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  • 49ers WR Michael Crabtree has surgery for torn right Achilles tendon

    In this Oct. 18, 2012 file photo, San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Michael Crabtree (15) jumps over Seattle Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman (25) during the first quarter of an NFL game in San Francisco. (Ben ...

  • Workdays Q1 loss grows to $33 million

    Workday Inc. lost $33 million in the first quarter ended April, and its accumulated deficit rose to $434.9 million. Pleasanton-based Workday (NYSE: WDAY), led by ...

  • Hewlett-Packards Q2 profit falls by $516 million

    Hewlett-Packard Co. reported a second quarter profit of $1.1 billion, down $516 million, or 32 percent from the same quarter a year earlier. Palo Alto-based HP (NYSE: HPQ), led by ...

  • Developers pitch ideas for 78 acres of Livermore Valley Open Campus

    The Livermore Valley Open Campus has 110 acres total for future development to bridge scientific research and technology with businesses. Nineteen entities responded to the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratorys call for ideas on how to develop 78 acres of land at the lab. The land is part of the LLNL and Sandia National Laboratories' Livermore Valley Open Campus project to facilitate ...

  • Gap board member Robert Fisher got most negative votes in annual election

    Robert Fisher, Gap Clothing seller Gap Inc. held its annual meeting Tuesday, and when the votes were counted, all 10 of its board members had been comfortably re-elected, nine of them by more than 400 million votes each. But one director, Robert Fisher, who was once CEO of Gap, was elected by a much smaller margin. Robert Fisher, 58, son of Gap (NYSE: GPS) founders Doris and Donald Fisher, got ...


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Megamind

Megamind

The superhero genre has been turned inside out so many times at this point that you would think there is nothing left to do with it, but first-time screenwriters Alan Schoolcraft and Brent Simons have managed to pull off a clever coup in the computer-animated comedy Megamind by avoiding ... ...

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  • Summer festivals 2013 Your guide to Bay Area fairs and outdoor fun

    If it's summer, it must be time for fairs and festivals. As usual, there are myriad events to choose from, ranging from the really big shows (San Jose Jazz Festival, Outside Lands in San Francisco, Art and Soul in Oakland) to the major art and wine festivals to the street fairs that let you sample the food and ambience of neighborhoods around the Bay.Please be sure to clip and save this ...

  • Bay Areas best restaurant kids meals

    At a time when even school cafeterias serve adobo and sushi, it's surprising that so many restaurants still resort to chicken fingers and macaroni and cheese for their youngest clientele.Kids crave selection. Most of them like trying new foods. Meanwhile, their parents, who keep an eye on selection, nutrition and culinary diversity, look to the kids menu for appropriate portions at the ...

  • Cuddling stalker embraces guilt

    A Burlingame woman who woke up in her bed to a stalker hugging her earlier this year might rest easier knowing the nutty ex-boyfriend pleaded no contest to the creepy charges on Tuesday. Jimmy Andres Rodas, 21, of San Bruno, pleaded to felony stalking and a misdemeanor count and faces as many as eight months in prison. He was ordered into domestic violence counseling and must have no contact ...

  • WR Crabtree not on 49ers practice field

    SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- San Francisco 49ers leading wide receiver Michael Crabtree was not on the practice field for Wednesday afternoon's organized team activity, though the team provided no update regarding his absence amid reports he tore his Achilles tendon.The 25-year-old Crabtree, the team's 10th overall pick in the 2009 draft out of Texas Tech, had career highs last season with ...

  • Community Bank of the Bay sued by its former CEO Brian Garrett

    Brian Garrett for wrongful termination. In a suit filed in Alameda County Superior Court on April 19, Garrett alleges that he was terminated without cause, citing age discrimination, disability discrimination, retaliation for opposing sexual harassment and negligence. Garrett, a prominent Bay Area bank executive, said in the suit he was ousted as CEO at Community Bank of the Bay on or about ...

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