Warriors' ... http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203245369/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:13:04 -0500 Oakland Tribune http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203245369/ Darnell Hillman stood proudly and patted his chest a few times after his No. 45 jersey was unveiled Saturday in the rafters of the Event Center at San Jose State.The first Spartan to be selected in ... http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203245378/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:13:03 -0500 Oakland Tribune http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203245378/ Indianapolis Colts' Peyton Manning, left, presents the AP MVP Player of the Year to Green Bay Packers' Aaron Rodgers during the inaugural NFL Honors show Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012, in ... http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203244180/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:29:26 -0500 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203244180/ INDIANAPOLIS -- Hall of Fame? Make that Hall of Puzzlement And Zone Blitz Head Scratching. "It baffles me," said Dan Fouts, the former San Diego Chargers quarterback and already a Hall ... http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203244177/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:27:06 -0500 Oakland Tribune http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203244177/ In his hourlong speech plugging his state budgeting overhaul initiative, the über-gregarious Hertzberg delivered a Hollywood-worthy tale about his first encounter with the "homeless ... http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203243665/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:27:04 -0500 Oakland Tribune http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203243665/ SAN JOSE (KCBS) - A new IBM report suggests San Jose's public safety departments are overstaffed and has sparked debate between the tech sector and those who serve the city. San Jose Mayor ... http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203243148/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:18:26 -0500 CBS 5 http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203243148/ Alameda County architect Henry H. Meyers designed four Art Deco medallions featured on the face of the original 1937 Caldecott Tunnel as seen in this photograph made Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012, in ... http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203242645/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:33:23 -0500 Oakland Tribune http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203242645/ PLEASANT HILL -- A proposal the City Council will consider Monday would end free health insurance for elected officials but continue a $400 monthly payment for those who decline coverage. Council ... http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203242058/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:33:22 -0500 Oakland Tribune http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203242058/ Dennis Celoni is not a crime scene investigator, but the Antioch utility worker has handled so many stolen water pipes recently that he's become an expert in how they are swiped. Eight ... http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203242104/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:33:20 -0500 Oakland Tribune http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203242104/ American tourists Norma Supe, left, and Patti Gamal, right, are seen after their release by gunmen in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, late Friday, Feb. 3, 2012. Bedouin tribesmen abducted two female ... http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203242195/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:33:18 -0500 Oakland Tribune http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203242195/ Allen Crabbe scored 19 points and Cal rebounded from its first defeat of the season at Haas Pavilion with a 68-47 rout of Arizona State on Saturday afternoon.But the victory could be costly. Allen ... http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203242646/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:33:16 -0500 Oakland Tribune http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203242646/ MARTINEZ -- Law enforcement officials are reminding fans who are ready to consume some Super Bowl suds on Sunday that extra DUI patrols will be out in force looking for drunk drivers.The Bay ... http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203242647/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:33:15 -0500 Oakland Tribune http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203242647/ Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval, left, greets workers at a registration table during early voting at the Carson City Republican Caucus, Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012, in Carson City, ... http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203240893/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:44:33 -0500 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203240893/ During one of the Q&A sessions at the Giants' annual FanFest on Saturday, a young girl asked Tim Lincecum how he felt when Buster Posey got hurt.As the loud "Awwww" from the crowd ... http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203240631/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:40:47 -0500 Oakland Tribune http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203240631/ Tom Brady and Bill Belichick are due for a Super Bowl victory, simple as that.And the New York Giants are due to lose, sorry to be blunt.That's usually an imprecise way to evaluate the Super ... http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203240887/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:40:45 -0500 Oakland Tribune http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203240887/ TUCSON, Ariz. -- Joslyn Tinkle had a career-high 22 points and matched her career best with 11 rebounds, leading five starters in double figures in No. 4 Stanford's 91-51 rout of Arizona on ... http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203240829/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:40:42 -0500 Oakland Tribune http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203240829/ Stanford co-defensive coordinator Jason Tarver is under consideration to be the defensive coordinator of the Raiders, according to ESPN's Adam Schefter.Tarver, 37, served one year as the ... http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203240889/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:40:34 -0500 Oakland Tribune http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203240889/ SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) - A three-year, $248 million plan to repair city streets was launched this week in San Francisco's Mission District. San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee and a host of other top ... http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203240435/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:30:14 -0500 CBS 5 http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203240435/ TRACY -- Police have arrested three men and a juvenile on suspicion of fatally shooting a 23-year-old man early Saturday morning, police said.The homicide -- Tracy's first of 2012 -- was ... http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203239463/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:53:08 -0500 Oakland Tribune http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203239463/ Detroit Tigers right fielder Magglio Ordonez makes a sliding catch on a ball hit by Raul Ibanez of the Seattle Mariners for the third out in the seventh inning. The Tigers defeated the Mariners, ... http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203239464/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:53:07 -0500 Oakland Tribune http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203239464/ FREMONT -- Water that gushed from a leaking six-foot pipeline flooded four homes early Saturday morning, forcing a dozen residents to evacuate the Warm Springs district, a Fremont fire official ... http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203239465/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:53:05 -0500 Oakland Tribune http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203239465/ For the first time this season, the Stanford men's basketball team could not defend its home court in Pac-12 conference play, falling to Arizona 56-43 on Saturday afternoon.The Cardinal shot a ... http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203239412/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:53:03 -0500 Oakland Tribune http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203239412/ WINONA, Minn. -- A Catholic school in Minnesota has suspended a 9-year-old boy for performing a crotch-grabbing Michael Jackson dance move during a fundraiser. Mindy Boberg told the Winona Daily ... http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203238756/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:52:59 -0500 Oakland Tribune http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203238756/ SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) - Even though it is early February, AT&T Park was packed with San Francisco Giants fans on Saturday for the 19th annual Giants FanFest. The free event, sponsored by KNBR, ... http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203238972/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:42:32 -0500 CBS 5 http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203238972/ SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The park service is reconsidering plans to ban dogs from certain areas of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area after receiving thousands of comments about the ... http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203238724/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:42:26 -0500 CBS 5 http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203238724/ Jerry Brown still is trying to persuade backers of two November ballot measures that would raise taxes and compete with his measure to hold back and let his be the only one voters see. But ... http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203236268/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:43:08 -0500 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203236268/ The Bush administration's decision in 2004 to dramatically expand logging in Sierra forests throughout California, as a means of fire protection, failed to analyze the potential impact on ... http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203236269/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:43:02 -0500 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203236269/ Paul Gregory was guarding a Baghdad power plant in 2006 when a suicide bomber broke through the gate and detonated a dump truck filled with explosives.The blast killed two men and ended the Army ... http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203236262/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:39:52 -0500 Oakland Tribune http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203236262/ SANTA ANA -- A Southern California woman has pleaded not guilty to torturing a man by cutting off his penis and putting it in a garbage disposal. Online court records show Catherine Kieu pleaded not ... http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203236155/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:39:50 -0500 Oakland Tribune http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203236155/ SANTA CRUZ -- A Santa Cruz man convicted in 2010 of stealing a Ben Lomond home will have to pay $1,895 in restitution to the rightful owners. Raymond Tate sentenced in May 2010 to five months in ... http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203235755/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:39:49 -0500 Oakland Tribune http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203235755/ A burglary suspect charged with shooting a 90-year-old Greenbrae man should have the case dismissed because his rights were violated, his defense attorney said Friday. Samuel Joseph Cutrufelli, 30, ... http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203236264/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:39:48 -0500 Oakland Tribune http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203236264/ Law enforcement have concluded that Tuesday's fatal shooting in unincorporated Vallejo is not linked to one Jan. 26 in Berkeley. Solano County Sheriff's Office and the Berkeley Police ... http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203235185/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:39:46 -0500 Oakland Tribune http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203235185/ The Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday asked a federal bankruptcy judge to reject all claims for damages filed by San Francisco Giants fan Bryan Stow over his severe beating in a Dodger Stadium parking ... http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203235222/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:39:45 -0500 Oakland Tribune http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203235222/ HPQ ) gave new CEO Meg Whitman a package of stock options valued at more than $16 million last year, on top of her $1-a-year annual salary, according to regulatory documents filed Friday.That's ... http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203235106/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:39:41 -0500 Oakland Tribune http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203235106/ (02-04) 07:40 PST REDWOOD CITY -- A South San Francisco man who was driving drunk and arguing about what radio station to listen to when he crashed on Highway 101 in Brisbane, killing a passenger, ... http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203233422/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:04:40 -0500 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203233422/ Las Vegas -- As Joseph and Christina Hetherton listened to Newt Gingrich speak this week at the Las Vegas factory where Joseph was laid off last summer, they thought about how their home could go ... http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203234502/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:26:04 -0500 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203234502/ , we encourage comments that are on topic, relevant and to-the-point. We will remove comments that include profanity, personal attacks, racial slurs, threats of violence, or other inappropriate ... http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203234503/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:26:00 -0500 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203234503/ Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi will have to wait until Wednesday at the earliest to find out whether a judge will modify a restraining order and allow him to visit his 2-year-old son, after a request for a ... http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203234504/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:25:55 -0500 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203234504/ The price of renewable power contracts signed by California utilities more than doubled from 2003 through 2011 but has now started to plunge, according to a long-awaited state report issued Friday. ... http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203234505/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:25:44 -0500 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203234505/ A federal magistrate has refused to dismiss a suit by deaf Californians against CNN for its refusal to add closed captioning to news video clips on its website. The lawsuit only alleges ... http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203234506/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:25:39 -0500 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203234506/ (02-03) 11:37 PST SAN FRANCISCO -- A small but much-needed dose of rain is expected early next week, the National Weather Service said today. After a sunny weekend, rain is expected to start ... http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203234507/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:25:36 -0500 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203234507/ OAKLAND -- Four people are recovering in a hospital after being wounded in a shooting Friday night, police said.The victims' injuries are not considered life-threatening, authorities said.About ... http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203234499/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:23:05 -0500 Oakland Tribune http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203234499/ FAIRFIELD -- A Fairfield woman will not serve any more jail time for the deaths of her three young children and niece in an apartment fire in 2010, a judge ruled Friday. Calling her role in the ... http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203234498/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:22:43 -0500 Oakland Tribune http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203234498/ Former Livermore Mayor Don Miller, a respected physical chemist whose tireless civic activism helped shape the face of the city, died of cancer Friday morning. He was 84."We can thank Don for a ... http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203234497/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:22:42 -0500 Oakland Tribune http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203234497/ Bay Area residents looking for a unique way to celebrate Valentine's Day are invited to attend the Oakland Zoo's "For the Love of Primates" on the evening of Feb. 10.Guests will ... http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203234495/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:22:41 -0500 Oakland Tribune http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203234495/ In celebration of the Golden Gate Bridge's 75th anniversary, the Port of Oakland and local retailer Oaklandish will host a photography contest to capture the relationship between ships docking ... http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203234496/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:22:41 -0500 Oakland Tribune http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203234496/ New mom Beyonce Knowles is reportedly being offered $100 million a year to become a judge on "X Factor". Right, that's what we said. No, that's the right amount of zeros. No, we ... http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203234500/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:22:25 -0500 Oakland Tribune http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203234500/ The Coast Guard found a capsized boat Friday belonging to a 64-year-old crabber who didn't return from a fishing trip off Half Moon Bay, but there was no sign of the missing man. The 18-foot ... http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203232592/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 09:29:34 -0500 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.sanfranciscostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/20134e53b4e12830/id/203232592/