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  • Alta Bates Summit Medical Center in Oakland fined $142970 for safety violations

    State regulators have fined Alta Bates Summit Medical Center in Oakland $142,970 for not properly isolating nearly two dozen patients suspected of having tuberculosis.The hospital failed to put the patients in appropriately ventilated rooms to prevent the disease from spreading to other patients and hospital employees, Cal-OSHA said.As it turned out, none of these patients tested positive for ...

  • NFL notebook San Francisco lands 50th Super Bowl

    San Francisco beat out South Florida, which was stymied in its bid to stage an 11th Super Bowl when the Florida Legislature did not support financing to renovate Sun Life ...

  • San Francisco’s Political Leaders Ecstatic About Hosting Super Bowl L

    SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS)-- The rotunda at San Francisco's City Hall was packed full of Warriors fans on Tuesday when Mayor Ed Lee was passed a note and a big smile broke out on his face. The city's political and civic leaders were gathered for a Warrior's Day celebration, but it was the news about another sport that Lee was reacting to. You didn't have to be a mind reader to ...

  • Southern Cal San Jose State share 1st-round lead

    ATHENS, Ga. -; Southern California and San Jose State shared the lead at 4-under 284 after the first round of the NCAA Women's Golf Championships on ...

  • Golden Gate owners hit rock bottom — for heating and cooling systems

    Tuesday21 May 20133:29 p.m. Greg Stevens saw opportunity 475 feet below the Golden Gate Hotel & Casino. That's where the engineer and co-owner of the 107-year-old Fremont property decided to draw the heating and cooling power needed to keep beer and slush drinks cold ...


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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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  • Fremont Officers fatally shoot dog after it attacks police say

    FREMONT -- Officers shot and killed a dog Monday after the animal attacked them at a Fremont home, police said.The officers were not injured and the breed of the dog was not known, police said.Officers were called at 8:10 p.m. to the 48200 block of Sawleaf Street for a report of a vicious dog, said police spokeswoman Geneva Bosques.A 911 caller told dispatchers that four dogs were loose and had ...

  • Wanna vote for your favorite wine blog Here’s how

    Thirty finalists (some in multiple categories) in the 7th Annual Wine Blog Awards were announced Tuesday, including top wine business blog finalists The Gray Report, The Wine Curmudgeon, The Academic Wino, Horsemaster of Wine, and Fermentation: The Daily Wine Blog. The Wine Blog Awards will be presented at the 2013 Wine Bloggers Conference in Penticton, British Columbia, on June 8. To cast a ...

  • Gaps annual meeting overshadowed by Bangladesh safety accord

    Gap Inc. got an earful Tuesday during its annual shareholder meeting about not living up to its reputation as a socially responsible company. The San Francisco retailer (NYSE: GPS) received over 20,000 calls and plenty of hate mail from disgruntled customers around the world who are angry over its failure to sign onto an international agreement calling for building safety in Bangladesh, where ...

  • Man survives 220-foot jump off Golden Gate Bridge

    A man was rescued by a sailing crew after jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge on Monday in one of the rare cases of someone actually surviving the 220-foot ...

  • Jed York Details Super Bowl L Impact

    The new home of the San Francisco 49ers has made a lasting impact in the Bay Area community on and off the field with Tuesday's announcement of Super Bowl L taking place at Levi's® Stadium. Moments after the San Francisco bid committee was selected as the host city for the Super Bowl's Golden Anniversary game, Jed York shared his thoughts on what put the Bay Area ahead of ...

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