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Northern California Real Estate Investor Agrees to Plead Guilty to Bid Rigging at Public Foreclosure Auctions
WASHINGTON-A Northern California real estate investor has agreed to plead guilty for his role in conspiracies to rig bids and commit mail fraud at public real estate foreclosure auctions in Northern California, the Department of Justice announced. Felony charges were filed today in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California in San Francisco against Robert Williams of ...
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Get to Know David Bass
out of Missouri Western State University. The small school defensive player joined the Silver and Black and immediately immersed himself in the off-season process. "I actually thought it was going to be harder. At the end of the day, football is football, so going against guys, it's the same movements, same technique," said Bass. "It boils down to who wants it more, who has ...
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Vic Fangio Outlines Rookie Progress
At the end of the week, a seven-week offseason program will come to an end for the 49ers rookie class. The NFL newcomers have been consistent in their approach to learning the professional game and it's been a positive development for San Francisco's coaching staff.Defensively, coordinator Vic Fangio has noticed the hard work from his rookies. At last week's veteran minicamp, the ...
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Reports Boy 6 dies after dog mauling in Union City
UNION CITY -- A 6-year-old boy has died after being mauled by a dog in Union City on Monday, according to media sources.The Alameda County Fire Department said the boy was mauled by a pit bull or a pit bull mix and he was quickly taken to Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, according to ABC7 News.Neighbors say there were two pit bulls that lived at the home and animal control took at least ...
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Hundreds of Livermore lab employees volunteer for buyout program
LIVERMORE -- About 400 Lawrence Livermore Lab workers have taken advantage of a voluntary separation program, choosing to resign and accept buyouts, a lab spokeswoman said Monday.A total of 383 employees had their last day on the job on Thursday. The buyouts are part of a program meant to trim jobs and prepare the lab for budget cutbacks.Director Parney Albright announced the program in May, ...
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The Fly (1958) [DVD]
Over the years, The Fly has become a camp classic among old movie enthusiasts. Although written and filmed as a straightforward sci-fi parable about the dangers of tampering with nature, it is so ludicrous, so positively over the top that it simply cannot be taken seriously. The film ... ...
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Dave Chappelle to headline Bay Area comedy show
Since his television show came to an abrupt end in 2005, relatively little has been heard from comedian Dave Chappelle, with most of live appearances limited to unannounced standup gigs at clubs around the country.So it comes as something of big news in comedy world that Chappelle is going to headline a new comedy tour under the banner of the website Live Funny or Die. The Oddball Comedy & ...
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Oakland man may face felony DUI after two children injured in Hayward crash
The wreck happened at 10:14 p.m. in the northbound direction of Interstate 880 south of Hacienda Avenue, CHP Sgt. Joe Azevedo said. The children, an 8-year-old boy and 9-year-old girl, were passengers in the back seat of a 1997 Honda driven by the 24-year-old Oakland man. The children were ejected when the car bumped another, lost control and slammed into a traffic camera pole, Azevedo said.The ...
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Motorcycle Crash Causes Traffic Jam On 101 South In San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — A motorcycle collision was blocking two of three left lanes of U.S. Highway 101 in San Francisco Tuesday morning, according to the California Highway Patrol. A Sig-alert was issued about 6:25 a.m. for the collision on southbound U.S. Highway 101, near Silver ...
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Therese Polettis Tech Tales San Francisco’s haves and have-nots
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Every weekday morning, sleek buses with smoked glass windows whisk tech workers down major thoroughfares through the city's neighborhoods, to the freeways and ultimately to Silicon ...
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Win Weekend Passes To San Jose Jazz Summer Fest 2013
The San Jose Jazz Summer Fest, August 9-11, is the place to be for sun, fun, friends, food and most of allgreat music! Be a KCBS guest at the festival and enjoy three days of jazz, blues, salsa, Latin, R&B and many other forms of contemporary music. This year's festival is featuring artists such as Pink Martini, Rebirth Brass Band, Preservation Hall Jazz Band and much, much more! Go ...