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Goleta Sues Department of Finance Over Funds for San Jose Creek Project
The City of Goleta filed a lawsuit late yesterday against the California Department of Finance (DOF) regarding the money earmarked to complete the public safety improvements to the San Jose ...
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Reward fund swells to $30000 in slaying of Emeryville man last week
OAKLAND -- As the reward for information leading to Emeryville resident Aya Nakano's killer grew to more than $30,000 Tuesday, friends and family said goodbye to a young man with an intense love for basketball and a passion for Motown and soul music.Nakano, 22, who was gunned down last week after an unknown driver rear-ended him, was remembered as a guy who loved to tease and poke fun at ...
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Fruitvale Station private screening to be held in Oakland
(L-R) MICHAEL JAMES, MICHAEL B. JORDAN, TRESTIN GEORGE, THOMAS WRIGHT, KEVIN DURAND and ALEJANDRA NOLASCO star in FRUITVALE STATION The Weinstein Company. All Rights ...
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2-Alarm Fire Burning In San Francisco’s Tenderloin
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — Firefighters are responding to a two-alarm fire in the San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood Tuesday evening, a fire dispatcher ...
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Alex Boone Honored by Rhino Naming
is "honored" to have a black rhino, a critically endangered species, named after him at the San Francisco Zoo."I love all animals, especially rhinos," Boone told 49ers.com. "I think they're awesome. It's definitely an honor to have such a big, large, beautiful creature named after you, especially with there being so few in the world."The San Francisco Zoo ...
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The Last Command [DVD]
The Last Command is one of Josef von Sternbergs most conceptually daring films, a complex multi-layered narrative that mixes past and present, reality and fantasy, objectivity and subjectivity while also offering up an incisive portrait of the inner workings of a Hollywood st ... ...
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MLB notebook San Jose sues MLB over A’s stalled move
Major League Baseball is dragging its feet on having team owners vote on the Athletics' proposed move to a new ballpark 40 miles south in San Jose, San Jose city officials said in a lawsuit filed ...
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Davis to Speak at NFL Symposium
The Niners will have a short week as they will travel to St. Louis for a Thursday night, NFL Network showdown with the Rams on September 26. The overall series is split at 62-62-3, and 31-31-1 on the road. Both contests last season went into overtime, with the Rams winning, 16-13, in St. Louis, and the teams tying, 24-24, in San ...
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Filipinos celebrate Philippine Independence Day at SF’s Union Square
Moreau high school dancers in Union Square, San Francisco. https://www.facebook.com/KalayaanSF SAN FRANCISCO--What a way to celebrate the 115th year of Philippine independence--Filipinos transformed San Francisco's landmark Union Square into a Philippine town plaza for a day last June 15. Where there were usually art shows and buskers, was now filled with food booths vending lumpia, ...
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49ers Host PLAY 60 Character Camp
preseason contest between the two teams, with Denver holding an 18-16 edge over San Francisco. During last year's preseason matchup in Denver, the 49ers defeated the Broncos 29-24.-This will mark Denver's first preseason trip to Candlestick Park since 2009 when the 49ers edged the Broncos ...
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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 ...