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  • New community college classes could cost pupils

    California community college students could have more summer and winter course options, albeit at more than triple the current cost, under a bill being discussed by the state Legislature. Assembly Bill 955, which the state Senate has taken up, aims to address the budget cuts-induced course shortfall statewide. It would allow schools such as City College of San Francisco to offer extension ...

  • 49ers Aldon Smith working back from surgery

    SANTA CLARA - Three months since undergoing labrum surgery, 49ers sack star Aldon Smith was able to do "a little bit" as offseason team activities got underway Tuesday.Smith revealed only that he is taking a one-day-at-a-time approach to his recovery. The 49ers' first-round draft pick in 2011, he posted a franchise-record 19½ sacks last season before posting none over their ...

  • Raiders Take to Twitter to Say Thank You

    A large group of Raiders fans mobilized and spent their Tuesday at the team's Alameda, Calif., facility to welcome Charles Woodson. Raiders players took to Twitter to say thank you for the ...

  • Charles Woodson Rejoins Raiders

    Free agent defensive back Charles Woodson has rejoined the Oakland Raiders, the team with which he began his professional career in 1998, General Manager Reggie McKenzie announced ...

  • A.J. Jenkins Puts on Muscle

    wanted to add muscle this offseason. After the first day of Organized Team Activities, it's safe to say, mission accomplished.When the second-year receiver was asked if he'd accomplished his weight room goal, Jenkins responded emphatically."I think I have," Jenkins told the media after the 49ers first practice of OTAs. "You tell me."In fact, the new physique could ...


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Race to Witch Mountain

Race to Witch Mountain

Despite being a child of the 1970s, I never saw Disneys Escape to Witch Mountain (1975) and thus have no point of comparison with its new reimagining, which comes complete with action-comedy star Dwayne Johnson in the drivers seat and a slightly more dynamic nam ... ...

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  • Willis Reacts to Super Bowl Announcement

    was born five days after Super Bowl XIX, the last time the Bay Area hosted the biggest game in professional sports. Willis, 28, is eager to see the NFL's showcase game return to the Bay Area in 2016. It was announced earlier on Tuesday that Levi's® Stadium would host Super Bowl L, the 50th anniversary of the NFL's championship game. "It's truly a blessing," ...

  • Details emerge in slaying of two teenage Oakland girls last year

    OAKLAND -- The slaughter of two teenage girls near Brookdale Park last November was sparked by an adolescent relationship squabble, a witness testified in court Tuesday.Raquel Gerstel, 15, and Bobbie Sartain, 16, were gunned down in the early morning hours of Nov. 25 after a teenager they were hanging out with announced that he had another woman coming to meet them, a 16-year-old witness ...

  • May 22 Laughs at Punch Line and Z Space and more San Francisco events

    Comedian Barry Rothbart, seen on "Punk'd" and the "Tonight" show with Jay Leno, performs. [8 p.m., Punch Line Comedy Club, 444 Battery St., ...

  • UC medical staff strike statewide

    Shannon Hartman, a medical assistant for the University of California, Davis Medical system in Carmichael, joined hundreds of other UC medical workers picketing the UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento, Calif., Tuesday, May 21, ...

  • East Palo Alto police chief declares ‘crime emergency’

    Following the recent violence in East Palo Alto, culminating in Sunday's killing of a teenager, police Chief Ronald Davis is calling a "crime emergency" for the department, which took effect Tuesday. Declaring a "crime emergency" allows the department to cancel days off and make assignment changes as needed. It will more than double the number of patrol officers in the ...

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