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  • Oakland Couple in car shot this morning two Sunday homicides investigated

    OAKLAND -- A man and a woman were hospitalized Monday morning after they were shot while sitting in a car in East Oakland, police said.Their names, ages, relationship and places of residence were not immediately available.The shooting happened about 12:03 a.m. in the 9100 block of Olive Street.The two were sitting in a car when someone from outside the vehicle started shooting at them, police ...

  • Tool nailed for storage shed heist

    This woman always gets stuck with the tools. A burglary suspect who was fleeing Belmont police earlier this month ditched his car along with his girlfriend, leaving her behind with all the tools he had allegedly stolen from a storage shed, according to prosecutors. Still, 25-year-old Pacifica resident Mitchell James Borden failed to evade officers following the callous May 4 incident, San ...

  • Microsofts new Xbox to challenge Apple to Facebook in games

    Amazon.com Inc. , which are introducing new software and devices for gaming. Microsoft's updated Xbox will use its Kinect sensor that can recognize faces and movements. The deice will also recommend content based on users' interests. The new Xbox will be in stores by the year's ...

  • Target opens San Francisco tech center

    Target on Friday unveiled its new technology office in San Francisco that will be its West Coast hub for development of mobile and online services, the Mercury News reports. The office will give the retailer a foothold in the Bay Area, where other companies including Walmart have set up tech centers to take advantage of local talent in developing online technology. Target has hired nearly 20 ...

  • San Francisco on track to host Super Bowl

    San Francisco is in position to be chosen as the host city for Super Bowl L, with NFL owners set Tuesday to vote on the game's location, NFL.com reports. The game would be hosted at the 49ers' new Levi's Stadium being built in Santa Clara, where it would offer a look at the new technology that can be put into stadiums and the future of technology in the game. San Francisco got a ...


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The Woodsman

The Woodsman

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  • San Francisco unions protest Kaiser premium hike

    San Francisco's Health Service System has teamed up with labor unions to protest Kaiser Permanente's latest rate hike, the LA Times reports. The system and the unions are demanding that Kaiser provide an alternate proposal and better explain the need for rate increases. Kaiser insures 45,000 public workers in the area. Read more at the LA ...

  • Yahoo to update Flickr as it announces Tumblr purchase

    Yahoo! Inc. signage is displayed at the company's headquarters in Sunnyvale, California, U.S., on Tuesday, April 16, 2013. Yahoo! Inc., the biggest U.S. Web portal, forecast sales that fell short of analysts' estimates as it continued to lose advertisers to Google Inc. and Facebook Inc. Photographer: David Paul ...

  • Bacchus increases wine holdings with DeLille Panther Creek investment

    Bacchus Capital Management LLC has boosted its wine holdings with capital investments in DeLille Cellars of Washington and the Oregon winery Panther Creek ...

  • Maker Faire draws crowds in San Mateo

    The Maker Faire Festival this weekend drew tens of thousands of people to the San Mateo County Fairgrounds to check out the latest do-it-yourself technology and projects. More than 120,000 people were expected to attend the annual event over the ...

  • Exclusive 49ers COO on Super Bowl Santa Clara as the next SoMa

    Paraag Marathe is the COO of the San Francisco 49ers. On Tuesday, team owners for the National Football League will decide between Santa Clara and Miami for the 2016 Super Bowl L. In an edited interview, Niners COO Paraag Marathe, a 12-year veteran of the team, shares his thoughts on Super Bowl prospects at the new $1.2 billion Santa Clara stadium and drops hints about a new, high-end 49ers ...

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